Running RailWorks offline

[PWHolmes]

I have been browsing the forum to an answer to this but am still confused.

Recently my internet modem failed when I turned on my PC and left me offline for a few days.

I found that whatever I did, I could not get into Railworks without an internet connection as it would not work without connecting to steam, to which I repeatedly tried to log me in and failed.

I found out that there is a "work offline" option in the steam file menu, but that didn't help as without an internet connection I couldn't get that far!!

Is it therefore true that I cannot use RailWorks on a stand alone?

Paul

[LoneWolfDon]

Steam client has it's quirks. In order to play offline, you first need to be able to connect with Steam online to select the Play Offline option. Silly

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_art ... -AGCB-2555

However, there is an apparent workarounds I found searching around at some other forums (try any of the following at your own risk though, but I can't see it hurting anything.)

* One possible way: "Apparently, pressing the cancel button while Steam is loading will make it bring up the "Do you want to run in offline mode" dialog - another way of doing this is to block it using your firewall."

* Another suggestion to try if that doesn't work: "Unplug your ethernet cable/turn off wireless when Steam is starting up."