Launching the game in steam offline mode

[kaiser12796]

not sure if this has been discussed already but apparently PZ can't be started while being online
I downloaded the latest patch today and wanted to play with my network being down (shout outs to my provider...) just some minutes ago but received a notification saying: "Please go online to play"

While I get why you need to be online for franchise I would have expected that I can play offline too (challenge or sandbox)

Do I miss sth? Or does this work as designed?

 

[Blig]

I've had a weird message come up sometimes after installing a new patch where it asks to "please go online for the first launch", but after that I didn't have an issue launching while offline. Could be something related to today's patch though, which I haven't installed yet. Will add to this post if I have the same problem.

 

[kaiser12796]

I've had a weird message come up sometimes after installing a new patch where it asks to "please go online for the first launch", but after that I didn't have an issue launching while offline. Could be something related to today's patch though, which I haven't installed yet. Will add to this post if I have the same problem.

Thanks for the, that worked (could have thought about that on my own)
So note to myself: Always start once after an update so my brilliant internet provider won't ever stop me again from playing