Play without starting Steam.

[dresamAsam71]

Hello.

 I bought Cliff Of Dover about 5 years ago in the CD version, not through Steam, and a few months ago Tobruk from the il2 Sturmovik website, not through Steam either.  I don't understand why I have to be logged into Steam to start the game.  I know there is offline mode - which from what I understand only allows me to play offline.

 What I am asking is if I can completely disassociate myself from Steam, since I have made the purchase directly from the developers' store.

 Greetings.

[Thundercracker]

Afraid not, steam is required for play as it handles the games updates.

[Buzzsaw]

You need to start STEAM to play the game.

 

You can turn off STEAM Cloud, STEAM sync, STEAM overlay and all the other STEAM garbage and still run the game, but you need the basic STEAM to do the following:

 

-  Run the game

 

-  Get Updates

 

Assuming you turn off all the other stuff, basic STEAM is not intrusive... other than updating itself.

 

It is important to get the updates... they will fix bugs, and also will give you the big Visual Update we are planning...  That will include:

 

-  trueSKY updated cloud and weather system

 

-  4k cockpits and externals

 

-  4k ground textures

 

-  VR Implementation

 

-  Improved distance viewing for ground objects and terrain  (fixes distant 'popup' effect)