Any protection since the days of the Data Becker -1 sector protection was neutralized within a week. The best they could do was to make a deal with the groups whose sin of life was to kill the protections to suspend spreading their tools for a few months.

I also have that Encore edition it contains Sh2 and SH3 and at the top of the box it says "Strategic Simulations" correct? I'm sure we're talking about the same thing and no it doesn't have starforce :D

If it doesn't contain SF, that has to be a plus.

Still, isn't it quite simple to remove starforce and play stock, GWX, or whatever without any difficulties at all? :hmm:

Why do they put this crap on games.:shifty:

You run the risk of reinstalling the bugga when you insert your game disc.

cracked starforce
 

Many thanks to all you moders for making a truly great sim so much better, thanks to Ubi for wrecking my DVD player.

You may well improve SH4 after a few more years by changing the paciffic jelly into a reasonable water, like SH3

thanks:cool:

"the reasonable man conforms himself to the world, the unreasonable man conforms the world to himself"

I bought my copy 3 months ago from NWS for about $9-$10 US & it is not the "Encore" edition: no mention of "encore" anywhere on the case. According to the readme file it's the 1.4 EMEA English version. It has the same blurb on the back of the dvd case as my original game but it does not require the dvd to be in the drive to play once the the game has been installed so I am assuming that this version does not contain Star Force.

All that I can suggest is that if you don't want this "encore" edition contact Chris Dean at nws-online@nws-online.net & see if he's willing to exchange your copy for the version that I have (1.4 EMEA English). I'm not saying that he'll agree to it but from my dealings with him he seems to be a pretty reasonable guy.

Yeah, I have exchanged emails with Chris over this and he was even kind enough to send me a utility to remove the accursed Starforce if my DVD had it. He was reasonably sure that it does not.

ANYWAY...I finally worked up the courage to install and run the game, and it appears that there is no Starforce, in spite of what the pack says on the back.

Thank goodness for that.

I began doing the Naval Academy missions last night and my golly is this game beautiful!

Well I'm glad that you're all sorted out & happy with your game.:up: Yes Chris is a pretty decent guy to deal with. I remember the very first game that I had ordered from his company; he even called me at home up here in Canada (and I hadn't asked him to either) just to let me know that my order had been shipped. He's pretty good too if you need help gettting your game to run: seems to know all the right people to ask & will refer you to them asap.

I don't know if mine has Starforce or not. The removal tool says no drivers found but I still get the error "This application can be launched with a realese version of Microsoft 95, OSR2.1/98/ME/NT 4.0/2000/XP/ Server 2003 only"

What gives? .....Please!

Vista home premium 64.

Greetings from Brazil,

I have ordered one Encore Edition, but have received a Focus Edition.

I suspect that the Focus Edition has the StarForce in it. Am I right?

Please, how can I assure the seller that the Focus Edition does contain the Starforce bug? Anyone has already stated that the Focus Edition does or not contain the Starforce bug?

What does the Encore DVD Version differ from the other ones with the Starforce bug?

Many thanks in advance for your attention and patience.

Best regards,

Felipe