Steam only?

[Sniperdragon]

Is this game gonna be steam only, or will there be a way to seperately download it from somewhere?
Because steam is really buggy and I don't really like it, although the concept is great.

Thx in advance,
Sniperdragon

 

[Yoshiro]

Steam only. And steam doesn't have that many bugs overall. And most that crop up can be easily fixed.

 

[Sniperdragon]

Ok, thx for the reply.
Guess i'll have to install it then.. and it does contain bugs.. Last time I installed it on Vista (3 months ago) Vista went haywire and I could only remove it from safe-mode. And it wasn't Vistas fault. So im a bit of reluctant to install it, although I really, really want to buy this mod

 

[Raziel]

Will KF be available on CD/DVD ... ?
Or digital download only ?

 

[Linoleum]

i dont think steam is as bad as it used to be, i used to absolutley hate it, and even if the game comes out on cd/dvd you will have to register it to steam.

 

[Yoshiro]

Right now I am unsure if there is a box distributer. That is a question for Alan or Ramm.

 

[Innociv]

I have never encountered this bugginess of steam.

Sounds like something pirates make up since steam is DRM.

 

[Raziel]

i dont think steam is as bad as it used to be, i used to absolutley hate it, and even if the game comes out on cd/dvd you will have to register it to steam.

I know ...
It's about the payment.
I don't have a credit card and PayPal .... whatever.

 

[Bommel]

I know ...
It's about the payment.
I don't have a credit card and PayPal .... whatever.

dito
And I like to have a shiny DVD on my shelf.

 

[Matt]

I don't have a credit card, but I find that PayPal accepts my debit card and I think Steam have started supporting my card now. Steam has been absolutely fantastic for me, living on a remote island north of scotland, there is one Game Shop which only stocks the most popular of games. I used to have to buy games from Amazon which took ages to ship up here(usually 1 and a half to 2 weeks), whereas Steam just takes a day or so to download. And I've never encountered any problems with it.

The people who say its riddled with bugs are the people who also say PayPal is riddled with bugs, generally an excuse for pirates.

 

[Sniperdragon]

Whats with this: only pirates experience steam bugs.

I downloaded the Steam installer today from the website itself.
Took like 5 tries, 3 crashes and some errors to get it installed legitly. Hows that for few bugs xD. But atleast I got it installed.

 

[HobbStweedle]

steam accepts debit cards too if you got one of those.

 

[Innociv]

You're right it's a broad statement.. But steam is better than securom, direct2drive, etc.

 

[Zips]

Ok, thx for the reply.
Guess i'll have to install it then.. and it does contain bugs.. Last time I installed it on Vista (3 months ago) Vista went haywire and I could only remove it from safe-mode. And it wasn't Vistas fault. So im a bit of reluctant to install it, although I really, really want to buy this mod

Sorry but...

I've been running Steam on Vista for years now. The only issues that have come up for me were quickly fixed either with the usual "fix" of deleting the clientregistry.blob or waiting for a quick patch from Valve.

Then again, I run without that annoying UAC so perhaps that's something.

I'd strongly look into seeing what is going on with either your connection, your user permissions, or with Vista itself.

 

[[TW]Wilsonam]

We are aiming to get it out in stores too...

 

[Capt.Marion]

Whats with this: only pirates experience steam bugs.

I downloaded the Steam installer today from the website itself.
Took like 5 tries, 3 crashes and some errors to get it installed legitly. Hows that for few bugs xD. But atleast I got it installed.

Head on down to The Podium section and start posting your problems, and what happens. We'll get you straightened out down there.

I installed Vista-64 and the first thing I installed after my drivers was Steam and RO, and have never had a problem yet. So there's something not right there...

 

[HobbStweedle]

No steam/vista problems here either. My UAC is off as well.

Make sure you run/install it as administrator

 

[Sgt. Lag]

Win XP and never had a problem.
I love Steam....I just.....can I get married with it??

 

[zYnthetic]

Just yesterday Valve announced a new feature for Steam, a different anti-piracy solution that makes DRM "obsolete".

 

[Sniperdragon]

Thx for all the offers for support, but its working ok now so far..

A few points tho:
1. Im on windows 7. Vista was back a few months. 7 is Way more stable, less annoying uac. Steam should install like on vista, and well.. As ppl in the irc heard, it did. Bugs all over again but in the end it installed.

About steam not being the problem tho.. On both 7 and vista my registry, internet and hardware are/were all fine. Im pretty tech savvy, so i know this for sure. And my windows installer aint corrupt eitjer, other things install fine. That pretty much narrows it down to steam being buggy. Especially since other things install fine..
But the bottom line is that i got it installed and cant wait for the release of kf:ressurection