Can some one confirm this DRM thing - Surely it a joke

[bigboywooly]

Originally Posted by Boris

Confirmed???

It hasn't been confirmed as yet. Ubi says it will use this DRM for all its future games, but there are rumours circulating that Settlers 7 will be the first to have this, which will be released after SH5.

No one has yet said that SH5 will have this particular new DRM implemented. At this stage it is a lot of humdrum over speculation.

I expect the worst, but I'm not going to get all emotional over something which hasn't even been officially confirmed. There will be enough time to be pissed off when (or if) it is confirmed.

From Q and A on this forum

http://forums-de.ubi.com/eve/forums/...161085487/p/14

Silent Hunter 5 includes our new online services: You can install your game on as many computers, your savegames are stored online and you can retrieve it from anywhere and will play on any DVD / CD longer needed in the drive.
To ensure this, the game must be linked with the Ubi.com, and the PC must be connected during the entire season with the Internet.

[TDK1044]

Silent Hunter 5 includes our new online services: You can install your game on as many computers, your savegames are stored online and you can retrieve it from anywhere and will play on any DVD / CD longer needed in the drive.
To ensure this, the game must be linked with the Ubi.com, and the PC must be connected during the entire season with the Internet.

[Boris]

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

From Q and A on this forum

http://forums-de.ubi.com/eve/forums/...161085487/p/14

Great

[kiwi_2005]

Makes it harder to pirate so i can understand this having to be logged into the net before playing.You can't blame devs for wanting to head in this direction.

[badkarma]

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

Makes it harder to pirate so i can understand this having to be logged into the net before playing.You can't blame devs for wanting to head in this direction.

Sorry but that's pure fantasy.
http://filenetworks.blogspot.com/200...war-steam.html
Just as an example. There are few games that are not cracked within 3 days of release, most of them BEFORE release!

All this does is remove the 2nd hand market, and possibly make companies feel like they're doing something.
Well, they are doing something.. aggravating legitimate users.

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by badkarma

Sorry but that's pure fantasy.
http://filenetworks.blogspot.com/200...war-steam.html
Just as an example. There are few games that are not cracked within 3 days of release, most of them BEFORE release!

All this does is remove the 2nd hand market, and possibly make companies feel like they're doing something.
Well, they are doing something.. aggravating legitimate users.

STEAM itself was cracked years before Empire TW. You could find sites that offered EVERY game that was distributed via Steam.

Another pretty good example of "impossible to crack or if you crack you cant play because online stuff" games would be World of Warcraft and Lineage II. Both MMORPG's relying on the player being connected to the game's server. Ooops, both cracked and running large private servers.

But look at the bright side. Assassin Creed 2 is coming, which will most propably use this online thingy. With that "hot" title, scene groups will be all over it and once it eventually gets cracked, I hope Ubi takes notes and gets rid of the system.

[kiwi_2005]

Originally Posted by Dowly

STEAM itself was cracked years before Empire TW. You could find sites that offered EVERY game that was distributed via Steam.

Another pretty good example of "impossible to crack or if you crack you cant play because online stuff" games would be World of Warcraft and Lineage II. Both MMORPG's relying on the player being connected to the game's server. Ooops, both cracked and running large private servers.

Yep, thing is blizzard don't mind about the private servers in fact they probably see it as a good thing for promoting the game & the private servers don't charge so no reason to hunt them down. They are never heavily populated either. I log onto a private server on maintenance days (tuesdays) as blizzards servers are usually down for 9-10 hrs so everyone heads to the private servers to pvp. lol

Anyways im going off track now.

AS long as i can run SH5 without any online issues im okay with it.

[trenken]

This is how most MMOs work, and it's a very cool thing. What this does is protect your progress in the game. It's not tied to some file on your computer, but rather to the servers.

It means that if your PC has a meltdown, and you get a new PC and install SH5 on it, no progress is lost. Or you could for example install SH5 on your work computer as well as home, swtch between both and the save file is shared between them. It's really cool. Uh, why would anyone ever complain about this?

[bigboywooly]

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

Makes it harder to pirate so i can understand this having to be logged into the net before playing.You can't blame devs for wanting to head in this direction.

May make it harder but not impossible
Within a week or 2 will be pirated allowing those pirates to play offline where as those who buy it will be stuck online always

[kiwi_2005]

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

May make it harder but not impossible
Within a week or 2 will be pirated allowing those pirates to play offline where as those who buy it will be stuck online always

Yeah true. Valves HL 2 had an offline option even though you had to log online first then had a choice to choose offline mode to play the single player. You couldn't install the game unless you had a geniune copy but once install you could play offline. I was thinking the same for SH5. Maybe they're thinking to do this differently.

[UrPeaceKeeper]

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

Yeah true. Valves HL 2 had an offline option even though you had to log online first then had a choice to choose offline mode to play the single player. You couldn't install the game unless you had a geniune copy but once install you could play offline. I was thinking the same for SH5. Maybe they're thinking to do this differently.

I've never really understood the issues people have with steam. For people like me, who used to have a habit of losing game CD's, it's a GODSEND. It also means that once registered on Steam, I never have to buy the game again, I can download it to any new computer I use and all without hassle and I dont even need a CD/DVD to do it. I know it sucks hardcore for people without perma internet connection but thats why offline mode was created.

At this point, I would GLADLY take SH5 on Steam. It also doesnt deter modding in the slightest, take a look at the Half Life series and the number of mods that are Steam Compat for the original HL, and for HL2. It's CRAZY!

[guynoir]

My uncle and I have always had a shared interest in WWII; we pass dvds of old documentaries and such back and forth, and I keep him in the loop about upcoming PC sims and wargames...

His favorite series has always been Silent Hunter (we've visited the Pompanito and the Drum, and he's toured U-505), he owns SH I-IV AND Destroyer Command, and he's always telling me about his latest patrol...

Well, he also lives way out in the country and is stuck with a crappy little sometimes-on modem connection. His gaming PC isn't even hooked up. I'm now going to have to tell him that this's the first Silent Hunter that he won't be able to play, and that's the saddest thing I've heard all day...

Thanks Ubi for looking out for your paying customers' interests. Maybe you should look up some broadband penetration statistics before you pull boneheaded moves like this.

[rascal101]

Who'd buy the legitimate game if they could track down a pirated copy and play offline without all the crap. Not encouraging the practice just thinking out loud.

Nice one Ubi your encouraging the pirates to get really serious in their efforts, and encouraging the innocent majority to become pirates


Just my perverse sense of humor

Rascal

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

May make it harder but not impossible
Within a week or 2 will be pirated allowing those pirates to play offline where as those who buy it will be stuck online always

[capthelm]

little harsh i think they should provide offline mode, register once online thats it.

online yes i see seriel and passward register login.