Natural Selection with Offline Lan?.. Options

[RR99i]

This really get's me down. I remember when I was using NS 3.0. If I can remember correctly, you could play the game offline with bots. But with 3.1, it's not possible. I know it's not RCBot causing this. I uninstalled, then reinstalled NS without RCBot, still doesn't work. The team is having some trouble right now. I don't think we'll see a new patch. But it would be fun to play NS offline. If anyone knows a work around, please tell.

[RR99i]

When I try to start a game, it will start loading the game. But then it'll take me back to the main menu. I've tryed uninstalling, then reinstalling NS. I know it's not RBBot that is causing this, it's NS. I have everything installed right. The only way to play the game in offline mode, is to be connected to the internet. Atleast one PC has to be connected to the internet to play a LAN game. I would like to have both PC not connected to the internet, and Steam still in Offline Mode.

I have dial-up, it's my only ok option to the internet. Steam doesn't use Proxy, so I'm out of luck.