Warlords and Steam ?

[AreliusMaximus]

Is it possible to use the Warlords expansion with a copy of Civ IV purchased through steam? Has anyone tried this and had any luck?

I can't seem to find any info on the net or on the steam boards, so I was hoping someone here might know.

Thanks,
Maximus

[Solver]

I have no idea, but knowing the way Steam works, I would say it's unlikely. But don't rely on this too much, I may well be off, as I don't have a Civ4 copy on Steam.

[Nikolai]

If Steam works like Paradox's download system, if would be possible, but I somehow doubt it, as Paradox is so superior everything else.

[Solver]

Except the fact that Paradox games are, uh, a paradox .

[Nikolai]

What do you mean?

[Solver]

Well, I personally find them to have really interesting concepts, but can't enjoy those games nonetheless...

[Nikolai]

Really? I enjoy their games more than any other I've ever played. I guess it just proves that you're weird.

[Solver]

If you enjoy any games more than Civ, you should be kicked the hell out of here anyway .

[Kuciwalker]

Be nice the the newbies, Solver

[AreliusMaximus]

Hehe, I guess no one's tried it. Unlike most of the Valve games, Civ IV seems to have a normal directory layout instead of being a single file. It even seems to have directories for mods and such.

I guess I'll get a copy of a Warlords,give it a try and see what happens. Worst case, I'll have an excuse to buy Chronicles and get the rest of the Civs and another copy of Civ IV.

[Adagio]

Re: Warlords and Steam ?

Originally posted by AreliusMaximus
(...) Civ IV purchased through steam?

People buy Civ through steam?

[AreliusMaximus]

Sure, why not? In fact it's the only reason I ended up buying Civ. I'd been thinking about getting it since Civ II was out, but never seemed to want to buy it when I was in the store. A couple weekends ago I was bored and looking for a new game, and I heard Steam had Civ III and IV, so I decided to buy it and a couple hours later I was taking my first steps into Civ IV. Good stuff.

[Solver]

Ahh, Civ4 works as a normal directory and not as a GCF?

In that case, you'll probably be able to install Warlords. If not immediately, then a registry tweak would do the case - I'm not sure if the Steam version sets the registry up in the same way or not.

[AreliusMaximus]

Yeah, it's not a gcf file. This is the directory structure under C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common

[AreliusMaximus]

seems i messed up the screen shot...