Empire Steam FAQ

[PlacidDragon]

As far as i am aware, ETW is "integrated" with Steam, it is simply not possible (legally) to run it without Steam in the background.

[R4nd0M]

My problem is that when I try to run a game from steam, I get the small launcher dialogue/box and then I get a BSOD with a "*** STOP: 0x0000000F4" error. I googled it and tried some solutions but I haven't managed to fix it as of yet.

If you're getting an 0x0000000F4 STOP error then you may have some HDD issues. Try HD Tune. Grab the freeware version and do a full scan on the drive that Steam is installed on. You may have some erroneous clusters.

Running ETW without Steam is against the EULA and impossible without illegally hacking the executable. Which is of course, illegal. :P

[Raiden]

If you're getting an 0x0000000F4 STOP error then you may have some HDD issues. Try HD Tune. Grab the freeware version and do a full scan on the drive that Steam is installed on. You may have some erroneous clusters.

Running ETW without Steam is against the EULA and impossible without illegally hacking the executable. Which is of course, illegal. :P

Thanks, I'll try that - although it happens both on my Steam install on the PC's HDD, as well as on the Steam install on my external HDD that I keep for game storage mainly so I don't have to download all my steam games again.

And yes, I figured it was probably illegal

[Quadratus]

I'm not sure if anyone have successfully done this, however, I wondered if any of you might know how I'd go about running ETW (Just the demo for now) outside steam.
My problem is that when I try to run a game from steam, I get the small launcher dialogue/box and then I get a BSOD with a "*** STOP: 0x0000000F4" error. I googled it and tried some solutions but I haven't managed to fix it as of yet.
So I figure I'd run the ETW demo outside steam until I fix it. I've done the same with Red Orchestra, Mare Nostrum and Darkest Hour so I take it, it shouldn't be a problem, simply click the exe and you're good to go. But as you probably know, if you try to start it, it will just pop up with the steam login screen. I've tried looking through the different dll files and the ETW exe file itself in hopes of finding the string that makes it go through steam but to no avail.

So, if any of you had an idea of what to do to make it run outside steam, I'd appreciate it very much - I've been dying to play the demo for about 24 hours now and I'm slowly starting to loose my sanity
Thanks in advance.

That's called a torrent bro. It's illegal and a no no

[R4nd0M]

If HD tune doesn't find anything try a fresh re-install of Windows. If that fails then I'm blaming your SATA or IDE controller which generally means a bad motherboard.

[Musthavename]

But now with steam and its registration system, even if he didnt want to play it online, we BOTH have to copies because, as far as i have read, there is no dual/multiple install system.

You can put Steam on both computers and thus the game on both Computers. The only thing is, the game will be tied to one account. Thus, you can only log into Steam on one computer to run the game at one time. I'm not sure what it would do if you were simultaneously logged onto two computers. It would definetly kick you off a server if you were on multiplayer, but other than that i'm not sure.

Really? The others are passive. Steam is not. Its something installed on my PC, that I don't want, and certainly don't need.

My gripe with SecuRom is if I uninstall the game, it's still there. If I want to uninstall Empire, I can uninstall Steam aswell. It's not stuck on my HDD like SecuRom is. Imo, Steam is definetly the lesser evil. That, and i've had Steam running on my computer for years without problems.

[bibouba]

With the order of the special pack on steam, Rome total war war offeref.

I try to implement a mod and it doesn t work (Barbarum Mod).

I really ask myself how to install mod with steam. There isn't any explanation for that.

[Godless Pickle]

Thank you very much, know that we now Empire is moddable, but is that 100%? Empire wont be much without mods after we get board, if we get board.

[Musthavename]

I try to implement a mod and it doesn t work (Barbarum Mod).

I believe some mods for Medieval have ways of getting them to work with Steam. Don't know about Rome though.

Thank you very much, know that we now Empire is moddable, but is that 100%? Empire wont be much without mods after we get board, if we get board.

I'm pretty sure it'll be perfectly modable. There's trouble with mods on the steam versions of Rome & Medieval II simply because they were made without Steam. Since everything will now run through Steam, mods will be designed for it, thus there shouldn't be any problems.

[Methoz]

can anybody help me?
i have own community at steam and want to add to events - Event Type: ETW release (4 March) but dont know how to set up? here isnt any game for select... what's wrong?

[Warspite_TW]

can anybody help me?
i have own community at steam and want to add to events - Event Type: ETW release (4 March) but dont know how to set up? here isnt any game for select... what's wrong?

It is not the 4th of March yet.

[IFJ]

Hi, I was wondering if I bought a retail version of Empire. Would I only need to register and authenticate with steam once? And after that I can launch the game without login on to steam? (Ie. launch the game without internet connection at all; like a offline game)

[TOLAROscipii]

well i have the steam site blocked and when i try to start steam it wont unless i unblock the site

[HordeOfDoom]

Hi, I was wondering if I bought a retail version of Empire. Would I only need to register and authenticate with steam once? And after that I can launch the game without login on to steam? (Ie. launch the game without internet connection at all; like a offline game)

After you authenticate online the first time you can set steam to offline mode, and subsequently play without an internet connection.

[Garnier]

(This is what I've experienced);
When you buy a game on steam, you only own the right for your one steam account to play the game, you don't own the game itself of course, and from my experience you can't re-sell this right legally. So you are unable to buy it, and then resell for a bit less if you dislike it.

[Knight of cydonia]

If i buy E:TW Special Edition and get an exclusive unit as well, how do i unlock both when steam activation only accepts one code?

[Running With Scissors]

If i buy E:TW Special Edition and get an exclusive unit as well, how do i unlock both when steam activation only accepts one code?

This has been answered in this topic... go thru the last few pages and find the it.. dont be lazy

[Knight of cydonia]

This has been answered in this topic... go thru the last few pages and find the it.. dont be lazy

Yeah i asked it and it didn't answer my question.....

[Quadratus]

Q: Will the retail copy of ETW come with disks? If so what would they be fore since you have to enter a code via steam?

[R4nd0M]

Q: Will the retail copy of ETW come with disks? If so what would they be fore since you have to enter a code via steam?

The retail copy will contain disks, on which will be the game files in a standard installer which also includes steam. It will do a check to see if steam is present, if it is, it will install the game files to your steam\steamapps\common directory.

You'll then need to login and enter your code to activate and play the game.