Lord Method Man Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Do they all use their own custom set or something? I don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead.cell Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Ruins my day, errrtime... :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Can't say I ever remember Steam games installing .NET Framework... mostly just DirectX and Visual C++ but to answer your question Well if an app requires it, it would be a failure of the developer to not have it install. So the installers all install it, I'm pretty sure it's like DirectX, it will only update/install the outdated components. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Method Man Posted December 4, 2012 Author Share Posted December 4, 2012 Can't say I ever remember Steam games installing .NET Framework... mostly just DirectX and Visual C++ but to answer your question Well if an app requires it, it would be a failure of the developer to not have it install. So the installers all install it, I'm pretty sure it's like DirectX, it will only update/install the outdated components. New game I purchased just installed .NET. I know obviously if a game needs it it should install, I'm just wondering why each game installs DirectX/Visual C++ when I install them even though I already have them on my system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizkit Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Yeah, it's not annoying to have to run what feels like the same installer every Steam game you buy. Just a small taste of what I have on this computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compl3x Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Perhaps this can shed some light on your question: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=23759166&postcount=47 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Method Man Posted December 4, 2012 Author Share Posted December 4, 2012 Perhaps this can shed some light on your question: http://forums.steamp...66&postcount=47 Thanks, that answers my question I guess. (Second attempt at posting this reply.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LogicalApex MVC Posted December 4, 2012 MVC Share Posted December 4, 2012 Perhaps this can shed some light on your question: http://forums.steamp...66&postcount=47 True for DirectX, but not so for .NET. You can reliably check which version of the .NET runtime is installed and act accordingly, but I'm sure the installers do it just out of simplicity. If you already have the relevant version of .NET installed it won't do anything. If you don't have it then you'll get it and if it is corrupt then it can be repaired. So running it all the time can reduce support calls while having no ill effects (as it won't cause any problems for those who already have it installed). Nothing Here 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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