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STEAM | July 2014-2 In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming
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I believe you won't be able to activate it at all, even with VPN or a vacation in Austria.
Edit: Then again, seeing that my friend in Germany has been playing it, maybe you can.
In the past that was true because store and retail subs were separate, but these days they're one and the same (although a publisher can opt for a retail-specific sub if it so chooses).
The wolf pet thing.
The Red Wizard
Member
What is this trickery? Seriously, how does that work, Master of the Database?
Also, Divinity just crashed on me. I landed a critical hit on a fire monster (just northish of Cyseal) and went for another swipe. As soon as I hit the monster, the game crashed
I'm a sad panda.Krusenstern
Banned
If you win a non-german version of the game (either ROW or RU) you will need a VPN to activate, download it and even to play it. But it will be uncensored. I would invest in a paid VPN for a couple days just to activate and download this game. Because downloading 40 gb using a free VPN with slow-as-hell speeds would be insane.
Or you can try that.
Ahh cool thanks JaseC
derExperte
Member
Start the download, then disconnect from the VPN.
freshVeggie
Member
Huh? But tno from the wuake bundle grants access to the uncensored version in Germany. Shouldn't the key you get when buying from the quakecon deal page be the same? If not, would suck hard to shell out so much for only one game. Hope JaseC can clear things up.
Why isn't he arleady the steam community manager
crap. all the more I should have bought it
Regional restrictions are set at the sub level and the QuakeCon subs have none.
Close to 16k now. I don't think that's insignificant at all, though I'm sure a large portion would never buy it or maybe even know about it if not for this stunt. I guess it's not too different from heavy bundling for next to no profit per copy, but this is a Falcom title; for the purposes of getting greenlit it's definitely unnecessary.
Huh? But tno from the wuake bundle grants access to the uncensored version in Germany. Shouldn't the key you get when buying from the quakecon deal page be the same? If not, would suck hard to shell out so much for only one game. Hope JaseC can clear things up.Why isn't he arleady the steam community manager
I defer to derExperte and Krusenstern's expertise on this. I'm not German, I only know this game has been particularly difficult for Germans to play and that German gamers should really get involved in politics to fix this mess.
Wolf14 ROW's own subs are heavily region-locked -- you'd need a VPN not only to activate the game but also play it (although there are ways around the latter, none of which are ideal). If bought as part of the QuakeCon bundle, though, then it's region-free. Note that Germany's own QuakeCon bundle doesn't contain Wolf14 at all -- for some reason the so-called "German Edition" is absent.
Yeah they definitely didn't need to do this to get it greenlit. So perhaps they need it greenlit fast? Autumn seal? Or part of some bigger deal, like quarterly earning reports or something? I dunno
Maybe its just a small drop in the grand scheme of things as they port more stuff over
Some Destiny keys for you guys. Nobody knows how to use modbot over there.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=121693405&postcount=3357
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=121693405&postcount=3357
abracadaver
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someone from germany please try if that works to get the uncensored wolfenstein
I dont want to be the first
I dont want to be the first
Strazyplus
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I live in United States so I never really experienced region locks, But I feel for those who cannot play a certain game because of where they live... can we manage to get a game digitally everywhere on earth? apparently not...
freshVeggie
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So, only if bought from the quakecon bundle tno doesn't have any restriction. Separately bought it has. Bummer.
Don't want anyone to go against tos, so I ask carefully. Ain't there a hack/crack that allows playing tno uncensored once dled without the need for vpn? Please don't link here, you may get banned! Just asking for info.
All these different subs with their regional counterparts with varying restrictions to boot are really getting complicated. You should be compensated by valve for all the things you clear up here JaseC.
Politics. And besides, USians have to deal with censorship, too, there's just never as much awareness when it happens.
Well, you could:
1) Crack the game, but this would bypass Steam entirely
2) Use the steam_appid.txt trick, but this would essentially be the same as #1 since as far as Steam would be concerned you'd actually be playing another game and so the Steamworks features in Wolf14 (i.e. achievements) would be non-functional
3) Sign into Steam using a VPN and then switch to Offline Mode, which may preserve achievements (not all games support achievements while Steam is in Offline Mode)
Edit: Or at Locust says, download a copy of Wolf14 ROW once Steam has finished downloading the "German Edition" and empty the folder in favour of using the ROW data. Note my post here, though.
I'd accept 1x Earth: Year 2066.
give them to me to dress up my heavy
it depends on if you want wallet cash or keys I guess..
Krusenstern
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Because our gaga politicians here in Schland wouldn't acknowledge video games as a form of art, like films. Go watch a german dub of Iron Sky or a Indiana Jones movie. The swastikas and nazi related mentiones are all there.
But videogames are still diabolized by these old-fashioned farts. When Crysis 2 won prices as best german action game or best german console game in our country our politicians disassociated themselves from the decision because "killer games (german: Killerspiele, that's how they call games here where you kill stuff) shouldn't be honored with prices".
That's going to be really fun to convince any of them to acknowledge games as a legitimate form of art.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Because someone proposed the potential for abuse of someone giving away fake games and claiming their own games so they get the giveaway wins and never get caught, and because I don't actually want to disable that functionality (for one notable reason--so I can test ModBot more effectively), I did run a check last night.
17 self-claimed giveaways in modbot, of which 6 are pretty easily explained by testing (ModBot claiming games ModBot has given away or some variation of my username claiming games it has given away) + 2 cases of non-me users obviously testing (one in one of ModBot's first 20 giveaways while I was still setting up the system, one about 2 weeks later).
The other cases appear to mostly be people claiming low-demand game to get them off their outstanding games list in my loot. Like, for instance, we have a prominent giver here who claimed his own Crash Time 2 copy, and I can't possibly believe that was for any outcome other than "ugh i don't want to see it and stump hasn't done a garbage dump in a while"
I don't see anything that looks to me to be abusive or slippery.
17 self-claimed giveaways in modbot, of which 6 are pretty easily explained by testing (ModBot claiming games ModBot has given away or some variation of my username claiming games it has given away) + 2 cases of non-me users obviously testing (one in one of ModBot's first 20 giveaways while I was still setting up the system, one about 2 weeks later).
The other cases appear to mostly be people claiming low-demand game to get them off their outstanding games list in my loot. Like, for instance, we have a prominent giver here who claimed his own Crash Time 2 copy, and I can't possibly believe that was for any outcome other than "ugh i don't want to see it and stump hasn't done a garbage dump in a while"
I don't see anything that looks to me to be abusive or slippery.
Those specific ones are better off sold for keys then sold on the market.
StAidan
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Sacred bovine, this thread is spreading the love. Or is it spreading the crazy? I entered for 4 of these, here comes the win!
Aww man, I got a pre-order key from Amazon but no TF2 items.:/
Hmm, interesting. It'd be really nice if it sticks, so many games I've bought at day 1 but never got TF2 items for because, well, the Steam store prices are usually twice as high.
Having preordered the German edition because it was cheaper due to no Russian region locks I can say for certain that it's possible. All you need to do is download the files of the normal version (not from Steam) and put them in the German edition folder. Don't use the crack. Afterwards edit the file where download progress is stored to make Steam think you've completed the download.
Game will then function normally and even unlocks achievements.
Did you launch TF2 after activating Wolf?
Beelzebubs
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Mine is usually dh or gjsdhjdet. Basically, whatever is typed as my palm can is mashed on the keyboard.
My bucks are on asdf for sure.
Krusenstern
Banned
I always type something like "gimme game" or "I need".
Best disable automatic updates when going this route as a patch may reintroduce at least some of the censorship or even cause the game to play up since the ROW version and "German Edition" are technically two different games. And I'm sure it goes without saying to avoid verifying the game's cache as the ROW data would fail Steam's integrity checks.
Mine should really be "pls respond" from now on. Could only increase my chances.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
HELP I ACCIDENTALLY ENTERED FOR A GIVEAWAY I DON'T WANT ANYMORE AND I WIN I'LL JUST DIE OF EMBARRASSMENT HOW DO I DISQUALIFY MYSELF!!!!!! I WOULD LITERALLY PAY ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY TO GET THROUGH THIS ORDEAL!!!???!? I'M SO SORRY I VOTED FOR KODOS!!! Beta
- Please don't enter for giveaways you don't want. If it's a bundle dump and you later buy the bundle, just give away your spare keys, don't worry about winning someone else's. If it's not a bundle dump, don't enter for stuff you don't want. Like, seriously, just apply 2 seconds of critical thought before you enter instead of entering everything.
Anyway, to solve your problem:
- Send a PM to modbot with the word disqualify in the subject
- All outstanding entries you have for raffles or giveaways that have not yet been processed will be disqualified--this is all or nothing, you can't disqualify an individual entry.
- Disqualified entries will still count as entries, so you won't be able to re-enter for the same game, or even the same raffle unless it's a multiple entry raffle
- If you do this within 30 seconds of a draw, the draw might happen before the disqualification does, so don't cut it close.
- Please don't enter for giveaways you don't want. If it's a bundle dump and you later buy the bundle, just give away your spare keys, don't worry about winning someone else's. If it's not a bundle dump, don't enter for stuff you don't want. Like, seriously, just apply 2 seconds of critical thought before you enter instead of entering everything.
Anyway, to solve your problem:
- Send a PM to modbot with the word disqualify in the subject
- All outstanding entries you have for raffles or giveaways that have not yet been processed will be disqualified--this is all or nothing, you can't disqualify an individual entry.
- Disqualified entries will still count as entries, so you won't be able to re-enter for the same game, or even the same raffle unless it's a multiple entry raffle
- If you do this within 30 seconds of a draw, the draw might happen before the disqualification does, so don't cut it close.
You can just post them but modbot is generally advised so lurkers can't claim them.
I try to use reverse psychology on ModBot and type something like 'disqualify' as subject. It doesn't seem to be working though.
Shiiiiiiit
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
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Ah no, have to check that out. Thanks for the heads up.
For the future, here is a modbot tutorial. (which you can always find linked on the first page of every steam thread)
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