HELP: How to bypass steam-forced game update to just play the damn game?

[wyvernest]

HELP: How to bypass steam-forced game update to just play the damn game?

I purchase Ridge Racer Unbounded Limited Edition Retail DVD.

Guess what, it uses Steam :-( After an install of 1.5GB of game data from disk is completed, it needs to download an update of 1.5GB. That's a whole new copy of itself.

Why do I pay extra for DVD Retail and still have to download everything from steam? I could have paid less just for the steam download code. But the reason I bought the DVD retail is so that I don't have to download the entire game.

[vent mode on]
Why oh why does this Steam platform suck such bad egg?

I only have a limited wireless internet quota, and having to download 1.5GB is another $15 on top of the price of the retail DVD!!

Recently I have also bought COD MW3 retail DVD and it too needs to download a whopping 14GB multiplayer update just for playing the single player campaign! To download this over wireless internet here will cost me $140.

Who is the nerd/geek who invented this steam crap? IN the good old days I just need to download an RTPatch .exe file, that is fraction of the size of the game, to patch my game instead of downloading the entire game when an update becomes available?

[vent mode off]


Please help: is there a way to disable the game update just to
play the damn game as it comes on the DVD? I mean I already set the game update
to 'Do not automatically update this game'. But anytime I press Play, the braindead steam goes to download the update!!!

I understand steam enforces game update to bring the game to the latest patch to
reduce support issues. But at least the choice to update the game should remain
my choice depending on what bugs I encounter.

Thanks for your time and for any suggestion to get around this issue.

[Vaemer-Riit]

The only way to get around it would be to find a place that has better internet and download the game files to an external Hard Drive.

Then take that HD back to your PC, make sure steam is not running, and copy the game files to your steam install.

Restart steam and try to run the game (it may have to redownload the EXE file but that is tiny compared to the rest of the files)

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[wyvernest]

Thanks Vaemer-Riit,

That is a great idea. I'll have to borrow my internet at work which is of course not appropriate but I'll have to wing it.

I try to support game authors by buying their game but Steam really leaves me with a really bad impression. I hope its competitor Origin and Uplay will be better! If this continues I'll need to source my games from non-steam options.

Originally posted by Vaemer-Riit:

The only way to get around it would be to find a place that has better internet and download the game files to an external Hard Drive.

Then take that HD back to your PC, make sure steam is not running, and copy the game files to your steam install.

Restart steam and try to run the game (it may have to redownload the EXE file but that is tiny compared to the rest of the files)

[CRITHP]

This feature on steam bugs me to no end, There's always a moment when I have 10 free minutes to play a game but then it hits you with a 2 hour update which you can't even skip even if you want to play the bloody single player.

[Anonymous2012]

Well, Origin and Uplay are also digital distribution platforms. So you will have to download tons of GB for their games too.
Pro tip:
If buying a retail game, look on the backside for activation necessities. There you will find if a game needs Steam/Origina/Uplay.

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[lethaldj13]

i brought madmax and it is downloading a friggin 6-7gig of movie file.... it is said to have all madmax movie in HD format.... what do i need it for? i just want to play the game..... in uplay u have an option to bypass the update and just play the game... (i think u have to go offline and just hit the play button. for steam it doesnt let me do that)

[T-VIRUS]

the trick i use is
right click
go to properties
go to local files
browse local files
find .exe file
open .exe file

enjoy bypassing forced updates


you probably wont be able to play online but if you want to play singleplayer mode it should work just fine
it works with all my games that have true singleplayer capability (able to be played totally offline)
FSX SE
GTA IV
GMOD
BeamNG drive
Portal
Portal 2
Half-Life (all)
Fallout NV
L4D
L4D 2
Stranded deep
X-COM EU

those are the games that i have tested it on
but it should work with any steam game that does not require internet to play

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