Click to expand.I stand corrected?? I'm confused. Unless I'm reading it incorrectly (which is quite possible), nowhere in the link does it say that you can download a game through Steam that you purchase elsewhere.

I purchased the hard disc version of Borderlands (Best Buy) when it came out. Registered it to my Steam account. Two years later Steam ran a special on the Official DLC (Moxi's Underdome, etc). When I tried to purchase the DLC through Steam, it refused, saying I needed the Borderlands base game installed.

IT WAS INSTALLED, I just hadn't purchased it through Steam. I created a thread on The Steam Forums which resulted in almost two pages of people telling me I had to purchase the base game through Steam for Steam to recognize it and to then be able to purchase the additional DLC through Steam. Fortunately the GOTY version was also on sale super cheap so I ended up purchasing and downloading the entire GOTY version (repurchasing the base game). I took this to mean that while you registered and managed (patched, etc) SteamWorks games through Steam, you could not actually download a game unless directly purchased through Steam. That licensing the game to your account served as proof of purchase to prevent piracy and activate your game to play. I guess if I'm incorrect with my first post (above), then why didn't Steam recognize my Borderlands base game being installed? Would love clarification here (sure the OP would too).

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Another thought: (Thought this doesn't explain the issue I had with Borderlands). Let's say you purchase a hard disc version of a Steam Powered game. Myvideosoft 9 Serial. You put it into your PC's DVD drive. You enter the key-code. You install the game (from the disc).

Fast forward a couple months and for whatever reason you have to reinstall the game. Unfortunately your crazy-ass older sister-in-law has tried to use your hard disc copy of the game as a diaphragm.

I'm pretty sure you can simply download and reinstall the game through Steam, no problem. But to get to the point of being able to do that, on the initial install, wouldn't you have to have at least put the hard disc in a dvd drive (that could read it) to verify the keycode matched the disc itself? Is that not how it works? Thanks to everyone for your input! Similar to Kristoffer's case, want the assurance of being able to fully download and play the game without the need of the disc. Is there anybody who can confirm this for sure? I've read on several forums about some people having a glitch wherein once they activate their retail disc version of Skyrim on Steam, Steam somehow bypasses or doesn't detect the physical disc and then proceeds to download the game from the internet.

If this is happening I assume that means that it IS possible to download and run the game without the disc. But again, anybody out there who can confirm? Theleb_Kaarna: That's interesting, considering the fact that Borderlands is compatible to be registered on Steam. I'm not sure though if your predicament was isolated to only that specific game or if it was something else.

Click to expand.I stand corrected?? I'm confused.

Unless I'm reading it incorrectly (which is quite possible), nowhere in the link does it say that you can download a game through Steam that you purchase elsewhere. I purchased the hard disc version of Borderlands (Best Buy) when it came out. Registered it to my Steam account.

Two years later Steam ran a special on the Official DLC (Moxi's Underdome, etc). When I tried to purchase the DLC through Steam, it refused, saying I needed the Borderlands base game installed. IT WAS INSTALLED, I just hadn't purchased it through Steam. I created a thread on The Steam Forums which resulted in almost two pages of people telling me I had to purchase the base game through Steam for Steam to recognize it and to then be able to purchase the additional DLC through Steam. Fortunately the GOTY version was also on sale super cheap so I ended up purchasing and downloading the entire GOTY version (repurchasing the base game). I took this to mean that while you registered and managed (patched, etc) SteamWorks games through Steam, you could not actually download a game unless directly purchased through Steam. That licensing the game to your account served as proof of purchase to prevent piracy and activate your game to play.

I guess if I'm incorrect with my first post (above), then why didn't Steam recognize my Borderlands base game being installed? Would love clarification here (sure the OP would too). Click to expand. Well there you have it OP, I officially stand corrected.

Wonder how Steam prevents dishonest people from just sitting there entering random activation codes until they hit one that's legit (and that's not already in use by someone else) and scoring for themselves a free copy of the game? Guess it'd be like hitting the lottery. I would've thought for sure you'd at least need the disc in the drive to verify but I guess not. Kingdom Under Fire Crusaders Iso Download here.

Joruus, apparently Borderlands didn't require Steam (at least when it was first released), despite being a Steam Powered game. I looked at the DVD case last night and on the back it reads: 'initial installation requires one-time internet connection', but no mention of Steam. Also I didn't see an activation code anywhere on the box.

Can't remember if there once was one and the label fell off or if there just never was one to begin with. If there wasn't, then I could see how that would prevent Steam from ever being able to confirm the legitimacy of my purchase of the hard disc version. That would make sense. This is kinda off-topic, so I apologize ahead of time. I find a lot of people on the Steam forums, at least where Skyrim is concerned, unfriendly.

I see people post with problems with the game or with a mod, and there's always at least one jerk who jumps to the conclusion that; user having problem with game = user having a pirated copy. Then they usually go on a huge diatribe flaming the person as a pirate and how awesome Steam is. Also there seems to be a lot of negativity on the forums and on the Workshop towards the Nexus. It's like they hate the fact that it exists.

I see a lot of them saying that they hope the Workshop puts the Nexus 'out of business'. But in the same breath, anytime a known Nexus mod author uploads a mod on the Workshop, they flame them to no end, basically telling them to leave the Workshop/Steam community. I don't get people sometimes. Again, sorry for going off topic.