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Huntley
04-03-06, 04:59 AM
Hi folks,

I've wanted to get SHIII for a long time, but I simply refuse to buy a game with Starforce on it. I don't want to start anything about Starforce but having had serious issues due to it once before I came to the conclusion that no game was worth the hassle.

Anyway, I see that it is now available to buy direct-to-drive.
Does anyone know if this version is compatable online with the regular CD version, and also, if the direct-to-drive version contains Starforce? It may seem a bit silly putting a CD-protection on a direct-to-drive game but even demos these days have CD protection routines in them even if there is no CD.
irish1958
04-03-06, 08:43 AM
D2D does have star farce.
irish1958
Huntley
04-03-06, 09:00 AM
D2D does have star farce.
irish1958

Thanks for the Info Irish. Perhaps I should get a seperate PC just for games, would save a lot of hassle.
goldorak
04-03-06, 09:18 AM
D2D does have star farce.
irish1958

Thanks for the Info Irish. Perhaps I should get a seperate PC just for games, would save a lot of hassle.

Quite pricey proposition if you ask me.
You're better off not buying either version of SH III because of starforce and look for other naval games which don't risk breaking your hardware because of intrusive copy protection.
vodkajello
04-03-06, 05:07 PM
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JSalinger
04-03-06, 06:28 PM
Wait...there's a way to turn it into a CD version??? ::frowns:: And btw, what is Star Force besides a gizmo that obviously screws stuff up? Does anyone know of any other games that it is on?? ::looks at the box with his PC games in it worriedly::
andy_311
04-03-06, 07:07 PM
Blitzkrieg 1,2 got so has Panzers phase 1 and 2 got it and I got them all installed on my pc and they run well have not screwed my dvd rom or my dvd rw drive yet.
DeepSix
04-03-06, 08:32 PM
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Does anyone know of any other games that it is on??
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http://www.glop.org/starforce/list.php
JSalinger
04-03-06, 08:36 PM
I'm lucky. :) I've only got one of the games on that list. LOL
Antonin
04-04-06, 08:42 PM
How unfortunate. I was going to ask if the "copy protection" issue has been resolved because I, too, have wanted to buy and play SH3 for a long time.
joea
04-05-06, 03:00 AM
There is a solution out there guys.