Ubisoft ain't so Bad

[Nisgeis]

Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

My take is as above. It doesn't deactivate Ubi DRM in any way. It doesn't keep the game from going online at all. It merely allows the user to mimic the changes the online portion does to your .cfg file to allow you to progress in the game.

I don't think that's right, as it's the exe that checks you are connected before launching the game. The only way (I believe) this is useful is if you have a version of the exe that does not try to connect to the internet, which... wouldn't be official.

[Rockin Robbins]

Originally Posted by Nisgeis

I don't think that's right, as it's the exe that checks you are connected before launching the game. The only way (I believe) this is useful is if you have a version of the exe that does not try to connect to the internet, which... wouldn't be official.

ZygmuntTorpedo says that is not true. I of course have not been able and do not want to verify it for myself. It should be up to Ubi to remedy the DRM issue.

Any player imitated moves to make this less nasty, especially if successful would just result in more sales. Ubi would say "It's working!" and never make the needed changes to the game. When confronted with a draconian or unreasonable policy, the best move is always to observe it to the letter.

People make that mistake at work all the time, cheating to make it look like a stupid policy works. Then the bosses say "It works!" and proudly go about making even stupider policies. Let's not let that happen here. Either we play the game as is and tolerate the abuse or we jingle our money in their general direction and let them know it's theirs when they decide to treat us like human beings.

Jingle! Jingle!