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Rainbow Six Siege: Using Steam Free Weekend Game Files on Uplay

Image credit: Ubisoft AU

Perhaps, like me, you decided to try out Rainbow Six Siege on Steam during a free weekend.

Perhaps you found that you liked the game.

Perhaps at the end of the Free Weekend you purchased the game outside of Steam, using your new key to activate the game on Uplay.

Perhaps Uplay asked you to re-download ~35GB of game files, refusing to use your existing game files from Steam (error validating files).

Perhaps you think that that’s silly, and would like a way to not have to download everything again.

You’re in luck.

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Online PvP in RoN: 3 Games In

Apparently I’m an anomaly.

As of writing this article, I have played only three games of Rise of Nations against human opponents other than my friends. Crucially important in this distinction is that my friends are all less experienced players than me: the friend I have played against the most started playing the game just two months ago. I helped him learn basic economic optimisations (don’t rush a temple on your first city there friendo), serviceable army compositions (anti-tank rifles when facing completely infantry: never again), and other core game concepts.

Until two months ago, I had only played against a human opponent in Rise of Nations once or twice.

In a picture, this is how I used to play Rise of Nations. Image credit: Jonathan Zander/Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0

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End of Season Reflections – Season 7

Season 7 has officially ended.

This year I didn’t reach Challenger – or even get within reach of it at D1/Masters. But I did learn and improve, and can carry what I’ve learnt into the next season. I also soared into Honor 5 despite it often being used as an “MVP award” – and I’m rarely a flashy player.

Diamond 2 in Solo/Duo at the season’s end. Respectable, yet still tinged with a whisper of disappointment.

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Alien Swarm – Loadouts 101 (Classes and Characters)

Note: I highly recommend playing Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop instead of the base game Alien Swarm. It’s a fan-made upgrade that’s better in basically every way – and just like the original, it’s free!

 

Alien Swarm lets you choose from a roster of 8 characters spread across 4 distinct classes. There are 21 selectable weapons (25 in Reactive Drop) to equip as either a primary or secondary weapon, and 17 additional equipment choices for your third item. All up, that makes a lot of combinations possible, particularly when you have a full squad of 4 people – and RD even lets you go up to a squad size of 8!

Ready to roll out! Image credit: Valve

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