Coming Back To SH5 After Long Absence
 

As the subject says... I've been away from the game for a few years now due to life and other issues but have recently had my interest rekindled and thought I'd fire the old gal back up.

I had forgotten that SH5 requires an internet connection 24/7 in order to play offline, this was one reason why I gave up on it as my gaming rig is only hooked up to the net in order to download patches via Steam or re-establish my credentials in order to play offline. With Uplay, I can't do this and this seems to still be the case. I did notice that it is now available on Steam and was wondering if there was any legal way of transferring my game from Uplay to the Steam version? I'm highly doubtful this is possible but thought I'd ask. If it is possible, how? Would I need to contact Ubisoft? Thanks for any help you can give!

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You will still need an internet connection with Steam.
Post #161 TDW’s Generic File Patcher Steam Installation Instructions By sirrawsrsalot > Updated Version

THEBERSTER, thank you so much! Obviously my search was a crappy one as I didn't get a hit on your post with what terms I used. Thanks for that!! Yes, Steam does need a connection initially but then you can put it into offline mode and still not have to be connected to play, with Uplay that's not possible and thus my quandary. Thanks for the welcome back and I look forward to checking out the directions you wrote up and the mod you linked to, that already answered my next question! ;) Thanks again mate.

EDIT: Hmmm, now that I've gotten into it I see that it's about Win 7 and I have Win10 Pro installed and putting the mscomctl.ocx into the C:\Windows\System32 directory still gives me the same error... (that it's missing or there's a problem with it or one of its' components- paraphrasing here) and I can't progress past there. :( Thanks anyway for the attempt!