Is a CD available
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Is a CD available
I bought the game through steam.Will a CD be available?So I can play on my laptop instead of installing all of steam?
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Oookay, first of all "all of steam" is nothing. The program itself is actually very small. You install that onto your laptop and you can easily download the 60 MB game in a couple of minutes. Second, you can backup your steam games onto CD's. If you have a CD burner just right click Defcon (when it comes out) click backup game files then follow the instructions. You will still need to use steam, the only luxury (as some people may think of it (I personally love steam and love using it)) you get with the introversion boxed version is you arent required to use steam.
Muffinabus wrote:You will still need to use steam, the only luxury ...you get with the introversion boxed version is you arent required to use steam.
Probably not. If Defcon is anything like Uplink and Darwinia (and there is no reason to suspect that it is not), then you can copy the files right out of the correct directory, place them somewhere else, and run the game from that somewhere else. No Steam needed.
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Muffinabus wrote:You will still need to use steam, the only luxury (as some people may think of it (I personally love steam and love using it)) you get with the introversion boxed version is you arent required to use steam.
Yes I know what you mean. I personally cream my pants just thinking about that resource usage and clunkiness as it starts up and connects to the Valve network. Oh yes.
Proud IV store pre-orderer.
xander wrote:Probably not. If Defcon is anything like Uplink and Darwinia (and there is no reason to suspect that it is not), then you can copy the files right out of the correct directory, place them somewhere else, and run the game from that somewhere else. No Steam needed.
xander
Well this time the only difference is that it uses keys. The authentication with the Steam servers may require it to link to the actual running Steam process. Uplink and Darwinia didn't have online authentication, so they were *completely* stand-alone. If you downloaded them, you could play them.
nikeplektrum wrote:will writing your steam key down, downloading the game installer from teh website and entering the kei in the installed software work?
Doubt it. The version the Steam client downloads for you is specially editted to authenticate with the Steam servers. The client you get directly from Introversion uses their own MetaServer I believe.
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How would the MetaServer know which Steam accounts have bought the game?
Lol...
I believe it does the same as Source servers do (CS:S, HL2:DM, etc) when you connect to one, they retrieve the Steam ID (STEAM:x:x:xxxxxx) from the client and authenticate it with the master servers, then allow the client in or deny access depending on the response from them.
Lol...
I believe it does the same as Source servers do (CS:S, HL2:DM, etc) when you connect to one, they retrieve the Steam ID (STEAM:x:x:xxxxxx) from the client and authenticate it with the master servers, then allow the client in or deny access depending on the response from them.
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I just tried writing down my Steam key and entering it into IV's client version. It doesn't work. The Steam key is shorter than what is required.
Sort of ticked off about it, because I was under the impression Steam was just used to deliver the game, not required to play it.
Edit: I'm a moron. You have to manually enter the dashes. It does, in fact, work.
Sort of ticked off about it, because I was under the impression Steam was just used to deliver the game, not required to play it.
Edit: I'm a moron. You have to manually enter the dashes. It does, in fact, work.
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