KEEP GETTING THIS ERROR ( You must be online in order to play Don Bradman Cricket 14) I CANT play!!!!!

[★Oblivion ©]

i am keep getting this error "You must be online in order to play Don Bradman Cricket 14" i tried so many times and still the same ....i cant play since 3 days please do something and tell me any solution !!!

[Soup]

You can play "Offline" as long as you have a Internet connection at the start. If you can connect to Steam, you can connect to the game.

I think that is what Big Ant was saying

[Egelis]

check your firewall i have to turn mine off each time i play

[SublimeMasters.]

Just from today, i do get the same error. I am always online and have no connection issues but still get this error. Can Big Ant & team please suggest some solution to this error ?

[SublimeMasters.]

Just found the solution which worked for me. Right click on the game and choose properties. Then choose local files and then click on verify the integrety of the cache. After that try playing the game. Well at least for me this worked so try it out.

[Saxton Hale]

That hasn't worked for me, Big Ant really needs to get onto this as it is affecting a number of people.

[★Oblivion ©]

nothing worked for me....!!

[MG]

If you have any other type of controller (joystick, wheel etc) plugged in via USB, then unplug them, see if that works. It did for me.

[RossAtBigAnt]

Aryaan, is it still not working?

[★Oblivion ©]

Yes its still not working......when i connect my mobile internet...via usb tethering...its working ....but when i connect my fiber internet 10mbps...its not working.....and i am playing all games on my 10mbps internet and they all are working very well :(

[hiЯez]

BigAnt should remove the DRM online check which was rudely introduced after the game was originally released.

The game I purchased could be played in Steam Offline Mode. Now it can't.

Sure, I was offered a refund, by the BigAnt himself. But I don't want a refund. I want the functionality that I purchased and was using. The advice to "switch off the internet after the game starts" is stupid advice when you don't have the internet in the first place at the location you're playing at.

PES 2015 has joined BigAnt in this shameful "online-only" product strategy, blatantly disregarding the needs of Steam gamers. PES 2015 was released just the other day, and does exactly the same thing. So unless Steam users keep complaining about this, expect this to be a growing trend, and Steam's Offline Mode made a mockery of.

Any game that requires the internet to load to the menu screen should have its price heavily discounted. No more than $10.

[RossAtBigAnt]

The requirements have always said Broadband Required. Even so, you were offered a refund.

Everyone is entitled to an opinion however if you are to call me shameful and stupid then you've lost any ability to sway my opinion in any way. I can do no more for you.

Choices;

a) No protection, no games with significant investment, particularly for games like Cricket, NRL, AFL, etc.

b) Protection and a chance that those games will be made.

This is not an invite to an argument. It is a fact that if we could not stop piracy then we would not make any more games for PC at all - nada - zilch. That is my personal promise to you. I can make that promise because it is my money, my investment, not yours.

I thank the vast majority of our fans and supporters who are not so blind and understand the position we have had to take. For those that have supported us I can assure them that there are many great games to come and we will continue to update DBC14.

[RossAtBigAnt]

@Aryaan I've sent you a friend request so that we can communicate and try to solve the problem.

[SublimeMasters.]

Ross, How come ii got rid of the same error just by checking the integritityof the cache ? and the same does not work for Aryaan. The reason, i ask is just incase i do get the error again, it would be good to know what to do...... Cheers !!

[RossAtBigAnt]

@sublimemasters I'm not sure, I believe it to be an issue with Steam and the Cache, however I want to make sure.

[76561198158060442]

I am suddenly facing this issue after 78 hours of gametime. Any leads how to fix this? There was surely no change in the system after my last game time