Author Topic: make web site popups from ai war link direct to steam?  (Read 1497 times)

Offline goobie

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make web site popups from ai war link direct to steam?
« on: November 09, 2010, 09:19:34 am »
on instances like multiplayer screens, those that could link direct to a web site such as  'visit the meeting grounds forum' link brings ai war out of steam, and opens a web browser externally.

since it's using steam, why not just take advantage of steam and let it open from steam's browser?

Offline keith.lamothe

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Re: make web site popups from ai war link direct to steam?
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2010, 09:27:52 am »
We don't actually tell your computer how to open the link, we just tell it to open the link, and it (generally) uses whatever default browser you've got set up.  I don't think we could tell it to use steam if we tried :)
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Offline goobie

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Re: make web site popups from ai war link direct to steam?
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2010, 07:07:01 am »
We don't actually tell your computer how to open the link, we just tell it to open the link, and it (generally) uses whatever default browser you've got set up.  I don't think we could tell it to use steam if we tried :)

hmmm...but i've seen steam games that uses its built in web browser whenever a link is clicked, like team fortress 2. If you clicked on stuffs like 'read more' it would bring the built in browser out. Maybe theres a special browser command from steam ;D

Offline Malibu Stacey

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Re: make web site popups from ai war link direct to steam?
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2010, 07:55:56 am »
We don't actually tell your computer how to open the link, we just tell it to open the link, and it (generally) uses whatever default browser you've got set up.  I don't think we could tell it to use steam if we tried :)

hmmm...but i've seen steam games that uses its built in web browser whenever a link is clicked, like team fortress 2. If you clicked on stuffs like 'read more' it would bring the built in browser out. Maybe theres a special browser command from steam ;D

VALVe games aren't the same as 3rd party games being sold through Steam. I've never seen a non-VALVe game do that. Also you don't have to use Steam to install & run AI War (even if you bought it through Steam, all you need is the installer from the website & your license key).