Thank you Maerean_m!
 

Edited: marean_m is mistaken. SecuROM continues working after installation, no matter what Sony told the developers. Every time SH4UBM is started SecuROM scans running processes for Process Explorer and probably the other Microsoft Sysinternals utilities by Mark Russinovich. If it finds any such processes running SH4UBM stops in its tracks and displays:
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...UBMmessage.jpg

Note what program is displaying in the "dialog" box: SecuROM. Click the link and SecuROM spills the beans:
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...ssingmatch.jpg

My recommendation is that people not purchase the U-Boat Missions Add-on until Ubi can fix this abomination. If you are not affected, think about what you do as company encouraged by the success of its disdain for customers (Sony, not Ubi. I believe Ubi and the devs were told this wasn't going to happen. At least it would have to be proved to me that they knew better before I would throw any of the blame their way) will grows more and more intrusive, financed by the money you pay for its product. Sony sold it to you without your knowledge or consent. Sorry maerean_m, that is a definition of evil in my book.

It's time to say "The nonsense stops here!" I own my computer and I reserve the right to run whatever lawful software I wish to run for lawful and honorable purposes. Ubi has a right to protect its product and I believe that is all Ubi was trying to do. I believe Sony lied and in the process they destroyed Ubi's customer goodwill. I certainly will not be purchasing any more Ubi products until the Sony garbage is totally gone. Copy protection is entirely legitimate. This garbage is not.

All that for nothing RR. Get squared away, ship shape and head out on patrol

Hello Mrs Securom.
j/k

:lol:

Check out X3 The Reunion, they pulled the impossible longtime ago
and took away the "need of the cd" for playing in a patch.

It's a space sim allrite, but they got a nice community going
with a lot of mods to add.

Pretty much like Silent Hunter, but in space.

:rotfl:

- Egosoft -> X3
- Microsoft -> FSX, once activated no disk is required
- Sonalyst -> Dangerous Waters
- Lead Pursuit -> Falcon 4.0 AF

A big :up: to Ubisoft for removing that requirement from SH4.

So, I switched directories to try the addon: I switch the big install directory, but I just renamed the one under "My Documents", not switching. The SH4 directory associated with the addon is "SH4_UBOAT".

So I try to start the game, and up pops a dialog box:

A required security module cannot be activated.
This program cannot be executed (5024).

Please have a look at http://www.securom.com/message.asp?m=module$c=5025 for futher, more detailed information.

And there's only an "Ok" button there.

In other words, the game won't create a new SH4 directory for me. It won't work. Now, how about the SecuROM directory under my Application Data folder?

I rename it SecuROMx, and I get the same error.

Guess what? Don't try this at home. I reset everything to run the add-on, and I still get the error.

EDIT: OK, this is all Operator Headspace Error. I started Process Explorer to test RR's thesis, and promptly forgot what the heck I was doing.

So, you can't run Process Explorer if you want SH4 working? I have verified this. Sheesh.

ALL of maerean_m's post sounds absolutely reasonable to me! :yep:

I would have posted my findings
(and I'm not a computer neophyte by ANY means!)
but maerean m covered them all.

I run programs that would make most people shiver and
proclaim me a Pirate!!

But it all works fine!!

Put the SecuRom issue to rest!!!

And why are you running Process Explorer while playing anyway?
Process Explorer itself is a system hog.
There are much better programs.
;)

Examples?

Examples are easy to find if you know what your are doing.
Answer the question I posed first.

This is all I need to hear. :up:


For the panic stricken, I'd imagine you could remove just the secureRom files after you've unlocked the add-on?

There are no files to remove.
It is only away to insure you have your install.
No processes run afterwards.
It does not mess with installed programs
(I run IDA often and I'm sure the Dev's know what that is).
;)

It's a non-issue!!!
Let it die.

After installing the add-on.

Can you run PE and SH4 1.5 together or not?

I do run PE as a replacement for TM.

Thanks.

After installing the add-on.

Can you run PE and SH4 1.5 together or not?

I do run PE as a replacement for TM.

Thanks.