Subj : Re: Steam
To   : Al
From : Arelor
Date : Mon May 19 2025 15:30:41

  Re: Re: Steam
  By: Al to Arelor on Sun May 18 2025 04:04 pm

 > > It still leaves me cold as an alternative because your copies of the games
 > > are still linked to Steam and so far this pseudo-backup functionality is
 > > clearly less complete
 >
 > No, it is a complete backup.

Related to the subject:

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/2793871682815169598/

Quotes:

"1. Why does Steam have to be in Online Mode in order to restore a backup?

[...]

It has to be in online mode to verify ownership and cache of game files you backup, and then it'll download any files that weren't verified from cache. "

"Yes, I also tried installing from game backups and the games completely redownloaded instead. "

So I guess the official approach gives you a backup copy of the stuff you already have in your hard drive, which happens to be a semi-backup that relies on Steam to work. So yeah, not thrilled.


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