Internet connection ?

[almg]

Hey everybody

Is Silent Hunter 5 requires Internet Connection and can we play without the DVD ?

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[mookiemookie]

It's not out yet.

[almg]

But, is that the games are UBISOFT still need 1 connection ?

Can someone ask me precisely ?
Thanks...

[Nickolas]

Originally Posted by almg

But, is that the games are UBISOFT still need 1 connection ?

Can someone ask me precisely ?
Thanks...

say WHAT?

it's safe to asume you will need the DVD and you won't need to connect to the internet. someone will be able to confirm this once the game is released.

[Carotio]

@almg

SH5 n'est pas encore sortie, donc personne ici ne le sait. Et je crois pas non plus que c'est décidé si SH5 sera jouable sans le DVD comme SH4 l'était après le troisième patch. Peut-être que l'on fait la même chose, mais personne ne le sait.

[Catfish]

Hello,

1st you will have to buy the initial allowance to play the game,
2nd you may then buy the game, but pay a monthly fee for using,
3rd it will install Starforce Mk XVIII on your PC which will install itself in the eproms of your motherboard and can never be deleted again,
4th you will pay for every upgrade like snorkel, decoys, special torpedos etc.,
5th certainly also pay for every other type of U-boat,
(5 1/2 for another face of your captain's avatar)
6th you need a permanent physical direct line connection to the Moscow KGB server, or maybe to Beijing,
7th you will certainly be online all the time, but especially when you are doing online banking with your PC.

Ahem.

Maybe this gives the Devs some ideas to think of next ,
the WW1 sim "Rise Of Flight" is already heading in this direction


What i really think is some kind of short online check every now and then, like in SHIV - anything of the points mentioned above and they will lose me as a customer - however i sure think they will use more usual and contemporary methods

Greetings,
Catfish

[Nickolas]

Originally Posted by Catfish

4th you will pay for every upgrade like snorkel, decoys, special torpedos etc.,

you actually rent those with "virtual renown"... 1$ = 500 VR.

200 VR to have the snorkel for 14 days, 400vr to have it for 30 days...
50 VR for a zaunkönig
just like BF: Heroes.

lets just hope this doesn't happen.... EVER

[Sailor Steve]

And now for something completely different: A serious answer!


None of the previous Silent Hunters required an internet connection to play, so I'm sure this one won't either. And if it does they'll lose a customer.

Silent Hunter 4 was patched to remove the CD requirement. We won't know until the game is actually released, but based on that I'm guessing this one won't need the CD in the drive to play it.

[oscar19681]

Originally Posted by Nickolas

you actually rent those with "virtual renown"... 1$ = 500 VR.

200 VR to have the snorkel for 14 days, 400vr to have it for 30 days...
50 VR for a zaunkönig
just like BF: Heroes.

lets just hope this doesn't happen.... EVER

How much for different flavours of soup?

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by Catfish

Hello,

1st you will have to buy the initial allowance to play the game,
2nd you may then buy the game, but pay a monthly fee for using,
3rd it will install Starforce Mk XVIII on your PC which will install itself in the eproms of your motherboard and can never be deleted again,
4th you will pay for every upgrade like snorkel, decoys, special torpedos etc.,
5th certainly also pay for every other type of U-boat,
(5 1/2 for another face of your captain's avatar)
6th you need a permanent physical direct line connection to the Moscow KGB server, or maybe to Beijing,
7th you will certainly be online all the time, but especially when you are doing online banking with your PC.

Ahem.

Maybe this gives the Devs some ideas to think of next ,
the WW1 sim "Rise Of Flight" is already heading in this direction


What i really think is some kind of short online check every now and then, like in SHIV - anything of the points mentioned above and they will lose me as a customer - however i sure think they will use more usual and contemporary methods

Greetings,
Catfish

Don't forget the special tatoo!

[almg]

!!

I want Silent Hunter V !

[Ships-R-Us]

In addition to this post from Catfish, GIBOU hit the nail on the head in the original "DRM" thread.....I suggest you go read it.....What other information will flow from your computer to Ubisoft servers aside from SH5 data?
nQUOTE=Catfish;1237828]Hello,

1st you will have to buy the initial allowance to play the game,
2nd you may then buy the game, but pay a monthly fee for using,
3rd it will install Starforce Mk XVIII on your PC which will install itself in the eproms of your motherboard and can never be deleted again,
4th you will pay for every upgrade like snorkel, decoys, special torpedos etc.,
5th certainly also pay for every other type of U-boat,
(5 1/2 for another face of your captain's avatar)
6th you need a permanent physical direct line connection to the Moscow KGB server, or maybe to Beijing,
7th you will certainly be online all the time, but especially when you are doing online banking with your PC.

Ahem.

Maybe this gives the Devs some ideas to think of next ,
the WW1 sim "Rise Of Flight" is already heading in this direction


What i really think is some kind of short online check every now and then, like in SHIV - anything of the points mentioned above and they will lose me as a customer - however i sure think they will use more usual and contemporary methods

Greetings,
Catfish[/QUOTE]

Originally Posted by almg

But, is that the games are UBISOFT still need 1 connection ?

Can someone ask me precisely ?
Thanks...

i wanted to revisit your thread and say "you were right"

the announcement of UBI and DRM means that you definately will have to be connected to the internet at all times to play sh5 and your saved games are kept on UBI servers and not on your computer so if UBI has server problems you may lose your saved games.

nobody has talked about it but i would guess you will have limits on games saves as well since UBI is storing them and they will obviously have storage space issues that go with that.

[SteamWake]

Not to mention data mining.. woops did I just mention that?

[Egan]

Originally Posted by Webster

i wanted to revisit your thread and say "you were right"

the announcement of UBI and DRM means that you definately will have to be connected to the internet at all times to play sh5 and your saved games are kept on UBI servers and not on your computer so if UBI has server problems you may lose your saved games.

nobody has talked about it but i would guess you will have limits on games saves as well since UBI is storing them and they will obviously have storage space issues that go with that.

Has this been confirmed then? If true I'm going to have to seriously think about saying goodbye to the franchise. Based on everything else I've been reading about the game so far I'm not entirely sure that is going to be too much of a problem. Online connection is one thing but keeping saves on their servers isnt going to happen with me. To be honest, the way the games industry is going anyway i think I'm going to be moving on to new hobbies soon enough anyway - So many issues and so few really good games that make it worth it.