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ChicoDesMers
Join Date: 2005-01-15 Member: 35737Members
Join Date: 2005-01-15 Member: 35737Members
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1) An Ingame browser
2) A friends list
3) Achievement progress / achievement support for your steam profile (to upgrade your E-Penis).
4) Server Browsers
5) Automatic updates
And many more features, in reality if you wanted to run Natural Selection 2 without steam and steam.exe wasn't a requirement for the Game to run (similar to Games for Windows Live) you could most likely do it without a patch but if it's like Fallout 3 it should only be as simple as patching it. (Supporting Evidence - CS1.6 Non-Steam, Team Fortress 2 Non-Steam, Counter-Strike: Source Non-Steam).
PS: I believe Natural Selection 2 by default will only run on Steam, but I'm assuming people in the engine test are running the game without steam currently.
1) An Ingame browser
2) A friends list
3) Achievement progress / achievement support for your steam profile (to upgrade your E-Penis).
4) Server Browsers
5) Automatic updates
And many more features, in reality if you wanted to run Natural Selection 2 without steam and steam.exe wasn't a requirement for the Game to run (similar to Games for Windows Live) you could most likely do it without a patch but if it's like Fallout 3 it should only be as simple as patching it. (Supporting Evidence - CS1.6 Non-Steam, Team Fortress 2 Non-Steam, Counter-Strike: Source Non-Steam).
PS: I believe Natural Selection 2 by default will only run on Steam, but I'm assuming people in the engine test are running the game without steam currently.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
This is correct but does NOT apply to NS2. NS2 is a purely multiplayer game ala TF2 and REQUIRES Steam's server browser to find games.
You need to be running Steam to play NS2. Always.
Also yes, NS2 will be available for purchase on Steam, but also, pre-orders from UWE will transfer to Steam downloads, so please don't let that discourage you.
I think the Launch Pad that already exists will probably receive an update in the future to launch NS2 from, and maybe have a server browser list. No idea though what will happen in regards to that.
The Devs are the best people to get a response from.
I think the Launch Pad that already exists will probably receive an update in the future to launch NS2 from, and maybe have a server browser list. No idea though what will happen in regards to that.
The Devs are the best people to get a response from.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The devs have confirmed they are not making a server browsing menu and have no plans to make the game launchable without Steam at this point. Infact, it was part of the major reason a mac release wasn't going to happen until Steam announced being ported to Mac, if you listen to the most recent podcast, they talk about making it a bit easier to transition now and it's something they may or may not do for release.
Emphasis mine.
The answer is YES, however, you won't get Steam's server browser so you'd have to manually type that stuff in. But, YES, the game will run without Steam.
Cheers,
Cody
The answer is YES, however, you won't get Steam's server browser so you'd have to manually type that stuff in. But, YES, the game will run without Steam.
Cheers,
Cody<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I always thought that you can run the game without Steam, thanks for confirming it.
It won't be. Even if you did have a non steam[works] integrated version, how would you join games etc? ^___^
It clearly says in the above quote that we would have to type in the ip address manually in the game console.
The answer is YES, however, you won't get Steam's server browser so you'd have to manually type that stuff in. But, YES, the game will run without Steam.
Cheers,
Cody<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
For the engine test tomorrow, you will *require* Steam to be running. I honestly have no clue if that will change or what the plan is, but make sure you have it for now at least.
To directly type in the IP, you'll need to know it, obviously. Fine for if you're playing with a friend and they send you the IP, but otherwise you will _need_ steamworks to find the available servers in the first place.
That is what I was getting at in my previous post.
Really, so you have to have steam running for the engine test, okay.
What that blog post tells me:
<!--sizeo:6--><span style="font-size:24pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><b>WE TIED VOICE CHAT TO OUR DRM!</b><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec-->
That said, Steamworks is 45% DRM, 45% finding a way to sell people ###### from a publisher who didn't even make the game it came bundled with, and 10% actually useful features.
I mean seriously, ten years ago if you installed a game and it installed a second program that ran in the background and the entire point was to get you to BUY STUFF, we'd have called that adware and deleted it.
Not the point.
Just a question. It is not a problem for me.
Just a question. It is not a problem for me.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
No, you need Steam running inorder to play the engine test.
*If you can connect via command line then you could use a 3rd party browser program (qtracker being mine of choice. Much more customizable vs steam. Includes a friends list)
*This pretty much eliminates no-internet LAN support?
*We can expect issues w/steamworks & that valve won't bother doing anything about it. :(
An engine test that uses steam. Please do tell, which previous games did you get to do an engine test for?