Lethn 10 Posted July 23, 2009 Well, its finally happened, my common sense went haywire when I bought this game off steam and I was saying "Don't do this, you know by buying more games off a piece of DRM software is a stupid idea because that company can easily dictate what games you can and can't play and when". I bought the game fine and installed it fine and I could even play it for a couple of odd days, then this happens, either valve has finally decided to power trip and remove the rights of the license that I legitimately bought or this is an error message they invented as a joke to get on my nerves and its a bug that will fix itself or be fixed somehow. Should I be complaining to valve here, or should I be complaining to the people who directly support this crappy software? For the record, I've tried simple things like shutting off steam and restarting it, checked the process taskbar for the .exe to see if Arma2 was still running in the background as some games do when they don't shut off properly, doesn't seem to be anything like that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pac 0 Posted July 23, 2009 Delete the clientregistry.blob file in Program Files -> Steam and see if it solves the problem. You will have to log in again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lethn 10 Posted July 23, 2009 Unfortunately that didn't work >_> I knew I should have gotten the DRM free version. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blackettle 10 Posted July 23, 2009 Should I be complaining to valve here, or should I be complaining to the people who directly support this crappy software? If people stop buying, then this software will cease to exist and we can go back to the good old days of getting an awesome retail box/CD/manual for all of our games. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lethn 10 Posted July 23, 2009 (edited) I miss that, I would also like to get a digital download without the pissing DRM or any protection on it, because not only doesn't it work, but corporations are blind to the fact there are actually in reality very few pirates compared to the people who buy their products. I guess I may see about emailing valve support or something, I think demanding my money back may be the best course of action if this really is their doing, I will wait for a day though and see how things turn out or maybe try something else. Edited July 23, 2009 by Lethn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wooly-back-jack 10 Posted July 23, 2009 http://www.ukecc.net/sub.asp?id=248 demand a refund Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fiach 10 Posted July 23, 2009 Unfortunately that didn't work >_> I knew I should have gotten the DRM free version. Where pray tell will you find that? ---------- Post added at 11:34 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:27 AM ---------- Oh and why not contact Valve in the first place since it appears to be an error on their end, I'm running on Steam fine. Is it possible that you tried running the game while in online mode without a connection? That could possibly have caused such an error. The only DRM Steam uses is Steam itself. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lethn 10 Posted July 23, 2009 http://www.sprocketidea.com/joomla/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage-honza.tpl&product_id=30&category_id=2&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=2&vmcchk=1&Itemid=2 :( supposedly, though its rather expensive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bulldogs 10 Posted July 23, 2009 Verify local cache, set auto update game files on, make sure there's no launch options on, that should work. The error pertains to a number of things but the most common being that it's partially updated a game, but can no longer connect to the patch server (make sure windows and your router firewall aren't blocking it as well) ---------- Post added at 02:02 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:57 AM ---------- Btw, I'm not definite but I think the sprocket release uses 2 security measures (as most downloaded versions do), first being a limited number of activations (some don't have this) second being securom. Of course, there is always fade, that is in every version. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lethn 10 Posted July 23, 2009 I made sure all that was fine before, that shouldn't be the issue :S Like I said, it worked fine when I bought it for a couple of days despite all the bugs etc. but it just doesn't launch anymore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bulldogs 10 Posted July 23, 2009 I gather you've tried everything then including running steam as admin, turning off uac entirely, deleting everything but the client registry and game files forcing steam to update, not toention deleting local content and downloading again. If the last part doesn't work then either your connection is blocked by your router or ISP, of a steam employee is screwing with you, I very much doubt it's the latter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lethn 10 Posted July 23, 2009 Oh wait! Hurray! Verifying worked >_< God damn they really know how to annoy and worry don't they? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LondonLad 13 Posted July 23, 2009 I miss that, I would also like to get a digital download without the pissing DRM or any protection on it, because not only doesn't it work, but corporations are blind to the fact there are actually in reality very few pirates compared to the people who buy their products....<snipped the rest of the message Do you have proof as to your statement on the comparisions of 'pirate' copies vs legitimate copies. I can't provide figures but I can assure you that there are usually more 'pirated/cracked' version in use than legitimate versions. OP: Sorry for going off-topic but I wanted to respond to this particular post. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 9, 2013 If people stop buying, then this software will cease to exist and we can go back to the good old days of getting an awesome retail box/CD/manual for all of our games. i would agree but i live in a country where is hard to get retail games, besides, with a digital copy i can play it anywhere with internet connection, i honestly like digital copy far more than the retailbox/cd Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dwarden 1126 Posted February 9, 2013 Oh wait! Hurray! Verifying worked >_<God damn they really know how to annoy and worry don't they? good to know you solved it p.s. both A2 and A2: OA are w/o DRM on STEAM ... you just need STEAM to write the key and path into registry Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
