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Post edited October 31, 2015 by Teppic
Okay, we're all caught up!

So, I'll leave it to you guys: Should we include Early Access games? If we do, should they be in the main list, or should there be a special section on the Wiki for them?
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pedrovay2003: Okay, we're all caught up!

So, I'll leave it to you guys: Should we include Early Access games? If we do, should they be in the main list, or should there be a special section on the Wiki for them?
I think they should be. I would like to know if an early access title is DRM-free or not. Whether it's in the main list or not doesn't matter to me, as long as they are listed and as early access. Maybe good to have the version number of the game too.

One you can add:
Gang Beasts - Ver. 0.2.6c
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pedrovay2003: Okay, we're all caught up!

So, I'll leave it to you guys: Should we include Early Access games? If we do, should they be in the main list, or should there be a special section on the Wiki for them?
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Teppic: I think they should be. I would like to know if an early access title is DRM-free or not. Whether it's in the main list or not doesn't matter to me, as long as they are listed and as early access. Maybe good to have the version number of the game too.

One you can add:
Gang Beasts - Ver. 0.2.6c
Okay, that sounds good to me. Is there a place to find the version numbers without actually downloading the games? I recall seeing some in the update posts from the developers; is that where you got the one for Gang Beasts?
Early Access could be marked in a special section, I think.

Faeverse Alchemy's Version number is: Version 1.0.15.10.10
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Teppic: I think they should be. I would like to know if an early access title is DRM-free or not. Whether it's in the main list or not doesn't matter to me, as long as they are listed and as early access. Maybe good to have the version number of the game too.

One you can add:
Gang Beasts - Ver. 0.2.6c
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pedrovay2003: Okay, that sounds good to me. Is there a place to find the version numbers without actually downloading the games? I recall seeing some in the update posts from the developers; is that where you got the one for Gang Beasts?
I saw it when I launched it. Also from the developers posts.
Okay, I'll keep all of this in mind. For now, I put the Early Access games in with the rest of the list, but italicized; I did this so we can just un-italicize them when they leave Early Access, provided they're still DRM-free.
The new "Darksiders 2 Deathinitive" Edition can be run without steam client but if you haven't got it for free (like I did) I would still recommend buying it here on GOG if you want it. There is also a little problem with it: it's only english and I haven't found a way to change the language at all without using the steam client.
Battle Group 2 will launch Steam if it is moved outside of its installation folder. You can prevent this by either renaming Steam.exe, or by deleting the steam_api.dll and SteamworksNative.dll from the game's folder and the game won't mind in either case. Tested in Windows 7 64-bit.
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pedrovay2003: HOW TO TEST GAMES FOR STEAM CLIENT DRM
Checking Steam games for DRM is a simple process: Just rename your main Steam program file and try to run a game. If the game runs, then it's DRM-free,
I don't think it has been mentioned, I skimmed through the thread rapidly, sorry if I miss it, but this is not always true. some games, especially the earlier ones that used Securom, can be run with Steam totally uninstalled but that doesn't make them DRM/free; because if you try to copy them to another computer and run them there Securom will ask you to reactivate the game online.

This is also especially true for some of the early EA Origin games, for example Dead Space 1 was like that (maybe it has been patched since and maybe also Crysis 1 but I am not sure); you could download and install the game through Origin, then uninstall Origin and the game was perfectly playable.

But if you tried to copy the game to another computer or modify your hardware then you will end up with Securom pop-up asking you to reactivate it.

IMHO the only bullet proof way to test if a Steam/Origin/Uplay is "DRM-Free" is to copy it to another offline computer/VM on which it never was installed and try to run it.
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pedrovay2003: HOW TO TEST GAMES FOR STEAM CLIENT DRM
Checking Steam games for DRM is a simple process: Just rename your main Steam program file and try to run a game. If the game runs, then it's DRM-free,
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Gersen: I don't think it has been mentioned, I skimmed through the thread rapidly, sorry if I miss it, but this is not always true. some games, especially the earlier ones that used Securom, can be run with Steam totally uninstalled but that doesn't make them DRM/free; because if you try to copy them to another computer and run them there Securom will ask you to reactivate the game online.

This is also especially true for some of the early EA Origin games, for example Dead Space 1 was like that (maybe it has been patched since and maybe also Crysis 1 but I am not sure); you could download and install the game through Origin, then uninstall Origin and the game was perfectly playable.

But if you tried to copy the game to another computer or modify your hardware then you will end up with Securom pop-up asking you to reactivate it.

IMHO the only bullet proof way to test if a Steam/Origin/Uplay is "DRM-Free" is to copy it to another offline computer/VM on which it never was installed and try to run it.
You are totally correct here but it's all a misunderstanding. Pedrovay is telling
HOW TO TEST GAMES FOR STEAM CLIENT DRM
He then only talks about DRM and not about Steam Client DRM but since he is well aware that there is sometimes third party DRM involved the title of this thread is named accordingly: how to run Steam games without the steam client. That is the only thing we can be sure about it. It may still have some sort of copy protection but you can run it without Steam running or being installed.
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MarkoH01: He then only talks about DRM and not about Steam Client DRM but since he is well aware that there is sometimes third party DRM involved the title of this thread is named accordingly: how to run Steam games without the steam client.
Ok, I thought it was just a renaming of the old "DRM-free games on Steam" thread, I didn't knew that the "scope" has changed too.
So... Is it just me, or did the wiki page kind of revert back to an old version? I added Darksiders II and Battle Group 2 a while ago (as you can see noted on my contributions page on the wikia), and I moved a couple things around, but it's all back to the way it was, and Darksiders II and Battle Group 2 are missing now.
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pedrovay2003: So... Is it just me, or did the wiki page kind of revert back to an old version?
Take a look . You can always check a [url=http://steam.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_DRM-free_games?action=history]page's history to see the edits.
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pedrovay2003: So... Is it just me, or did the wiki page kind of revert back to an old version?
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JMich: Take a look . You can always check a [url=http://steam.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_DRM-free_games?action=history]page's history to see the edits.
It doesn't show that the games I added were removed. That's so weird.

EDIT: Okay, there's a -6,232 stat in there. What. Also, I moved The Fall down to the "The" section, and that was moved back. It looks like everything was reverted to an earlier point.

EDIT 2: Yeah, the last three months worth of games in the list are gone. I guess I'll be working on that this weekend.
Post edited November 20, 2015 by pedrovay2003