A message from the Silent Hunter IV Dev Team

[Potoroo]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

A message from the Silent Hunter IV Dev Team:
However, some issues pointed out, like for example the 2D appearance of crewmembers, the random counting by the crew or the eyes popping out from the men’s heads are actually part of the protection scheme. Playing a cracked version of the game or even using a no-cd crack over a legal install of SH4 game triggers this protection.

Obviously, running a legit version of the game should not produce these problems. Since we have found at least one documented case where such behavior was experienced by the owner of an actual copy of the game, we have contacted the company producing the protection used by the game.

I thought only Microsoft was capable of this sort of insanity. Obviously I was very wrong.

This copy protection scheme will be cracked like every other such scheme has been cracked. In the meantime how many more false positives will there be? There are much smarter ways of protecting intellectual property but Ubi seems utterly incapable of moving into the 21st century. It's sad, really.