Steam Updates pissing me off...

**Groove74** · March 23, 2009, 07:05 PM

Ok here we are all of us waiting for the patch. And that Steam crap that came with ETW , keeps poping up saying updating. So I see that and I get all happy thinking my game is gonna work now. Everytime it is a damn Ad. like many others have said in other posts we buy ETW and we get Steam it is not right. But hay what can ya' do other then deal with I guess.

**Richard** · March 24, 2009, 03:55 AM

I generally run Steam in offline mode all the time except for when I need to patch a game...which sadly also means having to wait for Steam to patch itself too.

**Groove74** · March 24, 2009, 03:58 AM

I should do that myself.. every time one of those adds pops up it closes my game. it is really annoying. To bad this game is not like past Total war games where you simply install the game and thats it. I hate this third party softwere crap. But I am sure I am not the only one lol

**Brusilov** · March 24, 2009, 04:00 AM

Originally Posted by Groove74

I should do that myself.. every time one of those adds pops up it closes my game. it is really annoying. To bad this game is not like past Total war games where you simply install the game and thats it. I hate this third party softwere crap. But I am sure I am not the only one lol

Well, you have to thank the people that try and play these games without paying for that. Companies have to try and protect themselves somehow.

As Richard has posted simply run the game in off-line mode and check the forum for any news on patches.

**Groove74** · March 24, 2009, 04:02 AM

yeah your right Brusilov, it sucks that honest folks have to pay the price for theives. But yeah I will start running it offline.

**TSD** · March 24, 2009, 04:27 AM

Originally Posted by Groove74

yeah your right Brusilov, it sucks that honest folks have to pay the price for theives. But yeah I will start running it offline.

Also, think about it this way, with alot of games that come out, you get limited installs, then you have to call someone to get more, which is annoying. Using steam as a form of DRM, you can install the game as much as you want on any PC you want because the cd key is tied to your steam account.

**Jaketh** · March 24, 2009, 09:37 PM

Steam is the

, if your having problems its your own damn computer being a piece of

, ive had steam for 3 years and have not had 1 problem so....

**Selenolycus** · March 24, 2009, 05:27 AM

Originally Posted by Brusilov

Well, you have to thank the people that try and play these games without paying for that. Companies have to try and protect themselves somehow.

...and still they managed to pirate it. Hm, imagine that.

I blame the software companies for being oblivious to the fact that DRM treats only paying customers poorly. It does not affect people who pirate the game. Never has, never will.

**Brusilov** · March 24, 2009, 03:56 AM

Originally Posted by Groove74

Ok here we are all of us waiting for the patch. And that Steam crap that came with ETW , keeps poping up saying updating. So I see that and I get all happy thinking my game is gonna work now. Everytime it is a damn Ad. like many others have said in other posts we buy ETW and we get Steam it is not right. But hay what can ya' do other then deal with I guess.

My game does not do that. I do get the annoying 'update news' but you don't really need to read that. There may be something wrong with your system or Steam.

**Brusilov** · March 24, 2009, 05:24 AM

Well as I experienced the launch of M2:TW and was disappointed with the original game and then the various patches that were released (the 1.2 patch was released and then pulled due to problems) I swore that I would not install E:TW until the 2nd or 3rd patch. I relented. I've only dabbled with a couple of campaigns. I am disappointed that the game does not play well with my GTX280s in SLI mode - maybe the next patch. I don't intend to play it much longer as I don't want the disappointment of having the campaign stop at the late stage (the problem with the Hurons).

I agree with TSD about the limited installs. I may have that problem with either Crysis or Crysis Warhead (caused by two reinstalls of Vista - the first caused by an overzealous cleanup of the registry and the second due to lessons from the first reinstall). I can't belive you are really only allowed to install a game 'n' times - it's a very crude way of stopping piracy as after all they should have the IP address (although I guess numerous people could share the internet to bypass this).

**Tassen** · March 24, 2009, 05:46 AM

Originally Posted by Groove74

Ok here we are all of us waiting for the patch. And that Steam crap that came with ETW , keeps poping up saying updating. So I see that and I get all happy thinking my game is gonna work now. Everytime it is a damn Ad. like many others have said in other posts we buy ETW and we get Steam it is not right. But hay what can ya' do other then deal with I guess.

I get these adds too, all the time, and I as you used to think...Great, an update/a patch, but nope... Just another add. Extremely annoying and it feels like I got addware on my computer.

**morecowbell** · March 24, 2009, 07:11 AM

Lol - Steam>File>Settings>Interface>Uncheck the box that says "Notify me..."

Problem solved.

**Tassen** · March 24, 2009, 07:29 AM

LOL - Thank you.

**Ondaderthad** · March 24, 2009, 08:49 AM

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