gengar807 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 i bought skyrim on steam and i was wondering like what is steam exactly? i know its like a website that sells games but is it good? can you still mod it? do you guys use it? and say if i downloaded the game and play it, say i lost connection to my internet, would i still be able to play skyrim even though i got it from steam (internet)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewoodsman Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Steam is basically an all-in-one store/community-overlay/DRM system made by Valve. As far as such things go, Steam is actually very good. Unlike other services like EA's Origin, Steam in non-obtrusive and does what it says it does. As for being able to play games offline, I personally have never had any problems. Unlike Blizzard, the games on steam do not require online access to play them. And yes, Skyrim is still modable through Steam. The service even has its own mod base called the Workshop, so they actually encourage that kind of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gengar807 Posted August 6, 2012 Author Share Posted August 6, 2012 ok thank you so much :turned: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted4404112User Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Also if you install steam on another computer it will install all of the games you previously downloaded on another computer. You just have to sign into your steam account once you have downloaded it onto your new computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gengar807 Posted August 7, 2012 Author Share Posted August 7, 2012 nice! thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooker75 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 say i lost connection to my internet, would i still be able to play skyrim even though i got it from steam (internet)? Steam's offline mode doesn't work in a logical manner, most likely because they don't really want you to use it. You actually have to have it online and connected before you can make it work offline. If you leave Steam online and then your internet goes out somehow, it will refuse to load anything until it has internet access again. It will just keep repeating an error about not being able to connect to servers. Specifically, you have to activate any games, make sure it's set to save your credentials (at the bottom of Settings > Account), then put Steam offline, then load the game(s) once to make sure it's going to work. Then it will nag you every time you restart Steam, something I've tried in vain to disable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gengar807 Posted August 7, 2012 Author Share Posted August 7, 2012 o um ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewoodsman Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Yes, you have to activate the games online the first time you play it. But once it's done, you'll be able to play offline if your internet is down though Steam will bug you about playing offline. This, frankly, is better than a lot of DRM out there, some of which prevent you from playing the game at all unless you're connected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinnerman69 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 I thought steam was also a anti piracy security program to discourage piracy of games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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