Steam On Lan

Pithlit

<div class="IPBDescription">without any possible I-net</div> Hya, im playing Lan with some friends and we want to play CS (please don´t hurt me) 1.6. but for 1.6 we need steam.
And steam loads on my computer only if i have an internet connection (he checks for updates first).
i Know that CS has a play on lan option, but can´t get that far.
Anyone has any idea how this could work?

Fast answer appreciated, since it starts in 2hours <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

Bosnian_Cowboy

Not possible yet.

GreyExistance

Thats a pickle for sure............only thing I can thing of is not useing steam? Try the origional WON style game interface.

Pithlit

So i can play on lan, but only if im connecteed to the internet at the same time?
How freaking **** is that?

Speed_2_Dave

It's been brought up before, especially in the Steam forums.

Pithlit

i think so, i wopuldve written it in the steam forums, but hey i register and activate my acount and can i post?
NOPE, im sin some sort of freaking quenge to be approved by a board mod!
Thank my mister steam, you just ruined my Day!

Speed_2_Dave

<!--QuoteBegin--Pithlit+Jan 2 2004, 12:47 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Pithlit @ Jan 2 2004, 12:47 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> i think so, i wopuldve written it in the steam forums, but hey i register and activate my acount and can i post?
NOPE, im sin some sort of freaking quenge to be approved by a board mod!
Thank my mister steam, you just ruined my Day! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
... english, please?

I caught the last sentence, and most of the first.

SillyGoose

I think he says he doesnt have time to register an account, although it does seem like you have enough time to post on these forums...

Epidemic

He said an account must first approved by the board adminstrator

Geminosity

have you tried setting it to 'do not keep this software up to date'?
I know they were announcing plans to take out the internet part of lanning but I've not bothered keeping track of what's happened to it ^^;

taboofires

You still need to log into the steam network to play, gem.

But yes, they're working on a patch for steam that will allow offline LAN play. Who knows when it will be done.

Leaderz0rz

I've heard of people setting up "fake" cache servers that steam connects to, and its all local, but I'm not sure how it works or how to do it. Though not being able to play steam lan is really lame, having to keep two installs of all your mods is stupid.

taboofires

Connecting to a fake server won't help you if you don't have an internet connection to share.