I hate Steam!

[LtLaszlo]

So, after I got a new operating system years ago, Windows10, my old disks no longer worked. So, after giving up, I purchased through Steam and haven't had too many issues and I never really use it, ever, except for COD2. But today when I went to play COD2 and it wouldn't run - it doesn't unless Steam is running. So, after I couldn't log in , did the usual "forgot password". When attempting to reset, it said "no account" with this PW. WTF?! Out of the blue, my account is gone. Is this a way to get you to buy again. And $19.99 for a game over 20 years old? So, waiting for them to "fix" whatever they broke! Sorry, had to vent. has anyone had this crap with Steam?

[KaptCrunch]

Laz 

with steam keep digital receipt to prove your the owner of games of any game buy. i had same issue of forgot PWD  and heard others messed up the family account waited 6 months to get right again for Covid lay-offs,  programers gave them finger.  H

Had same issue with rockstar games lost most of games no proof. now i make a hard copys of purchases. 

 

got Cod2 to run on win11

[LtLaszlo]

Thanks Kruch. I am only trying to play COD2 multiplayer. Again, It would NOT play on my original disks after updating to Win11. Also will not play unless headset was plugged in - another odd thing, but didn't care. For some reason, my account name, which the game is tied to, is OK, but when I tried to reset PW, I was told no such email. And yes, it was typed correctly, numerous times. Waiting on their tech support now. No playing today! We'll see what they say.  

Edited June 8 by LtLaszlo

[KaptCrunch]

21 minutes ago, LtLaszlo said:

Thanks Kruch. I am only trying to play COD2 multiplayer. Again, It would NOT play on my original disks after updating to Win11. Also will not play unless headset was plugged in - another odd thing, but didn't care. For some reason, my account name, which the game is tied to, is OK, but when I tried to reset PW, I was told no such email. And yes, it was typed correctly, numerous times. Waiting on their tech support now. No playing today! We'll see what they say.  

Laz  this will help with login in with activision

reason is 64bit OS  just make a work around for  you and  Key53 for CoD5 

 

then in search window type iis  once open 

 

note it take time on Win 11 to load game but works 

 

 

[PickleRick]

3 hours ago, LtLaszlo said:

So, after I got a new operating system years ago, Windows10, my old disks no longer worked. So, after giving up, I purchased through Steam and haven't had too many issues and I never really use it, ever, except for COD2. But today when I went to play COD2 and it wouldn't run - it doesn't unless Steam is running. So, after I couldn't log in , did the usual "forgot password". When attempting to reset, it said "no account" with this PW. WTF?! Out of the blue, my account is gone. Is this a way to get you to buy again. And $19.99 for a game over 20 years old? So, waiting for them to "fix" whatever they broke! Sorry, had to vent. has anyone had this crap with Steam?

Right-click shortcut - Show more options - Properties - Compatibility - Run this program in compatibility mode for: Windows XP (Service Pack 3) - Apply

Edited June 8 by PickleRick

[Totty]

If it's on steam then it will be in steam/steamapps/common

You should see cod 2 there. Open the folder and find COD2.exe (I think) right click and select create shortcuts.

It will make the shortcut in that folder. Drag it and drop it onto your desktop.

Now you should have a direct shortcut for the game, and a game of that age won't need steam to be running. 

I did the same thing for my cod 4, and that is on steam without steam running

[KaptCrunch]

or edit your desktop  game .exe  to the correct drive letter

 

and need same game version that XI is using

Edited June 8 by KaptCrunch

[PainKiller]

On 6/8/2025 at 6:37 PM, PickleRick said:

Right-click shortcut - Show more options - Properties - Compatibility - Run this program in compatibility mode for: Windows XP (Service Pack 3) - Apply

Always this when running old games. Always do this. 
 

I've never had a problem with steam, and I've been using it for about 12 years now - and the only issue I get is when it says steam can't be found. But that's just an easy fix to throw some Steam dll files in the games directory and its rare that happens. 

Sadly, you need Steam open to play Steam bought games, and as mine is open all the time its no bother to me. Honestly, Laz, if you get any issues with Steam just let me know. Getting CoD2 to run on Steam can be problematic as there is a chance you will run into a bug that makes CoD2 open to a blank screen and not load further but that's mostly due to a graphical bug and the game just needs rebooting

[KaptCrunch]

correct PainKiller  for at the time when game was made it was 1024x768 highest Rez. i use RAD tools to get the most