Post your Steam questions here!

**Wartz** · 02-22-2009, 09:52

Originally Posted by quadalpha

Okay, I'll start. How do you go about disabling Steam on the demo? People say that improves performance. I tried running the app from it's own executable, but Steam pops up regardless.

Shutting down steam does not improve performance. It is a 9mb (in ram) exe that does nothing except show you when your friends are playing (and you can turn that off too) while you are playing ETW.

Also, ETW cannot be run except from steam.

**pevergreen** · 02-22-2009, 09:56

Steam will need to be on, but it does not have to be in "Online Mode"

**Sir Beane** · 02-22-2009, 11:56

I'll sticky this in an attempt to curb the inevitable hailstorm of questions once the game goes live

. Good idea Vuk

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**Polemists** · 02-22-2009, 12:17

How do I turn off that really annoying pop up that pops up during intro cinemaitic about steam community group?

**pevergreen** · 02-22-2009, 13:37

You can disable steam in game, but I can not find a way to simply turn off the "welcome" note.

**Ituralde** · 02-22-2009, 18:45

Yeah, I got a Steam question regarding localization. I just read recently that when you purchase games online on Steam the downloadable version will only be in the language of the country you live in. I.E. if you live in Germany you will automatically download the German version, since it analyzes your IP adress. Now, since I move around in an english community and always feel that some things get lost through translation, I want my game to be english, hence I buy it overseas.

Now the question is what happens to my English game once it comes into contact with Steam. I'm guessing the first activation will be alright, but what about patches? I understood that Steam updated automatically. Will I only recieve the German patches then? Does anybody have any experiences with these kinds of things?

Cheers!

Ituralde

**Theory** · 02-22-2009, 19:25

Set the game's language through games list > ETW > Properties > Language. Steam will take care of the rest.

Incidentally, Steam will give German users low-violence versions of most games even when there's no legal requirement to do so. There's no way around it short of manual patches.

**hrvojej** · 03-05-2009, 13:05

Originally Posted by Wartz

Also, ETW cannot be run except from steam.

Wow. Thanks for the info. I will not buy a game that expect me to install a third-party BS just to play single-player.

Cheers,

**Trapped in Samsara** · 03-05-2009, 14:31

Hi

Not a question, just a statement.

I will not buy ETW until I can purchase a disk(s), perform a conventional, malware-free, installation and download and apply any patches, under my own control, in the time-honoured way. If that means I've got to wait a year, so be it. I anticipate it will take that long to sort out all the bugs anyhow. (Remember M2TW and the disgusting treatment paying customers received when it and Kingdoms were released?)

I wish those of you who've dived into ETW the best of luck, I really do, but this TW vet has learned that CA-Sega cannot be trusted.

Until then I'll stick to MTW+XL+Tyberius - which is a fantastic, deeply immersive, and very challenging mod, by the way.

Regards
VGB

**pevergreen** · 03-05-2009, 15:23

Originally Posted by victorgb

Hi

Not a question, just a statement.

I will not buy ETW until I can purchase a disk(s), perform a conventional, malware-free, installation and download and apply any patches, under my own control, in the time-honoured way. If that means I've got to wait a year, so be it. I anticipate it will take that long to sort out all the bugs anyhow. (Remember M2TW and the disgusting treatment paying customers received when it and Kingdoms were released?)

I wish those of you who've dived into ETW the best of luck, I really do, but this TW vet has learned that CA-Sega cannot be trusted.

Until then I'll stick to MTW+XL+Tyberius - which is a fantastic, deeply immersive, and very challenging mod, by the way.

Regards
VGB

I didnt get any disgusting treatment when I bought either of those games.

If those are your conditions, good bye. You will never own Empire: Total War.

Steam is malware free. You can turn off automatic updates. You can purchase a disc and install it.

One of the best things about Steam is the fact that CA can now quickly patch things once we find them. No more waiting 4 months to get shields at the right defence value. They can patch in days.

**Ja'chyra** · 03-05-2009, 16:24

Question if I may.

Do I have to use steam to play single player games? I can't seem to find the installation folder and thought that once verified you didn't have to use Steam anymore. Not a big problem really, just wondering.

**pevergreen** · 03-05-2009, 16:25

You can turn steam into "Offline Mode" File -> "Go Offline..." but yes, you must have steam running to play this game. To do so otherwise at this point is illegal.

It has been reported by some that this actually cut loading times by 50%. I have yet to test for myself though.