I know it sounds weird to check that option to get steam offline mode
working (heck, it says it right there to keep it unchecked or else it wont
work in offline) but that was the only way for me to get offline mode
working initially. Once I got into offline mode, I could then uncheck that
option and logoff and the next time i logged onto offline mode, it would not
complain.
I really think that something happened in the recent steam update that
wackified the offline mode process because a few months back, I was out of
internet access at home and I managed to get offline mode working on my
desktop without any hitches whatsoever.
But this laptop that I bought a few weeks ago, and had the latest
version of steam installed, I could NEVER get it to go into offline mode
until I did that roundabout process I described in my previous post.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Ottalini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: [hlcoders] This is how you enable Steam Offline Mode
Minh, you must mean that you have to _uncheck_ that option box ...
if Steam doesn't save the information then it will never go into offlline
mode at all.
I just tried this (with it checked) and it will not work.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Minh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: [hlcoders] This is how you enable Steam Offline Mode
Ok, ignore my last post about adding the -dev parameter to steam to get
offline mode working. Apparently, that doesn't do anything. The real
reason
I managed to get steam working in offline mode was because I clicked on
"Don't save account information on this computer".
Note, in order to click on this option, you actually have to be logged
onto
steam.. so you must log onto steam atleast once in order to get offline
mode
working. Log onto it , go to settings, and check mark that option to not
save account info. Log off steam, unplug your internet, and then log back
on
and this time when you select offline mode, it won't complain about "not
being able to connect to the steam network"
Oh, and once you log back into steam in offline mode, you can un-check
that
option to not save acccount info. on this computer. Once you get offline
mode working once, it will work fine anytime afterwards (regardless of
that
option being check marked or not).
Oh, and I tested this on two of my laptops, so I'm pretty confident that
this procedure works.
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