Steam offline = +18fps!

[Squeetard]

I run the canal demo I dl'ed from anand tech. If I have steam connected and online I get 51 fps. I use my firewall to block all traffic and connect to steam in offline mode, I get 68 fps.

And wayyyy less stuttering.

 

[Gray Fox]

lol, gonna try that myself.

 

[3mRy^]

Where did you find it? couldnt you link to it? didnt see it on anand tech

 

[Maxi]

Hmm? that's odd.

I play with fps_max on 35 anyways, much less choppyness.

 

[AH_Viper]

I'll sound like a total twat here because everyone seems to know apart from me, so I presume its somewhere obivous... but where is the "run in offline" button?

 

[DookieBooty]

Can u please give me a link of the demo i wanna see if the game will work on my comp before i buy it

 

[Gizzmo0411]

lol...sorry dude...no demo...

 

[DookieBooty]

but he just said he downloaded one

 

[DookieBooty]

what demo is he talkin about?

 

[Half-alife]

its a recorded video to see ingame, what he calls "demo"

 

[Squeetard]

Sorry everyone for the unanswered questions, well a least not very obviously answered. Viper, you have to either use a firewall to block traffic or just unplug your ethernet cable and try to log in to steam, when it fails it will give you the offline option.

Here is a link to the article, the demo download link is there, Dookie you have to have the game to run these but I bet the article on mid range systems will give you an idea of your performance.

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2278&p=2

The first paragraph has the link and how to run it.

 

[oldagerocker]

What graphics card/drivers are you using?

 

[dogboy73]

I just tried the Canal timedemo. Looked okay until Gordon entered the building a switched the flash light on & which point the game crashed. I guess it fell foul to the '3rd bug' that effects the NVIDIA texture management thingy! I think this is the bug that Valve are still working on. With any luck the patch should solve all issues (Fingers crossed).

 

[dogboy73]

You have to either use a firewall to block traffic or just unplug your ethernet cable and try to log in to steam, when it fails it will give you the offline option.

I could do that before the new patch came out yesterday. trouble is it goes back on-line the next time you run it & have your connection enabled.

Steam Client Update Released
November 23, 2004, 6:33 pm · valve

A platform update is available and will be applied automatically when Steam is restarted. The change includes:

No longer require "remember password" to be checked to play offline

So where is this 'Remeber Password' button that we were supposed to check?

 

[^Ben]

When you login.

 

[WebDog]

Offline mode only kicks in when you are NOT connected to the internet in any shape or form and start up Steam.

It tries to connect to the Steam server then asks if you would like to enter offline mode.

 

[GetCool]

I always play in offline mode anyway, so the Overwatch can't keep track of my playing time.

 

[^Ben]

The tinfoil hat department just called they asked me to give you a gift voucher for being their best customer GetCool.

 

[GetCool]

The tinfoil hat department just called they asked me to give you a gift voucher for being their best customer GetCool.

I was expressing sarcasm, but the point is that they can monitor me if they want to, even if they don't actually do this. They're the first company in history that can monitor the playing habits for a single-player, offline game. I don't like it, and you can call me a conspiracy nut all you want, and I still won't like it.

 

[^Ben]

I thought my attempt at humor was really funny

You just come off as a conspiracy nut that's all.

 

[axeil]

Actually, it may be kinda cool if VALVe knows for sure who the first person to beat HL: 2 was. It'll also help them track how much we play the game and how popular each level is.

Its not hacking my hard drive and stealing my credit card number to buy gay 1970s abstract porn or anything like that so I'm cool with it.

 

[CSharkbytes]

I'm not cool with Steam having the ability (whether or not they do use it) to have an open door to my domain. I spent many hours setting this domain up, installing GPOs, firewalls, Antivirius, multiple containers for users and computers in active directory just to let Steam in? There is no logic ever to Big Brother. Just control. All I want to do is play a game. Do I need their permission everytime I want to run their .exe. This is a strange world we live in now. Reminds me of Ray Bradbury's book Farenheit 451. They are watching you.

 

[GetCool]

I'm not cool with Steam having the ability (whether or not they do use it) to have an open door to my domain. I spent many hours setting this domain up, installing GPOs, firewalls, Antivirius, multiple containers for users and computers in active directory just to let Steam in? There is no logic ever to Big Brother. Just control. All I want to do is play a game. Do I need their permission everytime I want to run their .exe. This is a strange world we live in now. Reminds me of Ray Bradbury's book Farenheit 451. They are watching you.

We can start calling Valve the Overwatch.

 

[CSharkbytes]

We can start calling Valve the Overwatch.

Yup, we could. I keep waiting for the next step. When we will be told which hardware we should buy, and from where just to play a game. I must be getting old change just doesn't sit well with me like when I was younger.

 

[GetCool]

Yup, we could. I keep waiting for the next step. When we will be told which hardware we should buy, and from where just to play a game. I must be getting old change just doesn't sit well with me like when I was younger.

I don't think it's a matter of getting old. I'm only 23 and I hate all this stuff with a passion.

I think many people are just willing to accept what some of us consider major breaches of our privacy, without questioning it at all. Valve is a very talented game developer, and I have tremendous respect for their abilities, but I think they've gone a little too far with this one. If they didn't make such a damn good game that I have to play, I would have simply passed. Maybe that says I'm a hypocrite, since I complain and complain, yet still bite the bullet and buy the game. Regardless, there are those out there who preach that Valve can do no wrong, which really gets on my nerves.

For me, I file this one under the same category as Microsoft's tactics, which I consider a step in the wrong direction. I don't think the gaming industry should turn to open source, because that would spell the death of the industry, but this widening gulf between open and closed source I believe is what is leading more companies down the path of insane software activation policies.

 

[spencerjrus]

I'm not cool with Steam having the ability (whether or not they do use it) to have an open door to my domain. I spent many hours setting this domain up, installing GPOs, firewalls, Antivirius, multiple containers for users and computers in active directory just to let Steam in? There is no logic ever to Big Brother. Just control. All I want to do is play a game. Do I need their permission everytime I want to run their .exe. This is a strange world we live in now. Reminds me of Ray Bradbury's book Farenheit 451. They are watching you.

If you have a software firewall set up like you say it should take you less than 30 seconds to stop steam from ever connecting to the internet again.