Is there anyway to backup our games purchased on Steam?
Yes, you can copy the install folders for them. Some can be modified to run without Steam fairly easily, some will need more involved cracks.
Idk bought 3 games on Steam just the other day and all three came with pop up when I went to install them to let me know that I was only License to use them.
While I bought 3 games on GOG same day and they only asked if I wanted to donate to their fund to keep games DRM free and letting me know that I own all my games I purchased.
Valve might be going to shit.
Is there anyway to backup our games purchased on Steam?
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Fredselfish@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Do you or anyone have steps for those cracks. I definitely want to play and keep my games without needing Valve.
MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
You can download installers from Fitgirl.
Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 hours ago
You want the Goldberg Emulator which is basically a replacement for the steam_api DLL that lets you play those games offline.
Mind you, not all games using Steam DLL will work with it, but many if not most will by just replacing the game’s steam_api DLL with the one from the emulator.
MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
It’s a license to own a copy of the game because you’re not buying the actual game.
A license is ownership. That’s how all software has always worked, same as music and movies.
What remains to be seen is if courts will enforce the ownership in the light of the anti-consumer practices by publishers and developers removing people’s access to that which they have purchased.
This is a great video explaining everything from the guy who started Stop Killing Games.
Remy@lemmy.today 3 hours ago
I think if the license is revocable, then you never really own even a copy.
I only fully trust licenses that use wording like: "All rights granted under this License are granted for the term of copyright on the Program, and are irrevocable provided the stated conditions are met. " (from GPLv3) “Grant of Copyright License. Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, each Contributor hereby grants to You a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare Derivative Works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute the Work and such Derivative Works in Source or Object form.” (from ApacheV2)