just a quickie

(FFSoul) #1

is steam a must to play brink on pc? or can it standalone without steam?

(Jamesbiff) #2

theres nothing on the Direct 2 drive site that says you need to run it via steam.

though i shouldnt think so, Bad Company 2 was offered through steam and other sources, but didnt require steam to run if you didnt get it from there.

(system) #3

this is by now really a faq or google question. BRINK is fully integrated into Steam so you must have Steam.

http://www.splashdamage.com/content/brink-pc-gets-steamworks-system-requirements

First up, we can confirm that Brink will be making full use of Valve’s Steamworks framework, which will provide a host of useful things for PC players, including the following:

  • Voice Chat
  • Valve Anti Cheat
  • Friends support (including invites and joining sessions in progress)
  • Steam Cloud (for save data)
  • Challenge Leaderboards
  • Steam Achievements

from direct2drive.com: http://www.direct2drive.com/2/9744/product/Buy-BRINK-Download

This product is not eligible for refunds. This title installs and requires STEAM to play.

(Nail) #4

you will have to register the game on Steam once, you can play offline after that

(Sheza) #5

It’s a full Steamworks enabled game, I don’t think you can run it without Steam. If it were just sold by Steam like Crysis 2 then you don’t.

(Mustkunstn1k) #6

[QUOTE=Jamesbiff;287255]theres nothing on the Direct 2 drive site that says you need to run it via steam.

though i shouldnt think so, Bad Company 2 was offered through steam and other sources, but didnt require steam to run if you didnt get it from there.[/QUOTE]
Umm…

“This product is not eligible for refunds. This title installs and requires STEAM to play.”

It also has an image that says “3rd party download required”.

http://www.direct2drive.com/2/9744/product/Buy-BRINK-Download

It has been like that for quite some time.

(Jamesbiff) #7

[QUOTE=Mustkunstn1k;287259]Umm…

“This product is not eligible for refunds. This title installs and requires STEAM to play.”

It also has an image that says “3rd party download required”.

http://www.direct2drive.com/2/9744/product/Buy-BRINK-Download

It has been like that for quite some time.[/QUOTE]

WHAT THE EFF?

once again the .co.uk extension of d2d fails, theres no mention on the .co.uk brink page of d2d that you need steam at all.

EDIT: apparently just been updated :S it does say you need it now.

runs away

(Mustkunstn1k) #8

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(system) #9

[QUOTE=Jamesbiff;287262]WHAT THE EFF?

once again the .co.uk extension of d2d fails, theres no mention on the .co.uk brink page of d2d that you need steam at all.[/QUOTE]

there is. it looks exactly the same as the “.com” or “.eu” one. :rolleyes:

(Shackahn) #10

WHAT THE EFF?

once again the .co.uk extension of d2d fails, theres no mention on the .co.uk brink page of d2d that you need steam at all.

EDIT: apparently just been updated :S it does say you need it now.

runs away

Just been updated? Its been like that for months

(Herandar) #11

Ah, good, the Pope can download it and play.

(amazinglarry) #12

He already ran away, and cannot hear you.

(At the Gates) #13

Quick, get on my Bugatti. We must catch him.

(PopeTackler) #14

Excellent. :penguin:

(KAS--Will) #15

From what someone else posted, yes you need Steam, prior I thought you had to have Steam just to have the Dedicated server… but it’s a Steam required game… which isn’t a bad thing… except for being VAC banned…

(Crytiqal) #16

To host a dedicated server you won’t need to run steam, right?

(KAS--Will) #17

Hope this helped.

(LyndonL) #18

Assumption here, but every other standalone dedicated server I’ve seen with SteamWorks has been available via HLDSupdatetool.
i.e Steam not required.

That includes: L4D1/2, TF2, Killing Floor, Zombie Panic Source and Synergy.

(ed lolington) #19

don’t get your hopes up. there was a whole faq on dedicated servers and no mention of HLDS.

(trigg3r) #20

i don’t think you’ll need steam to run the server, you just need it to download the server files.

i was gonna make a “that’s what she said” joke about the thread title but i already got an infraction because of a useless post