What about STEAM?

**djcenox** · Feb 16th, 2015, 09:02:49

Sorry maybe this question isn't new at all, but was lazy to read all Threads , so i opened a new one.
I would like to know if FC is still working about Steam integration.
It's supposed to be within the new engine?
We need new people. And Steam is the right place.

**Difs** · Feb 16th, 2015, 09:15:22

Steam required new engine and new engine will come soon(TM)

**Gargle** · Feb 16th, 2015, 10:44:43

Originally Posted by Difs

Steam required new engine and new engine will come soon(TM)

Technically this isn't 100% accurate. It requires the new engine (or dx9) to get the Steam overlay working. AO could have been released on Steam at the end of 2003 well over 10 years ago.

To the OP. I'm guessing here but I believe during the management of Means the overall plan was to come out with a big bang; new engine, rebalance, Steam, etc. They worked on the Steam release up until they got stuck with the dx7 and overlay issue.

If they just would have left out the Steam overlay and maybe released it on Steam about 4-5 years ago with a better cash shop and possibly froob focused, this game would have more cash flow to hire people that then other projects such as TSW could "borrow".

**Lordaegis** · May 17th, 2015, 08:23:29

I think FC need a lot of work to put AO on steam so we expect it to be on steam at 2020

**Caloss2** · May 17th, 2015, 08:43:52

The current game will fail to launch from steam if you add it to steam as non-steam game, this is the wrapper issue.

**larzba77** · May 17th, 2015, 14:27:47

Just curious, im pretty sure steam dont allow 2 clients? This would be a huge problem, as most active have 2 or more accounts.

**Literary** · May 17th, 2015, 22:50:36

On the one hand, Steam with extra AO goodness can't happen soon enough IMO. We'll retain a few hundred new players after the dust settles from the stampede. OTOH, if I can avoid using Steam at all I do so...especially in MMOs. It's one more thing that can get in the way.

**Ekarona** · May 18th, 2015, 03:38:57

Then fun part is that it's already there, they just don't have store page...

**Ophiuchus** · May 18th, 2015, 15:43:28

The current client launcher processes don't play well with Steam, so that part would need tweaking.

**jeliman** · Aug 28th, 2015, 15:24:21

If Steam would prevent two sessions to run simultaneously, I would suggest to have a location with Safes you can purchase and this Safe could be accessed by multiple characters based on the security code, or whatever other security tool. I'm using dual log mostly for swapping items, this would fix that.

**Lordaegis** · Jun 11th, 2016, 12:29:06

Originally Posted by Ophiuchus

The current client launcher processes don't play well with Steam, so that part would need tweaking.

new client is live now so what is stopping them ?

**Doctorhyde** · Jun 19th, 2016, 02:49:15

Originally Posted by Lordaegis

new client is live now so what is stopping them ?

The new client is technically still in beta and has reasons to be, as it does still suffer some graphics crashes.

**Timba** · Jun 19th, 2016, 03:14:55

That client crashes every time I open up Adobe Photoshop, 1/4 times I zone into Wine and a minimum of a crash / hour. As a bonus, it has a % chance of corrupting graphically once in a while, freezing after being alt tabbed.

Either it is refactored from the ground up, or they rebase the engine for it on something newer, both options being out of hand for the handful of people still working on it.

I would love to see assets being open sourced one day, the small community is eager to help it seems.

**Doctorhyde** · Jun 24th, 2016, 03:04:46

I had similar crashing problems with the new engine, not using Steam though. I found they got much better today after patching to 18.8.15 and upgrading to the latest Nvidia drivers. Not sure which fixed it but I was successfully triple logging toons most of the afternoon (bank sorting ... that's why I play AO).

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