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It is a separate program that several games require you to have in order to play them. ETW can be bought in a store or downloaded from steam, but you always need steam running in order to play it.

Hi pevergreen

You wrote, "No more waiting 4 months to get shields at the right defence value."

So you perfectly illustrate my point for me: CA-Sega's patching/support for M2TW was disgusting. Thank you.

Also, A Very Super Market wrote, "ETW can be bought in a store or downloaded from steam, but you always need steam running in order to play it."

This is my understanding. Plus, I am under the impression that patches will only be available via Steam. Unacceptable.

And a 100 MB patch on the first day(!) according to some accounts. Shades of things to come. I recall reading people saying 'we don't mind ETW's release date being put back (as it was) provided they get it right'. Well clearly they didn't. And their past performance gives no grounds for believing they'll fix everything that should be sorted out. Remember the castles in Kingdoms? They've got your money so now they don't care.

As for Steam not being a malware delivery system, Google steam and malware and see what gets returned.

Despite all of which, best of luck.
VGB

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Originally Posted by victorgb

Despite all of which, best of luck.
VGB

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Yea, you too. :2thumbsup:

It won't let me play online it never shows any games and when i try to host one it says that i can't any ideas why? and sometimes when i click the steam mini symbol my taskbar says it's up but it's not any ideas why?

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Originally Posted by miniwally

It won't let me play online it never shows any games and when i try to host one it says that i can't any ideas why? and sometimes when i click the steam mini symbol my taskbar says it's up but it's not any ideas why?

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What would you say is the quality of your internet. Is it broad-band or dial-up? I'm pretty sure other steam games don't work online with the latter connection type.

I have 2 questions:

1) Does Steam auto-update this game? As in, you can't play it unless you have the latest patch installed?

2) What happens if you're in the middle of a campaign and a patch is available? If it's auto downloaded and it dl's during a campaign you have saved, is it save game friendly?

Thanks.

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Originally Posted by victorgb

Hi pevergreen

You wrote, "No more waiting 4 months to get shields at the right defence value."

So you perfectly illustrate my point for me: CA-Sega's patching/support for M2TW was disgusting. Thank you.

Also, A Very Super Market wrote, "ETW can be bought in a store or downloaded from steam, but you always need steam running in order to play it."

This is my understanding. Plus, I am under the impression that patches will only be available via Steam. Unacceptable.

And a 100 MB patch on the first day(!) according to some accounts. Shades of things to come. I recall reading people saying 'we don't mind ETW's release date being put back (as it was) provided they get it right'. Well clearly they didn't. And their past performance gives no grounds for believing they'll fix everything that should be sorted out. Remember the castles in Kingdoms? They've got your money so now they don't care.

As for Steam not being a malware delivery system, Google steam and malware and see what gets returned.

Despite all of which, best of luck.
VGB

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What do you care if you have to patch the game or not?

Day 1 patches are a good sign, not a bad sign. They signal long term support.

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Originally Posted by ArtillerySmoke

I have 2 questions:

1) Does Steam auto-update this game? As in, you can't play it unless you have the latest patch installed?

2) What happens if you're in the middle of a campaign and a patch is available? If it's auto downloaded and it dl's during a campaign you have saved, is it save game friendly?

Thanks.

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1) Yes, but only if you go online while Steam is running.

2) CA would be stupid not to make patches save game friendly, but I can't confirm it.

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Originally Posted by Sir Beane

1) Yes, but only if you go online while Steam is running.

2) CA would be stupid not to make patches save game friendly, but I can't confirm it.

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1) I'm always connected to the internet when the PC is on. Right now (computer off, power cord unplugged due to cleaning the room) is the first time I've been offline since I got the PC over a year ago lol.

2) You see what I'm saying though? If the game is auto patched, it HAS to be save game friendly. It would be insanity to have campaigns abandoned left and right due to an oversight.

We'll find out soon enough I guess.

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Originally Posted by ArtillerySmoke

1) I'm always connected to the internet when the PC is on. Right now (computer off, power cord unplugged due to cleaning the room) is the first time I've been offline since I got the PC over a year ago lol.

2) You see what I'm saying though? If the game is auto patched, it HAS to be save game friendly. It would be insanity to have campaigns abandoned left and right due to an oversight.

We'll find out soon enough I guess.

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Yeah I can definitely see the problem with the game patching itself in the middle of a campaign. This is such an important issue I'm sure CA have thought about it however :2thumbsup:.

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Originally Posted by Sir Beane

Yeah I can definitely see the problem with the game patching itself in the middle of a campaign. This is such an important issue I'm sure CA have thought about it however :2thumbsup:.

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Thanks for the quick replies Beane...you rock.

Yeah, my gut tells me we'll be alright. If not, it's something we'll all deal with and it'll be patched ASAP I'm sure.

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Originally Posted by Sir Beane

Yeah I can definitely see the problem with the game patching itself in the middle of a campaign. This is such an important issue I'm sure CA have thought about it however :2thumbsup:.

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Umm...I doubt that as the vaunted Steam is a bug ridden mess. Read the forums. MANY users have issues with the digital d/l completing properly. Amazing really as this should be fairly basic stuff.

If I knew this was going to such an ordeal I would have bought retail. :no:

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Umm...I doubt that as the vaunted Steam is a bug ridden mess. Read the forums. MANY users have issues with the digital d/l completing properly. Amazing really as this should be fairly basic stuff.

If I knew this was going to such an ordeal I would have bought retail. :no:

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The people having trouble are an unlucky and vocal minority. I think that the majority of people had a smooth download and install. It seriously sucks for the unlucky ones though, and I wish Valve would do something to fix it. A certain number of problems are almost inevitable in a release of this scale however :shame:.

I'm way too paranoid not to buy retail. :laugh4:

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Originally Posted by Barkhorn1x

Umm...I doubt that as the vaunted Steam is a bug ridden mess. Read the forums. MANY users have issues with the digital d/l completing properly. Amazing really as this should be fairly basic stuff.

If I knew this was going to such an ordeal I would have bought retail. :no:

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I always know that d/l'ing a title has a chance to be a force march...therefore, I would never do anything other than buy the retail disc.

I need it physically. I just don't trust the d/l process. Further, you can uninstall and reinstall in minutes with the disc. D/L? Who knows.

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Originally Posted by Sir Beane

The people having trouble ARE an unlucky and vocal minority. I think that the majority of people had a smooth download and install. It seriously sucks for the unlucky ones though, and I wish Valve would do something to fix it. A certain number of problems are almost inevitable in a release of this scale however :shame:.

I'm way too paranoid not to buy retail. :laugh4:

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I have OCD. No wonder I like your posts.

:clown:

I have one for Steam.

How much did you pay CA to have them force people to use your pointless spyware infested program to play such an awesome game?

Steam doesn't have to autoupdate - somewhere in the options there is a little box that you can uncheck, turning off autoupdates. It works that way for Red Orchestra, at least.

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Originally Posted by Dayve

I have one for Steam.

How much did you pay CA to have them force people to use your pointless spyware infested program to play such an awesome game?

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What do you think this "spyware" is doing? Watching you while you take a shower?

Ahem.

There is a word underneath his name

It says Troll

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Ahem.

There is a word underneath his name

It says Troll

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That's just there as a joke from an incident that happened on the Medieval 1 forum a year back or so, with a mod who obviously hasn't been laid in a few years and was looking for somebody to take out his frustration on.

Seriously though, i have managed to avoid Steam for so long now because of the general horribleness and the way they conduct business, and now i'm forced to use it to play a game from a series i have been in love with for over 5 years, and i'm angry because it's clear Steam have paid CA to do this, because CA can't give 1 single good reason for going through Steam, just the same ridiculous ones over and over. Achievements, a friends list, software protection, which won't work by the way.

Heres a reason:

Its not secuROM.

Hi

ArtillerySmoke wrote, "What do you care if you have to patch the game or not?

Day 1 patches are a good sign, not a bad sign. They signal long term support."

Unfortunately, that statement cannot be squared with the M2TW and Kingdoms experience. Paying customers had to fight a WAR to get ADVERTISED features to work AS PROMISED.

Please do not misunderstand me: I really do want ETW to be as great a game, or better, than MTW-VI. But it never will be as long as people give CA-SEGA a pass on decent customer support and product quality. All the gushing praise will simply affirm their complacency and bolster their contempt for their fan base.

And I'll never be convinced that a 100MB patch ON DAY 1 can be construed as a good sign. Especially when the scheduled release date has been put back.

OK. I've said my piece. I'll shut up now before I'm banned.

Best of luck
VGB

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Originally Posted by Relic

What would you say is the quality of your internet. Is it broad-band or dial-up? I'm pretty sure other steam games don't work online with the latter connection type.

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it's broadband :'( i really want to play online but i can't and how do i chat?

I have another question:

I bought the Collector's Edition and apparently have 6 exotic units included. According to some, I have to register these units with Steam in order to unlock them.

Do I have to do this right at initial install, or can I play a bit and then go back and register the exotic units to unlock them, any time I want?

Thanks

How do I get Steam to start in offline mode? Whenever I try it, I get two windows, one on top of the other. The rear one says "This operation cannot be completed when Steam is in offline mode." And the one in front of it says

"Could not connect to Steam Network.
This could be due to a problem with your Internet connection, or with the
Steam network. Please visit www.steampowered.com for more info."

File "Go Offline..."

Huh. So you have to have Steam go online in order to be able to use it offline. :inquisitive:

Oh well, thanks pevergreen.

When you login, there may be an option to select offline mode.

Not sure, I auto login.

Well...I had steam because I got the demo last week, and I was going to uninstall Steam thereafter.

When I bought ETW and came home to install it I noticed it uses steam for activation so all that went smooth and all.

However this makes me wonder...

What about people that do not have the Internet(yes it exists still even today)? They can't play this game?

Correct, they must have steam connect, activate the game and install the release day patch, then they can play offline.