kenjara Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Hello, I tried to add this game to steam as a none steam game but it crashes when I try to launch it within steam. Has anyone else got this issue? It is annoying because I use steam to talk to my friends and arrange games. Thanks, Kenjara EDIT: I got the game working in steam using run as adminstrator there is no steam overlay in game though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger33 Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 This was brought up before and apparently it doesn't work because of the new DRM. I was really looking forward to using it since it works in CMSF and CMx1 but its a no-go for CMBN. Alt-tabbing is pretty stable though so you can still use the steam chat to get the game set up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidcactus Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Yes I had same problem to. It cant be done... same problem with CMAfghanistan aswell... It's a shame because steam is an awesome way to advertise games to my freinds, when they see me playing something unfamiliar to them they will always ask me questions 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javaslinger Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Why do people use Steam? It's awful.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Field Marshal Blücher Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Why do people use Steam? It's awful.... Evidently that's a matter of opinion. I like it rather a lot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wego McPbem Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Why do people use Steam? It's awful.... To name a few reasons: Valve games, great sales, convenience factor and friends list functionality. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger33 Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Why do people use Steam? It's awful.... Ehhhh, lets see. Unlimited downloads at any speed, amazing sales, in game overlay (friends list, cross game chat, web browser), steam cloud (syncs your saves and control preferences from one PC to another), stores your screenshots online, uses almost no CPU power, automatic updates for all games, support for indie devs and mods, great customer support etc. That's just off the top of my head. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodwood Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Excuse my dumb ignorance here, but why would you need to add the game to Steam, isn't Steam a 3rd party d/l company? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger33 Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Excuse my dumb ignorance here, but why would you need to add the game to Steam, isn't Steam a 3rd party d/l company? When you play games through Steam (even ones you didn't buy through it), it lets you use the in-game overlay. Basically, you hit Shift+Tab and the game grays out and you can see your Steam friends list (which lets you see who is online and what they are playing) and open chat windows with them, with the options of voice chat and group chat as well. You can also use a web browser, look at screenshots you have taken (you can set whatever key you want to do this, no need for FRAPS, they are working on letting you record video with it as well), and a few other things. Another big deal is that when you start the game, everyone on your friends list will see "so-and-so is playing Combat Mission: Battle for Normandy" pop up in a little box on their desktop. Steam basically makes for an ad hoc multiplayer lobby, a feature this game sorely lacks. However, it doesn't work with CMBN, for reasons unknown. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boche Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 God bless steam, happy user for more than 5 years, and I thought it was great then, its advances so much in the last couple of years. Fantastic service. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroCat Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 I've really grown to like Steam a lot. I've had no problems with it at all. CMBN on Steam would be a very good thing for all, imho. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peregrine Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Why do people use Steam? It's awful.... Some games force you to use steam as a form of DRM (most noteably CIV 5). Having it your games list is also a great way of advertising stuff not purchased via steam to your friends but alas the later iterations of CM as stated above doesn't work. Also you can get supercheap deals for games once they get a bit old. But steam can cause you headaches so many ways (slow downloads - Australia, games not tailored well having issues at launch, patching or installing can sometimes be a problem). I think most steam users hit these problems sooner or later and vow never to use steam again. That has happened to me twice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boche Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 well every system has its flaws, also the bad thing is that if the Steam building goes down, the whole system goes down jaja I remember a couple of years back, a tornado damaged the steam center, and no one was able to use steam for about 3 weeks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StellarRat Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 God bless steam, happy user for more than 5 years, and I thought it was great then, its advances so much in the last couple of years. Fantastic service.You won't bless it so much when they start charging to play your games by the hour. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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