Jump to content
Sign in to follow this  
Buttabean

release over steam

Recommended Posts

You would have to run Steam and then select the game you wish to play. But you do not need to be online to do this. There is an option in Steam to allow you to play offline, as long as you don't want online play obviously. I find it amazing the amount of FUD being passed around, even after years of the product being out there, with people stating that you have to be online to play Steam games and it just isn't true.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

any game released over STEAM needs STEAm running in background

considering it eats around 6-10MB it's no issue for me ...

if You just release old game for STEAM w/o any change to how it operate, then owners of retail or other distribution systems don't need STEAM at all ...

ofc if You want e.g. to avoid pirate copies or secure MP or else ... You may set new rules that now STEAM is needed (but that needs global patch for all other distributions)

p.s. another new indie game was released on STEAM, named SpaceForce : Rogue Universe

(seems like new titles rate increases)

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Steam - Self Updater

[-] June 27, 2007 - Current Release

Changes/Additions

Added a "Go Offline" option in the File menu, which will let Steam run without an Internet connection

Bug fixes

Fixed localization of "English" in language dropdown for Dutch and Norwegian languages

Fixed the ATI Hardware Promotion not being accepted on 64bit versions of Windows

Fixed the mouse wheel not scrolling when the cursor is over a flash image

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

or BI upgrades sprocket to do the auth and validation stuff..

its a matter of money, resources and priority.

steam took its time to get mature as well ..

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Steam would be a godsent for BIS.

Tripwire made huge sales because of their move to steam.

Topics like this always attract the no-voters so this poll is not how the community of arma thinks IMO wink_o.gif

Majority doesn't care I suppose.

Steam has become a usefull stable product by now.

My only "concern" is my privacy, since it's rather unknown which info really gets send.

Oh and steam does NOT rule out that you cann't get a hard copy of arma. It's just more convenient to get updates etc.

So for me: yes Steam all the way.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

considering nearly everyone in IT or sales gunna store some info about You smile_o.gif

i'm pretty sure it's within 'fine' borders smile_o.gif

btw. another indie game on STEAM named 'GISH'

rofl.gif

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

A little off topic but still on topic...

 I must say I hate those stupid little buzz words "digital distribution". The only one I hate more is digital download. When ever I see a game web site advertising a game and it says "the game is also available as a digital download." I find my self asking, is there any other kind of download? I mean is there such thing as an analog download?

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

LOL...yes that's a very good point.

Steam gets my vote, btw.

The only thing I don't like about it is how hard it is to resist temptation when I look at the list of games in the Steam store, there's some rather interesting-looking ones in there!

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Damn mine was a null vote!

But from reading all the stuff so far would've been a yes!!

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

If we it does go to steam, then more ppl will get the game, which means more players for us, and more money to BIS, which means better products!

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Yup, the only downside i see is a larger community for cheaters to arise...

But with the extra money BIS could develop some sort of anti-cheat for ArmA specificially.. or just get Punkbuster (eww) but at least it would get rid of some of the cheaters lol

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
LOL...yes that's a very good point.

Steam gets my vote, btw.

The only thing I don't like about it is how hard it is to resist temptation when I look at the list of games in the Steam store, there's some rather interesting-looking ones in there!

that's actually good point from view of these who are selling games smile_o.gif

and all these possible packages

imagine realism one like ROO+ArmA+IL2 smile_o.gif or so lol

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Hey guys smile_o.gif

I was hovering around Atari forums for some reason and look what i found..

Clicky

If any of you have Atari forums accounts... start spamming yes!!! biggrin_o.gif

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

What is wrong with a "HARD COPY OF THE GAME"?

Why does this keep coming back up?

The vote was unanimous. AGAINST STEAM!

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
What is wrong with a "HARD COPY OF THE GAME"?

Why does this keep coming back up?

The vote was unanimous. AGAINST STEAM!

whats wrong with option to get STEAM version ?

You got Your hard copy so stop acting like kid la 'i got my toy' and 'i do all to prevent you to get it'

ArmA is already on Direct2Drive, ATARI download service, Metaboli and Sprocket ...

so why not STEAM and else ?

or just tell me one logical reason to ignore active ~15 mil users market like STEAM is ...

* notice when i posted on first page (dec 2005) i mentioned that STEAM got 6-7 mil users ...

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
What is wrong with a "HARD COPY OF THE GAME"?

Why does this keep coming back up?

The vote was unanimous. AGAINST STEAM!

Stupid, you can make the "hard copy of the game" compatible with Steam. All it has to have is a steam compatible cd-key so you can register it.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
STEAM = no LAN play.

what is this for wierd myth ? wanna explain bit more ?

btw. 2/3 of games on STEAM are multiplayer oriented ...

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Funny, I'm pretty sure most games on steam that have multiplayer also enable you to play LAN

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

People are afraid to try new things it seems heh..

I aint even got Steam but im all for it! More players, more money for BIS and if i do ever get Steam, i'll have something good to tag to it.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

I bought Half-life 2 (css)ages ago,never played it online but when i have start it up on the rare ocassion-seems to auto-update patches etc!

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Please sign in to comment

You will be able to leave a comment after signing in



Sign In Now
Sign in to follow this  

×