Game does not start when in offline mode

[TomRakete]

If I enter offline mode the game loads and on the start screen it says press a button to start but when I try to press a button nothing happens.
In contrast when I am in online mode when I press a button the game menu appears.

This is frustrating. I want to play the game when I am in offline mode.
Please fix this.

[Tryyton]

i think a lot of games have that issue. try changing your save-location to local and not cloud. there is only one company where offline mode actually works, gog.com (gog galaxy launcher).
do you use a firewall? try blocking it while you´re online in steam and try again, if it still works, it might be related to steam´s "offline" mode. just a guess though.

maybe post in https://steamcommunity.com/app/969760/discussions/0/3059618306427677329 - i think the devs checks that more often.

[chlorophyll]

Originally posted by Tryyton:

i think a lot of games have that issue. try changing your save-location to local and not cloud. there is only one company where offline mode actually works, gog.com (gog galaxy launcher).
do you use a firewall? try blocking it while you´re online in steam and try again, if it still works, it might be related to steam´s "offline" mode. just a guess though.

maybe post in https://steamcommunity.com/app/969760/discussions/0/3059618306427677329 - i think the devs checks that more often.

Oh this is some good insight! Would recommend trying out these suggestions above.

I've also just checked as well--I have the same issue when playing offline (menu says "press any key" but nothing works). There may be something going on in the backend that makes the game unable to continue--I'll do some investigating, and if I find out anything that may help fix this, I'll report back.

[Tryyton]

Originally posted by chlorophyll:

Oh this is some good insight! Would recommend trying out these suggestions above.

I've also just checked as well--I have the same issue when playing offline (menu says "press any key" but nothing works). There may be something going on in the backend that makes the game unable to continue--I'll do some investigating, and if I find out anything that may help fix this, I'll report back.

maybe some analytic thing from steam!? or a setting in the engine itself.

[chlorophyll]

Originally posted by Tryyton:

Originally posted by chlorophyll:

Oh this is some good insight! Would recommend trying out these suggestions above.

I've also just checked as well--I have the same issue when playing offline (menu says "press any key" but nothing works). There may be something going on in the backend that makes the game unable to continue--I'll do some investigating, and if I find out anything that may help fix this, I'll report back.

maybe some analytic thing from steam!? or a setting in the engine itself.

Oh interesting, yeah, possibly! Tbh I have no idea personally, but I'll write these down in my notes as good places to start. Appreciate it :D

[TZODnmr2K5]

It's now 4-8-22 and the -expletive- devs did NOT fix this issue, thankfully it has only been 8 days since I got it, so it's definitely refund time!

[L.Brown]

Originally posted by TZODnmr2K5:

It's now 4-8-22 and the -expletive- devs did NOT fix this issue, thankfully it has only been 8 days since I got it, so it's definitely refund time!

Yeah, it is really incomprehensible why such a game needs an online-connection...

[Vin]

I did some digging and it seems that the game executable itself isn't making any network connections as far as I can tell (using NetLimiter). So I'm not sure why the game won't start in offline mode. Incidentally this is Steam maintenance Tuesday and I happened to try to launch the game within the Steam maintenance window and it was unable to get past the title screen.

However, I think that the Steam cloud save feature hasn't been implemented (or is broken).

If you right-click on the game and click "Properties" there is no option for storing the save data in Steam cloud:
https://imgur.com/AbpbZgo

Most other games have an option for this:
https://imgur.com/O8boMeI

I have the game installed on my desktop and I've played through the first 3 areas and in the location: "AppData\Local\Omno\Saved\SaveGames" there is a "Slot1.sav" file:
https://imgur.com/Qn1mEgl

And if I install and run the game on my laptop (where it has never been installed before), the save game does not download and the only option is to start a new game:
https://imgur.com/J6gj8HX

I could copy that save file over to my laptop manually, but clearly this means that Steam Cloud save is not a feature. The store page also does not list it:
https://imgur.com/ZSDxBWQ

Also, if you look at the Steam Deck compatibility settings, it mentions that it's a single player game that requires a network connection:
https://imgur.com/W0PKHwA

[Vin]

Also, I just tested this on my XBOX Series S and I was able to start the game and play it with the network completely disconnected. So, for some reason there's an issue with the Steam version.

[Vin]

Ok, I figured it out. Try this:

1. Right click on the game, then click "Properties"

2. Click "Local Files", and then click "Browse" to open a file explorer window where the game is installed

3. Go into the directory "Omno\Config\"

4. Open the "DefaultEngine.ini" file in a text editor

5. Search for

 [OnlineSubsystem] 

6. Change the "DefaultPlatformService" option from "Steam" to "Null" so that it looks like this:

[OnlineSubsystem]
DefaultPlatformService=Null

7. Right below that, you should see these lines:

[OnlineSubsystemSteam]
bEnabled=true

8. Change that option to "false" so that it looks like this:

[OnlineSubsystemSteam]
bEnabled=false

What this seems to do is turn off the game's Unreal Engine Steam service integration. Achievements probably won't work anymore until you set those options back to "true", but with these changes I was able to play with Steam in offline mode and the network completely disconnected.

[UncleYar]

Thanks for the info OP, this is a dealbreaker for me. I don't often use offline mode, but when I do I expect all my games that are not the MMO type to work flawlessly.

[Greed Is Addiction]

Originally posted by zenxero:

Ok, I figured it out. Try this:

1. Right click on the game, then click "Properties"

2. Click "Local Files", and then click "Browse" to open a file explorer window where the game is installed

3. Go into the directory "Omno\Config\"

4. Open the "DefaultEngine.ini" file in a text editor

5. Search for

 [OnlineSubsystem] 

6. Change the "DefaultPlatformService" option from "Steam" to "Null" so that it looks like this:

[OnlineSubsystem]
DefaultPlatformService=Null

7. Right below that, you should see these lines:

[OnlineSubsystemSteam]
bEnabled=true

8. Change that option to "false" so that it looks like this:

[OnlineSubsystemSteam]
bEnabled=false

What this seems to do is turn off the game's Unreal Engine Steam service integration. Achievements probably won't work anymore until you set those options back to "true", but with these changes I was able to play with Steam in offline mode and the network completely disconnected.

Any ideas on how to force a 1280x720 resolution? There is no option for it in the menu.

[Tryyton]

Originally posted by No Known Stereotype:

Any ideas on how to force a 1280x720 resolution? There is no option for it in the menu.

why though!?

anyway... if you set the max. resolution to it in windows or through your gpu driver, the game should have no other way of showing. but if you have to reduce for performance problems, you really need upgrades.

[Vin]

Originally posted by No Known Stereotype:

Any ideas on how to force a 1280x720 resolution? There is no option for it in the menu.

Yeah, if you go into your Windows user folder, then go into:

\AppData\Local\Omno\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\

Then, open the "GameUserSettings.ini" file in a text editor. You should see some lines that look like this:

ResolutionSizeX=2560
ResolutionSizeY=1440

Just change those lines to your screen resolution and save the file.

[Grand Captain Speedy Dash]

It's completely disgraceful that any Single-player games need internet to launch the game after downloading it.

[SubWorx]

+1