Look whats happening to an UBI-like DRM servers

Gatt · 02-05-10, 01:50 AM

I mean the servers used by Cod MW2 players. Shut down this night and morning.

A message just appeared to me minutes ago: "if you try to connect you may loose all your credits and career gains". Scaring.

I mean, not only you cant play (ok sometimes it could happen) but loosing all you have earned in hours of combat, thats completely absurd.

Imagine for a while if this happen to your U-Boat campaign/career ... connect online and loose your offline gains

I dont say UBI servers will work the same way, but its just a look at what could happen in our future.

dcb · 02-05-10, 03:24 AM

Actually, UBI servers seem to have trouble in playing even their own promo clips, as many subsimmers complain each time a new footage gets posted on UBI TV. I wonder how they'll cope with the traffic when SH5, Assasin Creed 2 and Settlers 7 will surface.

piri_reis · 02-05-10, 04:11 AM

I'm positive they will screw up badly with this new OSP scheme. With every new game they release using the OSP they will get so many support calls. Servers will crash, savegames lost, people won't be able to play, etc. etc.

They will abandon the thing before the year is over.

Brag · 02-05-10, 06:34 AM

Yesterday, it took me five or six trys to get to watch the SH5 video.

Servers are famous for failing. Besidesw, I don't need internet to play single player, having to log in is simply stupid

Dowly · 02-05-10, 07:00 AM

Steam is a fine example why these kind of DRM's just dont work. If there is an maintenance, well, no gaming for you, as happened earlier today as I went to play the AvP3 demo.

Letum · 02-05-10, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

Steam is a fine example why these kind of DRM's just dont work. If there is an maintenance, well, no gaming for you, as happened earlier today as I went to play the AvP3 demo.

?? I can play all my steam applications in offline mode just fine.

TDK1044 · 02-05-10, 07:09 AM

Ubisoft has made the impressive journey from releasing buggy games, to releasing buggy games that can only be played on unreliable servers.

How proud they must be.

Anyone here spending $50 for Silent Hunter 5 is out of their mind. Let the all important casual gamers spend their money on it. The game is an arcade game targeted at them.

Simmers should wait at least six to nine months before buying, and only then if the game can be played off line.

Hartmann · 02-05-10, 08:19 AM

What would happen with people who makes savegames often ??

I´t could be a side effect , save often in prevention of server crashes , this can overload the server and cause errors... and so again.

A submarine is a bad thing to be linked to a chain , it needs freedom, i Think that Ubi is in a wrong way considering a submarine Game as another action games.
His gameplay is very different , another philosophy ,more strategic than others , and only single moments of slow motion action. it´s not an fast fire, jump and run gameplay. Needs time to make a career and could be a big problem lost careers.

karamazovnew · 02-05-10, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hartmann

I´t could be a side effect , save often in prevention of server crashes , this can overload the server and cause errors... and so again.

That is actually the best type of boycott....
What we need to show ubi is that:
1. we're not pirates
2. we don't like the idea of being forced to stay online
So, if everybody starts saving and saving and saving and saving and etc etc etc, the servers will crash

. Not just SH5 players, all Ubi games should receive such a treatment from their buyers. That would be the most intelligent slap on the wrist...

JackAubrey · 02-06-10, 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hartmann

What would happen with people who makes savegames often ??

I´t could be a side effect , save often in prevention of server crashes , this can overload the server and cause errors... and so again.

Well.... Who said that you can save when you want?

(j/k of course)

tater · 02-05-10, 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brag

Yesterday, it took me five or six trys to get to watch the SH5 video.

Servers are famous for failing. Besidesw, I don't need internet to play single player, having to log in is simply stupid

Stop telling lies, brag. Trenken has told us the internet is 100% reliable, and I believe him.

Brag · 02-05-10, 09:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tater

Stop telling lies, brag. Trenken has told us the internet is 100% reliable, and I believe him.

Trenken is a frined of mine
he'll buy stuff anytime
for a nickel or a dime
Trenken is a friend of mine

Kromus · 02-06-10, 08:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gatt

I mean the servers used by Cod MW2 players. Shut down this night and morning.

A message just appeared to me minutes ago: "if you try to connect you may loose all your credits and career gains". Scaring.

I mean, not only you cant play (ok sometimes it could happen) but loosing all you have earned in hours of combat, thats completely absurd.

Imagine for a while if this happen to your U-Boat campaign/career ... connect online and loose your offline gains

I dont say UBI servers will work the same way, but its just a look at what could happen in our future.

Since I was veteran MMORPG player, this will happen pretty much everytime when servers crash.

For example, when Everquest 2 started, there were issues like you couldn`t log, server crashes, wrong version of patch uploaded = downtime, etc. So everytime this happens, they need to get old data which are saved every period of time (sometimes they rolled just an hour, sometimes even whole day). It`s called Rollback.

The bad thing here is that you can`t do anything with that since savegames are dependant on their servers.

Of course, EQ2 is MMORPG which works on a different pattern than this UBI online service, but since you posted what happened in "CoD MW2" I suppose it won`t be much different from that...

02-05-10, 01:50 AM	#1
Gatt Watch Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 28 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Look whats happening to an UBI-like DRM server I mean the servers used by Cod MW2 players. Shut down this night and morning. A message just appeared to me minutes ago: "if you try to connect you may loose all your credits and career gains". Scaring. I mean, not only you cant play (ok sometimes it could happen) but loosing all you have earned in hours of combat, thats completely absurd. Imagine for a while if this happen to your U-Boat campaign/career ... connect online and loose your offline gains I dont say UBI servers will work the same way, but its just a look at what could happen in our future. __________________ Last edited by Gatt; 02-05-10 at 02:36 AM.

02-05-10, 04:11 AM	#3
piri_reis Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Istanbul, Turkiye Posts: 715 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	I'm positive they will screw up badly with this new OSP scheme. With every new game they release using the OSP they will get so many support calls. Servers will crash, savegames lost, people won't be able to play, etc. etc. They will abandon the thing before the year is over. __________________ Lt.z.S. Barbaros Hayreddin, U-35, 2nd Flot/Kiel, Type VIIB Oct.29.1939, 2nd Patrol Eastern English Waters Running SH5/TWOS

02-05-10, 06:34 AM	#4
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02-05-10, 08:19 AM	#8
Hartmann Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Grid CH 26, Spain ,Barcelona Posts: 1,857 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	What would happen with people who makes savegames often ?? I´t could be a side effect , save often in prevention of server crashes , this can overload the server and cause errors... and so again. A submarine is a bad thing to be linked to a chain , it needs freedom, i Think that Ubi is in a wrong way considering a submarine Game as another action games. His gameplay is very different , another philosophy ,more strategic than others , and only single moments of slow motion action. it´s not an fast fire, jump and run gameplay. Needs time to make a career and could be a big problem lost careers. __________________ But this ship can't sink!... She is made of iron, sir. I assure you, she can. and she will. It is a mathematical certainty. Strength and honor

02-05-10, 03:24 AM	#2
dcb Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 845 Downloads: 544 Uploads: 0	Actually, UBI servers seem to have trouble in playing even their own promo clips, as many subsimmers complain each time a new footage gets posted on UBI TV. I wonder how they'll cope with the traffic when SH5, Assasin Creed 2 and Settlers 7 will surface.

02-05-10, 07:00 AM	#5
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,053 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Steam is a fine example why these kind of DRM's just dont work. If there is an maintenance, well, no gaming for you, as happened earlier today as I went to play the AvP3 demo.

02-05-10, 07:09 AM	#7
TDK1044 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 2,674 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Ubisoft has made the impressive journey from releasing buggy games, to releasing buggy games that can only be played on unreliable servers. How proud they must be. Anyone here spending $50 for Silent Hunter 5 is out of their mind. Let the all important casual gamers spend their money on it. The game is an arcade game targeted at them. Simmers should wait at least six to nine months before buying, and only then if the game can be played off line.