Are there any Differences between getting NWN:EE from Steam or Beamdog?
Ugly_Duck
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Bonus', restrictions, anything different from getting the game from one or the other?
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By default, Steam runs on your PC all the time. If you disable that, starting NWN is slower, and you have to disable Steam manually when you stop playing. Also by default, Steam collects info from your PC, though you can force it into offline mode (whatever that means, exactly). Whether any of that is an issue depends on your views on lurkware, DRM & privacy.
The other big difference is that you don't need to know how to drag a file into a folder to download mods from Steam Workshop. It's a pretty slick one-touch process. Conversely, if you actively like to manage your folders, Steam is a pain because it hides stuff in anonymous numbered directories that are hard to find. So builders and savvy players will almost certainly want the Beamdog version.
As a builder, I have the Beamdog version, with the Steam key, but only enable Steam for the few seconds it takes to upload finished works to the Steam Workshop.
Usually several dozen applications run in the background of a pc all the time. The bigger question is what is the CPU/GPU resource cost of any given application.
It's a bit different, but I've not had much trouble finding things with the Steam install... the toolset for one. I've noticed that the hak folder is gone but that was a Beamdog change that has nothing to do with Steam.