SteamOffline sets loginuser.vdf to offline mode and read only, so the Steam client automatically starts in offline mode.
The OfflinePatch is a very aggressive method, but the safest. It blocks your Steam and all it's executeables by the firewall for further support.
The download can be found on the Release page.
- install a second Steam client - Recommend using Steam Beta if you want to use second account
- login and install games you want to run offline
- close Steam
- Make sure
"WantsOfflineMode"is in the Steam/config/loginusers.vdf If not go in offline mode once (Steam > Go offline), restart and close Steam. - place the SteamOffline.exe and OfflinePatch.exe into your new Steam folder
- run SteamOffline.exe or OfflinePatch.exe if you want to Steam to be blocked by your firewall
- you can keep using steam.exe or SteamOffline.exe. SteamOffline.exe just makes sure that the loginuser.vdf is still in read only and has the correct parameters.
@ setlocal enableextensions
@ cd /d "%~dp0"
if exist steam.exe (
for /R %%f in (*.exe) do (
netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule name="Blocked: %%f" dir=out program="%%f" action=block
netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule name="Blocked: %%f" dir=in program="%%f" action=block
)
attrib -r "config/loginusers.vdf"
)