NightFalcon on 3/4/2007 at 00:36
What about people who already have the game and want to register it into their Steam accounts? Is this possible? Last night I was looking all over my T:DS box for any sign of some sort of CD-Key that you could possibly enter into Steam, and I tried thinking the last time when I was installing the game if it asked me for a CD-key.
Jeshibu on 3/4/2007 at 11:18
What? Why on earth would you want TDS to require an extra program in the background to run?
Spitter on 3/4/2007 at 11:27
So you could install it on any computer with steam and broadband despite not having the CDs/DVD with you.
Sabs on 4/4/2007 at 01:22
Questions As For steam,
If you already own the game before the merger with steam, the program will stand alone as its own. This is becase it doesn't have the steam signature.
However,
If you buy the game Via steam, you are given an account image(Full game no CD) which I belive comes with a key to register the game with steam. This is because all games that steam sells require a key to valadate them as real copys sold by steam, and not copys that have been pooched from p2p servers and Torrents.
And to date no one has been able to crack the validation system that steam has so the piracy rate goes way down and the money for companies stays true. as per copies sold.
Sabs
NightFalcon on 4/4/2007 at 18:22
Quote Posted by Sabs
Questions As For steam,
If you already own the game before the merger with steam, the program will stand alone as its own. This is becase it doesn't have the steam signature.
However,
If you buy the game Via steam, you are given an account image(Full game no CD) which I belive comes with a key to register the game with steam. This is because all games that steam sells require a key to valadate them as real copys sold by steam, and not copys that have been pooched from p2p servers and Torrents.
And to date no one has been able to crack the validation system that steam has so the piracy rate goes way down and the money for companies stays true. as per copies sold.
Sabs
Roger that post.
Muzman on 4/4/2007 at 18:56
Except for all those versions floating around with steam stripped out of them. The most complex lock in the world can still be in a door you can unscrew and remove.
Anyway, why on earth would valve suddenly let steam validate your old version of T: DS? They didn't get a penny from you buying it. Their security software isn't built into it. In short: WTF?
Sabs on 4/4/2007 at 21:45
Steam won't recognise or validate the old Thief DS sold by Eidos, It will stand alone as its own as it always has, no change, no validation required.
Its the newer version being sold by steam over the net that has to be verified and will only run on steam, it will not be a stand alone program, from what i've been told.
Chances are that Eidos is trying to sell older titles to gain money and keep the cost of production down, so by Giving Steam the right to sell and host the Titles the company makes more money without having to spend alot of money on hard copies (just a fee to have steam host the title) and lose money with piracy. Steam is now very stable and effective for hosting games. Alot of companies both proffesional and amature are signing on.
Sabs
