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Linux438196y@gitpush
I dont know about the whireshark part but it is downloading stuff over http :) -
Daheck.
Question is, how does steam handle games using their api but not registered in your library? -
imdnxt2036yIt's done like that so that the nodes in the path to your computer can cache the data.
One can't cache connections over https. -
Condor325176yFetch the URL from Wireshark, fire up wget, fetch the file.. profit $$
(No idea if it'll work though, I'm not a Steam user) -
NikolaiX966yI mean technically you could install it this way. You'll still need a steam account that has said game registered under your account before you can run it though.
Source : have tried to bum steam games off friends before without luck -
That is what greenluma and other hacked steam clients do. And downloading the game is not protected. Playing it is.
There is also a squid proxy setup that caches steam games. I have used that in a lan party it worked great :D -
Linux438196y@gitcherry
Yeah Squid works because it is over http :)
@mngr
Yeah, that is probably the case. It is somekind of .part format -
Well, Steam games aren't locked to a certain account. You could log in with another account, and if any game in your library was already installed, it would be playable. When launching a game it connects to the Steam launcher to verify your identity (and possibly also the game integrity)
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And then there are also those games which use BattleEye, which complicates shit even further. Would be fun to try though.
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Same as downloading a torrent of it, if it's not NoSteam'd you won't have much luck with it, also easier to just mitm steam cache proxies, many gaming cafes iirc use those.
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@ScriptCoded try to remove the owner account then it will bitch at you that you're not the owner of said game, has happened before, both in owned and downloaded games.
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@ScriptCoded haha steam is a bitch when it comes to that, have seen a lot about it, because I once tried to offline copy all games that I own 😁
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@JoshBent It was better before. Nowadays when playing those old ported games, they will close if you stop Steam. Back in the days they didn't and you could play on a LAN and just buy it once 😅
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Hopstar736yYhee it's pretty useful for big lan partys. They add cache servers so they don't lose bandwidth because everybody is downloading the same game
*Showerthoughts*
Steam downloads games over plaintext, so can I whireshark a game and get it for free then?
*Showerthoughts*
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