UbisoftGameLauncher.exe crash

[zaratustra]

Ok, the problem is definitely UBI DRM... ubisoftgamelauncher.exe
Here is picture of my original box version of SH5


but without DRM game runs OK...




best wishes,
Zaratustra
www.tanksim.pl/fire

This is getting more ridiculous everday, the retail copy arrived today.
Hoping it would work this time I installed it, updated it, and again the same error with the GameLauncher. WTF is wrong. Does it hate Windows XP SP3?

@ zaratustra: What do you mean with "but without DRM game runs OK..." ?

[Nordmann]

Originally Posted by zaratustra

but without DRM game runs OK...

You're running without the DRM? I'd be careful about admitting that on here, if I were you, it's frowned upon.

[zaratustra]

First, to be clear about piracy:



It is actually taken picture, in background there is THIS threat page

What I mean in previous post, is that DRM is not really part of a game. We should differ game from it protection. Thats all. On my pc I`ve got StarForce (LO/FC/DCS) and even rare WIBU CodeMeter (with dongle) protects SB PRO PE and everything works fine...expect UBI`s DRM.

Best wishes,
Zaratustra
www.tanksim.pl/fire

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by zaratustra

First, to be clear about piracy:



It is actually taken picture, in background there is THIS threat page

What I mean in previous post, is that DRM is not really part of a game. We should differ game from it protection. Thats all. On my pc I`ve got StarForce (LO/FC/DCS) and even rare WIBU CodeMeter (with dongle) protects SB PRO PE and everything works fine...expect UBI`s DRM.

Best wishes,
Zaratustra
www.tanksim.pl/fire

That's not the way it works here. We do not allow for discussion or mention of protection removal and No CD hacks either. SubSim's policy is clear in this matter.

The Management

On a hunch I tried running it on safemode, strangely enough it works that way. It managed to launch the ubigamelauncher, and I saw the intro, but of course the game won't load further because of missing stuff in safemode.

So, that means something is preventing it from running properly. It can't be the firewall, disabling that didn't work. Even on the third pc it won't work, so that's 3 pc's all with Windows XP where it won't run on.

[zaratustra]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

That's not the way it works here. We do not allow for discussion or mention of protection removal and No CD hacks either. SubSim's policy is clear in this matter.

The Management

Please believe me that I am not promoting illegal action in any form. I wanted to point out that very game isn't a problem in mentioned case, only protecting system. If it stayed understood differently, I apologise to it.

With the respect,
Zaratustra
www.tanksim.pl/fire

[Nordmann]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

That's not the way it works here. We do not allow for discussion or mention of protection removal and No CD hacks either. SubSim's policy is clear in this matter.

The Management

Yes, that is what I was trying to tell him, but apparently he assumed I was referring to illegal copies only.

[Subsim Monitor]

Originally Posted by zaratustra

Please believe me that I am not promoting illegal action in any form. I wanted to point out that very game isn't a problem in mentioned case, only protecting system. If it stayed understood differently, I apologise to it.

With the respect,
Zaratustra
www.tanksim.pl/fire

Understood, thanks for taking the extra step to confirm your legality (screenshot of the games in front of the montior). This forum discourages the mention of using cracks because for every person who does as you did, there are many who will not be honest about it. And it only takes a few sparks to start a fire.

Originally Posted by CrowBar

On a hunch I tried running it on safemode, strangely enough it works that way. It managed to launch the ubigamelauncher, and I saw the intro, but of course the game won't load further because of missing stuff in safemode.

So, that means something is preventing it from running properly. It can't be the firewall, disabling that didn't work. Even on the third pc it won't work, so that's 3 pc's all with Windows XP where it won't run on.

You should post this issue on the Ubisoft forum here http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/1121062387/m/5931068638 .

It sounds like you might be using Win Vista or 7 if it didn't make a shortcut. It doesn't do this for those operating systems. You can launch the game from the games directory, by going to Start>Games and then launch it from the shortcut there. If you want make a shortcut to place on your desktop, you can create one from the install directory to place on your desktop. Go to C:\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5 and copy the "sh5.exe" to your desktop, which should bring up the game launcher.