Yeah smells like pirates....

STEAM has been a pain the harse up till now... starting to consider to ilegally downlaod the game just to get read of it :rolleyes:

Hate to break it to u champ, but the hard copy wasnt the complete game as it was. Steam is an intergral part of the game from beginning to end.

For starters u have to install steam before the game allows it to be installed from the disc. Then after the game has installed from the disc, the install is completed by steam updating the game with the core files that are needed (hence, only a portion of the game is installed from the disc). How do i know this? because i, like alot of others, bought the hard disc.

So if ur saying that ur able to play it straight from the disc, then im telling you your either full of it, or ur using a pirated version of the game. Oh and sure, u can play it offline, when u set steam offline, and even then its only playable offline if the game is up to date.

As you said yourself - So take THAT lol

That's one option. Only updates would be the beta patches that you can download. Forget about official patches. This way you would always be one or two updates behind. Sort of sad that people have to consider warez versions so they can better utilize the game they bought.

I hope 1c/Ubisoft figure this out and get us a hardcopy dvd version that does not need Steam but still has some sort of copy protection on it. If people that have paid for the program get warez versions you can bet there will be a lot of people getting it without ever buying the program. This would suck. The programmers deserve to get paid for their work.

Well, i don't like it either, but in all fairness there was ample warning about this on the forums here and some massive debates. The main positive thing about steam is that it gets the game some increased exposure and a better split of the price for 1c.

At least it works in offline mode and most of the fluff can be disabled, leaving the relatively minor annoyance of having to run an extra application before you can launch the sim.

Don't get me wrong, i don't hate it on principle "just because" and it hasn't given me any real trouble even though it's totally new to me, i just don't want extra layers of dependencies on my gaming simply on a "just in case" basis.

I concur, ive uninstalled this game enought times and reformatted hardrives etc to know this..i purchased the collectors edition and what i really got was a box with some nice things in it and a cd with a CoD logo on it but Steam files on the disc...

true dat

Consider your comments whilst on a short holiday also.

holy f+++ sh+++! I already broke it to you! The OP always talks of "Stream". That's like Steam, but with an additional 'r'. Stream != Steam; it's like a redneck mistake, like talking with a heavy lisp... its. ehh...got it now?. I joked about it. It didn't work at all, no one got it. I had to explain it. Twice. Sad, sad day today :(

GET THIS !paid for hard copy installed and played the game and have a stream account yeah,now my work PC is only connected to internet in the city where i had bring my PC from home to install stream to get game to run which 45 min drive just to hook up to the net.
So ever time theirs a new patch I will have bring PC from home to the just to Patch up.

Now just exe patch would fix this !!!

Smart ASS

O and by the way I have brought Il2 from the first IL2 and all its addon's for the last 10 about years can you say that yeah?

So thats a long team Customer of 1c and i have a right just ask if there are exe patches

oooooh! i deeply appologise for jumping the gun and not knowing your full circumstances of not having a net connection at home brook. Certainly since you didnt note this, you should have seen this coming no? But at the end of the day, you should know well enough that it can only be played threw steam, either online or offline. Looks like ur gonna be doin the long haul for the patches.

Oh and btw, your not the only person who has bought all the il2 series, and i can say that with full confidence ;)