To quickly translate the above:

There are two big no-no's on SubSim:

1. Piracy
2. Porn

The owner of this website does not want either here. He has repeatedly made that clear, and I do not think it unreasonable or personally restrictive to respect his wishes, as there are numerous websites and forums that will cater to those discussions. This is simply not one of them.

Indeed, I hardly dare mention! nor did I mention, but I am effectually tied up by my better, from taking any step necessary than no other, but to keep one in check! :cool: I listen above and hear the matter clearly echo across the fields. :salute:

Assuming that the list didn't help you matey I would reccomend that you contact UBI Tech support and see if they have any ideas, I must confess that I'm clueless. Good luck mate - hope it works out.

The reality for Subsim is that it holds a unique position in the gaming community. Neal doesn't withold criticism where it's due, but he does support the game manufacturers, and that includes not helping piracy in any form.

To that end he has rules. One of those is that we don't discuss piracy of any kind, or cracks, hacks or cheats in any form.

The reality for Subsim members is that this is not a public forum. It is privately owned, and therefore membership is subject to the wishes of the owner, and no-one else. It's not a democracy, nor a republic. It is private property, and we are all here at the kindness of the owner.

So yes, if you openly oppose the rules, you are indeed the problem. You can live with it, or your can oppose it and experience the consequences.

Now where might ye be goin with this me lad! :arrgh!:

That was very mock piratey. Very out of character for you. Don't let your mock literary standards slip now. Ye be so close to the treasure Jim Lad! Ahar!

Okay mate :03:

A 5 month old thread deserves to die. :shifty:

That had everything spelled correclty... either you are drunk, or you are an imposter. I realise it was a short message, but you really can make a meal of anything, so I assume you weren't trying there. Or you were drunk.

EDIT: 'Mate' is quote a modern term isn't it? For your mock style? If you're going to post nonsense, at least post it consistently. God, it's really not that difficult is it? You'd be really boring if you started posting normally, because actually you have nothing to say. Don't flake out on us, we need the comedy factor of your posts. Crank up the mock style, but you know, be consistent, don't go faux pirate, because that's really lame, me hearty.

well shiver me timbers a real pirate made aready and present at my door, pushing me on the ropes, with mock bravado and insults. Perhaps this is a test of my inner strength. :timeout:

CORRECTLY :yawn:

You're doing it again! Spelling everything right! You must be drunk!

Was my spelling under observation?? fling me the forum guidelines if you please!!

Okay, enough. Let's not chase people around over spelling and syntax.

The Management

Maybe the "Item that must not be mentioned" overwrote the Ubi launcher files, to prevent them from looking for the server, breaking the authentication. You have brought this upon youself by using illegal software. Maybe you should look for all ubisoft files and SH5 files and delete them, then reinstall SH5. if that doesnt work then reformat your HD and reinstall your operating system.

Edit.... (Hint) C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher

If piracy is not allowed on Subsim then I respectfully request silent hunter 5 be removed from the forum as it is clearly an attempt by Ubisoft Romania to obtain money by deception, purporting to be a finished working computer game when in fact it is not even close.

I don't think there has ever been a greater case of veiled thievery and deception relating to computer gaming software then Ubisoft Romania's release of Silent Hunter 5.

Its not a great surprise to me that it came from Romania. Along with Russia and the Ukraine, it tops the list for hacking, stealing intellectual property (piracy), extortion, diversion to premium telephone services and other computer related criminal or deceptive enterprises.

It really beggars belief that the rules here protect such a company from financial loss when the funds are generated by what in many countries would be considered criminal or at the least very unethical behavior.

No that's not the case. I tried the "not mentioned" approach only after the Vanilla installation stopped working (and didn't work for 2-3 months). So the problem started with correct installation. Believe me I know what I'm doing :DL

The point of my question is that was my authentication issue common and if it was, does anyone know legal go-around (open some router port, edit some cfg, etc...) for that problem, since I don't want to go to illegal go-around. I did that only to prove my point, that this is authentication issue.

Have you tried uninstalling, deleting all Ubisoft folders. And then reinstalling SH5? Maybe the exe got corupt when it updated??? It's worth a try.

Melendir, I don't think you have an authentication issue as such, because the game tries to authenticate when you start it up and also tries to synch save games at the menu. The game will also check for a connection when you are playing, so the authentication part must be working. I just checked to see if there was something special about the tutorial mission by unplugging the cable, but it notices and complains, so that part also must be using the authentication.

The only thing that I know is different between the tutorial and the proper game is the menu is hidden at the start, does the tutorial work when the menu appears? At what point does it kick you from the tutorial?

No I haven't uninstalled it for a long time. It suddenly stopped working without any changes in my end.

Uninstalling, cleaning and Re-installing might do the trick :)

Been lazy and not doing that and hoping that there could be some known reason for not working.