Posted August 26, 2017

MarkoH01
Quo Vadis GOG?
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Registered: Jun 2009
From Germany

MarkoH01
Quo Vadis GOG?
Rep: 2873
Registered: Jun 2009
From Germany
Posted August 26, 2017
The I of the Dragon
Works fine without steam. But it needs the registry keys found in 279720_install.vdf (in reg folder) to run. The easiest way is to start it once and then export and save "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Primal".
Works fine without steam. But it needs the registry keys found in 279720_install.vdf (in reg folder) to run. The easiest way is to start it once and then export and save "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Primal".

MarkoH01
Quo Vadis GOG?
Rep: 2873
Registered: Jun 2009
From Germany
Posted September 04, 2017
Yesterday a generous donor gifted me "Human: Fall Flat" and at first I thought the old "create steam_appid.txt" trick would work since it started without any problems. BUT then I realized that even thogh the game launched without any problems I was not able to load checkpoints (the game saves automatically).
So in order to make sure that a game actually is running on steam in addition to launching the game in question I'd suggest to first try to save and load a savegame to make sure that it really works.
So in order to make sure that a game actually is running on steam in addition to launching the game in question I'd suggest to first try to save and load a savegame to make sure that it really works.

Exceed20XX
Raizing!
Rep: 132
Registered: Dec 2015
From United States
Posted September 04, 2017
Had that same problem with Saints Row 4 before its release on GOG, otherwise I would've reported it for the list.

RandallLinux
GNU/LINUX
Rep: 54
Registered: Nov 2012
From United States
Posted September 17, 2017
fairly sure the Metro game belong on this list and doodle god

vidsgame
Lost in a Cloud
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Registered: Nov 2014
From United States

RandallLinux
GNU/LINUX
Rep: 54
Registered: Nov 2012
From United States

vidsgame
Lost in a Cloud
Rep: 373
Registered: Nov 2014
From United States

adamhm
GOG for Linux
Rep: 1919
Registered: May 2009
From United Kingdom
Posted September 21, 2017
I have both of the Metro Redux games on Steam but they won't run without it... ? Would be nice if there is a way to get them running without Steam though since they're missing their Linux versions here.

RandallLinux
GNU/LINUX
Rep: 54
Registered: Nov 2012
From United States
Posted September 21, 2017
oh, I could've sworn I got them working without steam before

Jonathan_The_Gamer
New User
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Registered: Nov 2014
From Netherlands
Posted September 23, 2017

pedrovay2003
DRM Destroyer
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Registered: Sep 2009
From United States
Posted September 29, 2017
Okay, up to date again!

tinyE
❤️I'm F.I.N.E.❤️
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Registered: Dec 2012
From United States
Posted September 29, 2017
Oh that's what that is.
He is spamming.
He is spamming.

Exceed20XX
Raizing!
Rep: 132
Registered: Dec 2015
From United States
Posted October 04, 2017
I have an update for the entry on Killer Is Dead. The entry for the game specifies the following:
"Will launch Steam if found; the game launches by itself if Steam.exe is renamed, or if Steam is not installed "
I believe there's a simple solution to this given what I've seen. Locate the engine config file in the game folders. It's at KillerIsDead/KidGame/Config/KidEngine.ini
Open this file and run a search for the line "bRelaunchInSteam". Change this value from "true" to "false". Save and close the file then try booting it. It shouldn't boot Steam now from what I'm seeing. (Tested on Windows 7/10)
Meanwhile I've found that Valkyria Chronicles works DRM-free but it has the same caveat that we believe Killer is Dead originally had (launching Steam if it is present without changing the name or moving the .exe etc.) I'm wondering if there's a way around this just like KID.
"Will launch Steam if found; the game launches by itself if Steam.exe is renamed, or if Steam is not installed "
I believe there's a simple solution to this given what I've seen. Locate the engine config file in the game folders. It's at KillerIsDead/KidGame/Config/KidEngine.ini
Open this file and run a search for the line "bRelaunchInSteam". Change this value from "true" to "false". Save and close the file then try booting it. It shouldn't boot Steam now from what I'm seeing. (Tested on Windows 7/10)
Meanwhile I've found that Valkyria Chronicles works DRM-free but it has the same caveat that we believe Killer is Dead originally had (launching Steam if it is present without changing the name or moving the .exe etc.) I'm wondering if there's a way around this just like KID.

MarkoH01
Quo Vadis GOG?
Rep: 2873
Registered: Jun 2009
From Germany
Posted October 04, 2017

"Will launch Steam if found; the game launches by itself if Steam.exe is renamed, or if Steam is not installed "
I believe there's a simple solution to this given what I've seen. Locate the engine config file in the game folders. It's at KillerIsDead/KidGame/Config/KidEngine.ini
Open this file and run a search for the line "bRelaunchInSteam". Change this value from "true" to "false". Save and close the file then try booting it. It shouldn't boot Steam now from what I'm seeing. (Tested on Windows 7/10)
Meanwhile I've found that Valkyria Chronicles works DRM-free but it has the same caveat that we believe Killer is Dead originally had (launching Steam if it is present without changing the name or moving the .exe etc.) I'm wondering if there's a way around this just like KID.