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No steam.exe!
I have just managed, after much trial and tribulation and a lot advice in the Support Forum, to get the No steam.exe to work!
Anyone considering buying the War Pack on the proviso that they can neutralise Steam with this download, I would advise reading my thread in the support forum. Although I no doubt contributed to the difficulty myself by using an old laptop and being a non-tech. type of girl, the fact that installing Steam, TC and AP from disk was far easier than getting the all important download to work, cannot be got around?
Again I thank the Support Forum advisers for helping me get through such a painful experience!
Anyone considering buying the War Pack on the proviso that they can neutralise Steam with this download, I would advise reading my thread in the support forum. Although I no doubt contributed to the difficulty myself by using an old laptop and being a non-tech. type of girl, the fact that installing Steam, TC and AP from disk was far easier than getting the all important download to work, cannot be got around?
Again I thank the Support Forum advisers for helping me get through such a painful experience!
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X3 Albion Prelude retail package in e zone for south pacific region
My friend is going to UK on holiday this weekend and i wondered if he
was to buy the retail version of Albion Prelude while he was over there
would it work with my retail version of Terran Conflict that i purchased
here in NewZealand ? Does zone or region make a difference?
was to buy the retail version of Albion Prelude while he was over there
would it work with my retail version of Terran Conflict that i purchased
here in NewZealand ? Does zone or region make a difference?
Re: X3 Albion Prelude retail package in e zone for south pacific region
No. Just to be clear once again, all versions of X3AP require Steam but, as per the Steam FAQ, the retail version means you can avoid big downloads, especially if you also have a retail version of X3TC. Actually finding a retail copy in the UK may be another matter, though, as the run was fairly limited and bricks-and-mortar shops only tend to stock the latest games anyway.roxy wrote:Does zone or region make a difference?
Please enlighten me:
X3 Terran War Pack (Multilanguage, French Box) available on shop :
Box language:French
Voiced languages: French, English, German
Text-only language: Italian (using English voice)
What this means?
That there is no Game-Text in english in this pack?
Voice it is specified that it is english also. But in game text?
X3 Terran War Pack (Multilanguage, French Box) available on shop :
Box language:French
Voiced languages: French, English, German
Text-only language: Italian (using English voice)
What this means?
That there is no Game-Text in english in this pack?
Voice it is specified that it is english also. But in game text?
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Hi, I've finally got the game...
Yeah!
Is there something wrong with what I'm doing?
I registered my TC with steam...
And suprise, suprise it wants to download the whole 6 gig of TC, typical steam rubbish, they don't mind spending $95US that I dont have!
OK ignore steam TC it works fine as a program...
I then click the english launcher on the new AP disc, loads some stuff from disc 1, the installer ignores disc 2 and starts downloading the 6 gig of TC, great, don't we all just love STEAMW@#NKERS!
Cancel that, google my problem, paste the Egosoft/TC folder into the Steam/TC folder, no worries that should fix it...
I open my steam tray and steam starts downloading another 2 gig of data, is this what is on the second disc, do I need to paste the contents into my steam directory?
Now for the rant!
I have to say I hate steam, X2 was so easy to install, just put in the disc and code away you go, no crap store to control my access to my licensed product. I understand the distribution benefits but remember the old problem has always been the distributors greed so I'm not sure it is fair to penalize the customer for this.
End of rant.
Please help with this installation otherwise it will cost me more than I paid for the game including postage from the opposite side of the world just in downloads to run the game.
Yeah!
Is there something wrong with what I'm doing?
I registered my TC with steam...
And suprise, suprise it wants to download the whole 6 gig of TC, typical steam rubbish, they don't mind spending $95US that I dont have!
OK ignore steam TC it works fine as a program...
I then click the english launcher on the new AP disc, loads some stuff from disc 1, the installer ignores disc 2 and starts downloading the 6 gig of TC, great, don't we all just love STEAMW@#NKERS!
Cancel that, google my problem, paste the Egosoft/TC folder into the Steam/TC folder, no worries that should fix it...
I open my steam tray and steam starts downloading another 2 gig of data, is this what is on the second disc, do I need to paste the contents into my steam directory?
Now for the rant!
I have to say I hate steam, X2 was so easy to install, just put in the disc and code away you go, no crap store to control my access to my licensed product. I understand the distribution benefits but remember the old problem has always been the distributors greed so I'm not sure it is fair to penalize the customer for this.
End of rant.
Please help with this installation otherwise it will cost me more than I paid for the game including postage from the opposite side of the world just in downloads to run the game.
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No difference, with either disc 1 or 2 in the drive it still wants to download a 1.2 gig file.
I wish I knew if it will ask me to change the disc too.
I don't want to pay my ISP more than I payed Egosoft, I know who has done more work for it.
I'll try again tomorrow when I have time to wait for it to download.
I wish I knew if it will ask me to change the disc too.
I don't want to pay my ISP more than I payed Egosoft, I know who has done more work for it.
I'll try again tomorrow when I have time to wait for it to download.
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See also the Steam FAQ on Installing from Disc instead of Steam.
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Die komplette X-Roman-Reihe jetzt als Kindle E-Books! (Farnhams Legende, Nopileos, X3: Yoshiko, X3: Hüter der Tore, X3: Wächter der Erde)
Neuauflage der fünf X-Romane als Taschenbuch
The official X-novels Farnham's Legend, Nopileos, X3: Yoshiko as Kindle e-books!
Die komplette X-Roman-Reihe jetzt als Kindle E-Books! (Farnhams Legende, Nopileos, X3: Yoshiko, X3: Hüter der Tore, X3: Wächter der Erde)
Neuauflage der fünf X-Romane als Taschenbuch
The official X-novels Farnham's Legend, Nopileos, X3: Yoshiko as Kindle e-books!
Again, don't be fooled by what it says. It may think it needs 1.2GB of data, but if it finds it already has it because it's on the DVD then it won't actually download it. There is bound to be some data for it to download from Steam though, because both games have been patched since whatever version you have on disk.DiveBomberDave wrote:...it still wants to download a 1.2 gig file.
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This topic is about the retail version, though.
Nun verfügbar! X3: Farnham's Legacy - Ein neues Kapitel für einen alten Favoriten
Die komplette X-Roman-Reihe jetzt als Kindle E-Books! (Farnhams Legende, Nopileos, X3: Yoshiko, X3: Hüter der Tore, X3: Wächter der Erde)
Neuauflage der fünf X-Romane als Taschenbuch
The official X-novels Farnham's Legend, Nopileos, X3: Yoshiko as Kindle e-books!
Die komplette X-Roman-Reihe jetzt als Kindle E-Books! (Farnhams Legende, Nopileos, X3: Yoshiko, X3: Hüter der Tore, X3: Wächter der Erde)
Neuauflage der fünf X-Romane als Taschenbuch
The official X-novels Farnham's Legend, Nopileos, X3: Yoshiko as Kindle e-books!