View Full Version : how many bugs must SH$ have before you can call it a game?
superkapu
06-09-07, 09:22 AM
I am very disappointed bacause after two pacth my SH4 have tons of bugs!!:damn::damn:
the crew sometimes is in 2d or they eyes floating around the face..sometimes they say number randomly...
Sometimes the map is a mixture of stripes..SOMETIMES GAME still crash
The sub sometimes dont go underwater even if there is no damage...
I like very much SH4 but ubisoft can not do such a buggy game. it is one of the most important softwere house..
I paid 50 euro here in Italy but maybe it would be better if i d......because you cant do this to the buyer( think about if starcraft 2 has so many bug, wont be so hungry after years of waiting)
I think that ubistoft would be better release an expansion for free if it would loose its client once for all.
TDK1044
06-09-07, 09:27 AM
What you're describing is a mixture of protection software conflicts and video driver errors. Uninstall the game completely and reinstall it. Then check your video card's website and download the latest drivers.
:rotfl:
This should go straight into the faq, under "What happens when you use a cracked .exe".
Including the garbled map, btw. I remember reading about the "problem" in another thread a while back and it was solved after the user went back to the original .exe.
John Channing
06-09-07, 09:44 AM
In short, run the game off the dvd, not off a no-cd exe.
The problems you are having are your fault, not the game's.
JCC
SteamWake
06-09-07, 09:51 AM
I still get a kick out of this topic every time I see it. :p
superkapu
06-09-07, 09:53 AM
i will try...
The only thing I don't understand btw is why the devs incorporated this protection scheme but decided to almost keep it a secret. I've only learned about it from reading this forum. I don't know if it's in the readme, since I've never read it. Imho they could have implemented a short warning prior to the intro stating that the game will run corrupted if a cracked .exe is used. You know, similar to what the devs of Operation Flashpoint did.
Otherwise you WILL get a good amount of unsatisfied customers running into those problems without realizing that it's a protection system, and when they don't read the readme (possibly) or any forums (and many don't) they might never learn about it. Makes for bad vibes.
TDK1044
06-09-07, 10:10 AM
It's a simple process. Load the DVD and click on the SH4 icon. Honors Degree in mathematics not required. :D
why (some of us) are we getting the "no eyes" copy protection crap (for very few minutes and only from time to time) even with the original disc?
nomad_delta
06-09-07, 12:18 PM
I get the "no eyes" in my crew thing, too, and I'm definitely just using the DVD I purchased. Grrr.
nomad_delta
I think the "no eyes" bug is an actual graphics bug and totally unrelated to - and I quote -
or they eyes floating around the face..
I also have the no eyes problem more often than not, but never had any of those GIANT eyes popping outa their sockets, which *is* the copy protection as I understand.
AVGWarhawk
06-09-07, 02:17 PM
What do you mean load the CD? I put it in the DVD drive and glued the door shut. ;)
Mr.Elendig
06-09-07, 02:17 PM
I did have some 2d crew members etc on my amazone edition, withiut running a no-cd or any other crack, but the problems dissapered when I reinstalled to clean out the mods I had installed before I did the 1.2 patch
grafix7
06-09-07, 05:11 PM
:damn:
John Channing
06-09-07, 05:24 PM
:damn:
Clearly you have not been paying attention.
JCC
Count me in the crowd that has a paid copy and ghoulish crew members without eyeballs. But your sentiment, "Ubisoft doesn't care about SH4", is heartless. Of course they do, it makes $$ - ergo them distributing it in the first place. More accurate is "Ubisoft doesn't care about fans".:nope:
Count me in the crowd that has a paid copy and ghoulish crew members without eyeballs. But your sentiment, "Ubisoft doesn't care about SH4", is heartless. Of course they do, it makes $$ - ergo them distributing it in the first place. More accurate is "Ubisoft doesn't care about fans".:nope:
But it was worth a chuckle :rotfl:
THE_MASK
06-09-07, 08:45 PM
Sh4 runs great and i have had none of these protection issues . Cost me $89 bucks .
DirtyHarry3033
06-09-07, 08:50 PM
Yep sounds like the OP is using a no-cd. I'm not, I use only the original .exe and the original DVD in the drive, and the only thing he describes that I've even come close to seeing is a problem with the eyes.
Once in a while (very rarely actually) the crew in the command room will have totally featureless brown eyes, no iris, no pupil. Otherwise the crew look 100% 3-D normal. And they never repeat random numbers ;) If I go back to the control room later during the same execution of the game, odds are the eyes are back to normal.
I imagine that's a driver issue?
DH
AVGWarhawk
06-09-07, 09:27 PM
Once in a while (very rarely actually) the crew in the command room will have totally featureless brown eyes, no iris, no pupil. Otherwise the crew look 100% 3-D normal. And they never repeat random numbers ;) If I go back to the control room later during the same execution of the game, odds are the eyes are back to normal.
Quite possibly they are possessed:o ......crew of the damned:o
THE_MASK
06-09-07, 09:38 PM
I have had the brown eyes thing but i think only when the night filter is applied . Maybe the night filter overlay has something to do with it :hmm:
DirtyHarry3033
06-09-07, 09:44 PM
Once in a while (very rarely actually) the crew in the command room will have totally featureless brown eyes, no iris, no pupil. Otherwise the crew look 100% 3-D normal. And they never repeat random numbers ;) If I go back to the control room later during the same execution of the game, odds are the eyes are back to normal.
Quite possibly they are possessed:o ......crew of the damned:o
I think you are right :o
Even when their eyes are normal, they are STARING at me... If I go to the Shift-F2 view, no matter where I go they are looking at me always out of the corner of their eyes. Their heads are looking straight ahead at all times, but their eyes are following me no matter where I go!!!! Just like the "haunted paintings" you've probably heard about...
Makes me paranoid, I think they're planning not a mutiny, but a sacrifice of the only human on the boat - ME!!!!! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
DH
DirtyHarry3033
06-09-07, 09:47 PM
I have had the brown eyes thing but i think only when the night filter is applied . Maybe the night filter overlay has something to do with it :hmm:
Sober I thought exactly the same thing as you - seemed it was only happening at night. But one time (and one time only so far) it happened during the day. So I'm not so sure now. However, that one time was just right after sunrise. But the redlight in the command room was out. Dunno, but I can live with it!
DH
AVGWarhawk
06-09-07, 09:52 PM
Once in a while (very rarely actually) the crew in the command room will have totally featureless brown eyes, no iris, no pupil. Otherwise the crew look 100% 3-D normal. And they never repeat random numbers ;) If I go back to the control room later during the same execution of the game, odds are the eyes are back to normal.
Quite possibly they are possessed:o ......crew of the damned:o
I think you are right :o
Even when their eyes are normal, they are STARING at me... If I go to the Shift-F2 view, no matter where I go they are looking at me always out of the corner of their eyes. Their heads are looking straight ahead at all times, but their eyes are following me no matter where I go!!!! Just like the "haunted paintings" you've probably heard about...
Makes me paranoid, I think they're planning not a mutiny, but a sacrifice of the only human on the boat - ME!!!!! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
DH
No sh!t man. I was doing the free movement camera. I moved infront of one of the crew, his head was down. As soon as I got infront of him his head came up with those 'dawn of the dead' eyes and scared the crap out of me! It was just friggin scary:o because he looked up just as I got infront of him like he knew I was there. I do not do that anymore:oops:
AkbarGulag
06-10-07, 05:05 AM
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The only thing I don't understand btw is why the devs incorporated this protection scheme but decided to almost keep it a secret. Because then people using a cracked .exe will openly voice their problems with the game and we will know who they are ;)
I, for one, think its brilliant
Argus00
06-11-07, 04:59 AM
The only problem that bugs the hell olut of me right now is a random CTD, every two or three patrols, in the middle of the patrol - after I deploy to my mission target and I'm hunting for targets. After the CTD, when I try to restart the game, I get an ERROR 1000: PLEASE INSERT THE ORIGINAL DISC, NOT A BACKUP (?) from the securom protection. The thing is, it IS the original DVD. I have to wait for about 2 minutes until the memory clears and then restart the game - or reboot.
switch.dota
06-11-07, 05:50 AM
The only thing I don't understand btw is why the devs incorporated this protection scheme but decided to almost keep it a secret. Because then people using a cracked .exe will openly voice their problems with the game and we will know who they are ;)
I, for one, think its brilliant
Neah, they are just trying to discourage piracy. However it doesn't really help since you can work around their protection systems, even without cracked EXEs. I've a habit of only using the CD/DVD for the original install and subsequent installs. I don't feel like overusing my optical drive because some people are unfair when it comes to software companies.
John Channing
06-11-07, 07:38 AM
Guys... from the Subsim.com FAQ;
"SUBSIM Review has a longstanding policy against software piracy. We do NOT allow discussion or even mention of warez, abandonware, peer-to-peer game swapping, illegal download sites, or rip-off websites. "
Let's move along.
JCC
AkbarGulag
06-11-07, 09:20 AM
Yea, before you get your posts edited also :roll:
SteamWake
06-11-07, 09:22 AM
The only thing I don't understand btw is why the devs incorporated this protection scheme but decided to almost keep it a secret. Because then people using a cracked .exe will openly voice their problems with the game and we will know who they are ;)
I, for one, think its brilliant
Not to mention amusing.
The only thing I don't understand btw is why the devs incorporated this protection scheme but decided to almost keep it a secret. Because then people using a cracked .exe will openly voice their problems with the game and we will know who they are ;)
I, for one, think its brilliant
Not to mention amusing.
Yup...that too :lol:
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