Dawn of war 2 DRM and hardware issues?

Hey all. Just bouht DOW 2 for my bother and realised during installation that the internet connection is required for steam activation. Now this wouldn't be a problem usually because he has steam on his computer. But what has ticked me off is that it requires steam and yet I payed ofr a physical game that I don't want to be used through steam. Steam is ok for valve games or games that are only available through steam but I hate it for other games. So now, it is registered to his steam account which I am less than happy about. Also, it won' start up because of 'missing hardware'. He has the latest drivers and everything is up to date. he has had no problem with any of his other new games and yet this one won't start. Any Ideas?

PS: I am pissed off about the steam usage, I hate DRM.

Well, theres a few advantages about it being tied to steam. First, you can now download the game one the steam account instead of requiring installation from the disc. Second, you can play the game without needed the disc in the drive. It also updates the game automatically since the developers have talked about wanting to put out patches in much greater frequency than previous games. I think its worth it.

As for your problems, you should probably be a bit more specific with it. "missing hardware" doesn't say much. Nor does it say what its missing.

EDIT: i just did a quick search on google for 'DoW 2 "missing hardware"' and the first result was this very same thread. No mention of anything else related to Dawn of War 2. I dont think your problem exists, or its a different problem.

Why do people have such a problem with steam? It doenst make my computer run any slower and ive never had any problems with steam, its been a great service imo. I have no problem with steam.

On another note.. im about to play Dawn Of War 2!

Why do people have such a problem with steam? It doenst make my computer run any slower and ive never had any problems with steam, its been a great service imo. I have no problem with steam.

On another note.. im about to play Dawn Of War 2!

Why do people have such a problem with steam? It doenst make my computer run any slower and ive never had any problems with steam, its been a great service imo. I have no problem with steam.

On another note.. im about to play Dawn Of War 2!

Excuse me if this would sound a little condescending, but this kinda makes me a little disappointed with you whiners. Didn't you read the box requirements if you are having hardware issues and not meeting the requirements?

Isnt steam free? So what if it's tied to it. That's great, that probably means you don't need the CD anymore.

There are gamers out there without internet connection? Yeesh, get with the times people. At least get DSL, it's cheaper than a meal at Ruby Tuesday.

I'm probably wrong but I suspect the people who are haveing issues are using pirated versions of the game. I bought the game from Steam and have since bought a new computer and installed it on that pc via Steam with no issues. My new system has a completely different OS, went from an AMD processor to an Intel, and a Nvidia GPU to an ATi and no issues.

I don't think the OP needs your help anymore guys.

Why do people have such a problem with steam? It doenst make my computer run any slower and ive never had any problems with steam, its been a great service imo. I have no problem with steam.

On another note.. im about to play Dawn Of War 2!

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