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    Is this possible? .... CS:GO

    This is not an easy question to find a clear answer to as I would have thought.

    Is it possible to play CS:GO in this configuration :-

    - no Steam account
    - single player (bots ok)
    - no dodgy download sites, legit only

    I fancy a bash but have zero interest in multi-player modes, and neither have nor want a Steam account.

    I have seen a few "play without Steam" sites but they all (that I've seen) seem to involve downloading from a non-authorised site with "ripped" content. I have no interest in that 'cos first, illegal, and more importantly, dont trust any such site enough to risk that.

    I don't mind a bot-based blast, but I'm not interested in playing against (or with) other people, and the whole thing isn't important enough to me to give in and use Steam.

    My guess is, the answer is "no".

    Thanks.
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    Re: Is this possible? .... CS:GO

    Single player yes but you can't launch CS:GO without steam account
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    Re: Is this possible? .... CS:GO

    Is Steam required just to d/l and install. or to validate on starting a game?

    i.e. if, once installed and first start-up, does it validate on game start? If so, I could then move my game machine back off-line, where it currently lives.
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    Re: Is this possible? .... CS:GO

    No you need it all the time, you can't run it without it. You could possibly try some of the dodgy ways of getting it to run but then you are in the realm of private servers etc and god knows what data they are going to extract from you
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    Re: Is this possible? .... CS:GO

    Quote Originally Posted by Saracen999 View Post
    Is Steam required just to d/l and install. or to validate on starting a game?

    i.e. if, once installed and first start-up, does it validate on game start? If so, I could then move my game machine back off-line, where it currently lives.
    It is required to validate as far as I know, but you can make Steam "go offline" and then in theory it shouldn't need to reconnect to the internet unless something weird happens. So you could move your game machine back off-line, but you'd need to have the Steam application running when playing CS:GO.

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    Re: Is this possible? .... CS:GO

    I thought it'd be like that. I vaguely remember coming to that conclusion way back when I looked at Steam and, IIRC, that was one of the reasons I decided "nope". But it was a very long time ago. And, hey, it could have changed, I guess.

    So no CS:GO for me then. Oh well, it was a thought. A whimsical one though. And my urge to have a go isn't strong enough to worry about it. There's lotsa other stuff still on my "try that" list, and a fair few I've already bought on GOG, and still not tried.

    Thanks for the prompt clarification.
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    Re: Is this possible? .... CS:GO

    To echo what Jim said above, I was of course talking about getting the game running. You can validate it and have steam in offline mode and just play against bots but either way you would still need a steam account.
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    Re: Is this possible? .... CS:GO

    And note that every once in a while Steam needs to renew game validation online.

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    Re: Is this possible? .... CS:GO

    I have an old DVD version of CS (the counter strike1 anthology) which is counterstrike plus condition zero add-on. I used to play it offline with MP bots on winXP laptop back in 2006. The box says it needs steam but it's a really old version and I don't think it ever needed online logins for single player. Ever. I will see if I can get it running on a VM.

    If you want old MP games that can be run offline with bots then BF2/BF2(sf) with the 64 bot mod patches is also worth checking out.

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    Re: Is this possible? .... CS:GO

    How about CS 1.6 ?
    Add the rats map packs and life is complete

    Here's a list of DRM Free games on Steam, if that helps.
    https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Th...games_on_Steam

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    Re: Is this possible? .... CS:GO

    Quote Originally Posted by ik9000 View Post
    I have an old DVD version of CS (the counter strike1 anthology) which is counterstrike plus condition zero add-on. I used to play it offline with MP bots on winXP laptop back in 2006. The box says it needs steam but it's a really old version and I don't think it ever needed online logins for single player. Ever. I will see if I can get it running on a VM.

    If you want old MP games that can be run offline with bots then BF2/BF2(sf) with the 64 bot mod patches is also worth checking out.
    Thanks ik, but I wouldn't waste your time with VMs (not on my account, anyway).

    It was very much a whimsy. I'd just watched an old LTT vid about the how much actual benefit there was from FPS and/or monitor refresh rates to gaming. Which was interesting, but my main takeaway was that I'm old enough that it almost certainly makes beggar-all difference to my standard of reaction time. I don't need a stopwatch to test that .... more like a sundial. Or just a calendar.

    Anyway, I kept seeing CS:GO used in gaming card tests on many/most sites and the whimsy took me .... have a go. For a moment, my "Steam? No way in hell" resolve wavered. But the whimsy has passed and there genuinely is so, sooo much I want to play, from redoing an old classic or six, to some new (to me) stuff I already have on GOG that it'd be stupid of me to start faffing with even more now, especially if it meant Steam.

    So thanks, but I'll just work the stuff I've already bought before looking for more new stuff. I hope. That ranges from some of the old Sierra classics I never got to, to later versions of Thief etc I also never got to, to the likes of Witcher. And even, IIRC, Myst 3. What I might get is a new(er) SimCity. That's good for some hours. Or was, in my youf.
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    Re: Is this possible? .... CS:GO

    it needs net connection to do first run and to activate. Steam will try and update on first run. I aborted as I couldn't be bothered to see how much bloat it downloaded. Is there a GOG version? If so that's probably the best bet

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    Re: Is this possible? .... CS:GO

    Quote Originally Posted by ik9000 View Post
    ... Is there a GOG version? If so that's probably the best bet
    Oh, it would be, yeah.

    Y'know, I think I checked and there wasn't, but .... BRB, ....

    .... nope, search shows nothing.
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    Re: Is this possible? .... CS:GO

    Thanks, Keef. Interesting to know. It's not what I was after though (single player, not multi).
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    Re: Is this possible? .... CS:GO

    Quote Originally Posted by keef247 View Post
    no worries mate, it's pretty cool this is a thing though. especially without steam etc
    Oh yeah, completely agree. It's great it's there and my bet is I'm far closer to being the exception that proves the rule, than being the rule, in my "single player only" stance. I know I'm not alone, but I'd bet it's not just a minority view but a pretty small one. I have done the multiplayer thing and the best I can say is, for me, it's 'okay' playing online if it's with friends. For LAN gaming, again with friends, well, I used to run some quite regularly. That, I enjoy.

    But the general online thing, teams, strangers, etc? It not only does't float my boat, but I dislike it. It's not helped, of course, by the stinking attitude of a small numbers of cheaters that just ruin it for everybody else but even without that aspect, it just 'ain't my thang'.

    My suspicion is that this stance says far more about me personally than it does about gaming, online or otherwise.

    Ever see "grumpy old men"? I kinda empathise with a lot of the grumping, though I might phrase it differently. Over the years, I (and no doubt everybody else) has ended up doing a lot of things I didn't want to do, and certainly didn't enjoy, but went along with because it's the socially expected thing. No longer. As I get older, and my body is less willing to exert itself and, frankly, the physical pain levels go up, Ive become less and less willing to just go with the flow, and much more .... almost selfish .... in that I do things if and only if I want to. That does include me "wanting to" because doing so will please someone else even if I'd rather not, but that someone else, nowadays, is pretty much only the wife.

    All of which, though a huge diversion, is the general reason why I chose to play single-player games (or, given the chance, dual/LAN with a friend(s) ) and not online gaming. I don't do that much gaming anyway. I've barely dipped a toe in for about a decade, not least, due to antiquated hardware. Now, with a very capable laptop and a gaming-capable (also content-creation capable of course) PC build coming up, the hardware excuse went away, but still, I don't play much, and want to get the most out of what I do.

    Years ago, I'd have jumped at that CS site, just to poke around if nothing else and yeah, it's great that it's there. I 100% agree. It's just not my thing.

    It's a bit like fruit.

    Bear with me.

    I love strawberries, but am not a blueberry fan. A good friend of mine adores blueberries, but strawberries? Nah.

    I'm happy blueberries exist, for those that like them but, stick a load on a plate anywhere near me and I might, if the whimsy takes me, have one or two. But probably not.

    Stick a plate of strawberries anywhere in the same hemisphere and if you want to avoid me-shaped footprints up your front, I'd advise not getting between me and the strawberries. I'm a laser-locked, heat-seeking strawberry-lover.
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    Re: Is this possible? .... CS:GO

    Quote Originally Posted by keef247 View Post
    you can now play cs 1.6 in a web browser without steam too https://play-cs.com/en/servers
    Weird, and interesting. Doesn't exactly look like it's sanctioned by Valve and it seems like there's a pay to win element with 'premium' and purchases outside of the game. Don't think I'd really trust them with my personal data let alone financial information...

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