UBI's server down again. Or? (Sunday, October 2nd)

[Silent Steel]

Do you have access today to UBI's server? :hmmm:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=177&pictureid=4921

:nope:

[Trevally.]

its ok here - UK 11:18am
:up:

[Sharkbait24]

Yep, its down here, too. (New Hampshire). 0935 ET

[Trevally.]

looks like the servers are still having problems.

One days like these - when you do get your launcher open, keep it loaded on your desktop. This way you can enter and exit the game without having to re-connect to servers.

[andycaccia]

Up and down continuously...:Kaleun_Sick:

[Silent Steel]

I'm connected again.

It turned out my ISP was the one to blame, not UBI.
'Due to some system maintenance' this automatic voice told me.

On a weekend? :o

How come I don't trust these automatic replies you get whenever you call them? :yawn:

[PapaKilo]

:haha:

[Trevally.]

:haha:

:06: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=1761270&postcount=4

Nor this one:06:

[PapaKilo]

Takeda, you forgot to lock this and another one with the same topic thread. :lol:

I also like you policy: "Don't feed the troll, give him infractions instead" :haha: :up:

Enjoy the fun :shucks:

[Takeda Shingen]

That'll be more than enough for the time-out chair. Tried to give you the benefit of the doubt, despite your repeated trolling, but you would not have any of it. No need to lock this thread now.

[stoianm]

oh man.. they put you in the jail... i feel so sorry for ya... he he... i am just trolling:D... see ya in few days... in mean time learn the good manners and grow a bit up:O:... poor kid:88)
Takeda, you forgot to lock this and another one with the same topic thread. :lol:

I also like you policy: "Don't feed the troll, give him infractions instead" :haha: :up:

Enjoy the fun :shucks:

[Rongel]

oh man.. they put you in the jail... i feel so sorry for ya... he he... i am just trolling:D... see ya in few days... in mean time learn the good manners and grow a bit up:O:... poor kid:88)

Hey nice to see you stoianm! Where have you been lurking?

How about some new mods? Dynamic Enviroment 3 for example :O:

[stoianm]

hi rongel... back on highway all time... not to much time in real life for the moment... i saw that gr2 is almoust finish... now is time for big boys to make real mods for sh5:)
Hey nice to see you stoianm! Where have you been lurking?

How about some new mods? Dynamic Enviroment 3 for example :O:

[THE_MASK]

I have noticed over the last few days when i try to play it says service unavailable sometimes . Then i try again and it connects .

[Trevally.]

I have noticed over the last few days when i try to play it says service unavailable sometimes . Then i try again and it connects .

I too have noticed this. First attempt...no go. Then next try it work:hmmm:

[mobucks]

Hey Stoianm good to see you again!:yeah:

[lummet]

ubisoft might work now 00.20 eet Finland time ..at least i can load my campaign game .. how about you? fail or go about it? posted some issue about to ubisoft forums thay maybe have looked into it .. ei fixed it .. or such .. my 5 cents about it ..and to it .. we wanna play dont we all heh? god dam it! ;)

[Diopos]

Excuse me guys, not playing SH5, but I "lurk" here from time to time.
Instead of starting a thread whenever the Ubi servers are down why don't you make a "sticky" and post there for all related problems. Besides the comic aspect of it (a "permanent" thread for "permanently" unattainable "permanent" connections) it is completely logical to do so, as people having these kind of problems want to find if its a "general" or a localized problem.

Again excuse me for intruding.

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[stoianm]

:salute:
Hey Stoianm good to see you again!:yeah:

[Sailor Steve]

Excuse me guys, not playing SH5, but I "lurk" here from time to time.
Instead of starting a thread whenever the Ubi servers are down why don't you make a "sticky" and post there for all related problems. Besides the comic aspect of it (a "permanent" thread for "permanently" unattainable "permanent" connections) it is completely logical to do so, as people having these kind of problems want to find if its a "general" or a localized problem.

Again excuse me for intruding.

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I don't have SH5 either, but I feel just the opposite. If a new thread is started every time the servers are down it shows better how lame the whole DRM thing really is. There are many of us who will buy it when this thing is finally removed, and the sooner UBI figures that out the better.

[0rpheus]

I don't have SH5 either, but I feel just the opposite. If a new thread is started every time the servers are down it shows better how lame the whole DRM thing really is. There are many of us who will buy it when this thing is finally removed, and the sooner UBI figures that out the better.

100 page sticky thread might achieve a similar aim! :D It would be a little cleaner, though it might suffer from regular locking as the DRM is an easy troll-topic. :O:


With the way the DRM is now I think it's a shame to not get SH5 just because the activation is still present (I'm sure that's not the only reason, but still..). There's so much good work being done on the mods, especially with the new Privateer/TDW team working on the real guts of the sim, it's a different beast already and will only get better.

Your call though and kudos to your willpower :salute:

[Trevally.]

How could it work without DRM:06:

I would hate to have my cd in the pc to play.
For me - I always have the internet on so DRM is easier:oops:

I guess it could be like steam - with online first load to reg - then have setting for offline mode.

[Sailor Steve]

100 page sticky thread might achieve a similar aim! :D It would be a little cleaner, though it might suffer from regular locking as the DRM is an easy troll-topic. :O:
A good point. The more I think about it the more I think you might be right. If there had been one from the beginning it would probably be that long by now. That might prove a point.

With the way the DRM is now I think it's a shame to not get SH5 just because the activation is still present (I'm sure that's not the only reason, but still..).
Actually for me it is the only reason. I was all set to pre-order it when they announced this. At the time I had a terrible connection, and that was the reason I gave, but as time went on I realized that I had said I wouldn't buy it as long as the DRM was there, and to go back on that now would be to betray any honor I have left, so I can't and won't. On the other hand I like to think that if no one at all had bought it, and given that reason, the DRM might have been gone within a week.

But probably not. I live in my own little dream world.

There's so much good work being done on the mods, especially with the new Privateer/TDW team working on the real guts of the sim, it's a different beast already and will only get better.
I've been keeping up with them from day one. But even if I bought it today I don't have a computer that will run it, and given the way I think I probably won't be interested in playing it until I can run a Type II.

How could it work without DRM:06:

I would hate to have my cd in the pc to play.
For me - I always have the internet on so DRM is easier:oops:

I guess it could be like steam - with online first load to reg - then have setting for offline mode.
I don't know what you're talking about. I have SH3 and SH4, with discs, and neither one requires the disc in the drive to run it. I have a spare Data folder for each on my hard drive, and I don't even need the disc in the drive to re-install them. I don't do anything to start the game but click on the icon.

[0rpheus]

Actually for me it is the only reason. I was all set to pre-order it when they announced this. At the time I had a terrible connection, and that was the reason I gave, but as time went on I realized that I had said I wouldn't buy it as long as the DRM was there, and to go back on that now would be to betray any honor I have left, so I can't and won't. On the other hand I like to think that if no one at all had bought it, and given that reason, the DRM might have been gone within a week.

But probably not. I live in my own little dream world.

Fair enough, I had a feeling it was more that than any practical difficulty. I have a similar thing with Codemasters after their Operation Flashpoint debacle.

Actually SH5 is the weak-link in my general hatred of online DRM; more than once I've come unstuck in a discussion on the subject simply for owning it, but my defence has always been that subsims need that extra support in order to continue their existence, and that a subsim with some wonky DRM is better than no subsim at all. ;)

Anyways enough of my thread-derailing! :salute:

[Sailor Steve]

Actually SH5 is the weak-link in my general hatred of online DRM; more than once I've come unstuck in a discussion on the subject simply for owning it, but my defence has always been that subsims need that extra support in order to continue their existence, and that a subsim with some wonky DRM is better than no subsim at all. ;)
Which is exactly why I bought SH4 sight-unseen and was going to do the same with SH5. I just drew the line at the DRM, and haven't crossed it. You'd be surprised at how many people said the same thing I did and then suddenly "recieved it as a gift".
:rotfl2:

Anyways enough of my thread-derailing! :salute:
This is a thread about DRM not working properly. How can you derail it by talking about the DRM? :sunny:

[0rpheus]

Which is exactly why I bought SH4 sight-unseen and was going to do the same with SH5. I just drew the line at the DRM, and haven't crossed it. You'd be surprised at how many people said the same thing I did and then suddenly "recieved it as a gift".
:rotfl2:


This is a thread about DRM not working properly. How can you derail it by talking about the DRM? :sunny:

True! And yeah I bet there were a few :oops: faces when that happened! :har:

I still drop back to SH4 from time to time (it's where I started, learned the hard way at the hands of Ducimus' evil DD's!), and I do miss the 'feel' of it (though I think some of that is the TDC difference between Uboat/Fleet Boat). But the graphics on 5.. and it's pitiable that I'm such an eye-candy whore.. every time I go to 4 I have one patrol and want to be back in 5 again! DRM doesn't even enter the equasion for me now, it's more 'do I want to be punished' (4), or 'do I want to enjoy the waves' (5)! :haha:

[Sailor Steve]

...and it's pitiable that I'm such an eye-candy whore...
I know exactly how you feel. I still like SH3 because of all the things Commander brings to the table, but the best actual simulation as far as gameplay goes is still Aces Of The Deep. I Have it on my computer, but every time I play it I'm reminded of how good SH3 looks in comparison. So if you think SH3 looks bad, think of how AOD must look. But it still plays so well. But it still looks so old. SH1 is still a great game too, but SH4 really does a lot more, so it's not as bad in that regard.

[kylania]

Down Oct 14th, 00:09 Eastern Time... God I hate Ubisoft.

Wonder if these idiots have daily downtime, since it's 00:07 Eastern on Oct 16th now and it's down again...

[Silent Steel]

Down Oct 14th, 00:09 Eastern Time... God I hate Ubisoft.
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[CaptainHaplo]

You'd be surprised at how many people said the same thing I did and then suddenly "recieved it as a gift".

I'm still waiting on the DRM to go away. A friend of mine had the game, I saw it and even played it on his rig a bit. Still, won't part with my money till the DRM disappears.

Once it does, I'll have a new toy!

[Lt.Harper]

Ugh down for me atm :shifty:

[chopped50ford]

down for me as well

[kylania]

I was wise and started my game before midnight tonight, which is good since it seems it was down at that time, yet again... three nights in a row now. At least Ubisoft sucks consistently.

[Silent Steel]

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[Silent Steel]

I just see the loading screen for a couple of seconds and then this...

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=177&pictureid=5022

:nope:

How about you?

[kylania]

I had that happen to me the other night, but I believe it was because of a mod inconsistancy. The IO_StrategicMap was conflicting with something in my mod soup and crashing me.

The can't connect to Ubisoft thing is the orange bar across the login window saying a service is unavailable.

[Silent Steel]

I had that happen to me the other night, but I believe it was because of a mod inconsistancy. The IO_StrategicMap was conflicting with something in my mod soup and crashing me.

The can't connect to Ubisoft thing is the orange bar across the login window saying a service is unavailable.


Thanks Kylania, roger that

I'll check my soup :up:

[GT182]

I just checked. There was an Update that ran and then I got the same screen as Steel. SH5 started fine after all that.

[kylania]

Hmm, odd, I didn't see that but then again I last started the game yesterday afternoon. Hopefully all will be well tonight. :)

[Silent Steel]

I just checked. There was an Update that ran and then I got the same screen as Steel. SH5 started fine after all that.

That's right, I just forgot to mention it.
There was an update... :hmmm:

Anyway, I got a reason to do a review of my mods list :yawn:

[Silent Steel]

Just did a full review of my mods list but...
It's still the same.
Just kicks me out :nope:

I've deactivated each mod and didn't get any funny remarks.
Then activated them all in the same order but still.

I think I wait 'til later tonight and check again.
If I have no luck I guess a reinstall is what's left to do. :cry:

[PapaKilo]

:lol:

[Takeda Shingen]

I can put you right back in if you want. :D

[CaptainHaplo]

Just did a full review of my mods list but...
It's still the same.
Just kicks me out :nope:

I've deactivated each mod and didn't get any funny remarks.
Then activated them all in the same order but still.

I think I wait 'til later tonight and check again.
If I have no luck I guess a reinstall is what's left to do. :cry:

Silent Steel, if your crashing after enabling all the mods, remove them all (hopefully your using JSGME) and then put in the first one - start the game. If it runs, exit and add the second, and so on. When you add one and it crashes - you will have found the problem child. Good luck.

[PapaKilo]

I can put you right back in if you want. :D

What for, chief ? :haha:

[Takeda Shingen]

What for, chief ? :haha:

For not leaving well enough alone. Last warning.

The Management

[Bubblehead1980]

Wish UBI would give a crap about customers and patch out the DRM.I would buy SH 5 and give it a shot now that there are multiple mods out, but not till the DRM is gone.Just pure crap:damn:

[Takeda Shingen]

And this far out from the release they should do what they said they would and patch the DRM out.

[kiwi_2005]

And this far out from the release they should do what they said they would and patch the DRM out.

Yes. They have sold their copies, SH5 is now at budget prices to buy so why the anti piracy still in, no pirate is going to bother to upload this game they have moved on to other games. Take the DRM out and fix it so no internet & servers required. Those that refuse to buy SH5 cause of it will probably buy the game once the drm and servers are gone.

I think I got a server shut down or server reboot last night first time for me, game shutdown & I was back at the dt but I was able to log back in and play, unless it was a crash.

[Sailor Steve]

Those that refuse to buy SH5 cause of it will probably buy the game once the drm and servers are gone.
I know I will. If they released a new version guaranteed DRM-free and charged $50 for it, I'd pay it in a heartbeat.

[Takeda Shingen]

It appears to me that a lot of this comes down to saving face. UbiSoft put most of their eggs in this DRM basket; attaching it to a number of titles, some of them very high profile. All the while, their customer base was screaming at them to recognize the fact that this DRM was, for a multitude of reasons, a bad idea. Patching out the DRM would be akin to a tacit recognition of this truth.

[Madox58]

They can't patch out DRM IF they are 'illegally' useing your system to pass on other information.
:hmmm:

I find the latest patch to be "Highly Suspect" when you consider no support for SH5 and a 'New" patch?

[kylania]

What patch?

[Madox58]

Load up and log in Baby!
You'll get a "Patch".
But it has NOTHING TO DO WITH SH5!

[THE_MASK]

You mean that launcher patch ? I think the last one i noticed was 2 or so days ago . I did notice a slow down and i notice some window loading when my comp boots up into main screen . I also noticed some microsux update a few days ago , or was that last week :doh: It updated the registry or something :hmmm:

[TheDarkWraith]

You mean that launcher patch ? I think the last one i noticed was 2 or so days ago . I did notice a slow down and i notice some window loading when my comp boots up into main screen . I also noticed some microsux update a few days ago , or was that last week :doh: It updated the registry or something :hmmm:

If you know the time of when that patch was applied you can search your temp files for it. The .exe file for it should be somewhere in the temp files. I'd be curious to 'look' at it under a debugger to see what it did.

[Madox58]

I run several programs that watch things in a VERYU detailed way.
Once I saw a post of a new patch?
I disabled the DRM thing I run.
(Ya give me a Bad Boy slap here if you feel you must)
I got the patch and looked at it.
That's when I started the thread!
You got crap dumped on your system that YOU DID NOT AGREE TO HAVE!!
UBI went WAY outside thier bounds on this issue and I intend to call them to the carpet on it!!

[PapaKilo]

For not leaving well enough alone. Last warning.

The Management

Does this mean I can;t post on this thread anymore, chief ? :lol:

[Takeda Shingen]

Does this mean I can;t post on this thread anymore, chief ? :lol:

Nah you can post here, sport. Just try to be respectful. :D:DL:haha::timeout::smug:

If you have any more questions about appropriate behavior on SubSim.com, please feel free to PM them to me directly. Otherwise, let's get this thread on track.

[sabretwo]

Actually for me it is the only reason. I was all set to pre-order it when they announced this. At the time I had a terrible connection, and that was the reason I gave, but as time went on I realized that I had said I wouldn't buy it as long as the DRM was there, and to go back on that now would be to betray any honor I have left, so I can't and won't. On the other hand I like to think that if no one at all had bought it, and given that reason, the DRM might have been gone within a week.

But probably not. I live in my own little dream world.

SH5 looks attractive and seems to be shaping up, but like you I am still holding out. Not so much for reasons of principle but practical...I travel a lot these days and I refuse to buy a game that can only be played when I have an Internet connection.

If UBI validated the DRM like Steam does (online activation and offline mode), no problem. I can live fine with that. But until they get rid of the connection requirement on launch, my last UBI purchase will remain SH3.