[Bullethead]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Just for kicks I disconnected my internet to see if this game would start. It started without issue. So what you are saying in 7 days if I have no connection to the net and have not played the game within the 7 days it potentially could not start, correct?

Here's the deal with the 7 days....

Every time the game starts, it phones home to SES to make sure it's really your copy. When it makes contact, it remembers the date.

Now suppose you start the game and for whatever reason it can't contact SES. The game compares the date it last made contact to the current date. If it's been less than 7 days, then the game works fines. IOW, you can go for up to 7 days without an internect connection. But note that this is based on the last time the game made contact. IOW, if you haven't played the game for a week already, and the day you do it again you don't have internet, then it treats this as being more than 7 days.

If it's been more than 7 days since the game made contact with SES, 1 of 2 things will happen, depending on whether or not the game can make contact with SES:

• If it makes contact, then it will ask you to re-enter your license number and password. Once you do that, the game will run normally and this date gets recorded as the time of most-recent contact.
• If it doesn't make contact, then the game will revert to its demo condition. HOWEVER, this is NOT permanent. Whenever the game regains contact with SES, it will ask you to re-enter your license and password, and resume normal operation.

There are 2 reasons for this, both intended for your convenience:

1. You can go without an internet connection for up to 7 days without internet. As noted above, this time could be reduced by the number of days beforehand since you last played the game.
2. If your computer blows up unexpectedly, you only have to wait a maximum of 7 days before the game will run on your new system. This period is also reduced by however long it was beforehand since you last played the game.

So assume it's been 4 days since you last ran the game:

1. If the game makes contact when you run it today, it works just fine without asking you anything.
2. If the game can't make contact, then it will run just fine without asking you anything. It will continue to run for another 3 days, but after that it will revert to demo mode if you haven't got the internet back by then, but will only remain in demo mode until it regains contact.
3. If your computer blows up today (HD crash, MB fried, etc.) before you run the game, then you'll have to wait 3 days before you can run the game on your new system. But it will likely take that long just to get a new system or repair your old one anyway. Once you're up and running again 3 or more days later, you can download the game on your new rig, enter your license and password, and the game will work with full features.

You have stated that "other' DRM have been known to limit the number of installs. Here, the developer, said you have unlimited downloads. So, again, the quote for the dev is what is clear.

This is quite true. Each license you buy is associated with 1 computer at a time. However, you can have the game installed on as many computers as you want. Only the one with the license on it at the time will run with full features, the others will run as demos. But you can transfer the license between them as many times as you want with just a few keystrokes.