Civilization V to use Steam/Steamworks

[al Roumi]

For games that I really value -as Civ V will likely be, I usually get a box - I always want a hard copy backup just in case.

The "Digital Deluxe" crap is another issue altogether.

I agree, but tbh, in all the years of playing Civ4, I've only ever played a couple of mods and my proportion of play on a 4000bc-2000ad world campaign has got to be well over 95%. As it is, I'm not at all bothered to miss out on a Mesopotamian map...

[drone]

For games that I really value -as Civ V will likely be, I usually get a box - I always want a hard copy backup just in case.

The hard copy will do you no good (legally), as the activation through Steam is still a necessity. Unless you want to risk the DMCA and follow Kekvit Irae's advice.

I think Martok's problem is that Steamworks is unsupported by Camels' OS.

I'm sure Valve is working to get over that hump.

[jabarto]

I really don't get all this Steam hate. I know it was a buggy, intrusive piece of crap back when Half-Life 2 came out, but that was seven years ago and it's now the most popular, reputable, and effective digital distribution service out there.

What we should be railing against is this godforsaken trend of overpriced, low-quality "downloadable content" that seems to have gaming by the throat. No I will not pay $10 extra to have a leader that the community will mod in within weeks of the game's release.

[Krusader]

I really don't get all this Steam hate. I know it was a buggy, intrusive piece of crap back when Half-Life 2 came out, but that was seven years ago and it's now the most popular, reputable, and effective digital distribution service out there.

What we should be railing against is this godforsaken trend of overpriced, low-quality "downloadable content" that seems to have gaming by the throat. No I will not pay $10 extra to have a leader that the community will mod in within weeks of the game's release.

That's what someone is worrying about. With map packs and other DLCs how will it affect modding.

[Husar]

I find the new UbiSoft protection a lot worse, especially since it has no offline mode.
I do however know people who think I'm completely overreacting, they're always online anyway and they have to be to play WoW as well etc.
But I'm just unwilling to spend money for a game that wants me to be online to play single player.
And besides I think a publisher is far more likely to go bankrupt than a retailer.
And well yeah, my internet is less reliable than Steam's offline mode in my experience.

And Kekvit, I was wondering where you got some of these games from.

[Kekvit Irae]

And Kekvit, I was wondering where you got some of these games from.

Open up notepad, save the blank file as "Prostitution Tycoon" (without the quotes). Go to your folder options and make sure known file extensions are hidden. Now go into Steam and choose Add Game and select the file you just saved. When you open it from Steam, you'll open up the blank notepad and everyone else will see the pop-up notification "Husar is now playing Prostitution Tycoon."
If you don't have file extensions hidden, it will say "Husar is now playing Prostitution Tycoon.txt." instead, which ruins the joke.

:)

[pevergreen]

Open up notepad, save the blank file as "Prostitution Tycoon" (without the quotes). Go to your folder options and make sure known file extensions are hidden. Now go into Steam and choose Add Game and select the file you just saved. When you open it from Steam, you'll open up the blank notepad and everyone else will see the pop-up notification "Husar is now playing Prostitution Tycoon."
If you don't have file extensions hidden, it will say "Husar is now playing Prostitution Tycoon.txt." instead, which ruins the joke.

:)

Alternative:

Right click the game you want to play in steam (non steam game, so for me, something like Mount&Blade) click properties. You can change the icon, and the first box says the name of the exe it launches off. You can change it.

So right now, if I launch M&B, it will say Non Steam game Mount&Blade. I can change that to whatever I want, and still be playing M&B.

[al Roumi]

Open up notepad, save the blank file as "Prostitution Tycoon" (without the quotes). Go to your folder options and make sure known file extensions are hidden. Now go into Steam and choose Add Game and select the file you just saved. When you open it from Steam, you'll open up the blank notepad and everyone else will see the pop-up notification "Husar is now playing Prostitution Tycoon."
If you don't have file extensions hidden, it will say "Husar is now playing Prostitution Tycoon.txt." instead, which ruins the joke.

[jabarto]

That's what someone is worrying about. With map packs and other DLCs how will it affect modding.

True enough. I must have missed your post earlier.