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Unable to run in Offline Mode

Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2017 6:44 pm
by MacroNova
Randomly out of nowhere, the game stopped running in offline mode. It says Preparing to run... and then "Failed to contact Steam servers."

Ultimately I had to uninstall Steam and then redownload and install XCOM / Long War. Now, oddly, it still won't launch in offline mode, but it will run in online mode and doesn't freeze at Loading User Settings.

Bizarre. Anyone have any idea what happened?

Re: Unable to run in Offline Mode

Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 3:49 am
by rift
I read your post and I decided to try it, and I get the same thing. Steam gets stuck on this screen
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after a while it shows this
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This seems like a Steam issue though, not XCOM. Steam users have been complaining about similar errors for years.

Re: Unable to run in Offline Mode

Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 11:59 am
by Stweels
Try setting your system time back by two weeks. There is currently a problem on Steam that locks out games that have never been played on line. It's causing a lot of crap in the CIV Vi communities.

- Steel Wheels

Re: Unable to run in Offline Mode

Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 12:41 pm
by szmind
Stweels wrote:Try setting your system time back by two weeks. There is currently a problem on Steam that locks out games that have never been played on line. It's causing a lot of crap in the CIV Vi communities.

- Steel Wheels
Confirmed :) The only working solution seems setting date in the system before 14th of June. A giant shame for Steam - not enough money or what? Though I do not suffer the issue.

Re: Unable to run in Offline Mode

Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2017 12:04 am
by Tanalbi
I was without internet the WHOLE day, and when i wanted to play XCOM in offline mode, it worked perfectly fine for me, and i didn't had that date thing modified or anything