View Full Version : Ubisoft servers under attack. Again!
jwilliams
03-08-10, 04:39 PM
Ubisoft Twitter.
Our servers are under attack again. Some gamers are experiencing trouble signing in. We're working on it and will keep you posted
about 2 hours ago (http://twitter.com/Ubisoft/status/10184920360) via web
http://twitter.com/Ubisoft/statuses/10184920360
Like a red rag to a bull this idiotic DRM. Probably this time it's just desperate gamers trying to log in and complain.
malkuth74
03-08-10, 04:47 PM
They sure do get attacked a whole lot. Seems kinda like maybe there might be a reason for that. I know they are pretty stupid at UBI.... But can't be that stupid.. But then again they are the ones that came up with the IDea for Permanent online connection with a single player game.
PyRRhUs
03-08-10, 04:51 PM
Their forums are down too maybe some of the unhappy customers threads will be lost in this attack? :hmmm:
SabreHawk
03-08-10, 04:53 PM
Nahhh their not the only ones. FSX needs the same online connection or it doesn't run in anything but demo mode.
But it's the hackers and pirates that are to blame for this sort of thing, not software companies. If not for piracy, none of the security measures we see today would be nessicary. I still remember when games had none of this, but then came the theives, and then came disk in drive to play, then starforce and the like anti-priacy software. Then the theives got around that so now it's online verification.
Omnissiah
03-08-10, 04:55 PM
Ubisoft corporate lexicon, lesson one.
Ubispeak - "Hackers are attacking our servers!!"
English - "People are trying to log on to our servers to play their games!!"
OakGroove
03-08-10, 04:57 PM
Nahhh their not the only ones. FSX needs the same online connection or it doesn't run in anything but demo mode.
I can run FSX offline just fine.
jwilliams
03-08-10, 04:59 PM
Nahhh their not the only ones. FSX needs the same online connection or it doesn't run in anything but demo mode.
FSX just needs a ONE time activation.
Like windows does.
UBI's OSP need 24/7 365 connection.
I've been playing games for over 25 years and since the early 90's games have had some form of protection,
earliest examples i can remember where:-
Enter word 6, line 25 of page 7 from game manual.
Thinks have sure got worse now. The internet has made it so easy to obtain pirated software.
I dont like this DRM (OSP). but companies have a right to protect their software. Same as you have the right not to buy their software.
tracker
03-08-10, 05:01 PM
Just tryed to login on the game at unisoft but will not except my name or password so no game
ps check it very carefully the third time, tied unisoft website cannot leave a message .:damn::damn:
FSX just needs a ONE time activation.
Nah, swap out your graphics card, and it will decide it is not activated.
And then it won't be able to find the server to activate.
And then you get to call and activate it over the phone.
SteamWake
03-08-10, 05:04 PM
This just keeps getting better.
I dont buy the angle of UBI just trying to deflect blame. I do believe they are under some kind of stress attack.
This will continue for some time till either the hackers get tired of their game or UBI does something a little more robust.
Ducimus
03-08-10, 05:04 PM
Dear Ubi,
http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2009/1/14/128764604568783805.jpg
SteamWake
03-08-10, 05:05 PM
Nah, swap out your graphics card, and it will decide it is not activated.
And then it won't be able to find the server to activate.
And then you get to call and activate it over the phone.
? I installed a new graphics card, a second hard drive, and re-installed FSX with no issues and no calls to home. You must have had some other issue.
I was willing to give Ubi the benefit of the doubt until I at least installed SH5 and played it....
I just did install it, it downloaded and applied the patch, but then the auto launcher tells me that my username and password are not recognised :damn:
WTF :down:
And Ubi have the gall to say the crackers are pirates. There's ony one company here that has taken money under false pretences...Yes Ubi, that's you :arrgh!:
At least let me play the game I have paid for.
jwilliams
03-08-10, 05:10 PM
Nah, swap out your graphics card, and it will decide it is not activated.
And then it won't be able to find the server to activate.
And then you get to call and activate it over the phone.
Didnt for me. i just put in a new HD4870, and my FSX game installed and activated just fine.
Nordmann
03-08-10, 05:15 PM
Ubisoft Twitter.
http://twitter.com/Ubisoft/statuses/10184920360
It seems the dogs of war have truly been unleashed on Ubi. A silly thing to challenge pirates to a battle of wills, it's just asking for something like this to happen.
Ubisoft Twitter.
http://twitter.com/Ubisoft/statuses/10184920360
Some gamers?
Is anybody actually able to get a game in tonight? Ubi reckon its only a minority a mere 5%, but I'm not so sure.
Ubi - you suck. :nope:
When I saved a game it didn't synchronize to the server
Omnissiah
03-08-10, 05:21 PM
Some gamers?
Is anybody actually able to get a game in tonight? Ubi reckon its only a minority a mere 5%, but I'm not so sure.
Ubi - you suck. :nope:
Why did they even bother saying that? They could have just said "a fairly small percentage" and left it at that. It would be false, but defensible.
The whole "5%" thing is just so stupidly, obviously untrue that it makes everything else they say suspect.
They do suck.
? I installed a new graphics card, a second hard drive, and re-installed FSX with no issues and no calls to home. You must have had some other issue.
Didnt for me. i just put in a new HD4870, and my FSX game installed and activated just fine.
I didn't re-install. I had it installed, and my graphics card died. Once I got the new card and booted up, FSX told me I needed to activate it.
Just the graphics card. No other changes to my system.
jwilliams
03-08-10, 05:25 PM
I didn't re-install. I had it installed, and my graphics card died. Once I got the new card and booted up, FSX told me I needed to activate it.
Just the graphics card. No other changes to my system.
When i put new hardware in my computer i always do a fresh install...
Just makes things smoother....
And clears out the clutter.
When i put new hardware in my computer i always do a fresh install...
Just makes things smoother....
And clears out the clutter.
Yeah, I probably should have done that. But I had to wait for the graphics card to ship, and I was jonesing for my fix...
The laptop just didn't feed my addiction.
I've reinstalled it since then, but I still had to activate by phone.
Shootist
03-08-10, 05:32 PM
Really??? Under attack from people attempting to play the game?
SabreHawk
03-08-10, 06:57 PM
FSX just needs a ONE time activation.
Like windows does.
UBI's OSP need 24/7 365 connection.
I've been playing games for over 25 years and since the early 90's games have had some form of protection,
earliest examples i can remember where:-
Enter word 6, line 25 of page 7 from game manual.
Thinks have sure got worse now. The internet has made it so easy to obtain pirated software.
I dont like this DRM (OSP). but companies have a right to protect their software. Same as you have the right not to buy their software.
Ahhh, well rodger that then. I just recently had this "activation error" problem come up and naturally I assumed this sort of online verification thing was what was going on, and with this activation error message on startup it wasnt able to do so.
I did finally fix the error though, and it was a registry thing I had to change, but heck I dont even remember what I did exactly.
But yes I too remember a time when there was no such thing as all this, but as I said it's the piracy that has brought it all about. Though I must admit this DRM thing is a bit much, and I can imagine it really ticks off anyone on dialup or some other type of weak online connection.
I myself am on comcast internet, and so is on full time and is THE fastest internet connection there is to my knowlege.
So my SH5 is working perfectly in this reguard, uhhh so far. But im sure that wont help if UBI's servers go bonkers for some reason. That wont be nice for sure.
Hmmm, BTW just what does DRM stand for anywho?
jwilliams
03-08-10, 07:01 PM
Hmmm, BTW just what does DRM stand for anywho?
true meaning = Digital Rights Management.
More often meaning = Digital Restrictions Management.
What is even stranger, is how the community frown upon those applying the "fix" for this problem so they can play, even if they bought the game.
You would think you should be allowed to fix the problem so you can play what you effin paid for. But nooo.. I had my account deleted from subsim.
:shifty:
Nice going. Keep supporting this DRM fascism and see what a fun future it will bring you.
What is even stranger, is how the community frown upon those applying the "fix" for this problem so they can play, even if they bought the game.
You would think you should be allowed to fix the problem so you can play what you effin paid for. But nooo.. I had my account deleted from subsim.
:shifty:
Nice going. Keep supporting this DRM fascism and see what a fun future it will bring you.
You can do whatever you want, just don't discuss it here. Discussing "legal" cracking is exactly the same as discussing illegal cracking. The methods are the same, therefore, they're both out.
Onkel Neal
03-08-10, 07:40 PM
What is even stranger, is how the community frown upon those applying the "fix" for this problem so they can play, even if they bought the game.
You would think you should be allowed to fix the problem so you can play what you effin paid for. But nooo.. I had my account deleted from subsim.
:shifty:
Nice going. Keep supporting this DRM fascism and see what a fun future it will bring you.
No one frowns on "applying the "fix" for this problem so they can play, even if they bought the game". If you bought the game, do whatever you want.
But you cannot discuss it here. :03:
You can do whatever you want, just don't discuss it here. Discussing "legal" cracking is exactly the same as discussing illegal cracking. The methods are the same, therefore, they're both out.
So all forms of "legal" solutions are also out? Interesting.
Damn right I do. I only connect to Internet when I want to. Kein des probleme hier.
No one frowns on "applying the "fix" for this problem so they can play, even if they bought the game". If you bought the game, do whatever you want.
But you cannot discuss it here. :03:
Jawohl mein Furir :salute:
Ships-R-Us
03-08-10, 07:54 PM
So all forms of "legal" solutions are also out? Interesting.
Damn right I do. I only connect to Internet when I want to. Kein des probleme hier.
Neal and Razark are only inferring that you "Run Deep--Run Silent".
I think it is because Ubi does indeed look at this site, and having posts about cracks would not put Sub sim on their good side.
Now saying that, Ubi really should have heeded the anti DRM posts.
This is disastrous, there is no other way to say it. Ubi may have torpedoed the only good subsim franchise out there.
Nordmann
03-08-10, 09:30 PM
This is disastrous, there is no other way to say it. Ubi may have torpedoed the only good subsim franchise out there.
They may well have torpedoed themselves in the process, after all, this isn't the only game which will use the dreaded Ucan'tplay.
Arclight
03-08-10, 09:42 PM
It's called OSP. ;)
Uplay is a different... uh, 'service'. :doh:
Ubisoft, if you are doing this idiotic 24/7 internet required DRM ****. KEEP THOSE ******* SERVERS RUNNING!! :damn:
What copyright protection will be in the next Silent Hunter? Propably you have to take blood tests always before playing and send it to UBI via including revolutionary fax machine. Then when you get confirmation to play you have to idenify yourself with iris scanner and fingerprint, then you are allowed to play, but you need also 24/7 internet connection and pray that the servers are running. And they will not sell SH anymore on retailers. You have to travel to ubisoft headquarters and they will take your blood, iris and fingerprints for future identification. Only after that you can buy the game from the lobby. :yeah: You get also a bottle of soda for your trouble...
Athlonic
03-09-10, 03:03 AM
Ubisoft:
Our servers are under attack again. Some gamers are experiencing trouble signing in. We're working on it and will keep you posted
about 2 hours ago (http://twitter.com/Ubisoft/status/10184920360) via web
Actualy, "attackers" are legitimates players of Assassin Creed 2 and Silent Hunter 5 which are desesperatly trying to play their games.
:haha:
If Ubisoft decided to sell the game through Steam, I think most people wouldn't have a problem with that.
Color me skeptical but I don't believe the hacker excuse. Maybe their server were overloaded by legitimate users trying to play the game. Most hackers would only have interest in proving that DRM can be circumvented, which is exactly what happened.
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/7610/ubisink.jpg
JamesT73J
03-09-10, 03:53 AM
It seems the dogs of war have truly been unleashed on Ubi. A silly thing to challenge pirates to a battle of wills, it's just asking for something like this to happen.
I'm not sure what you mean. Should UBI have released the game in a state that would have allowed pirated copies?
Whilst always-on DRM is not an ideal solution, I don't resent UBI for trying to protect their business.
If the DDOS stories are true, well, I suspect that is less a story of 'DRM protest' and more a case of script kiddies venting their anger that they are not allowed to steal and distribute the product.
all I know
is that if I'm trying to play the game with my copy, while my father uses his... it seems that the authentication server goes mad.
I still have to try again, but if it's going like this they've got to be kidding me.:yawn:
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