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Ew_ · 02-01-15, 07:28 PM

Right i did some testing based on speculations i found googling the tonnage bar "bugs" and the conclusion is... not so good.

Apparently Silent Hunter 5 is running an active DRM that downloads a flag from Ubisofts servers each kill/mission/patrol/refit you do. If you have a pirated version you can not download this flag and thus you cannot proceed with the missions (thats the idea)

This is what happend when i disabled syncronized savefiles or set Uplay/steam to offline or unplug internet : http://i.imgur.com/YbsHpg9.png .. Yeah it doesnt even count the tutorial ships.

It would seem as if the game timeouts/fails to download this flag very often if you are in online mode and such the kills do not count. So its down to DRM hurting only legit customers with wonky ubisoft drm servers.

Yay..

Also this corrupts the serverside saved save files, which you cannot delete.

*edit*
I deleted all local saves/profiles in My Documents and in Uplay, i also deleted all of Uplays cache, validated game files in steam and launched it enabling All Uplay online functions and cloud saves and allow Uplay proxy (automatic). Uplay prompted me that my cloud saved games and local saved games were inconsistent and asked which to load, i picked Local saves and started, ingame it still synced the last saved profile i had. Exited SH5 and checked, there were no local saves anywhere. So i started SH5 again and created a new profile, and Behold! http://i.imgur.com/kudiKKf.png it counted the kills. It would seem as if not fallowing the tutorial level to the letter corrupts the cloud saved savefiles as well. Especially the periscope thing, dont move it before it prompts you to. Dont do anything until it promts you to. And to not make any manual saves until you undock from Kiel.

On my way to the British Supplies now, gonna see how it holds together this time, will report back. Also hah good idea dear freighter.. http://i.imgur.com/E1wUoo2.png

*edit 2* Patrol area reached, encounter a large convoy in the middle of it immidiately! ENGAGE!
-Start to line up some torpedoes aaaand the convoy despawns, completely vanishes as if it never was there http://i.imgur.com/blZUA5Q.png
-Reload the automatic save that occured once i had lined up my sub there, weather much worse this time. Ah convoy comes again! http://i.imgur.com/9lQfnR5.png
-Line up some torps on other ships of the convoy, aaaand http://i.imgur.com/Xf5OEEu.png gone... This is just my luck :|.

02-01-15, 07:28 PM	#13
Ew_ Swabbie Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 5 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Right i did some testing based on speculations i found googling the tonnage bar "bugs" and the conclusion is... not so good. Apparently Silent Hunter 5 is running an active DRM that downloads a flag from Ubisofts servers each kill/mission/patrol/refit you do. If you have a pirated version you can not download this flag and thus you cannot proceed with the missions (thats the idea) This is what happend when i disabled syncronized savefiles or set Uplay/steam to offline or unplug internet : http://i.imgur.com/YbsHpg9.png .. Yeah it doesnt even count the tutorial ships. It would seem as if the game timeouts/fails to download this flag very often if you are in online mode and such the kills do not count. So its down to DRM hurting only legit customers with wonky ubisoft drm servers. Yay.. Also this corrupts the serverside saved save files, which you cannot delete. edit I deleted all local saves/profiles in My Documents and in Uplay, i also deleted all of Uplays cache, validated game files in steam and launched it enabling All Uplay online functions and cloud saves and allow Uplay proxy (automatic). Uplay prompted me that my cloud saved games and local saved games were inconsistent and asked which to load, i picked Local saves and started, ingame it still synced the last saved profile i had. Exited SH5 and checked, there were no local saves anywhere. So i started SH5 again and created a new profile, and Behold! http://i.imgur.com/kudiKKf.png it counted the kills. It would seem as if not fallowing the tutorial level to the letter corrupts the cloud saved savefiles as well. Especially the periscope thing, dont move it before it prompts you to. Dont do anything until it promts you to. And to not make any manual saves until you undock from Kiel. On my way to the British Supplies now, gonna see how it holds together this time, will report back. Also hah good idea dear freighter.. http://i.imgur.com/E1wUoo2.png edit 2 Patrol area reached, encounter a large convoy in the middle of it immidiately! ENGAGE! -Start to line up some torpedoes aaaand the convoy despawns, completely vanishes as if it never was there http://i.imgur.com/blZUA5Q.png -Reload the automatic save that occured once i had lined up my sub there, weather much worse this time. Ah convoy comes again! http://i.imgur.com/9lQfnR5.png -Line up some torps on other ships of the convoy, aaaand http://i.imgur.com/Xf5OEEu.png gone... This is just my luck :\|. Last edited by Ew_; 02-01-15 at 09:23 PM.