Incredibly useful resource, thanks, Aradan. Hopefully this will solidify the fact that Steam is not a malicious piece of Third Party software... I never knew so much witch-hunt-esque paranoia could be generated by a thing like this.
This last bit "Once the system Steam, being the only system, and the game be installed, then lobbest thou thy CD or DVD of Empire:Total War towards thy bin, if thou wishest it, being not needed in your drive, and thou shalt play it"
So if I do keep the disk in the drive will it run quicker? ie, doesn't a disk in a decent drive get read quicker than a hard drive do the all the work?
So if I do keep the disk in the drive will it run quicker? ie, doesn't a disk in a decent drive get read quicker than a hard drive do the all the work?
It means that the disc is not necessary, as in "it is not being read by the system". I believe you will see no difference whether the DVD is in the drive or not, the game will simply ignore it.
It means that the disc is not necessary, as in "it is not being read by the system". I believe you will see no difference whether the DVD is in the drive or not, the game will simply ignore it.
Well if the game is going to run slower because it's only reading from the Hdrive, then at least mines a 10,000rpm Raptor and I will make sure I uninstall all the old games I don't play, so I install ETW on the outside edge of the platters, as Tesco's say, "every little helps"
I now declare steam worthy of running Empire Total War. If you know you will not have Internet, simply switch to Offline mode before you lose your Internet!
I didn't understand any of the jibber-jabber until the holy grail summary. I now comprehend completely, and shall return with a shrubbery as symbol of my thanks.
Soo, is it impossible to install & play single player without the PC your are installing it to being connected to the internet?
I have a system connected to the internet that certainly will not be able to handle this game, but have another that will without internet connection..
Soo, is it impossible to install & play single player without the PC your are installing it to being connected to the internet?
I have a system connected to the internet that certainly will not be able to handle this game, but have another that will without internet connection..
You only need to activate the game once on Steam to play Singleplayer, you can start Steam in offline mode after activating it.
You only need to activate the game once on Steam to play Singleplayer, you can start Steam in offline mode after activating it.
Yeah, I understand that but in order to activate it I presume I will have to install it on a computer with access to the internet....
I can not play it on my computer with access to the internet..
And I dont think transfering the activated game to my other computer is an option..
Do you think there will be a non-online activation key, where the installer will ask you to enter a key, then giving you another key to enter on the website, to receive your final activation code to be used on the off-line machine where the game is installed..?
Like Mount & Blade for anyone who has played that..?
I now declare steam worthy of running Empire Total War. If you know you will not have Internet, simply switch to Offline mode before you lose your Internet!
But !
what if i dont have internet ? WillETW DVD bought in any store , have steam software in it ?
or do i have to download it from the internet ( STEAM software)? im asking this because , there are lots of people who play the game without internet
Q: What is the extent of online activations? Once forever on one machine, or every single time every time on one machine?
A: Empire gets tied to your Steam account. No limits beyond that so you can uninstall and reinstall it as many times as you on as many PCs as you want.
So what I only have to activate it once and then I dont have to have an internet connection??