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Originally Posted by weevil
I'm not having any luck searching about this, but is there a way to play this without having GFWL installed after the first time launching it? I can logout of GFWL and play offline, but when I uninstall GFWL the game won't even launch from Steam, just opens the Steam popup saying it's launching and then nothing happens, and I have to reinstall GFWL. And if GFWL is installed it automatically reconnects and I have to go offline again manually, and then my saved games disappear and I have to start over. It sounds like people are being able to play offline, but is that only the case if there's no internet connection? I tried blocking GFWLClient and GFWLive programs from my firewall, but apparently I have no idea what I'm doing because it still is able to connect.
Kind of figured it out, had to have the DS launcher program (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Dark Souls Prepare to Die Edition\DATA.exe) blocked in my outgoing rules. It still brings up GFWL but starts in offline mode and my saved games are there. For some reason I still can't figure out how to block GFWL from communicating through the Windows Firewall, have both the client and the store blocked in incoming and outgoing for all profiles, so it must be using something else or another windows firewall rule is overriding mine? Times like this I wish I had the patience to actually sit down and learn more about networking, maybe set up openwrt or tomato on my router - anyone know a good starting point?