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Playing Eso through steam

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mr.blonde007ub17_ESO
mr.blonde007ub17_ESO
Soul Shriven
Hello everyone, i bought eso on release but i had a lot of troubles because of the launcher (while downloading because of my bad internet connection the data got corrupted ) so i didn't get to play the game a lot

recently i noticed that my friend has the game on steam , and my question is : IF i download the game from steam then opened the launcher and logged in to my account ( non steam ) will i be able to play the game ?

thanks in advance
  • Muttsmutt
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    you'll still have to patch via the launcher, but yeah
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  • mr.blonde007ub17_ESO
    mr.blonde007ub17_ESO
    Soul Shriven
    Muttsmutt wrote: »
    you'll still have to patch via the launcher, but yeah

    So i cant patch from steam ? coz in this case i will run in the problem but it is worth a try i really wana play it
  • Thermoluminescence
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    To play ESO on Steam, you have to buy ESO on Steam.

    Also ESO on Steam is an old copy, you have to download their old one, then launch it and let it upload. So you basically download the whole game twice. But it works (I use ESO on Steam).
    Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.
  • mr.blonde007ub17_ESO
    mr.blonde007ub17_ESO
    Soul Shriven
    Thermoluminescence wrote: »
    To play ESO on Steam, you have to buy ESO on Steam.

    Also ESO on Steam is an old copy, you have to download their old one, then launch it and let it upload. So you basically download the whole game twice. But it works (I use ESO on Steam).

    Well i guess i have to download it from launcher and hope that it wont get corrupted but am afraid if does i wont try again
  • Tandor
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    If you have problems running the game through the ESO launcher then (a) check that your system specs are ok and you're running the 64 bit version as 32 bit is no longer being supported, and (b) just use the launcher on patch days to update the game, otherwise running the game from the .exe file in the game folder. Steam doesn't resolve any issues, but it potentially adds to them and you might want to search for a few threads where people complain about it.

    However, if your internet connection is the problem then I don't see it making any difference how you run the game, from ESO or through Steam, downloading it is going to be your problem either way. If it's a problem with your speed and you can't improve on it then there's not a lot you can do, if it's your ISP then try to change it, if it's instability then make sure you're using a wired connection and not a wireless one.
  • mr.blonde007ub17_ESO
    mr.blonde007ub17_ESO
    Soul Shriven
    Tandor wrote: »
    If you have problems running the game through the ESO launcher then (a) check that your system specs are ok and you're running the 64 bit version as 32 bit is no longer being supported, and (b) just use the launcher on patch days to update the game, otherwise running the game from the .exe file in the game folder. Steam doesn't resolve any issues, but it potentially adds to them and you might want to search for a few threads where people complain about it.

    However, if your internet connection is the problem then I don't see it making any difference how you run the game, from ESO or through Steam, downloading it is going to be your problem either way. If it's a problem with your speed and you can't improve on it then there's not a lot you can do, if it's your ISP then try to change it, if it's instability then make sure you're using a wired connection and not a wireless one.

    well thank you for the great reply

    i played the game for sometime and it ran well and my specs aren't that bad

    the only problem i have is electricity it is not that stable , so if i am downloading the game from launcher and the electrictiy went off my data will get corrupted . So i thought downloading it from steam might prevent that since i download a lot from steam.
  • Artanisul
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    mr.blonde007ub17_ESO wrote: »
    Tandor wrote: »
    If you have problems running the game through the ESO launcher then (a) check that your system specs are ok and you're running the 64 bit version as 32 bit is no longer being supported, and (b) just use the launcher on patch days to update the game, otherwise running the game from the .exe file in the game folder. Steam doesn't resolve any issues, but it potentially adds to them and you might want to search for a few threads where people complain about it.

    However, if your internet connection is the problem then I don't see it making any difference how you run the game, from ESO or through Steam, downloading it is going to be your problem either way. If it's a problem with your speed and you can't improve on it then there's not a lot you can do, if it's your ISP then try to change it, if it's instability then make sure you're using a wired connection and not a wireless one.

    well thank you for the great reply

    i played the game for sometime and it ran well and my specs aren't that bad

    the only problem i have is electricity it is not that stable , so if i am downloading the game from launcher and the electrictiy went off my data will get corrupted . So i thought downloading it from steam might prevent that since i download a lot from steam.

    Loosing power during a download? the connection is not the biggest problem....the HARD shutoff of your computer is....
    You are eventually going to fry that computer.
  • mr.blonde007ub17_ESO
    mr.blonde007ub17_ESO
    Soul Shriven
    Artanisul wrote: »
    mr.blonde007ub17_ESO wrote: »
    Tandor wrote: »
    If you have problems running the game through the ESO launcher then (a) check that your system specs are ok and you're running the 64 bit version as 32 bit is no longer being supported, and (b) just use the launcher on patch days to update the game, otherwise running the game from the .exe file in the game folder. Steam doesn't resolve any issues, but it potentially adds to them and you might want to search for a few threads where people complain about it.

    However, if your internet connection is the problem then I don't see it making any difference how you run the game, from ESO or through Steam, downloading it is going to be your problem either way. If it's a problem with your speed and you can't improve on it then there's not a lot you can do, if it's your ISP then try to change it, if it's instability then make sure you're using a wired connection and not a wireless one.

    well thank you for the great reply

    i played the game for sometime and it ran well and my specs aren't that bad

    the only problem i have is electricity it is not that stable , so if i am downloading the game from launcher and the electrictiy went off my data will get corrupted . So i thought downloading it from steam might prevent that since i download a lot from steam.

    Loosing power during a download? the connection is not the biggest problem....the HARD shutoff of your computer is....
    You are eventually going to fry that computer.

    there are certain times for when i lose power but sometimes they dont stick to it, and that was on my old pc, right now i use my laptop for downloading and my main pc for playing and the power issue has been resolved but with my slow net i dont want to take any chances to download 40gb only to see that the data is corrupted
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