WTF!
 

Hello everyone,
Sorry if I open this topic again ... but I need to get answers because I'm seriously pissed off with ubisoft.
A few months ago I bought the expansion uboot missions, through digital download...I installed everything and I played quietly (without installing the patch 1.4 since the 1.5 cumulative is contained in UBM)
Now, since I had to replace the operating system with win7,I installed everything again ... and surprise ... UBM requires the activation code.
Ubisoft considers that my serial has already been used 3 times.
So 3 installations.
So I wrote to them asking for activation code as their server was refusing to provide online ... and I gave them all the specifications for the purchase made back payments on their website .. etc ...on them to come to avoid the suspicion that it was a pirated copy and then are obliged to provide me with the code I need.
After more than a month of correspondence unnecessary someone (a certain Alex) tells me that I have to wait a month to be able to resume using their servers.
I send him to hell because he waited a month to tell me something trivial like "if you wait a month, the server deletes any missed log-in and gives you new credentials to get the activation code".
So wish them the worst ... wait a month and after installing everything again, after removal of several folders for the file system to try again ... give me the code through the server. Nothing ... nada.
So I rewrite it again with another patient for further clarification on why I still can not get the code.
Hey, listen, listen ... well ... 2 months after they wake up and told me that the version of UBM as a digital download is not compatible with my version of SH4 which is on DVD .... I swear ... But ... better not tell.
But nasty cow ... how can you tell me if such a thing until now has been fully installed and I played there for good?
Can anyone tell me if it's a scam ... or how I can not move in a legal way (so no crack) to get it working again?
It is not for the money ... it was 9euro ... but then for the attitude and the attitude of these inept ubisoft struggling to feed people in good faith that pays.

Forgive my outburst and English.
Thank you for your attention

I can not praise the Gold Edition on DVD highly enough... :shifty:

Hello Jan. .. I understand.
And if I try to download it again with the downloader that I saved it with the copy of the expansion, they give me a new code?
Maybe the guys care, are unable to know that..with the downloader you can download it again and certify it.
I am not surprised that there is a black hole in the internal communication ...

Thanks :up:

I too hate ubisoft's antipiracy measures. Take what they did to SH5 for instance.

:har:

jokes ... if you take security measures ... it is hoped that those who adopt them, know how to overcome them .. also check that do not interfere with legal registration.
Otherwise, what the ---- I paid for? Um ... I have not pointed out before ... it is not for the money ... 9euro are not the problem .. but the stench that the way they manage users.
I speak of respect and professionalism ...

Thanks Daniel!

EDIT: was purchased after some time had been released gold ... only because I have a DVD version ... and then, of course it was useless for me to have 2 copies, I opted for the digital

I am not a computer whiz
 

Make sure your computer screen resolution matches your game resolution, which is something that someone, Kyster i believe, helped me out with.

Hello IGD
unfortunately that's not the problem. The problem is the server that Ubisoft will not let me register and certify the expansion.
Thanks anyway!

Bye

Hey ConteBlecio - have you tried raising the problem on UbiSoft Tech Support web? http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/frm/f/2881085392

But instead of wasting countless hours, why not buy the DVD? It's less than $10 after all... :hmmm:
And best of all: you can install it over and over, no DRM, no activation etc...

Hello Jan. I contacted the email support (phones are not active) and then I have also written on the Italian forum (I'm Italian).
On the Italian forum I think kids are the moderators as I was advised to contact support.
Well ... like asking a greengrocer how can I fix an engine desmodromic :cool:
Assistance contacted me by mail asking other data and saying that the problem was turned over to the dowload section of Ubi.
The problem is not spend another 10euro. The problem is giving it to them.
And then for sh4 (again) seems a waste. Rather point to other alternatives

Thanks!

I myself have bought them (and dozens of other games) in the gamersgate site, which according to them, allows the game to be downloaded 'anytime, anywhere'. So the game is forever there, with your activation key. Now... it does not say anywhere that I have an 'x' limited number of activations. Damn they all to hell if I find out that is is the case.

Hey conteBlecio, where did you buy your copy?

Oh and by the way, I guess we all suport you in your disapointment towards ubisofts treatment of consumers. Guess they are just showing you the finger and singing "ridi, pagliaccio"

My copy of SH4 from a videogame retailer.
The UBM it's digital and I purchased on the website of Ubisoft.
Other purchases I made them on Steam Valve ... and as you say...Unlimited downloads and registrations.
Can sing what they want...but then do not complain for the pirated copies that are out there and for people who lose their patience.
Whether you have 15 or 50 and you are a fan of this game you like to buy original copies.
And I do not think is asking too much if you claim to use a copy that you paid for going to get my ass in the yard like me.
Maybe they are failing and need money ... ... but this attitude does not help them, given what we read on all forums and all over the world.
Try to hack their server and see if they do not run for the party.
It would be right.
Well then I've got to also complain.

Bye!

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Hi,
while waiting for the problem is resolved I would like to clarify a few things about the resolution.
Now my HD 4850 ATI (512mb)...works well...but I notice that on some sub TMO and sh4 to 1.4 (did with TMO 2),I suffer from slight stuttering ... or as if it were a sort of "scrolling " dirty when I turn the camera inside the command room or when I'm in the turret.
I post my settings (maximum) so maybe someone can give me some advice:

1680 x 1050 (landscape)
AA = 8x
Anisotropic Filter = 16x
Catalyst AI = Advanced
Mipmap Detail Level = High Quality
Wait Vertical Refresh = On unless application specifies
Adaptive AntiAliasing = Enabled

Unfortunately I can not remember if sh4 without mods turn graphically better. Maybe TMO has heavier graphic changes.
RFB is lighter than graphics?

Thanks in advance

I find that statement incredible hard to believe... :D

... especially with these settings
Turn down AA to 2x or Off, set AI to Standard (you'll get better image quality, no need to force optimizations, when you decrease AA) and maybe turn down MipMap one notch.

AA is the real killer though...

Don't forget to play with graphics options inside SH4.
Environment effects takes it's toll as do Particles detail, terrain objects and LOD size.

Ahahah...yea i know...but really works fine,except of course the details of particles and terrain,which are certainly as critical details.
But only with mods!

I try some solutions .. and maybe I'll have a version with a mod made ---8203;---8203;here and there, hoping for compatibility with each other.

Thanks!