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This is so great. Why is it that when you actually need Steam offline
mode, it simply refuses to work? A few months ago I could not play HL2
in offline mode after I moved to a new apartment with no internet
connection at first. I assume it tried to get new updates for
Steam/HL2, and failing that, refused to proceed. It claimed HL2 is
ready for offline play, but would not run it.
Yesterday I lost the internet connection during Steam use (playing
TFC, it may be there is a HW failure in the NIC), and now whenever I
try run Steam, it first complains it can't connect to Steam servers
and gives two choices: 1. Retry 2. Run Steam in offline mode.
Too bad that selecting offline mode does not work, it still complains
about not being able to connect to Steam servers (why should it
connect to them, when it is supposed to go to offline mode?!?), and
tells me to go to Steampowered forums (without a net connection?
DUH!).
Ah, I remember the time when Walter Mitty et al used to proclaim so
boldly that you don't need an internet connection in order to play HL2
single-player, you just use the offline mode. Ha ha, what a joke!
Steam offline mode has failed to work for me the both times I'd
actually need it. Great, just great. Just to think if I owned dozens
of Steam PC single-player games, they would now all be unplayable. No
wonder I am against online single-player validation systems like
Steam?
This is so great. Why is it that when you actually need Steam offline
mode, it simply refuses to work? A few months ago I could not play HL2
in offline mode after I moved to a new apartment with no internet
connection at first. I assume it tried to get new updates for
Steam/HL2, and failing that, refused to proceed. It claimed HL2 is
ready for offline play, but would not run it.
Yesterday I lost the internet connection during Steam use (playing
TFC, it may be there is a HW failure in the NIC), and now whenever I
try run Steam, it first complains it can't connect to Steam servers
and gives two choices: 1. Retry 2. Run Steam in offline mode.
Too bad that selecting offline mode does not work, it still complains
about not being able to connect to Steam servers (why should it
connect to them, when it is supposed to go to offline mode?!?), and
tells me to go to Steampowered forums (without a net connection?
DUH!).
Ah, I remember the time when Walter Mitty et al used to proclaim so
boldly that you don't need an internet connection in order to play HL2
single-player, you just use the offline mode. Ha ha, what a joke!
Steam offline mode has failed to work for me the both times I'd
actually need it. Great, just great. Just to think if I owned dozens
of Steam PC single-player games, they would now all be unplayable. No
wonder I am against online single-player validation systems like
Steam?