Steam &Offline Mode? : V

» Sat May 12, 2012 12:19 am

Hello,
Can someone explain to me how u can play offline with steam?
qwert

» Sat May 12, 2012 2:07 am

Open Steam when you are online, then click File -> Go Offline. Steam will then restart in offline mode.

EDIT: Solid_Moose had it right, you click on 'Steam', not 'File'. My bad.

» Sat May 12, 2012 8:06 am

Open steam.

Click "Steam" in the top left.

Click "Go Offline..."

» Sat May 12, 2012 4:37 am

Hi,

Not sure if you're aware, but you can just run Skyrim without the Steam Client even running.

If you create a direct shortcut to your TESV.exe (Mines in: D:/STEAM/SteamApps/Common/Skyrim) and launch that, Skyrim runs just fine and doesn't launch the Steam Client like the normal Launcher would.

As my settings are already in place, I now run Skyrim this way as it's one less thing running...not that I had any issues with Skyrim while the Steam Client was in Online or Offline mode I'll add.

I know I'll need to use the Steam Client to apply future updates, but I can do that when *I* chose.

Cheers,

Scoob.

» Sat May 12, 2012 6:22 am

Hi,

Not sure if you're aware, but you can just run Skyrim without the Steam Client even running.

If you create a direct shortcut to your TESV.exe (Mines in: D:/STEAM/SteamApps/Common/Skyrim) and launch that, Skyrim runs just fine and doesn't launch the Steam Client like the normal Launcher would.

As my settings are already in place, I now run Skyrim this way as it's one less thing running...not that I had any issues with Skyrim while the Steam Client was in Online or Offline mode I'll add.

I know I'll need to use the Steam Client to apply future updates, but I can do that when *I* chose.

Cheers,

Scoob.

This is true.

I disabled Steam altogether using msconfig several days ago and haven't looked back. Game still runs just fine, however I don't know how viable an option this is for console users. (I don't play on console so I don't know if it's possible)

» Sat May 12, 2012 3:43 am

Hi,

Not sure if you're aware, but you can just run Skyrim without the Steam Client even running.

If you create a direct shortcut to your TESV.exe (Mines in: D:/STEAM/SteamApps/Common/Skyrim) and launch that, Skyrim runs just fine and doesn't launch the Steam Client like the normal Launcher would.

As my settings are already in place, I now run Skyrim this way as it's one less thing running...not that I had any issues with Skyrim while the Steam Client was in Online or Offline mode I'll add.

I know I'll need to use the Steam Client to apply future updates, but I can do that when *I* chose.

Cheers,

Scoob.

i use steam for achievements lol

» Sat May 12, 2012 7:36 am

This is true.

I disabled Steam altogether using msconfig several days ago and haven't looked back. Game still runs just fine, however I don't know how viable an option this is for console users. (I don't play on console so I don't know if it's possible)

Unimportant. Steam doesn't have anything to do with consoles.

» Sat May 12, 2012 9:40 am

Be careful though, you have to be online to activate offline mode. Meaning if your internet goes down and you aren't in offline mode, you can't log in period.

On a side note qwert I still hate you no matter what forum you're on. If you've never used dwight from the office as your avatar disregard that.

» Sat May 12, 2012 4:45 am

I keep track of my time played with steam