If it is possible to do it with Steam Goldberg, a fork of the previously mentioned program, Greenluma, a fork of the previously mentioned and/or any other software,, whether one or several; someone and/or some people explain how in a way someone without computer knowledge can understand it?

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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Wait what, wtf is this thing?

It emulates/fakes you owning a game, but not in the sense of actually owning a game, it just... allows you to collect Steam Achievements... as if you do own the game?

This seems like the kinda thing where if you get caught, instant total Steam account ban.

EDIT:

Entirely seriously, it would make more sense to just use the Steam Family share system, just find a Steam oriented lemmy comm and propose making some kind of small game sharing group.

All you'd have to figurr out is who gets to be 'Mom' and set the rules... but other than that, if you have access to a game via a family share?

And you get achievements?

Those are real, they stick, and you i think even get cards or gems or what not for playing the legitimately shared game.

You just have to be able handling sharing, lol.

[–] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

total Steam account ban

you could have a steam account for cracked games only. No loss.

Afaik gbe, greenluma etc. can also be uses to play cracked games in multiplayer through steam.

Which you can't do with family sharing unless there are multiple copies in the library (some games are excluded entirely) and not all friendgroups can afford that.

[–] Cyberspark@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago

But if OPs purpose is to get achievements then it is a loss.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

No its not no loss, because if Steam figures out you have a real account and a 'cracked' account, they can ban both.

I've personally known hackers this has happened to.

See your hardware has a unique identifier. They know your're running the same machine with dual accounts, if you do it often enough, doesn't matter if you use a vpn or whatever.

Anyway, sure, ok, this apparently allows you to spoof your way into Steam's multiplayer system.

I don't see where that is stated, but maybe I missed it.

So... this would only make sense with games that are entirely reliant on steam for networking, where you can't host a local server or use something like hamachi...

So, what, you're 12 and want to play a cracked, probably also hacked, version of CS2 or ARK? Maybe DOTA2?

... You know Valve has a track record of criminally prosecuting people who hack their shit, right?

Were you around when the HL2 Beta leak happened, because some guy penetrated Valve's internal systems, basically did a smash and grab?

Yeah they pretended they were impressed, wanted to hire this guy, told him to fly on over from Europe for a job interview.

The guy did that, and then... he was arrested when he got off the plane.

[–] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Hi mr. first world privilege.

I personally know people that have a shitbox pc botched together from a landfill full of westerners trash and internet but can't afford to pay for games. Their steam account is full of free games. They can replace one shitbox part for another if needed. No fucking loss.

Steam will go after gbr etc. then, not skme random users of it that they already banned according to you.

[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 days ago

Yea cause no one in the west lives in poverty or has no money. Just pirate the fucking game like a normal God dam human.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

You're talking to a person who was homeless for 2 years, is currently seruously crippled, doing my own physical therapy because the US healthcare system is completely broken and unaffordable, and is writing this message to you from a piece of shit gas station cell phone that I have somehow managed to keep working through 2 blizzards over two years, that I experienced fully outdoors, while travelling about 2000 miles, with nothing but the clothes on my back.

I've been building pcs out of spare parts, salvage and scrap since the 90s.

You can fuck right off with your first world privilege bullshit and learn how to speak English if you want to converse in it.

[–] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

https://github.com/turusudiro/SteamEmuUtility/wiki

read all chapters. That seems to be the easiest way. But tbh. the whole goldberg stuff is not for "someone without computer knowledge".

Hope you can manage anyway. Maybe there is a youtube video that goes through it step by step.

[–] cvxgt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

do i need to be a programmer or actually someone with basic computer knowledge can understand the whole goldberg stuff?

[–] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 2 points 5 days ago

Something in between: nerd or tinkerer.

[–] stupid_asshole69@hexbear.net 1 points 5 days ago

Op if you like Goldberg so much why don’t you get tazed?

[–] cvxgt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

https://github.com/turusudiro/SteamEmuUtility/wiki/Installation part of the tutorial says Only gbe_fork by otavepto, it brings a link to download it but when i click it the file is missing, how can i solve this issue to achieve implement the solution you gave me to the problem I raised?

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Yeah, you're correct the otavepo repo is gone, almost certainly because it is literally illegal software.

Generally speaking, you can't host hacking tools that specifically compromise proprietary software on github.

(EDIT: For clarity, SteamOS may be open source, Proton may be open source... but Steam itself? Hahahahah, no.)

Anyway, yeah, the given instructions simply are impossible to follow, you're not crazy.

You would have to somehow find this otavepo software elsewhere, if it exists elsewhere.

However, the main page of this also says it works with gbe_fork by DetanUp01, and that seems to be right here:

https://github.com/Detanup01/gbe_fork

... This main page of the Goldberg repo also says that the author is not responsible for anything bad that happens to your Steam account while using all this software.

... because this is indeed the kind of thing that could get your Steam Account totally banned, and could also potentially get you hardware banned.

You almost certainly do not want to use this.

Is... some Steam Achievements for a game you torrented... really worth potentially getting permabanned from Steam?

[–] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

they are not impossible to follow, as using gbe_fork is only one of two provided options

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The instructions on the exact page that were linked are not followable.

The readme.md or whatever the hell its called needs to be updated.

You have the main page saying 'at this step, you can do one of two things'.

The other page says 'you must only do one of those things.'

These are poorly written instructions.

Further... you have to use a gbe_fork.

Either the one from otavepo, or the one from detanup1.

Both of those are gbe_forks.

.... Is this your thing?

You are here displaying literacy levels on par with the author of the poorly worded github page in questiom.

[–] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

you have to use a gbe_fork. Either the one from otavepo, or the one from detanup1.

you can use either gbe_fork or GreenLuma

You have the main page saying ‘at this step, you can do one of two things’. The other page says ‘you must only do one of those things.’

Whats wrong with that? You can do either gbr_fork or GreenLuma, not both at the same time.

Is this your thing? no, just pointing OP to a helpful resource

You are here displaying literacy levels on par with the author of the poorly worded github page in questiom.

I don't appreciate the personal attack