Can't play game without an Internet connection

[Altared State]

My internet is currently out so I tried to play this, since it's one of the only single player games I have installed, but I can't due to Denuvo. What's the point of paying for a game that you have no control over?

[Captain Black]

Forgive my skepticism but my game works just fine, with or without an internet connection. Can you show us what draws you to this conclusion?

I have a terrible internet connection which is sometimes likely to connect and disconnect, several times over the course of an hour or so and it never rises much above 250kbps, even on a good day.

[Altared State]

It says you have to connect to the Internet before playing offline

[Captain Black]

Any chance of a screenshot, so we can see the context etc?

[~]

Originally posted by Altared State:

It says you have to connect to the Internet before playing offline

You have to log-in to steam then go to the top left hand side of the steam page and click on steam in the drop down box the option Go Offline is there, AFAIK the game will not start with out logging into steam

[Altared State]

Steam is currently in Offline Mode, for the first launch go in Online mode. Select "Steam" in the upper left corner. "Go Online...", connect to the Internet, and follow the instructions. Afterwards restart the game.

I can't go online with no internet connection

[Ancient]

Originally posted by Altared State:

Steam is currently in Offline Mode, for the first launch go in Online mode. Select "Steam" in the upper left corner. "Go Online...", connect to the Internet, and follow the instructions. Afterwards restart the game.

I can't go online with no internet connection

You have to do that first and make sure the game is fully updated and run it once while online before you can play any Steam DRM'd game offline. That message you're getting is not Denuvo but Steam's DRM at work.

Did you run the game recently while you did have internet? If not, it won't run in Offline mode. That's what the "for the first launch go in Online mode" is telling you.

This issue with Offline Mode not working for a given game unless you first authenticate the game by running it in Online Mode is actually old as dirt, as this article from 2012 will attest to: https://www.howtogeek.com/117424/how-to-make-steams-offline-mode-work/

[~]

Originally posted by Altared State:

Steam is currently in Offline Mode, for the first launch go in Online mode. Select "Steam" in the upper left corner. "Go Online...", connect to the Internet, and follow the instructions. Afterwards restart the game.

I can't go online with no internet connection

if you have no internet connection how the hell are you loggin in and typing in this forum

[Altared State]

Originally posted by Ancient:

Originally posted by Altared State:

Steam is currently in Offline Mode, for the first launch go in Online mode. Select "Steam" in the upper left corner. "Go Online...", connect to the Internet, and follow the instructions. Afterwards restart the game.

I can't go online with no internet connection

You have to do that first and make sure the game is fully updated and run it once while online before you can play any Steam DRM'd game offline. That message you're getting is not Denuvo but Steam's DRM at work.

Did you run the game recently while you did have internet? If not, it won't run in Offline mode. That's what the "for the first launch go in Online mode" is telling you.

This issue with Offline Mode not working for a given game unless you first authenticate the game by running it in Online Mode is actually old as dirt, as this article from 2012 will attest to: https://www.howtogeek.com/117424/how-to-make-steams-offline-mode-work/

I can't go online with no internet connection

Originally posted by ShAdOw:

Originally posted by Altared State:

Steam is currently in Offline Mode, for the first launch go in Online mode. Select "Steam" in the upper left corner. "Go Online...", connect to the Internet, and follow the instructions. Afterwards restart the game.

I can't go online with no internet connection

if you have no internet connection how the hell are you loggin in and typing in this forum

My phone 🙄

[Ancient]

Originally posted by Altared State:

Originally posted by Ancient:

You have to do that first and make sure the game is fully updated and run it once while online before you can play any Steam DRM'd game offline. That message you're getting is not Denuvo but Steam's DRM at work.

Did you run the game recently while you did have internet? If not, it won't run in Offline mode. That's what the "for the first launch go in Online mode" is telling you.

This issue with Offline Mode not working for a given game unless you first authenticate the game by running it in Online Mode is actually old as dirt, as this article from 2012 will attest to: https://www.howtogeek.com/117424/how-to-make-steams-offline-mode-work/

I can't go online with no internet connection

Originally posted by ShAdOw:

if you have no internet connection how the hell are you loggin in and typing in this forum

My phone 🙄

Does your phone not have a mobile wifi hotspot or tethering option where you can share it's data connection to PCs?

[zOldBulldog]

This ís very puzzling. How can you even expect to play a Steam game without any internet connection at least during setup?

Clearly you need internet to download the game, and at that time you can do all of the steps that require a connection, and after that you should be able to play offline.

And as Ancient mentioned if you ever need a temporary connection later, you can do it by using the phone's Hotspot. If the computer doesn't have WiFi just get a USB WiFi device (they are quite cheap now).

Aaaaand... if the game isn't a Steam version or worse, if it is a bootleg version, then you are asking in the wrong forum (I am not saying that it is, but I know it is a possibility).

[Ragöterous]

JOOOJJOOHOOOHHH EEEMAGINE VANTING TO PLAHYY A GAHM OFFLINE *laughs in Heavy*