Starcom: Unknown Space

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Atlana Aug 14, 2024 @ 3:19am
GEFORCE NOW cloud-gaming support? Only takes two checkmarks...
Hi Devs,

can you please enable Nvidia's GEFORCE NOW cloud-gaming support?

All it takes is two checkmarks in the STEAM-DEV's console ( https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/cloudgaming ): one to enable STEAM cloudsaves and the other to allow Nvidia to download temporarily a copy of the game off STEAM's content delivery network and run it on GEFORCE NOW's virtual machines.

No code changes necessary, the devs/publisher retain all the rights!
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justkevin  [developer] Aug 14, 2024 @ 6:29am 
Someone mentioned this earlier and I went through the process, but apparently there must be some other step if people aren't seeing it. I can confirm that NVIDIA GeForce Now is checked in Steamworks.

Let me know if you have an idea what might be missing.
Atlana Aug 14, 2024 @ 10:30am 
Originally posted by justkevin:
Someone mentioned this earlier and I went through the process, but apparently there must be some other step if people aren't seeing it. I can confirm that NVIDIA GeForce Now is checked in Steamworks.

Let me know if you have an idea what might be missing.

ok, I'm on the Premium subscription, so I should see any games available, that has been switched as such. Now my process of elimination:
- STEAM Cloud-saves are enabled (since it shows ~97 MB STEAM cloud-save space available)
- Nexus doesn't use any proprietary/funky DRM (i.e. DENUVO; NVIDIA doesn't like those type of invasive DRMs messing with their virtual machines and underlying hardware, like in HOMEWORLD 3 or HELLDIVERS 2)
- can't be the Early Access status, since I've played Baldurs Gate III on GeforceNOW while it was in EA and I see DESYNCED game (still in Early Access) from my library on GeforceNOW

I reckon you don't get any error codes?
did you get any emails per chance, that had some weblinks in them for validation/enabling access (maybe spam folder)?
have you checked this GFN for devs resource? ( https://developer.nvidia.com/industries/game-development/geforce-now )
there used to be a "request game XYZ to be incorporated" list, but theyr either removed it or I'm too blind to find it again.

is there maybe a form of delay for the Nvidia GFN for games to get published?
Can't imagine there would be, as Bethesda's STARFIELD was released on Sept, 6th last year, and it was available on the Nvidia GFN same day or a day later.

When was the last time you tried getting it activated?

Hope this helps
:p2cube:
justkevin  [developer] Aug 14, 2024 @ 10:40am 
I did the cloud play setup for Starcom: Unknown Space at least a month ago I think. I just did it for Starcom: Nexus now.

I can't seem to find a "getting your Steam game on GeForce Now" guide anywhere on the web.
justkevin  [developer] Aug 14, 2024 @ 10:51am 
After searching in the Steamworks Dev forums, it seems like the answer is "it's up to NVidia, they curate all additions."
Atlana Aug 14, 2024 @ 10:51am 
Originally posted by justkevin:
I did the cloud play setup for Starcom: Unknown Space at least a month ago I think. I just did it for Starcom: Nexus now.

I can't seem to find a "getting your Steam game on GeForce Now" guide anywhere on the web.
I just re-synced my library in Nvidia's GFN, still no change.
Have you signed that agreement here https://partner.steamgames.com/newpartner/signlatestsda/?agreement_type=13 ?
Atlana Aug 14, 2024 @ 10:53am 
Originally posted by justkevin:
After searching in the Steamworks Dev forums, it seems like the answer is "it's up to NVidia, they curate all additions."

I reckon they just want to make sure, that there's no hidden shenanigans in the executables/code.
AFAIK they're publishing every Thursday new game additions - maybe that's a thing? waiting until tomorrow?
BTW neither of the NExus games are on the GFN at the moment
shiantar Aug 14, 2024 @ 11:34am 
Yay. Another legal document to run past the lawyer.

Whatever happened to the good ol' days when you could print a hardcopy of your source code, seal it in an envelope, mail it to yourself, and hand a disk to a friend with a casual "Could you see if this works OK?"
Atlana Aug 14, 2024 @ 11:49pm 
Originally posted by shiantar:
Yay. Another legal document to run past the lawyer.

Whatever happened to the good ol' days when you could print a hardcopy of your source code, seal it in an envelope, mail it to yourself, and hand a disk to a friend with a casual "Could you see if this works OK?"

Because what you suggest was set up back in the 60's to 70's by the patent office, at a time when the U.S. postal office' mail had some serious legal weight, at a time when computer-code and it's legal ramifications were still in their infancy.

but this is 2024 - a hyper-connected world, where a copy & paste and sending the copy off on the other side of the globe is executed in a matter of a couple seconds - therefore ideas/concepts/procedures and processes need to be protected. After all software is still an abstract of ideas, audiovisuals and procedures - nothing physically tangible.

But yet it carries great consequences - just look what happened with the Crowdstrike security update-patch fail on a global scale

That's why another legal document - that way everybody involved will know the limits and consequences. Just like any other form of contract.
coheed360 Sep 8, 2024 @ 5:21pm 
Did this get resolved? I can't find it on GeForce now. Bought the game and now can't play it since I have a mac and assumed it'd run on Geforce...
Atlana Sep 9, 2024 @ 4:31am 
Originally posted by coheed360:
Did this get resolved? I can't find it on GeForce now. Bought the game and now can't play it since I have a mac and assumed it'd run on Geforce...
You're not the only one who's looking/waiting pretty much on the daily for the STARCOM games to show up on the Geforce Now service.
According to the how-to description of it, in the Steam Dev dashboard, it's suppose to be easy.
No idea why it isn't - ultimately it's between the dev/publisher and Nvidia. I doubt it's a "being an indie title"-reason, lots of indies are on Geforce Now.
Maybe a config error?
Who knows... dev hasn't said anything since mid Aug what the status quo/issue is.
justkevin  [developer] Sep 9, 2024 @ 5:59am 
No news. There doesn't appear to be any official way for a developer to ask NVidia for a game to be added. I've reached out to them today at their "info@nvidia.com" email.
Atlana Sep 9, 2024 @ 8:09am 
Originally posted by justkevin:
No news. There doesn't appear to be any official way for a developer to ask NVidia for a game to be added. I've reached out to them today at their "info@nvidia.com" email.
Best of luck! :moralefist::lunar2019piginablanket::p2cube:
Gamers too have only the 'in-app'-feature to get hold of Geforce Now or make suggestions...
Atlana Sep 25, 2024 @ 8:19am 
Originally posted by justkevin:
No news. There doesn't appear to be any official way for a developer to ask NVidia for a game to be added. I've reached out to them today at their "info@nvidia.com" email.
any news from Nvidia?
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