Steam preload as a beta branch

Can a beta branch of PoE2 be setup in Steam?

The 0.3 client can then be downloaded at the same time as the standalone/torrent versions are made available.

This assumes that there are minimal updates required after the beta download has completed and the game is moved across to 0.3 full release.

Cheers!

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HypoTherm#2931 เขียน:

Can a beta branch of PoE2 be setup in Steam?

The 0.3 client can then be downloaded at the same time as the standalone/torrent versions are made available.

This assumes that there are minimal updates required after the beta download has completed and the game is moved across to 0.3 full release.

Cheers!

steam files are easier to datamine and harder to encrypt,

with the standalone they can encrypt the files, so they cant be read, by anyone, and the standalone launcher reads the files and activates them.

with steam i dont think they can encrypt to that extent due to player protections,
so the files can be read easier, and Datamined and information can be spread before

i do think though with massive changes coming to the Passive tree, they need to release that a few days beforehand.

Appreciate the insight - thanks.

Perhaps having a decode public-key provided on login would allow data-mined data files to be encrypted before launch? Every session starts with the decode process in-memory, so the filesystem remains untouched.

Not possible for 0.3 of course ;)