Downloading PC Games at places such as Steam

Hey,

I have read that to play games on Steam, you need to have an internet connection at the time you want to play. I have used Direct2Drive, and it seems as if on there, once the game is installed, you don't need an internet connection to play. Are these statements true?

-Thanks

Hey,

I have read that to play games on Steam, you need to have an internet connection at the time you want to play. I have used Direct2Drive, and it seems as if on there, once the game is installed, you don't need an internet connection to play. Are these statements true?

-Thanks

KeithTobberman

Why do you want steam to be offline anyway?Shadowhawk000

Bcuz some people may not have the internet at home, but like to download games from Steam at friend's house or somethin', then bring the laptop home to play the Steam games offline...... make sense?

Not quite right either. Excusing my horrible typing in my first post, if you try to start Steam and it is unable to connect, it will ask you if you want to run Offline mode or quit. Like I said, you only "have" to connect the first time installing and running it, afterward it will attempt to connect by default, but it isn't necessary to connect again.guynamedbilly

I'm not cutting down Steam or D2D, but there are some alternatives. Stardock's Impulse, it doesn't have to be running in the background to play a game (unless you want it to count how many times you run it). And GamersGate's slogan is "Download anywhere, anytime."

[QUOTE="guynamedbilly"]Not quite right either. Excusing my horrible typing in my first post, if you try to start Steam and it is unable to connect, it will ask you if you want to run Offline mode or quit. Like I said, you only "have" to connect the first time installing and running it, afterward it will attempt to connect by default, but it isn't necessary to connect again.G013M

[QUOTE="Shadowhawk000"]Why do you want steam to be offline anyway?Dogswithguns

Bcuz some people may not have the internet at home, but like to download games from Steam at friend's house or somethin', then bring the laptop home to play the Steam games offline...... make sense?