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Vanirgon Jul 8, 2014 @ 2:31am
Friend without steam
So, hey everyone out there, me and a friend of mine want to play together, I have the steam version, he has the legal version without steam, how can we make that work?
Thanks in advance
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RaZ Jul 8, 2014 @ 2:49am 
Can he register the game on steam? If he has original key he could add the game to his library. But im not sure.
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♂TheBlasterMaster™✞ Jul 8, 2014 @ 4:35am 
Originally posted by RaZ:
Can he register the game on steam? If he has original key he could add the game to his library. But im not sure.
This makes no sense at all.

Your friend just needs to install Steam then add his non steam version of L4D2 to Steam. It will then become a Steam version and you can play.
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bob Jul 8, 2014 @ 4:42am 
A non-Steam legal version, or a non-Steam "legal" version? If your friend enters his game key into Steam from the option "activate a product on Steam" he will be able to play with you.

If that's not an option, adding it as a non-Steam game will *not* allow him to play with those who have the Steam copy, since Steam just launches the executable and doesn't actually manage anything inside the non-Steam games (they can be programs or anything).

You can always get a non-Steam "legal" version yourself so you can play with him on a local network using Hamachi or something.
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RaZ Jul 8, 2014 @ 4:49am 
Originally posted by TheMasterBlaster™:
Originally posted by RaZ:
Can he register the game on steam? If he has original key he could add the game to his library. But im not sure.
This makes no sense at all.

Your friend just needs to install Steam then add his non steam version of L4D2 to Steam. It will then become a Steam version and you can play.

Yes, and you wrote almost same advice as mine lol
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Vanirgon Jul 8, 2014 @ 6:47am 
Thank you all, solution was just installing steam^^
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Kimmie May 30, 2019 @ 11:05am 
I paid for L4D2 but my friend got the game from a torrent. We tried playing together but my friend always got disconnected. She told me her WiFi's great, but her signal is not good. Any tips out there to make your signal a lot more better or something? If not, still thank you if you wanted or tried to help. :steamhappy:
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