Modern Warfare 3 [Windows 10]

[edsaid]

First, the situation.

I live miles from anywhere with no landline - except at great expense. I therefor use 4G on Vodaphone - a router with a SIM card. My dat useage is capped at 30 GB a month.

I have a new computer and want to install this game from disc as it was on my old computer.

My problem is: I run the disc, having been forced to open Steam, and steam begins downloading it. I can only pull the plug. In a word I spent good money on a game but can't install it.

I went into Steam Game/Properties to see if I could uninstall it and so force Steam to load from disc. However, I cannot uninstall it from Steam...

I was told there is a way by typing a path that overrides Steam's action.

Can anyone help with this.

TIA for any input.

(BTW - I am over 82 and never got into the technicalities, so please be gentle with me...!!) :-)

[Sayla Massochist]

Well first things first, this isn't the forum for Modern Warfare 3. You can find the forum for it by going to Modern Warfare 3 in your Steam Library and clicking Discussions.

So in these modern days games don't come completely on disc. Some physical copies of games do not even include a disc any more. The fact of the matter is that you are going to have to download some files no matter how you buy your games these days, whether it be for your Computer or an Xbox or a Playstation.

Now you can play games on Steam in offline mode which should happen automatically if you are not connected to the internet. But, you HAVE to download the required files needed to install the game to your computer before you can even play.

[edsaid]

Thanks, Sayla. First things first... This happens to all games. Not just MW...

I know about "these modern days" but MW3 is about 8 years old. Long before download codes. There are two discs.

I already play several games in off-line mode, including MW2 - which also has two discs. I can't buy new games because as you say, they generally only provide a code. Daft, but there it is...!

As for which forum: I thought this, being 'general', might stand a better chance of ringing a bell with someone.

I will try the MW3 forum anyway. Just in case...

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

There is usually an option to download the game or install from disc when you first load the disc. For MW3, they have both options.

But there will be updates that you need to download in order to play the game anyways.

[Cathulhu]

引用自 edsaid：

Thanks, Sayla. First things first... This happens to all games. Not just MW...

I know about "these modern days" but MW3 is about 8 years old. Long before download codes. There are two discs.

MW3 got a lot of updates and new content. As Steam requires you to install the latest version, the files on your disc are pretty much all outdated and ignored.

[Sayla Massochist]

引用自 Cathulhu：

引用自 edsaid：

Thanks, Sayla. First things first... This happens to all games. Not just MW...

I know about "these modern days" but MW3 is about 8 years old. Long before download codes. There are two discs.

MW3 got a lot of updates and new content. As Steam requires you to install the latest version, the files on your disc are pretty much all outdated and ignored.

Just as said here. Even with an 8 year old game you will have to install a variety of patches that came out after the games release. By these modern days I mean just about any game released in the last 10 years or so. Just about every game gets patches after their initial release and many of them demand you have the latest up to date patch to play them even off line.

[edsaid]

Hi, Guys. I am really sorry for this huge delay, I'm afraid in and out of hospital lately threw my usual relaxed schedule and blew my priorities...!!

However, I have managed to find a different and much better ISP, "Smarty", who give unlimited data. Problems solved.

Thanks everybody for the input. All useful had I needed to go for it...