Online session mandatory (?!)

[Shroomy]

I am new to the game, I played 2 quests but it seems I cannot play the game without setting up an online session now (after trying to load my save).

How to be able to not having my game on the internet without manuelly setting wifi off on my computer?
Where is the option in the menu?

I do not want to have a solo session online, I just want offline (I do not see why I should share my solo game/data online btw).

Thanks

[N.GinWorks]

If you want to play offline, like, fully cut off, the only way is go offline mode on Steam before you launch the game. Online isn't mandatory to play MH World. But if you launch the game while Steam is being online, the game will force you to make online session.

Its only mandatory if you want to play Event quest and scan newly bought DLC before you can use it offline. The rest is playable offline.

[Shroomy]

Thanks for you reply, I also just found out about that after finding some old reddit threads.

I do not see the necessity for Funcom to waste server ressources on my solo game being online in real time all along. Beside that being an unecological practice, I do not see why I should not be able to switch from online -> offline whenever I want also, if I feel the necessity to play with other people. That does not necessitate my whole game being online in the meantime.

I found I could also set a firewall exception up instead of going off the grid or shutting off steam, but, seriously?

I was not aware of that and I will try to refund it or find another "version" of that game that is offine by default if they keep my money (2,5hrs... S****!).

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You can toggle Steam online/offline whenever you want, without restarting Steam.

Multiplayer is peer-to-peer using Steam matchmaking. When you're solo there is practically 0 network usage even while "online", unless you fire an SOS to open your quest to others.

Since Denuvo was removed in 2021[www.pcgamingwiki.com], the game is playable offline forever. Steamworks DRM is trivial to bypass (Valve themselves say so[partner.steamgames.com]) if you want to preserve the game outside of Steam.

Your save is entirely local (to answer your post in another thread). There is no online account.

If you want to use "another version" just do it don't need to make up reasons.

[Shroomy]

Thanks for you reply. I was not aware denuvo had been thrown out of that game.

The fact I need all this information just to understand how the online mode works (P2P ? seriously ? I do not want that and never have been asked about that) could have been limited by a mere "play solo offline" option (like 99% of other games) compensated with a small "go online?" window/tickbox in-game when launching a SOS in my solo session.

That weird practice/UX design triggered me because it's unintuitive, unnecessary and made me party unvoluntarely with a guy having a cryptofascist nickname.

[ashhhh2]

Originally posted by Shroomy:

Thanks for you reply. I was not aware denuvo had been thrown out of that game.

The fact I need all this information just to understand how the online mode works (P2P ? seriously ? I do not want that and never have been asked about that) could have been limited by a mere "play solo offline" option (like 99% of other games) compensated with a small "go online?" window/tickbox in-game when launching a SOS in my solo session.

That weird practice/UX design triggered me because it's unintuitive, unnecessary and made me party unvoluntarely with a guy having a cryptofascist nickname.

this game is from 2018 and this gripe of yours was fixed in monster hunter wilds

[N.GinWorks]

Originally posted by ashhhh2:

Originally posted by Shroomy:

Thanks for you reply. I was not aware denuvo had been thrown out of that game.

The fact I need all this information just to understand how the online mode works (P2P ? seriously ? I do not want that and never have been asked about that) could have been limited by a mere "play solo offline" option (like 99% of other games) compensated with a small "go online?" window/tickbox in-game when launching a SOS in my solo session.

That weird practice/UX design triggered me because it's unintuitive, unnecessary and made me party unvoluntarely with a guy having a cryptofascist nickname.

this game is from 2018 and this gripe of yours was fixed in monster hunter wilds

Basically OP main worry is someone would mining their info behind the scene because the game is running online. Imagine MH World having trojan virus lol, there would be headline up the arse.

...all while ignoring the fact that even by having your PC connected to internet 24/7 without even doing anything would still risk PC getting hacked either way.

[ominumi]

This game is a port of the PS4 game. The PS4 version requires PS+ to play multiplayer. This is why we have the game do this. Alternatively, you can just disconnect from the router before launching the game. The game will check if there's an online connection. Once you load your character, reconnect to the router.

[Minmataro]

I thought this was weird as well. while its not a solution i set my games to session ID only so no one can join my hub unless i give them the code first. it sucks that u need to cut your net to be offline but it is what it is.

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Originally posted by Minmataro:

it sucks that u need to cut your net to be offline but it is what it is.

Again, you don't need to disconnect your internet. Just set Steam to offline mode, which doesn't even require a restart nowadays.