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Old 03-20-2011, 06:12 PM
Thee_oddball Thee_oddball is offline
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Originally Posted by Les View Post

Even if that is the case though, it's still possible you'll be able to install the boxed version of the game (with it's built-in Steamworks matchmaking code) but not have to register with Steam or have a Steam account, or maybe (but I doubt it) have to install the rest of the Steam stuff until you're prompted to do so after trying to use the games default server browser.

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Peer To Peer Multi-Player Authentication/Authorization verifies the unique ID of a user (their SteamID), determines if that user is allowed access to the game

https://partner.steamgames.com/documentation/api
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