Empire Steam FAQ

[Akira121]

If we download with Steam would it be possible to utilize mods for ETW?

[Danigol of South America]

I am new to steam started today but im not sure but of what i am sure it will download patches automatically maybe you choose the mod and steam will do all the work?

[HordeOfDoom]

If we download with Steam would it be possible to utilize mods for ETW?

Yes. Both the DVD and Steam versions of E:TW are identical. Mods, and all support for mods, will be the same for both.

[Aradan]

I have cleaned the thread a bit. PLEASE do bother to read the opening post before asking questions that are answered in there or by making assumptions that are also confirmed/refuted there.

This thread is not about discussing CA policy or the percentile chances of a person having access to the internet or for spamming, it's about answering specific technical steam-related questions. Please respect that.

[random_samurai]

For the love of god, your looking for the word "invasive", not evasive. Also it might be worth it to know that you will need internet in order to access any of the patches as I assume that they will be distributed through the Steam platform as opposed to standalone.

[Sargsaft]

one thing i just love about steam is that the games are always up to date, no hazzle in seariching patches...
another major good thing is that i can play my games on any computer with my account, since they are bound to my account not to my computer...

[181henry]

hi people

i am new to steam as well
just a simple concern
i have very slooooooow internet connection (50kbps max)
does this means my ETW experience will be greatly affected
by it - since updates will be few hundreds megs

thanks

[RVFVS]

It says 16 hours for me....

[Lone rider]

Thank God for ussing steam, im so freaking feed up with gamespy. Mp will go allot smuther now

[Thanatos]

And I'm saying it's the way gaming is going, and E:TW is just the first wave of this sort of trend. It's the way things work now, and that's the unfortunate truth.

[boomheadshot45]

For everybody who is worried about "overloading the server" don't be. For Company of Heroes and Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts, I was downloading at 1.1 MB per second. It won't take any longer than 15 minutes (if you buy it off of STEAM)

[Danigol of South America]

Quick Question....

okay so if i buy empire by steam and i download it into my pc will i be able to log in into any pc that has steam and play the game or is it limited to 1 pc?

[Sargsaft]

Quick Question....

okay so if i buy empire by steam and i download it into my pc will i be able to log in into any pc that has steam and play the game or is it limited to 1 pc?

the game is only bount to your steam account so technically you can play it on any pc, not at the same time....very practical if u visit a friend and want to play a game or so on lan, you only have to know your account and be able to download it and play...

[jimkatalanos]

All posts that are not contributing to the topic in a useful way (rants, questions that have been answered already, etc) will be immediately deleted.

[Danigol of South America]

Thanks to all who answered my question but personally i love the fact that CA went ahead and used steam!

[Sun Devil]

Couple of important questions:

1. When you pre-order the game, it charges $1. When you download, will it automatically charge the same card the full $50, will I have to reput in my card info, what?

2. Browsing the steam site (looking for the answer to #1 to no avail), I found a page where it says that Teamspeak, Ventrillo, and X-fire may interefere with steam. Is that true, because not being able to talk while playing online would SUCK, and make the crapy gamespy servers seem better all of the sudden.

[R4nd0M]

Couple of important questions:

1. When you pre-order the game, it charges $1. When you download, will it automatically charge the same card the full $50, will I have to reput in my card info, what?

2. Browsing the steam site (looking for the answer to #1 to no avail), I found a page where it says that Teamspeak, Ventrillo, and X-fire may interefere with steam. Is that true, because not being able to talk while playing online would SUCK, and make the crapy gamespy servers seem better all of the sudden.

"May interfere" is not the same as "will interfere". Generally you won't have problems with voice programs and Steam. Just disable Steam's in-house voice system (enable push to talk key but don't map a key). I used to play CS Source competitively and used Ventrilo extensively and not once did I have problems with the two programs together.

Xfire shouldn't cause many problems either. If the overlay doesn't come up (Xfire hooks into the graphics dll and if there are more than one programs hooking in the same way then one or both may not display) then disable Steam's ingame overlay.

[Dingo John]

Okay it just occured to me that there is TRAGICALLY many people in these forums that have absolutely no idea what Steam is or how it works, so here is the basics:

1 Steam is absolutely virus-free and 100% secure to use

2 It is completely free to download and to create an account

3 You just need to download it, which takes about 10 seconds if you have a decent connection, and then you have to update it (which is a completely automatic process, you need not do a THING) and log on to your user.

4 BAM! when logged on, you have all the data and all the rights that you have on that user. Just like MSN gives you the same status and things no matter where or what computer you log on to, Steam gives you the ability to download a game to your friends computer, if just you are logged on to your account. the trick is that you can only launch the games if logged on to that account in Steam.

5 All this means that if you (for some reason I do not see any sense in) have a gaming computer that is not hooked up to the internet, then pack it down and take it to a friends house, hook it to the internet, download Steam, wait for it to update, log in (or create account), launch it, put in the DVD (actually you dont even need that), YOU GOTTA ACTIVATE ON STEAM but theres an inavoidable button that says "Activate product..." type the activation key you got with the game, BANG! installing/installed, updating (probably) and then ready to launch.
HERE COMES THE TRICKY PART!!!
If you want to play after you have gotten home from your friends house you have to go to settings and ALLOW Offline Mode...
You must be online to activate this, so the computer can store the informations needed to confirm that it is a real Steam Account.


If you are somehow incapable of doing this I am sorry to say this, but truly, hen I do not understand how you were capable of going to this forum and read this.

[Sargsaft]

Okay it just occured to me that there is TRAGICALLY many people in these forums that have absolutely no idea what Steam is or how it works, so here is the basics:

1 Steam is absolutely virus-free and 100% secure to use

2 It is completely free to download and to create an account

3 You just need to download it, which takes about 10 seconds if you have a decent connection, and then you have to update it (which is a completely automatic process, you need not do a THING) and log on to your user.

4 BAM! when logged on, you have all the data and all the rights that you have on that user. Just like MSN gives you the same status and things no matter where or what computer you log on to, Steam gives you the ability to download a game to your friends computer, if just you are logged on to your account. the trick is that you can only launch the games if logged on to that account in Steam.

5 All this means that if you (for some reason I do not see any sense in) have a gaming computer that is not hooked up to the internet, then pack it down and take it to a friends house, hook it to the internet, download Steam, wait for it to update, log in (or create account), launch it, put in the DVD (actually you dont even need that), YOU GOTTA ACTIVATE ON STEAM but theres an inavoidable button that says "Activate product..." type the activation key you got with the game, BANG! installing/installed, updating (probably) and then ready to launch.
HERE COMES THE TRICKY PART!!!
If you want to play after you have gotten home from your friends house you have to go to settings and ALLOW Offline Mode...
You must be online to activate this, so the computer can store the informations needed to confirm that it is a real Steam Account.


If you are somehow incapable of doing this I am sorry to say this, but truly, hen I do not understand how you were capable of going to this forum and read this.

+1 rep

[Barry Lyndon]

1 Steam is absolutely virus-free and 100% secure to use

2 It is completely free to download and to create an account

3 You just need to download it, which takes about 10 seconds if you have a decent connection, and then you have to update it (which is a completely automatic process, you need not do a THING) and log on to your user.

4 BAM! when logged on, you have all the data and all the rights that you have on that user. Just like MSN gives you the same status and things no matter where or what computer you log on to, Steam gives you the ability to download a game to your friends computer, if just you are logged on to your account. the trick is that you can only launch the games if logged on to that account in Steam.

5 All this means that if you (for some reason I do not see any sense in) have a gaming computer that is not hooked up to the internet, then pack it down and take it to a friends house, hook it to the internet, download Steam, wait for it to update, log in (or create account), launch it, put in the DVD (actually you dont even need that), YOU GOTTA ACTIVATE ON STEAM but theres an inavoidable button that says "Activate product..." type the activation key you got with the game, BANG! installing/installed, updating (probably) and then ready to launch.
HERE COMES THE TRICKY PART!!!
If you want to play after you have gotten home from your friends house you have to go to settings and ALLOW Offline Mode...
You must be online to activate this, so the computer can store the informations needed to confirm that it is a real Steam Account.

Many thanks. Plus to reputation. Just one more thing: How do I find the "settings" to activate "offline mode"? Is that located on the steam website or in the Empire game menu?