Not working in offline mode for Steam

[zolmasterza]

Hi, being from south africa my steam sits in offline mode most of the time, but when I try to launch the 1.3 Open Beta it tries to create the map, then bombs back to the start screen.

It works fine in online mode.

 

[Eacos]

Steam

you might have that "STEAM VALIDATION REJECTED" error that shows up on the console.
try playing another game in offline mode.. like half-life.
once youve checked if steam lets u play HL and loads the map, try playing
ESF again.
if u get the same error well..

 

[Zeonix]

I had to update steam to get it working in offline mode. After it updated, though, it seemed to work fine.