OK, I have several games that require steam to play. I almost always play in offline mode. Today I permitted steam to update two games. (I have auto update OFF to protect Skyrim from an update screwing up SKSE, etc.) I was able to play all the games updated except for CIV5. It won't let me play Civ5 in offline mode. I keep getting a dialog box that says the 'steam serves are too busy,' and an "error code (53).' I retried about 15 times.
Might someone experienced with steam advise me on whats up, and what to do? Thank you all.
Successfully addressed. Thank you both!
http://steamcommunity.com/app/49520/discussions/0/864971287539770863/
For error code 53 this post may help:
If you want to know if it's steam's fault:
http://www.issteamdown.com/
http://steamstat.us/
With offline mode after an update I play the game once while connected and online (to complete any installs required) before switching to offline mode and checking that it works (I sometimes play on a laptop with no internet connection). Not sure if that'll help, I hope so.
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Thank you both! +1 karma, (both). Very helpful and incisive ifo, links, etc.
you're welcome. Glad it's fixed
oddly, the "stop autoupdate" has its text changed a while back.. it used to say do not update, now it says update when you launch game.....
weird wording, isn't it?
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