Is "Steam version is not supported" still valid?

nonakosa · 05-12-15, 05:18 PM

Hello all,
I am returning after being away for a short while to build a new computer and I have a question about the issues that plague the steam version of the game. I am interested in running TWoS, but I would like some clarification before I proceed. I should be clear that this is not a TWoS specific question as I see in a lot of different threads that steam is not supported, but I am curious at this point as to why?

I suspect that it all comes down to the TDW generic patcher, but I would like to have this confirmed. The theory in my head is that the steam exe didn't work with the patcher, and so it was "not supported". Then, we got the steam sh5.exe to work with the patcher:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=214687
which most definitely does work - at least for me. So, now the steam version technically will work, but is still not officially supported because why would the authors of all of these mods bother with paying for a steam version just to test and confirm that it will be supported.

I hope that theory makes sense...I can completely understand why people don't like steam and would not have thoroughly tested it for compatibility. I understand all of the philosophical objections to steam and I am certainly not complaining about the lack of support. I am just curious if the reason it is not supported is just because of the TDW patcher, or is there something else that does not work that I am not aware of? If it has been all about the patcher, then I wouldn't expect modders to start supporting steam all of the sudden, but it would be nice to know if that is the case.

Thanks,
SMH

05-12-15, 05:18 PM	#1
nonakosa Watch Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 15 Downloads: 196 Uploads: 0	Is "Steam version is not supported" still valid? Hello all, I am returning after being away for a short while to build a new computer and I have a question about the issues that plague the steam version of the game. I am interested in running TWoS, but I would like some clarification before I proceed. I should be clear that this is not a TWoS specific question as I see in a lot of different threads that steam is not supported, but I am curious at this point as to why? I suspect that it all comes down to the TDW generic patcher, but I would like to have this confirmed. The theory in my head is that the steam exe didn't work with the patcher, and so it was "not supported". Then, we got the steam sh5.exe to work with the patcher: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=214687 which most definitely does work - at least for me. So, now the steam version technically will work, but is still not officially supported because why would the authors of all of these mods bother with paying for a steam version just to test and confirm that it will be supported. I hope that theory makes sense...I can completely understand why people don't like steam and would not have thoroughly tested it for compatibility. I understand all of the philosophical objections to steam and I am certainly not complaining about the lack of support. I am just curious if the reason it is not supported is just because of the TDW patcher, or is there something else that does not work that I am not aware of? If it has been all about the patcher, then I wouldn't expect modders to start supporting steam all of the sudden, but it would be nice to know if that is the case. Thanks, SMH