TheJoe1990 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Let me start by saying that I hate steam. This is an unfounded hate, but currently its a hate none the less. Maybe this will change with time, but Steam so far has a truly evil feel to it. Also, and I cannot stress this enough, I OWN A LEGITIMATE COPY OF SKYRIM. THIS IS NOT ABOUT PIRACY. I actually own two, one for Xbox and one for PC. I am concerned that my currently very stable install of Skyrim, (version 1.3) and the mods I am running, will be DESTROYED by the update. I would rather wait to update till TESE and a few others update to be compatible with the latest version. I do not want to just disconnect my Ethernet cable, so what are my options? Is there a setting for this? I know, probably been discussed to death. Im a bit slow sometimes, and need some hand holding here. PS: If this is in anyway a violation of the terms of use, I will happily edit/remove it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coltsniper Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I just blocked steam from accessing the internet thru my firewall software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheJoe1990 Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 Im not sure that option is available in AVG free edition 2012..... Thank you so much for the feedback! Also, welcome to the forum fellow newby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyAubrie Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Most antivirus/firewall programs allow you to block a specific one. Steam itself has an offline option, but no matter how much everyone says it works all the time, it doesn't...all the time, anyway. When I got FNV and my internet went out I was screwed, because it wouldn't go to offline mode. I read some girl's post over at the official forums where she talked about living on a yacht and not being able to authenticate through Steam every time she wanted to play her game...and the responses were pretty much "sorry about your luck. it is what it is." To not be able to use something you paid for...simply unacceptable. But with Skyrim, suddenly I found my offline mode worked, so I don't know. Give it a try...force it to run in offline mode all the time. That's your best bet. I think unless you do that, blocking Steam will only stop you from playing the games you bought. Don't worry...there are lots of Steam haters here, and I don't think your hate is unfounded at all. There's plenty of perfectly good reasons. :) As for me, I hope that very, very bad things happen to Steam... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rastafariel Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 (edited) Not being able to play a game you paid for and being watched like Big Brother because of a small percentage of Pirates is VERY annoying. (YES, I PAID for my game, and every game I own, thank you) Anyway. So far I have survived Steam by playing in offline mode all the time. Still running patch 1.1 Edited December 13, 2011 by Rastafariel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kayvaan7472 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Steam > go offline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunnie Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Steam > go offline ^^^^^ this.My suggestion... in the properties for Skyrim in the Steam client, set auto updates to off. Then set Steam to offline mode. There you go, Steam is disconnected from the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vannus Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 If you're only concerned about automatic updates, just go to your Library and right click Skyrim > Properties > Updates > Automatic Updates: Do not automatically update this game. I personally love Steam and use it for many games other than Skyrim. I can understand people's dislike if their first game using Steam was Skyrim and they purchased it retail, but I can assure you it's an amazing platform if you have friends using it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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