Civilization 5 Patch Released. Should address any remaining mod download and. Even with running steam my civ 5 crashes constantly. I though it was a disk. Can I play Civ 5 without Steam? Is it impossible to play Civ 5 without being connected to Steam or the. This product requires a 3rd party download and.
Is there anyway to remove Steam and still play Civilization V? I am very particular about what gets installed on my computers and what is allowed to advertise at me and run background processes. So much so it is not worth it to me to have Civ 5 installed if I have to have Steam installed.
Nick T2 Answers
As said by Brian Schkerke you cannot legally play Civilization5 without steam.
People have legitimate gripes about steam, and these questions come up regularly especially on 2K's official Civilization5 forum (2K Civ5 Forum)
However, since Steam is un-avoidable I find it more productive to offer advice to mitigate the effect steam has on your enjoyment and on your system, for in fact many gripes people have with steam are optional and can be disabled.
- You can disable all push pop-up advertising in steam. Instructions
- You can play Civ5 SinglePlayer/LAN offline without connecting to the steam server.Instructions
- You can disable steam collecting anonymous information about your system/software.Wiki
- You can disable steam from running on startup. Instructions
The four points above cover many reasons people dislike Steam. You will however still need to run the Steam client in the background as Civ5 plays. This may be un-palatable for your tastes but at least it is a 'neutered' version of Steam which does not connect to the internet or use up your system resources.
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The disadvantages are
- You cannot save your games on the steam cloud while offline (useful for continuing games at different locations)
- You cannot receive patches for the game while steam is offline
- You cannot have your in game achievements ranked.
- You cannot communicate with your friends on Steam
Which you probably would not want to use anyway if you don't use Steam.
Hope this helps.
FYI: I am new to Steam. I have never used Steam before I bought Civ5 last week.
GlorfindelCiv 5 Steam Key
Legally, installing Civilization 5 requires the installation of Steam. You can put Steam into offline mode after initial authorization/authentication. However, all patches to the game are also deployed through Steam so if, at a later date, you wanted to update due to a bug you would need to re-enable online mode for Steam.
There are ways around the installation of Steam but if you're particular about Steam being installed, I doubt you want to investigate the alternate avenues.
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I bought the CD of Civilization 5 and when I tried installing it, it says it has to download 2.8 GB from Steam. How do I avoid this and just download directly of the disc?
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The base install is covered by the CD contents.
The game will need to download extra update data from steam though (E.g: patches, updates or any compatibility updates for any DLC, etc.)
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Via 'Installing from Disc instead of Steam':
- Log in to Steam and click on Library
- Right-click on the game, select Delete local content, and confirm (note: if not visible, ignore and proceed to next step)
- Insert the first disc into your computer
- Close Steam (Steam > Exit)
- Press Windows Key + R to open Run
In the Run window type (note: Replace E: with the CD/DVD drive you are installing from if is not correct, and replace C:Program FilesSteam if your Steam installation is not in the default location):
'C:Program FilesSteamSteam.exe' -install E:
Press OK
Steam will launch and ask you to sign in if you do not have your password saved. Your installation should continue from the disc.
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As mentioned in another answer, you will likely still have to download additional patches, updates, and so forth. Hopefully this saves some time.