Luwid Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 (edited) Hi all!After the new patch my whole game crashed and I wasn't able to play anymore -> reinstalling, patching from German (I have a German version) to English, installing mods.All this just because of an update I didn't wanted to install. Actually I deactivated the auto-updating feature, but after restarting PC Steam started dowloading again -.-Any solution for this annoying problem? Edited February 2, 2012 by Luwid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarimae Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 you could block steam access by firewall, or simply cut-off the internet-connection. BUT. i am sure, this won't work well either. Have the same german version, all ran fine (but i uninstalled any mod and wiped any data-folder from skyrim-folder before updating...) AND : I will write in bethesda forums for sure, as i don'Ät like this whole steam mess and steam workshop will be another big bug-making problem. mind my words... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osterac Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 After you re-installed, did it do the "detecting video hardware" thing?I had the 1.4.21 beta (it loaded fine) and had the same problem today - crashed on loading a save for me. When I loaded the game with the launcher instead of SKSE it re-wrote my skyrimprefs.ini file (did the detect hardware thing) and now it loads up (but only with SKSE). So you could try deleting your skyrimprefs.ini and possibly your skyrim.ini files so that it can re-write them. If you made any serious modifications (ugridstoload, specifically) you'll want to put that back in before you launch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luwid Posted February 4, 2012 Author Share Posted February 4, 2012 No more solutions? After every restart Steam reactivates the auto-update again and that's why I cannot controll any of these updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bben46 Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 This is asked so often that I have a canned response. While Steam does try to keep you connected via internet, they actually do not force you to beyond the activation of the game. But they do not have a legitimate off line setting - they cheat and allow themselves to connect when ever they want to - even if you have set your preference to offline. Most third party firewall programs, and those suits that have a built in firewall usually have a way to disable or block specific sites such as steam.com from being accessed by your computer or from accessing your computer. When blocked, it appears to Steam that you do not have a live internet connection - But only to that site. Every other internet site (that you allow) will work fine. Before starting this, Be sure to go online with steam, set your preferences to off line, Then block steam using your firewall. This is easy to undo if a new patch comes out. You will be able to wait until the reviews on the new patch are out before unblocking to allow the patch. Then blocking again after it is installed. If you don't have a third party firewall, there are many decent free and inexpensive ones available that are as good as or better than the MS firewall that is built into Win7. I am not sure if the MS firewall has this capability or not Here is a source of quite a few firewalls - some free some are shareware or with a free trial period and some for pay. Be sure to check before you download.http://majorgeeks.com/downloads34.html This is a legitimate site that has been around for a long time. And is used by many geeks as a source for software. Think of it as like a Nexus for downloadable software. :thumbsup: They also have an excellent section on getting rid of malware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luwid Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 Thanks for this detailed answer ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabidNode Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 you can also go into services and disable and set to manual steam services. it is off the hook how many tweaks are needed to not allow steam to track and run a connection to your pc. even in offline mode data is being transmitted.its legal spyware adware imo... but it won Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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