Unable to install a game from a retail DVD-Disk!!

[Paul Nevada]

I used that method and it doesn't work - the game went in downloading after 12% disk reading.
People, somebody!! Help me to find out on how to lead to the Steam Devs to ask them 'bout my subject, PLEASE!!

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=5357-FSQM-0382

[PPL]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Paul Nevada:

I used that method and it doesn't work - the game went in downloading after 12% disk reading.
People, somebody!! Help me to find out on how to lead to the Steam Devs to ask them 'bout my subject, PLEASE!!

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=5357-FSQM-0382

name of game?

[Paul Nevada]

"Little Nightmares", for example..

[PPL]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Paul Nevada:

"Little Nightmares", for example..

of u dont have retail cd key its unusable....sorry but valve has specific games which could work that way.....aka all valve games, cod mw2,3 and few others

i think there is a list somewhere too

[Paul Nevada]

nono, just help me to contact the Steam Devs if you know their coordinates, please..
all that is possible - I'm pretty sure!!

[Paul Nevada]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Paul Nevada:

"Little Nightmares", for example..

is digital only for PC last time i checked.

:qr:

nope.

[Ogami]

The files on the disc are not up to date anymore. Steam detects that the files are outdated in comparsion to the online version and starts downloading the updated game files.
That is normal. I read your other thread in the game forum but the game ALWAYS needs Steam to run. You cant play the game just with the disc and no Steam.
Having Steam running is mandatory for nearly all games on Steam. That is just how things are on the pc market nowadays.
BTW there is no way to contact any "Steam Devs". Steam will always automatically download the newest version of the files the game contains.
After activating the game the whole retail box is pretty much just useless plastic and paper.
Nice for the shelf to look at but dont expect to install the game from it apart from maybe launch day. And even then the files are most of the time already outdated.

[Paul Nevada]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Ogami:

The files on the disc are not up to date anymore. Steam detects that the files are outdated in comparsion to the online version and starts downloading the updated game files.
That is normal. I read your other thread in the game forum but the game ALWAYS needs Steam to run. You cant play the game just with the disc and no Steam.

I understand that. But I only want to be able to restore the game version which is present on my retail disk - it's 100% complete. But it's an earlier one.

[Ogami]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Paul Nevada:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Ogami:

The files on the disc are not up to date anymore. Steam detects that the files are outdated in comparsion to the online version and starts downloading the updated game files.
That is normal. I read your other thread in the game forum but the game ALWAYS needs Steam to run. You cant play the game just with the disc and no Steam.

I understand that. But I only want to be able to restore the game version which is present on my retail disk - it's 100% complete. But it's an earlier one.

You cant. Steam only lets you play the latest updated version. There is no way to play outdated versions of a game. Steam autoupdates ALWAYS to the newest version.

[Paul Nevada]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Ogami:

The files on the disc are not up to date anymore. Steam detects that the files are outdated in comparsion to the online version and starts downloading the updated game files.
That is normal. I read your other thread in the game forum but the game ALWAYS needs Steam to run. You cant play the game just with the disc and no Steam.
Having Steam running is mandatory for nearly all games on Steam. That is just how things are on the pc market nowadays.
BTW there is no way to contact any "Steam Devs". Steam will always automatically download the newest version of the files the game contains.
After activating the game the whole retail box is pretty much just useless plastic and paper.
Nice for the shelf to look at but dont expect to install the game from it apart from maybe launch day. And even then the files are most of the time already outdated.

I got my opinion here. And why aren't Devs available for me as for the Customer?!

[Ogami]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Paul Nevada:

I got my opinion here. And why aren't Devs unavailable for me as for the Customer?!

Because this system is the same for every single game on Steam. Games autoupdates to the latest version when you connect to Steam. No exception.
Also the only way to contact Steam is over the ticket system. And the ticket system is only available for certain questions, mostly account and payment related.
Apart from that there is no way to contact Steam. No email, no telephone, no chat.
Thats just the way it is here on Steam.

[Paul Nevada]

Have you seen the link I provided above??

[Ogami]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Paul Nevada:

Have you seen the link I provided above??

Yes. But that only works for non outdated files. Since your game files on the disc are outdated Steam will ALWAYS download the newest files. You cant prevent that and you cant install the old version from disc. Even if you somehow would be able to get the files onto your pc, as soon as you would try to start the game Steam would delete the old files and still start the download anew.
Steam games do not start if the version of the files are not the same as the ones in the Steam Database.

[Paul Nevada]

Yep, will search for the answer somewhere else and gonna share it here when I'm done :)
Thanks for now!!

[Ogami]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Paul Nevada:

Yep, will search for the answer somewhere else and gonna share it here when I'm done :)
Thanks for now!!

Good luck. I own over 2000 games on Steam, around 100 or so of that are retail versions. And the same rules apply to every single one of those. But please, go ahead. There is no legal way to get this outdated game version to run on Steam. That is just a 100% fact. Does not matter if you dont like the answer or dont want to hear it. It will not change it.

[Paul Nevada]

I know all that. One way to have it done would be from the game devs's side then - they DO MAY and THEY MUST (I'd say) to make one of the public build - the build # they put on their retail DVD's. I'd be really glad.