CrossCode executable now has Steam DRM?

[(kl0n) ᗜˬᗜ 👍]

I thought one of the selling points was that even if you guys couldn't get it onto GOG Connect, you'd still allow us to play DRM-free on Steam. What changed?

[D13_Michael]

Huh? The game is still DRM free. It does not require Steam, even if you bought it via Steam and you are using the Steam build.

[streetclaw]

You can play it without having Steam installed or open - at least for me. It's true that the latest version added some steam libs to access steam achivements but there shouldn't be DRM at all.

- What OS do you use?
- What Steam Beta-Branch do you use (nwjs_old or the default)
- What exactly happens if you want to play the game?

[(kl0n) ᗜˬᗜ 👍]

Originally posted by D13_Michael:

Huh? The game is still DRM free. It does not require Steam, even if you bought it via Steam and you are using the Steam build.

Sorry, you guys are right, just tried right now (without the Steam client running at all) and it worked, didn't launch Steam. Just a little weird that opening the exe while Steam was on showed me as in-game. I'll just have to make sure in future that Steam isn't on.

Originally posted by streetclaw:

You can play it without having Steam installed or open - at least for me. It's true that the latest version added some steam libs to access steam achivements but there shouldn't be DRM at all.

- What OS do you use?
- What Steam Beta-Branch do you use (nwjs_old or the default)
- What exactly happens if you want to play the game?

Win10Pro, up-to-date branch (whichever that is), and it would show my status as in-game in CrossCode (green colour).

[streetclaw]

Ah Okay. You can also remove the modules folder from the game data and play the game without any steam features. That means, you will not get any steam achivements anymore. Achivements are tracked ingame that means that you will get them all if you add the modules back again and start the game with it.

[(kl0n) ᗜˬᗜ 👍]

Originally posted by streetclaw:

Ah Okay. You can also remove the modules folder from the game data and play the game without any steam features. That means, you will not get any steam achivements anymore. Achivements are tracked ingame that means that you will get them all if you add the modules back again and start the game with it.

Ah, thanks for enlightening! Didn't know I could ensure a lack of Steam features, this will be useful! :D

[TheMysterD]

Originally posted by D13_Michael:

Huh? The game is still DRM free. It does not require Steam, even if you bought it via Steam and you are using the Steam build.

Does this include the DLC's being DRM-FREE also?

[(kl0n) ᗜˬᗜ 👍]

Originally posted by TheMysterD:

Originally posted by D13_Michael:

Huh? The game is still DRM free. It does not require Steam, even if you bought it via Steam and you are using the Steam build.

Does this include the DLC's being DRM-FREE also?

Yep, the DLC wouldn't add in new DRM lol, it would usually be in the game executable to start with if present at all.

[SirGouki]

> showed me as in-game
this isn't the DRM, this is steam detecting it automatically because you launched the game. It will sometimes even do this for non-steam titles if you have them added to your library locally. It does this for every game I own through steam that lets me run it from it's executable as well - there are some games that will ONLY run if you run them through steam unless you modify them in a way I'm not going to detail here: that is the DRM.

[(kl0n) ᗜˬᗜ 👍]

Originally posted by SirGouki:

> showed me as in-game
this isn't the DRM, this is steam detecting it automatically because you launched the game. It will sometimes even do this for non-steam titles if you have them added to your library locally. It does this for every game I own through steam that lets me run it from it's executable as well - there are some games that will ONLY run if you run them through steam unless you modify them in a way I'm not going to detail here: that is the DRM.

I noticed this happening with my Humble Bundle (DRM-free) download of Momodora: RutM a couple of years back, I had no idea Steam would somehow detect a game downloaded and installed COMPLETELY independently of its launcher.