COH / FAQ for New Steam version

[doomed]

Here's a quick rundown on the main topics of interest for those who have installed or are willing to install the New Steam Version of Company of Heroes.

FAQ

1) What is COH (New Steam Version) ?
It's a relaunch of the COH game and TOV and OF expansions under the wings of Sega. The game in it's whole is exactly the same, with the exception of the Multiplayer lobby (and some of it's features) which is now based on Steam servers (provided by Sega or Valve?) and not "Relic Online" anymore. But this shouldnt make any difference in matchmaking, skirmishes, etc.


2) Do i really have to redownload everything?
Yes.


3) Do i get the whole package (COH + TOV + OF) ?
It depends. Steam will recognise what you have purchased and activated in the past. And it will show in the New Steam version as such.

So you keep what you had before, nothing more or less. If you had COH before, you get COH as the core game in the new version.

And the expansions are now represented as DLC.

If you had COH + TOV expansion, then you get COH as the core game and TOV as DLC. Same for OF.

They are not giving the expansions (DLC) for free.


4) What is Sega's role in all of this?
Sega owns the franchise now. THQ's logo has been substituted by Sega's.


5) What happens to my single player saved games?

You must run the New Steam version at least once. Then you can copy the saved games from the old folder:

C:\Users\XXXXXXX\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes\Savegames\

To the new folder:

C:\Users\XXXXXXX\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes Relaunch\Savegames\

Once you launch New Steam version again, you'll be able to resume your campaign.


6) What happens to my Relic Online profile?
No longer needed. The New Steam version uses Steamworks and as such, integrates with your Steam account.


7) What happens to my multiplayer stats?
They are gone. But according to http://www.coh2.org/news/2035/servers-for-coh1-to-continue-on-steamworks they are working on a dump of all stats that will be available online.


8) Can I uninstall the old games? (COH + TOV + OF)
Yes.


9) Will they unlist the old games from Steam Library?
Most probably, yes. Who knows. No biggie.


10) I have Serial numbers from a store-bought disc or Humble Bundle. How do i get the New Steam version?
In case you have Retail keys (aka serial numbers), you can add them on Steam by doing the following:

• Click on "Games" menu
  
• Select "Activate a Product on Steam".

Do not download the old games. Just download the "New Steam version".

[Draetor]

Good FAQ, but I just want to clarify one thing. I bought CoH + both expansions combo pack a while back. Does this mean now if I install ONLY the "new steam version" that I will have everything together. No need to install any of the other items listed in my library?

Thanks.

[Muammer93]

Originally posted by Draetor:

Good FAQ, but I just want to clarify one thing. I bought CoH + both expansions combo pack a while back. Does this mean now if I install ONLY the "new steam version" that I will have everything together. No need to install any of the other items listed in my library?

Thanks.

I think you will have all of them. I bought CoH, OF + TOV before. All of 3 games look like together in New Steam Version. You can see them in NSV's DLC section.

[doomed]

Originally posted by Draetor:

Good FAQ, but I just want to clarify one thing. I bought CoH + both expansions combo pack a while back. Does this mean now if I install ONLY the "new steam version" that I will have everything together. No need to install any of the other items listed in my library?

Thanks.

Yes, one download gives you all (COH+TOV+OF)

[doomed]

I have updated the FAQ with some guidance for those who have bought the game (or expansion) on a Retail store (not Steam).

[JediMaster80]

Good FAQ.
Now hopefully people will stop asking the same damn questions over and over when they were answered and they just won't accept it.

(At Mods/Admins) Somebody Sticky/Pin This.

[fuff]

Thanks for the FAQ.

[JP]

thanks a lot

[Heihachirō504]

Thank you, @doomed. This should be stickied.

[thompsongunner]

Reference No 10)

So far so good. Migration from individual retail (CoH, OF & TOV) with NO prior steam connection to new steam version worked. I thought I would post my CoH New Steam Version experiance as I encountered some minor hick ups.

As mentioned above my CoH had not been bought via steam nor had it been added to steam as a non steam game prior to this. I own three seperate disks with three seperate cd keys. When I tried to add my key for COH it was rejected as not valid. I tried the TOV key with the same result. The OF key was accepted and I got to select if I wanted to download OF and/or the new steam version. I selected the new steam version. When I launched the game I noticed that most content was locked. I checked the DLC section and only OF was listed, so I tried again to add my CoH and TOV keys. This time both were added and all content was immediately unlocked without further download.

Now fingers crossed for adding the Blitzkrieg mod and the map packs. But I do not anticipate any problems as they worked for those of my friends who already owned the game on steam.

Update: All good!!

[[G@mer] $|-|3яƒ4§]

Nice, thank you for this post!

[Tallus]

Does/will the new steam version support cloud saves?

[doomed]

Originally posted by Tallus:

Does/will the new steam version support cloud saves?

I'm almost sure the answer to this is negative.

[🈲AntiqueMemeShow🈂]

I have one last question just to clarify something. So if I only got the Tales of Valor expansion, is that all that I will get in the (New Steam Version)

[doomed]

Originally posted by Xankar:

I have one last question just to clarify something. So if I only got the Tales of Valor expansion, is that all that I will get in the (New Steam Version)

Good question. Typical DLC requires the core game. Not sure in your case since TOV was a standalone expansion right?

[Bilateralrope]

Originally posted by doomed:

Originally posted by Xankar:

I have one last question just to clarify something. So if I only got the Tales of Valor expansion, is that all that I will get in the (New Steam Version)

Good question. Typical DLC requires the core game. Not sure in your case since TOV was a standalone expansion right?

I have three pieces of DLC listed in my version. Core, OF and ToV.

By treating the core version as DLC, it becomes possible for someone to own ToV without getting access to the core game.