what is this game called spacewar

[Epicbatman3000]

why do i have a "game" in my library called spacewar? (edit: i now know what spacewar is, thank you guys)

[Dylan Opossum]

Originally posted by Epicbatman3000:

why do i have a "game" in my library called spacewar?

"Spacewar" are all the games that are not from Steam, or more specifically all the games that you added to your library externally and that when you open them you get "Playing a game that is not from Steam"

[KalGimpa]

it is a dev tool, basically

it is used in some workshop items,

have you dl'd any recently?

it is also a "game" that is used to help people pirate their games

it is used to trick steam into playing the pirated version of whatever game is being played

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Originally posted by Dylan._xd:

Originally posted by Epicbatman3000:

why do i have a "game" in my library called spacewar?

"Spacewar" are all the games that are not from Steam, or more specifically all the games that you added to your library externally and that when you open them you get "Playing a game that is not from Steam" :blanky:

this is a new one for me

learn something new every day

thanks

[Komarimaru]

A game used to help publishers/developers learn Steam. Only legitimate function. Anyone with it, is using the illegitimate function of piracy.

[shiel]

Originally posted by Dylan._xd:

Originally posted by Epicbatman3000:

why do i have a "game" in my library called spacewar?

"Spacewar" are all the games that are not from Steam, or more specifically all the games that you added to your library externally and that when you open them you get "Playing a game that is not from Steam" :blanky:

No. When you add a non-steam game to your library it doesn't show as Spacewar. When you PIRATE a game that requires Steam it shows as Spacewar.

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

Use "Spacewar!" (1962 - first known PC game) to test achievement triggers as a developer...

[IFIYGD]

Originally posted by Komarimaru:

A game used to help publishers/developers learn Steam. Only legitimate function. Anyone with it, is using the illegitimate function of piracy.

Be careful what you accuse people of without proof.
Anyone can dl and install the game "Spacewar", it does exist as a hidden game on Steam.
There are even a few Steam Guides on how to get it, and lots of Lets Plays on YouTube showing people playing the game:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2911758849

So, though it is indeed *also* used to pirate games and use Steam to launch them, game devs may still use it legitimately. as well as curious gamers who find the guides or videos telling you how to dl and install it.

[Komarimaru]

Originally posted by IFIYGD:

Originally posted by Komarimaru:

A game used to help publishers/developers learn Steam. Only legitimate function. Anyone with it, is using the illegitimate function of piracy.

Be careful what you accuse people of without proof.
Anyone can dl and install the game "Spacewar", it does exist as a hidden game on Steam.
There are even a few Steam Guides on how to get it, and lots of Lets Plays on YouTube showing people playing the game:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2911758849

So, though it is indeed *also* used to pirate games and use Steam to launch them, game devs may still use it legitimately. as well as curious gamers who find the guides or videos telling you how to dl and install it.

Not accusation, but simple fact actually. There's zero reason for the average user to have it, and even less a reason to have many hours "Playing it".

[Komarimaru]

Originally posted by eram:

Originally posted by Komarimaru:

Not accusation, but simple fact actually. There's zero reason for the average user to have it, and even less a reason to have many hours "Playing it".

some old mods used it or something so yeah you can legit have 100s of hours in it.

The only mods I know of that do this, also bypass the DRM of said games. Thus allowing a pirated version to play. Five M for example.

[Komarimaru]

Originally posted by eram:

i see a lot of people playing 5 m but is that the legit way to play it? or another way? because i dont think the people on my friends list are pirating it. they dont have space war on their profile

Was an older method, not sure if still used. Same for some "Gary's Mod" mods, and CS mods. Not seen any mods recently use it.

[IFIYGD]

Originally posted by Komarimaru:

Originally posted by eram:

i see a lot of people playing 5 m but is that the legit way to play it? or another way? because i dont think the people on my friends list are pirating it. they dont have space war on their profile

Was an older method, not sure if still used. Same for some "Gary's Mod" mods, and CS mods. Not seen any mods recently use it.

And the OP has 266.5 hours in Garry's Mod.
So... there is a possibility right there. Dl'd a third party Garry's Mod mod from Nexus or ModDB, or gmodstore, which may be using Spacewar to hook into the game.

[Komarimaru]

Originally posted by IFIYGD:

Originally posted by Komarimaru:

Was an older method, not sure if still used. Same for some "Gary's Mod" mods, and CS mods. Not seen any mods recently use it.

And the OP has 266.5 hours in Garry's Mod.
So... there is a possibility right there. Dl'd a third party Garry's Mod mod from Nexus or ModDB, or gmodstore, which may be using Spacewar to hook into the game.

At the time of their review, Steam Workshop was already in affect in full(2011 actually), and said unnamed mods no longer existed outside of Steam after 2013.

So, perhaps.