Rough First Day with a PC

[LastTango]

I just bought a gaming PC because my MAC suddenly wasn't able to run my favorite game HOI4 properly. For some reason I could no longer transport troops or do airborne drops??? I purchased Unity of Command 2 from Steam and the Remotely Install message said Eric's-iMAC. I obviously don't want that for an older MAC. I asked Steam for a refund and they promptly credited my credit card...bueno. So I decided to buy from another source a version which was labeled PC only. VISA wouldn't approve the transaction as they suspected fraud...so they locked my card. I decided I needed a game that was exclusively for a PC and picked out The Great War Western front with I found elsewhere for less than $20. I downloaded it successfully and tried to run it on Steam.....and nothing happened when I hit the play game button. No problem....I'll buy another game from Steam and make sure it works on my PC. (I've been awake since 1AM) So....I just bought Baldur's Gate 3 and the Remotely Install button says Eric-iMAC. If I download this onto my PC will it run? Does the software know what OS I'm using? The best part of this circus was when I accidentally changed the language in Steam to Chinese. Took me 10 minutes to change it back. Thanks for the help.

[Pscht]

Why do you keep fiddling with remote install anyway?

[Muppet among Puppets]

Install steam on the computer. And use it to download and play the game.

Dont get nervous. Be calm. Everything works fine on pc.
On store pages you can see for what os the game is. Rule of thumb, everything but windows is the exeption, so games should run on windows at least.

[Muppet among Puppets]

You can use the same steam account on pc and mac.

Let us know your hardware specs. Cpu, ram, grafic card.
That determines what games you can play.

[lsdninja]

The remote install feature is brain dead, it'll pick a system (possibly the first one it finds logged in to a Steam account? I'm not sure) and make that the target without giving you the option to change it. Log your Mac out of Steam or better yet, install the games using the client on your PC and it should work just fine.

[ReBoot]

Początkowo opublikowane przez cindybaeder:

I just bought a gaming PC because my MAC suddenly wasn't able to run my favorite game HOI4 properly. For some reason I could no longer transport troops or do airborne drops??? I purchased Unity of Command 2 from Steam and the Remotely Install message said Eric's-iMAC. I obviously don't want that for an older MAC. I asked Steam for a refund and they promptly credited my credit card...bueno. So I decided to buy from another source a version which was labeled PC only. VISA wouldn't approve the transaction as they suspected fraud...so they locked my card. I decided I needed a game that was exclusively for a PC and picked out The Great War Western front with I found elsewhere for less than $20. I downloaded it successfully and tried to run it on Steam.....and nothing happened when I hit the play game button. No problem....I'll buy another game from Steam and make sure it works on my PC. (I've been awake since 1AM) So....I just bought Baldur's Gate 3 and the Remotely Install button says Eric-iMAC. If I download this onto my PC will it run? Does the software know what OS I'm using? The best part of this circus was when I accidentally changed the language in Steam to Chinese. Took me 10 minutes to change it back. Thanks for the help.

I don't get it. So you got a gaming PC because your Apple PC won't run the game, yet you're installing the game on your Apple PC. Why?

If you want to use the gaming PC you bought (why else would you've bought it if not for using), just install the game on your gaming PC while sitting in front of your gaming PC.

If you want to use your Apple PC instead of the gaming PC (thus wasting money on that gaming PC), get in front of your Apple PC and install the game there.

Why exactly are you jumping through hoops instead of going the easy route?

[LastTango]

Pscht: I really don't understand the question. Are you asking me to use the software creators site to download the game? That's the way I did it in the dark ages and it worked great...or from a floppy disk....agian....that worked great.

MaP: I did install Steam on my new PC. I then purchased the Unity of Command 2 software using my PC. I cannot find where it gives me the option of buying Windows. I went ahead with the install on my new PC even though it said Eric's MAC and the Baldur's Gate 3 game is now running. Does the software look at the OS and install what is on the computer?

I bought a HP Victus laptop. AMD Ryzen5 with Nvidia GeForceRTX2050. I got as much RAM (64) as I could. My old MAC struggled with Steam running. I'm going to see if I can get The Great War: Western Front going next.

isdninja: The remote install may be braindead but I'm limited in my computer knowledge so I'm not sure I'm ahead of the remote install.

Reboot: Still smiling at this one. I'm not the brightest bulb, but I wasn't trying to load the new game onto my old MAC. As for jumping through hoops, it's pretty much the story of my life. I think of it as a lifelong hobby.

Thanks for the help guys!

[Muppet among Puppets]

Right click the game in the library list of steam programm, install.
Or click the game and click install.

Windows is your operating system on that new computer?

[Pscht]

Początkowo opublikowane przez cindybaeder:

Pscht: I really don't understand the question. Are you asking me to use the software creators site to download the game? That's the way I did it in the dark ages and it worked great...or from a floppy disk....agian....that worked great.

Six years on Steam and you don't know about the client, and using it to download and update games?

https://store.steampowered.com/about/

[ReBoot]

Początkowo opublikowane przez cindybaeder:

Pscht: I really don't understand the question. Are you asking me to use the software creators site to download the game? That's the way I did it in the dark ages and it worked great...or from a floppy disk....agian....that worked great.

MaP: I did install Steam on my new PC. I then purchased the Unity of Command 2 software using my PC. I cannot find where it gives me the option of buying Windows. I went ahead with the install on my new PC even though it said Eric's MAC and the Baldur's Gate 3 game is now running. Does the software look at the OS and install what is on the computer?

I bought a HP Victus laptop. AMD Ryzen5 with Nvidia GeForceRTX2050. I got as much RAM (64) as I could. My old MAC struggled with Steam running. I'm going to see if I can get The Great War: Western Front going next.

isdninja: The remote install may be braindead but I'm limited in my computer knowledge so I'm not sure I'm ahead of the remote install.

Reboot: Still smiling at this one. I'm not the brightest bulb, but I wasn't trying to load the new game onto my old MAC. As for jumping through hoops, it's pretty much the story of my life. I think of it as a lifelong hobby.

Thanks for the help guys!

1. Install Steam on the new PC
2. Start Steam on that new PC and log in
3. Buy the game from Steam on the new PC
4. Download the game from Steam on the new PC.

If you've already bought the game, skip step #3. Don't skip steps #1 and #2.

You should get a new hobby, going the easy route is way more fun, than the complicated one. Speaking own from experience.

[LastTango]

Windows is my operating system on the new PC.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Good then you know now how.
Its easier as what you somehow found to do instead

[ReBoot]

Początkowo opublikowane przez cindybaeder:

Windows is my operating system on the new PC.

You can perform the steps I've outlined on Windows. Or, to put it simple, just do the same on Windows you did on MacOS. You've managed to download games from Steam there it's the literally same on Windows.

[Haruspex]

Początkowo opublikowane przez LastTango:

I really don't understand the question. Are you asking me to use the software creators site to download the game?

No.

Początkowo opublikowane przez LastTango:

I did install Steam on my new PC. I then purchased the Unity of Command 2 software using my PC. I cannot find where it gives me the option of buying Windows. I went ahead with the install on my new PC even though it said Eric's MAC and the Baldur's Gate 3 game is now running. Does the software look at the OS and install what is on the computer?

You only need to buy the game on Steam once and you've already purchased it. It's the same purchase whether you're running Windows or MacOS.

Log into the same Steam account you use with your Mac on your Windows PC. Install the game. Play the game.

It sounds like you're actually remote streaming from your Mac, meaning the game is running on your Mac, but transferring the gameplay through the network through your PC. This isn't what you want. To eliminate confusion, turn off your Mac. Now you should be able to play the game without it prompting you to stream from your Mac.

[XANTARES//farih.]

indows you did on MacOS. You've managed to download games from Steam there it's the literally same on Windows.

[LastTango]

MaP: The Great War is also running on the PC. No clue what is different from earlier this morning when it wouldn't run.

Pscht: I had trouble with the link you provided. It was traditional Chinese that I switched to, not simplified like you posted. Can you resend? Thanks for caring.

Reboot: I think what got me in trouble was that I interpreted the download message to mean that I was getting a MAC version and not a Windows version. Therefore I panicked and didn't even try to download and install the Unity Command that I bought. I now believe the software can determine what type of OS you are installing it on?

Thanks all..