Can I permanently remove a game from steam without uninstalling the game, and then buy the game again without...
I'm looking to buy Rainbow Six Siege Standard edition so I can upgrade from the depressing starter edition. In order to do this, I need to permanently remove Rainbow Six Siege from my account and then buy the standard edition.
Now, my question is: If I do this can I NOT uninstall Rainbow Six Siege from my computer and then when I buy standard, I don't have to install it and can immediately start to play. I don't know if this makes sense but I hope some people can answer my question as soon as possible.
steam pc rainbow-6-siege
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I'm looking to buy Rainbow Six Siege Standard edition so I can upgrade from the depressing starter edition. In order to do this, I need to permanently remove Rainbow Six Siege from my account and then buy the standard edition.
Now, my question is: If I do this can I NOT uninstall Rainbow Six Siege from my computer and then when I buy standard, I don't have to install it and can immediately start to play. I don't know if this makes sense but I hope some people can answer my question as soon as possible.
steam pc rainbow-6-siege
edited Nov 22 '18 at 5:30
Colin
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asked Nov 22 '18 at 5:11
speedynerdspeedynerd
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Rainbow Six Siege is a uPlay game. When launched through Steam, it still starts up uPlay. Doing anything through Steam alone probably won't solve your problem, you might have to contact Ubisoft support.
– Yuuki
Nov 22 '18 at 5:28
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I'm looking to buy Rainbow Six Siege Standard edition so I can upgrade from the depressing starter edition. In order to do this, I need to permanently remove Rainbow Six Siege from my account and then buy the standard edition.
Now, my question is: If I do this can I NOT uninstall Rainbow Six Siege from my computer and then when I buy standard, I don't have to install it and can immediately start to play. I don't know if this makes sense but I hope some people can answer my question as soon as possible.
steam pc rainbow-6-siege
edited Nov 22 '18 at 5:30
Colin
4,22563158
asked Nov 22 '18 at 5:11
speedynerdspeedynerd
8614
I'm looking to buy Rainbow Six Siege Standard edition so I can upgrade from the depressing starter edition. In order to do this, I need to permanently remove Rainbow Six Siege from my account and then buy the standard edition.
Now, my question is: If I do this can I NOT uninstall Rainbow Six Siege from my computer and then when I buy standard, I don't have to install it and can immediately start to play. I don't know if this makes sense but I hope some people can answer my question as soon as possible.
steam pc rainbow-6-siege
steam pc rainbow-6-siege
edited Nov 22 '18 at 5:30
Colin
4,22563158
asked Nov 22 '18 at 5:11
speedynerdspeedynerd
8614
edited Nov 22 '18 at 5:30
Colin
4,22563158
asked Nov 22 '18 at 5:11
speedynerdspeedynerd
8614
edited Nov 22 '18 at 5:30
Colin
4,22563158
edited Nov 22 '18 at 5:30
Colin
4,22563158
edited Nov 22 '18 at 5:30
Colin
4,22563158
4,22563158
asked Nov 22 '18 at 5:11
speedynerdspeedynerd
8614
asked Nov 22 '18 at 5:11
speedynerdspeedynerd
8614
asked Nov 22 '18 at 5:11
speedynerdspeedynerd
8614
8614
1
Rainbow Six Siege is a uPlay game. When launched through Steam, it still starts up uPlay. Doing anything through Steam alone probably won't solve your problem, you might have to contact Ubisoft support.
– Yuuki
Nov 22 '18 at 5:28
add a comment |
1
Rainbow Six Siege is a uPlay game. When launched through Steam, it still starts up uPlay. Doing anything through Steam alone probably won't solve your problem, you might have to contact Ubisoft support.
– Yuuki
Nov 22 '18 at 5:28
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Rainbow Six Siege is a uPlay game. When launched through Steam, it still starts up uPlay. Doing anything through Steam alone probably won't solve your problem, you might have to contact Ubisoft support.
– Yuuki
Nov 22 '18 at 5:28
Rainbow Six Siege is a uPlay game. When launched through Steam, it still starts up uPlay. Doing anything through Steam alone probably won't solve your problem, you might have to contact Ubisoft support.
– Yuuki
Nov 22 '18 at 5:28
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I just read up on the background on this, and wow, what a weird quirk of game versioning.
To directly answer your question: Removing the game from your account and repurchasing the Standard edition should pick up the installed game files correctly. The Standard and Starter editions of the game are listed under the same Store Page entry, they have the same App ID, so you should be able to do this without having to uninstall/reinstall the game files, although you should take a backup of the game folder under steamapps first, just in case.
See this answer for instructions on how to remove the game from your Steam account.
As to whether or not this is the correct way to go to 'upgrade' your account is up to you, but I thought it worth mentioning that there are other options. This Reddit Thread seems to concur with your solution, however another potential solution is to Purchase the Standard edition through U-Play. Your U-Play account will show 2 separate entries for the game, but launching your original Steam version will launch the game with the Standard edition stuff enabled.
Finally, purchasing the operators directly with R6 credits appears to be the officially supported solution, although the community seems split on whether this is a good cost/benefit tradeoff when compared to the above options:
Can I easily upgrade to the Standard Edition?
The easiest way is to gain access to all the Original Operators as quickly as the Standard Edition is to purchase the R6 Credits bundle that best fits your needs, and unlock the missing Operators.
For instance, getting the 4920 R6 Credits bundle allows you to instantly unlock both the Attackers Bundle (all 10 original ATKs) and the Defender bundle (all 10 original DEFs) plus the additional content of your choice.
answered Nov 22 '18 at 6:16
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I just read up on the background on this, and wow, what a weird quirk of game versioning.
To directly answer your question: Removing the game from your account and repurchasing the Standard edition should pick up the installed game files correctly. The Standard and Starter editions of the game are listed under the same Store Page entry, they have the same App ID, so you should be able to do this without having to uninstall/reinstall the game files, although you should take a backup of the game folder under steamapps first, just in case.
See this answer for instructions on how to remove the game from your Steam account.
As to whether or not this is the correct way to go to 'upgrade' your account is up to you, but I thought it worth mentioning that there are other options. This Reddit Thread seems to concur with your solution, however another potential solution is to Purchase the Standard edition through U-Play. Your U-Play account will show 2 separate entries for the game, but launching your original Steam version will launch the game with the Standard edition stuff enabled.
Finally, purchasing the operators directly with R6 credits appears to be the officially supported solution, although the community seems split on whether this is a good cost/benefit tradeoff when compared to the above options:
Can I easily upgrade to the Standard Edition?
The easiest way is to gain access to all the Original Operators as quickly as the Standard Edition is to purchase the R6 Credits bundle that best fits your needs, and unlock the missing Operators.
For instance, getting the 4920 R6 Credits bundle allows you to instantly unlock both the Attackers Bundle (all 10 original ATKs) and the Defender bundle (all 10 original DEFs) plus the additional content of your choice.
answered Nov 22 '18 at 6:16
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I just read up on the background on this, and wow, what a weird quirk of game versioning.
To directly answer your question: Removing the game from your account and repurchasing the Standard edition should pick up the installed game files correctly. The Standard and Starter editions of the game are listed under the same Store Page entry, they have the same App ID, so you should be able to do this without having to uninstall/reinstall the game files, although you should take a backup of the game folder under steamapps first, just in case.
See this answer for instructions on how to remove the game from your Steam account.
As to whether or not this is the correct way to go to 'upgrade' your account is up to you, but I thought it worth mentioning that there are other options. This Reddit Thread seems to concur with your solution, however another potential solution is to Purchase the Standard edition through U-Play. Your U-Play account will show 2 separate entries for the game, but launching your original Steam version will launch the game with the Standard edition stuff enabled.
Finally, purchasing the operators directly with R6 credits appears to be the officially supported solution, although the community seems split on whether this is a good cost/benefit tradeoff when compared to the above options:
Can I easily upgrade to the Standard Edition?
The easiest way is to gain access to all the Original Operators as quickly as the Standard Edition is to purchase the R6 Credits bundle that best fits your needs, and unlock the missing Operators.
For instance, getting the 4920 R6 Credits bundle allows you to instantly unlock both the Attackers Bundle (all 10 original ATKs) and the Defender bundle (all 10 original DEFs) plus the additional content of your choice.
answered Nov 22 '18 at 6:16
Robotnik♦Robotnik
27.1k41126223
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I just read up on the background on this, and wow, what a weird quirk of game versioning.
To directly answer your question: Removing the game from your account and repurchasing the Standard edition should pick up the installed game files correctly. The Standard and Starter editions of the game are listed under the same Store Page entry, they have the same App ID, so you should be able to do this without having to uninstall/reinstall the game files, although you should take a backup of the game folder under steamapps first, just in case.
See this answer for instructions on how to remove the game from your Steam account.
As to whether or not this is the correct way to go to 'upgrade' your account is up to you, but I thought it worth mentioning that there are other options. This Reddit Thread seems to concur with your solution, however another potential solution is to Purchase the Standard edition through U-Play. Your U-Play account will show 2 separate entries for the game, but launching your original Steam version will launch the game with the Standard edition stuff enabled.
Finally, purchasing the operators directly with R6 credits appears to be the officially supported solution, although the community seems split on whether this is a good cost/benefit tradeoff when compared to the above options:
Can I easily upgrade to the Standard Edition?
The easiest way is to gain access to all the Original Operators as quickly as the Standard Edition is to purchase the R6 Credits bundle that best fits your needs, and unlock the missing Operators.
For instance, getting the 4920 R6 Credits bundle allows you to instantly unlock both the Attackers Bundle (all 10 original ATKs) and the Defender bundle (all 10 original DEFs) plus the additional content of your choice.
answered Nov 22 '18 at 6:16
Robotnik♦Robotnik
27.1k41126223
I just read up on the background on this, and wow, what a weird quirk of game versioning.
To directly answer your question: Removing the game from your account and repurchasing the Standard edition should pick up the installed game files correctly. The Standard and Starter editions of the game are listed under the same Store Page entry, they have the same App ID, so you should be able to do this without having to uninstall/reinstall the game files, although you should take a backup of the game folder under steamapps first, just in case.
See this answer for instructions on how to remove the game from your Steam account.
As to whether or not this is the correct way to go to 'upgrade' your account is up to you, but I thought it worth mentioning that there are other options. This Reddit Thread seems to concur with your solution, however another potential solution is to Purchase the Standard edition through U-Play. Your U-Play account will show 2 separate entries for the game, but launching your original Steam version will launch the game with the Standard edition stuff enabled.
Finally, purchasing the operators directly with R6 credits appears to be the officially supported solution, although the community seems split on whether this is a good cost/benefit tradeoff when compared to the above options:
Can I easily upgrade to the Standard Edition?
The easiest way is to gain access to all the Original Operators as quickly as the Standard Edition is to purchase the R6 Credits bundle that best fits your needs, and unlock the missing Operators.
For instance, getting the 4920 R6 Credits bundle allows you to instantly unlock both the Attackers Bundle (all 10 original ATKs) and the Defender bundle (all 10 original DEFs) plus the additional content of your choice.
answered Nov 22 '18 at 6:16
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answered Nov 22 '18 at 6:16
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Rainbow Six Siege is a uPlay game. When launched through Steam, it still starts up uPlay. Doing anything through Steam alone probably won't solve your problem, you might have to contact Ubisoft support.
– Yuuki
Nov 22 '18 at 5:28