DIRECT 3 Question to NEAL !

[Darkreaver1980]

Originally Posted by Wraithe

Narrowminded.....

1. Impacts a lot of things, esp dialup or pay per bandwith connections
2. Synchronization with the UbiCrap system savegames I guess mostly
3. Amount of bandwith required to save the game, see 1 and 2

Learn something about internet connections before you burst out stupid comments like that. Not everybody has a unlimited bandwith + high bandwith connection, esp not in statistics over current household connections if you go take a look at recent reports. Mind you my line has no faults, but still I would never not consider people with limited bandwith or pay per bandwith connections like you do.

Well, i have myself a very slow connection DSL 2000. 200 kb/s, connected 24/7. There isnt anything i could do about the load/saving times, so theyre meaningless anyway because you cant change it...got my point?

Only thing that you need to play the game is a stable connection, thats all

[Wraithe]

Originally Posted by Darkreaver1980

Well, i have myself a very slow connection DSL 2000. 200 kb/s, connected 24/7. There isnt anything i could do about the load/saving times, so theyre meaningless anyway because you cant change it...got my point?

Only thing that you need to play the game is a stable connection, thats all

If you consider that slow well then.... narrowminded =P

[Sone7]

Originally Posted by aad-marine

I bet you the connection check it does to make sure your internet is working is just little pings of packets less than a kilobyte or 2.

How does it check then if the copy is legit? Logging into account at launch would do - if that's the case.
Ubi made their OSP for a reason, just checking if we're online seems not to be enough.
I think there has to be something more...

[Sone7]

I hope we won't face any big problems with that, no matter how it's working.

Originally Posted by Wraithe

spending cpu resources on calculating a god damn security number. This number could include everything from filedetails in the game, system details, time and date sync bla bla so on.

Sounds awful...

[Wraithe]

Originally Posted by Sone7

Sounds awful...

It's just a theory but that there is one of the reasons cracked games are known to run faster than the uncracked ones.

[Adriatico]

Doesn't look impressive...
It would take ages to save a game...

Well I can always use a toy submarine and play in a lake...

[XXi]

Looks promising... that is, it looks promising when you forget the d/cs that seem to hit way too often...

[Wraithe]

Originally Posted by aad-marine

that is slow compared to the global average....

http://www.outlookseries.com/N4/Serv...5_1.7_Mbps.htm

According to that jan 15 2010 the average connection speed in the world is 1,7mbps so yes unless that article is totally bogus 200 kB/s adsl is quite a bit faster than the world average

About the online check.... there's no way they would be stupid enough to just ping the server.... haha

A damned elementary grade kid with a bit of sniffing and programming skills could crack a system like that. I'm pretty sure there's a 2 way handshake or something similiar using some ubi algorithm to calculate checksums which are then validated. Meaning you are spending cpu resources on calculating a god damn security number. This number could include everything from filedetails in the game, system details, time and date sync bla bla so on.