share your online/DRM experience - Page 4

bert8for3 · 03-02-10, 03:14 PM

Likewise a non-issue in terms of pc/game performance

punisher2010 · 03-02-10, 10:17 PM

Since Ubisoft can't/won't say what the effects of the dRM are on each game, can someone post what happens if you do lose your connection?

Can you try it in the middle of a tour with no save?
In the middle with a save right before you disconnect?
How long the disconnect needs to be before the DRM kicks in?

Thanks.

jwilliams · 03-02-10, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by punisher2010

Since Ubisoft can't/won't say what the effects of the dRM are on each game, can someone post what happens if you do lose your connection?

Can you try it in the middle of a tour with no save?
In the middle with a save right before you disconnect?
How long the disconnect needs to be before the DRM kicks in?

Thanks.

If you lose connection the game pauses after a little while.

If you lose connection you can not save the game.

Save is 1st saved on your harddrive so if connection drops while its uploading your save, then it will finish uploading that save next time you start game. (cloud saves can be turn off)

I guess OSP talks to server every 10 mins, so anywhere between 1sec and 10mins depending on how long since it last talk to ubi servers

mookiemookie · 03-03-10, 12:04 AM

Absolute non-issue for me. No lag, no problems with the online sync of savegames. No dropped connections (though I have a very steady net connection as it is).

Jail · 03-03-10, 04:11 AM

Come on devs it can't be that hard to make the game do an autosave when connection is lost and pauses the game. When your connection is establish and you start up the game again it should resync with the server. If they put the DRM codes in the game this is what I'll expect the game to do. Maybe it is my common sense that is wrong.

Agustus · 03-03-10, 12:59 PM

Zero problems here. Completely unnoticeable during gameplay.

Highbury · 03-03-10, 03:01 PM

No problems here. I even re-installed to change the language, told it not to keep my saves etc on my PC and after I re-installed my saves and options were all intact.

Obviously some people are going to have problems, and I may be in the lucky low percentage, but if you do have a stable connection (not fast, stable) it should cause you no issues.

pontius · 03-03-10, 05:03 PM

After installation the update worked well, but the gamelauncher refuses to connect to the masterserver - no play here

pontius

Hackerspy · 03-03-10, 05:06 PM

As we see there are not any problem with drm, for which many people have been arguing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nordmann · 03-03-10, 05:24 PM

I hardly think four pages constitutes everyone who purchased the game.

Ducimus · 03-03-10, 06:43 PM

Since this is the only DRM thread left open, i just wanted to point out that history as it pertains to starforce's effectiveness and subsim policy, has officially repeated itself today.

DJSatane · 03-03-10, 06:50 PM

If you are online then you shouldnt have problems as long as ubi servers are up, however one cannot play the game legally when they travel/are offline etc this is where this drm really hurts.

Of course, yes this drm already been tackled even the patch...

ERPP8 · 03-03-10, 07:04 PM

No problems at all

I tried the unplug test and it said to reconnect.
It autochecks every few minutes

thruster · 03-03-10, 07:25 PM

"If you are online then you shouldnt have problems as long as ubi servers are up, however one cannot play the game legally when they travel/are offline etc this is where this drm really hurts."

Im very glad that those with a stable home base and blessed with good internet are happy. honestly i am. i really want SH5 to be a great success cos i have worried about the genre survival.

however i feel that DJSatane has summed it up for me with his comment above. i travel heaps for work. internet is either non-existent or utterly 3rd world ****e. because i cannot play solo off line this policy effectively excludes me from playing this awesome game.

whilst i accept that i am obviously in the minority it doesnt make it less frustrating. for everyone else; unlike your 'Amex travellers cheques', you may as well leave home without it.

Onkel Neal · 03-03-10, 07:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ducimus

Since this is the only DRM thread left open, i just wanted to point out that history as it pertains to starforce's effectiveness and subsim policy, has officially repeated itself today.

Yes it has.

03-02-10, 03:14 PM	#46
bert8for3 Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,124 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	Likewise a non-issue in terms of pc/game performance __________________

03-03-10, 12:04 AM	#49
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	Absolute non-issue for me. No lag, no problems with the online sync of savegames. No dropped connections (though I have a very steady net connection as it is). __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

03-03-10, 04:11 AM	#50
Jail A-ganger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: No(r)way Posts: 74 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Come on devs it can't be that hard to make the game do an autosave when connection is lost and pauses the game. When your connection is establish and you start up the game again it should resync with the server. If they put the DRM codes in the game this is what I'll expect the game to do. Maybe it is my common sense that is wrong. __________________ Don't let them see you come

03-03-10, 05:03 PM	#53
pontius Gunner Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Flensburg - Germany Posts: 99 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	After installation the update worked well, but the gamelauncher refuses to connect to the masterserver - no play here pontius __________________

03-03-10, 05:24 PM	#55
Nordmann Commodore Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: England Posts: 628 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	I hardly think four pages constitutes everyone who purchased the game. __________________ "I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything but suffocating its crew and floundering at sea." - H. G. Wells

03-02-10, 10:17 PM	#47
punisher2010 Swabbie Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 13 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Since Ubisoft can't/won't say what the effects of the dRM are on each game, can someone post what happens if you do lose your connection? Can you try it in the middle of a tour with no save? In the middle with a save right before you disconnect? How long the disconnect needs to be before the DRM kicks in? Thanks.

03-03-10, 12:59 PM	#51
Agustus Swabbie Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 13 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Zero problems here. Completely unnoticeable during gameplay.

03-03-10, 03:01 PM	#52
Highbury The Old Man Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: 51.557, -0.102 Posts: 1,311 Downloads: 177 Uploads: 0	No problems here. I even re-installed to change the language, told it not to keep my saves etc on my PC and after I re-installed my saves and options were all intact. Obviously some people are going to have problems, and I may be in the lucky low percentage, but if you do have a stable connection (not fast, stable) it should cause you no issues.

03-03-10, 05:06 PM	#54
Hackerspy Watch Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 20 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	As we see there are not any problem with drm, for which many people have been arguing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

03-03-10, 06:43 PM	#56
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Since this is the only DRM thread left open, i just wanted to point out that history as it pertains to starforce's effectiveness and subsim policy, has officially repeated itself today.

03-03-10, 06:50 PM	#57
DJSatane Electrician's Mate Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 140 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	If you are online then you shouldnt have problems as long as ubi servers are up, however one cannot play the game legally when they travel/are offline etc this is where this drm really hurts. Of course, yes this drm already been tackled even the patch... __________________ DJSatane - https://twitter.com/DJSatane

03-03-10, 07:04 PM	#58
ERPP8 Commodore Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: My House Posts: 608 Downloads: 161 Uploads: 0	No problems at all I tried the unplug test and it said to reconnect. It autochecks every few minutes

03-03-10, 07:25 PM	#59
thruster Electrician's Mate Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 139 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	"If you are online then you shouldnt have problems as long as ubi servers are up, however one cannot play the game legally when they travel/are offline etc this is where this drm really hurts." Im very glad that those with a stable home base and blessed with good internet are happy. honestly i am. i really want SH5 to be a great success cos i have worried about the genre survival. however i feel that DJSatane has summed it up for me with his comment above. i travel heaps for work. internet is either non-existent or utterly 3rd world ****e. because i cannot play solo off line this policy effectively excludes me from playing this awesome game. whilst i accept that i am obviously in the minority it doesnt make it less frustrating. for everyone else; unlike your 'Amex travellers cheques', you may as well leave home without it.