3 ms·
>most Steam games use Steam servers to authenticate ownership Not true. Maybe if you mainly play ubisoft tiles.
by tokai 4y ago
>most Steam games use Steam servers to authenticate ownership
Not true. Maybe if you mainly play ubisoft tiles.
- delecti 4y agoCan you be more specific or offer any evidence? That Valve offers DRM through Steam is unambiguously true. Here's their developer document on it: https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/drm https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/drm And here's a list of games which are sold through Steam but which nonetheless do not use Steam DRM: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/The_big_list_of_DRM-free_games_on_Steam https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/The_big_list_of_DRM-free_g... Why would such a list be necessary if games sold through Steam that used Steam DRM were the minority?
- Karunamon 4y agoAny game using Steamworks behaves this way, which is a pretty massive chunk of them. Ubisoft uses their own DRM which is an entirely different system. I think what you may be saying is the behavior if you open a Steamworks game while Steam is opened, it just executes as normal. Any authentication or nonsense happens in the background. Try opening a Steamworks game with steam closed, it will force steam to open and login before the game can be played.
- vorpalhex 4y agoYou can test this. Delete steam, restart your computer and launch a title. You'll get a message about steam.dll missing or being unable to authenticate. You can also sign out of steam, unplug from the internet and try to launch - and again, you won't be able to except this time steam will launch and tell you to login.