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Can't play the game, I'm getting the endless login/create account loop, so dang frustrating! :mad:
Apparently its going around....

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I just came to check the forums because I'm having the same issue.

Hope it gets fixed soon...

I need my fix...
 
Can't play the game, I'm getting the endless login/create account loop, so dang frustrating! :mad:

Apparently its going around....

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I just came to check the forums because I'm having the same issue.

Hope it gets fixed soon...

I need my fix...

Ah, thank you! Now I don't feel so stupid, I should head over there and commiserate. (y)
There is a thread/notice in the news forum that says that Steam logins are broken.


Sarcastic comments about Steam deleted as someone would claim I was trying to turn this into a Necro thread.

In the game last night I have almost finished the five bio world I mentioned which is going to earn less than the single Strata I found in the previous system.
 
I often wonder why people go the Steam route into games. I avoid it, personally, but I'm sure there're viable reasons.

It's the huuuge selection of games - and the sales / discounts, which make it possible to get a taste of some of the more expensive / "AAA" titles on a budget, even if it is some time after launch... it's been a blessing imho :]

*also they do localised pricing (if devs are amenable to it - Frontier fortunately are) which is a further blessing to those of us with much weaker currencies than the USD/GBP/Euro
 
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Aha i think the official end-of-conflict announcement was this...

https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/galnet/convoy-tragedy-halts-superpower-conflict

...orders from the top, apparently - though i'm wondering why it was the higher-ups in the Empire instructing the local Federal faction (and vice versa) to pull up their socks & stop being silly while there's a real war on... shouldn't it have been a "cease & desist" demand instead? ...which is apparently what all the fuss & bother was about in the first place ;]

"“We permit Imperial-aligned factions a degree of autonomy, on the understanding that they do not jeopardise the Empire’s strategic goals. Undermining human resistance against the Thargoid invasion cannot be tolerated. I therefore command the Gliese 44 Citizens’ Forum to negotiate a ceasefire with their Federal neighbours at once.”"


*Eish, got that the wrong way round myself - i thought Gauluujja Exchange was Imperial and the Gliese Citizens' Forum was Federal, by the sound of their names... must've been thinking of the People's Front of Gauluujia vs the Gliese Popular Forum... or something :p
 
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I often wonder why people go the Steam route into games. I avoid it, personally, but I'm sure there're viable reasons.
I joined Steam shortly after it came out, so.... lots of years ago. My first purchase was in 2007. It was Tomb Raider Anniversary :p

At the time I was buying my games on CDs (remember those?), and I was always losing the CD Keys one way or another. I often had to uninstall a game for a while, to play something else. Then when I'd go to reinstall it, I couldn't find the keys.

Steam offered a way out of this. I could have all my games, in one place, installed or not, and never forget the keys again.

The result is that I have a huge library of games on Steam now -- 335 games! And I don't have to remember any of the keys :)

But Steam isn't good for everything. Especially not for ED. There are too many update and logging problems. I'm not sure why, but ED does not play well with Steam.

I originally bought ED from Steam, but fortunately for me I bought it before they locked it up (nowadays if you buy on Steam you must login using Steam).

So I don't use Steam for ED at all, and thus avoid all those problems.

Sorry for the long reply, but you did ask!
 
I joined Steam shortly after it came out, so.... lots of years ago. My first purchase was in 2007. It was Tomb Raider Anniversary :p

At the time I was buying my games on CDs (remember those?), and I was always losing the CD Keys one way or another. I often had to uninstall a game for a while, to play something else. Then when I'd go to reinstall it, I couldn't find the keys.

Steam offered a way out of this. I could have all my games, in one place, installed or not, and never forget the keys again.

It's this too! ...especially when old, favourite games have original CD/DVD installers that are now incompatible with OS versions and sometimes system architecture even (eg: UT2004 Mac Edition*, which was originally compiled for PowerPC, then later patched up to run on Intel...) ...i know that if it is on Steam and listed as compatible with my platform in question, it will be up to date and run well - Steam also allows one to register previously bought games and install/play them via Steam without having to rebuy them btw :)

The result is that I have a huge library of games on Steam now -- 335 games! And I don't have to remember any of the keys :)

That's awesome - I've just about 100... just really wish i had more time to play them all ;)

But Steam isn't good for everything. Especially not for ED. There are too many update and logging problems. I'm not sure why, but ED does not play well with Steam.

I originally bought ED from Steam, but fortunately for me I bought it before they locked it up (nowadays if you buy on Steam you must login using Steam).

So I don't use Steam for ED at all, and thus avoid all those problems.

Sorry for the long reply, but you did ask!

I've actually been mostly OK using the Steam version, apart from a few login hiccups, which were solved by re-entering EDO login details basically - might be because i don't run any extensions / haven't modded my HUD/UI colours even? 3rd party mods might cause trouble here unfortunately...

[*rarer than hen's teeth, i know - but that is my original version of one of my all-time favourites...]
 
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