I wonder if steam is bothered.

[No2AWing]

Hi. I just wonder if I can get any help. I uninstalled Civ5 because I am not happy with its unfairness. I tried to install Civ 4, but I can't? Is it because I had Civ5 on? So, I tried to install Civ5 again but there is so much mucking about with passwords and other stuff with Steam that I can't do that. All I want to do is play a game to relax. Why am I beset by stupid childish rigmarole? I have paid my money, so I want to have my rights to get what I paid for. Writing as an engineer on computers back as far as the nineteen- seventies I believe there is too much of this security stuff. Why security on a game as Civilization? It is petty!! Are the ancient Romans or Chinese going to ruin one's empire?
D.

 

[PhilBowles]

Hi. I just wonder if I can get any help. I uninstalled Civ5 because I am not happy with its unfairness. I tried to install Civ 4, but I can't? Is it because I had Civ5 on? So, I tried to install Civ5 again but there is so much mucking about with passwords and other stuff with Steam that I can't do that. All I want to do is play a game to relax. Why am I beset by stupid childish rigmarole? I have paid my money, so I want to have my rights to get what I paid for. Writing as an engineer on computers back as far as the nineteen- seventies I believe there is too much of this security stuff. Why security on a game as Civilization? It is petty!! Are the ancient Romans or Chinese going to ruin one's empire?
D.

I mentioned in your last thread before it was locked that on my machine both Civ 4 and Civ V run perfectly well, with both installed, so it's nothing to do with Civ V. It's not as though the software knows that two separate games belong to the same franchise. The brand name is there for our benefit; to the computer Civ V is as different from Civ IV as it is from Asteroids, an entirely independent game. Whatever you do as far as reinstalling Civ V is concerned won't make any difference to whether or not Civ IV will work, so if it's not worth the hassle and you don't plan on playing it, don't bother.

Yes, everyone hates Steam, and no I don't imagine they care. Everyone's proprietary these days - it's a copyright and brand marketing thing. I steered clear of Apple products for exactly that reason for years, only for Sony to jump on the bandwagon and release MP3 players that only work fully with their own (buggy) media player rather than the Microsoft one. Even pre-Steam games you buy through the service will no longer run offline or if the Steam client can't be found, as I learned a couple of days ago with Rome: Total War.

 

[The_J]

Moderator Action: Moved to tech support.

You have to describe a bit more precise what your exact problem is.