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Well I have 100+ games in Steam, so I might be downloading for one of them, playing on another. Why is this not possible?-iphigenie (August 30, 2011, 03:57 AM)
I'm curious:did you continue your development on this one? I'm tired of having partial launchers (like steam or raptr that dont allow reasonably documented manual adding) so looking at the 3 mentioned on DC again-iphigenie (August 30, 2011, 04:24 AM)
Wraith, I think in some of your responses you are assuming she is trying to run the same game in multiple places at the same time (hence your references to physical media). However, I don't read that into it at all, and as long as they are not the same game, there is a HUGE difference in capabilities there. Running two copies at the same time may be a no-no, but it shouldn't stop you from installing it on one machine while playing a different game on another machine, just because it is the same account.-steeladept (August 29, 2011, 04:46 PM)
I don't think you can turn this off. I've looked and I couldn't find how. It's an annoyance I'd like to disable. That said, I only have to enter the verification code once per browser per computer. The only reason I can see why you would have to do this so often is if you are clearing your cache/cookies or maybe if you're constantly changing your IP address?-Deozaan (August 29, 2011, 05:08 PM)
steam asumes that the user is a thief-rxantos (August 29, 2011, 01:44 PM)
Huh?
In what way(s) does Steam assume the user is a thief?-Deozaan (August 29, 2011, 02:59 PM)
Let's see...
* I have to enter an email verification code at least twice a week, if not more often because I use two computers and multiple browsers. Sometimes these emails take a while to arrive and in between... no play-iphigenie (August 29, 2011, 03:49 PM)
* I cannot run steam on two machines at once. Even though I have 100 games on Steam. Connecting on one immediately closes the other. I cannot download on one machine while playing on another, even though this is a common scenario since Steam forces all games on the same 1 partition and most of us have non infinite partitions...An annoyance that I run across to be sure. But how is this so different than when we had physical media? And how is this assuming you are a criminal?-iphigenie (August 29, 2011, 03:49 PM)
* Offline mode doesn't really work reliably. I am currently staying regularly in a little hotel without room internet access and most of the time Steam finds a reason or another... some bit of information missing which makes it doubt I have used steam on the machine before. Perhaps one time out of 3 I can play when offline. Assumption: unless it can validate everything, I am not allowed to play my gamesI can't really comment, other than to say that the statement should be that it doesn't work reliably for you. I use it quite a bit on my netbook and on my other computer previously mentioned. Both of them stay in offline mode, and both of them have never had a problem with playing any game in offline mode- including MMOs.-iphigenie (August 29, 2011, 03:49 PM)
If I let my husband play one of my 100 games, I am a steam-criminal. I am supposed to buy a separate copy of each game... Sorry Steam but the natural unit of a game played is the household. Now we have always bought two copies of games we both wanted to play a lot, or play online. (we have 2 copies of all Half Life games, Portal, Portal 2, Dungeon Keeper, Kohan, Din's Curse, Defense Grid etc. etc.) but there are many games which we might just dabble in and it should be possible to NOT have to buy two copies...-iphigenie (August 29, 2011, 03:49 PM)
@Seth - I can't help but ask, what is CNET's position about one of their employees speaking to the general public about a controversial issue surrounding the company.
Most corporations have fairly strict rules about employees not doing that sort of thing.
-40hz (August 26, 2011, 08:31 PM)
They should give him a promotion.
-db90h (August 26, 2011, 11:25 PM)
It appears OpenDNS is now classifying the site in the Adware category... (see attachment in previous post)-y0himba (August 25, 2011, 07:40 AM)
The real problem is that many developers don't have the resources in time and money to advertise and host their own downloads. So once download.com goes away (which there's a 50-50 chance it will if it either can't "make it's numbers" - or generates enough negative publicity that it becomes seen as a pariah) it's the developers that get hurt in the end.-40hz (August 24, 2011, 02:24 PM)
So after the aliens landed, bringing world peace, immortality, and all the unicorns back ... They created a magic toolbar...-Stoic Joker (August 24, 2011, 11:19 AM)
...and sprinkled gobs and gobs of silvery glitter over everything!-40hz (August 24, 2011, 12:51 PM)
P.S. I wonder what happens to the apps that already bundles crapware toolbars within the installers, will the end-users end up with two toolbars trying to kill each other in the same browser? LOL.-lotusrootstarch (August 24, 2011, 06:42 AM)
I hope it would be like Highlander meets Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome. There can be only one! Two toolbars enter...one toolbar leaves.
I'd pay to see it.-skwire (August 24, 2011, 08:30 AM)
Except then the toolbar that won would absorb all the evil power of the defeated toolbar. Making it an ultra powerful evil toolbar that can't be uninstalled and leaves behind traces in the registry and other folders.-Deozaan (August 24, 2011, 09:33 AM)
The response to my email to them telling them to remove all donationcoder software was to tell me to purchase their premium service if i wanted to remove their bundled installer crap. In other words this is one big extortion racket.-mouser (August 23, 2011, 09:16 AM)
Wait a minute...they won't remove your software from their site?-app103 (August 23, 2011, 09:32 AM)
Although there are many differences when talking about a piece of software, where many features can be disabled or set in options, I think many of the points you are making can be seen at work in some of the most elegant software applications -- where authors really do consider themselves like architects -- trying to keep everything consistent and elegant and striving to create something with an artistic vision.-mouser (August 22, 2011, 03:36 AM)
Being my first one, I must credit Mouser for most of the work, I had missed a fair few topics that should have been in-Stephen66515 (August 21, 2011, 04:59 PM)
