UBI adds Offline option to UbiPlay for SH5 - Page 9

JackhammerJohn · 05-31-12, 09:35 PM

The DRM requirement kept from buying SH5. Got my copy off of AMAZON brand-new for less than $5.00. Loading up and playing.

Hector McLean · 06-01-12, 07:09 AM

Hi all

What is being said in these othere Posts I have been able to do since I bought the game which was Xmas Past .

Hector McLean · 06-01-12, 07:20 AM

Salut all

I am just wondering by not going via the Internet to play SH5 could someone tell me what is the advantage of this and just playing on computer which I have been able to do since Xmas. ??

vanjast · 07-07-12, 02:22 PM

Question:
I see no mention of saving/loading games offline - I'd imagine that this is possible, is it ??

TheDarkWraith · 07-07-12, 02:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vanjast

Question:
I see no mention of saving/loading games offline - I'd imagine that this is possible, is it ??

All your saves are stored on your computer in the folders contained in \Documents\SH5

vanjast · 07-07-12, 02:58 PM

Ah Great !!

Time to install, my legit NON-STEAM version

vanjast · 07-08-12, 06:58 AM

Installed.. now I'm stuck at the UPlay "£$%£$% screen and can get no further.

Does one have to go through those "£%R% tutorial missions before you get to the offline mode - I'm about to un-install !!!

Ducimus · 07-08-12, 07:30 AM

I'm pretty sure I said it before, but i'll say it again.

The title of this thread is misleading. Ubi did NOT remove the DRM. Uplay IS the DRM. The DRM is not removed until:
1.) You no longer have to install Uplay
2.) The game no longer has to pass a check by Uplay.

All Ubisoft has done, is add an OFFLINE MODE IN UPLAY. Vanjast wanted to install his legit non steam version? Guess what, Uplay now acts just like steam because it has an offline mode, where as before it didn't act like steam and demanded a constant internet connection.

In short, now it acts like steam. (which personally I'm ok with)
If your expecting DRM free like SH3 and SH4? Umm, no.

Sailor Steve · 07-08-12, 09:18 AM

So, instead of being able to play without being connected to the net, I have to play without being connected to the net?

The complaint was always about having to be connected to play, not what it was called, so what's the difference?

Ducimus · 07-09-12, 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

So, instead of being able to play without being connected to the net, I have to play without being connected to the net?

The complaint was always about having to be connected to play, not what it was called, so what's the difference?

The difference is if you have to have a gateway application installed or not in order to run the game. SH5 has a gateway app, its called Uplay. Even with an offline mode, you have to login to verify your credentials at least once. If for whatever reason your credentials are lost or reset on your machine, you'll have to logn to re establish your credentials again.

Sh3 and Sh4 have no gateway application. No login is requried at all, no credentials need to be stored.

This is why the title is misleading. There IS a DRM in SH5. All that was changed, was the addition of an offline mode that should have been there to begin with.

dogshu · 07-27-12, 05:26 PM

hmmm, I have "enable cloud save synchronization" disabled, but when I start the game it still says "please wait while save games are synchronized from server" and pauses for 20 or 30 seconds every time I start up the game. This is really annoying because savegames take forever to load in the first place, I'd rather just be able to load the savegame as soon as the game is done loading. Is there something extra I need to do in order to disable savegame syncing?

01-08-13, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dogshu

hmmm, I have "enable cloud save synchronization" disabled, but when I start the game it still says "please wait while save games are synchronized from server" and pauses for 20 or 30 seconds every time I start up the game. This is really annoying because savegames take forever to load in the first place, I'd rather just be able to load the savegame as soon as the game is done loading. Is there something extra I need to do in order to disable savegame syncing?

Same here..
Tried everything without success.

THE_MASK · 01-08-13, 05:46 PM

The saved games are being synced from the ubilauncher afaik . Just have a few saves and delete all the rest .

Fifi · 01-08-13, 06:39 PM

Yeah, me too.
Only way is to be patient for loading part.

05-31-12, 09:35 PM	#121
JackhammerJohn Seaman Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 32 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	The DRM requirement kept from buying SH5. Got my copy off of AMAZON brand-new for less than $5.00. Loading up and playing. __________________ "We may be pink and coming in by the grace of a woman's brassiere, but we're coming in."

06-01-12, 07:09 AM	#122
Hector McLean Bosun Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: East Coast - UK Posts: 69 Downloads: 803 Uploads: 0	Uplay Hi all What is being said in these othere Posts I have been able to do since I bought the game which was Xmas Past .

06-01-12, 07:20 AM	#123
Hector McLean Bosun Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: East Coast - UK Posts: 69 Downloads: 803 Uploads: 0	Pondering Salut all I am just wondering by not going via the Internet to play SH5 could someone tell me what is the advantage of this and just playing on computer which I have been able to do since Xmas. ??

07-08-12, 09:18 AM	#129
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	So, instead of being able to play without being connected to the net, I have to play without being connected to the net? The complaint was always about having to be connected to play, not what it was called, so what's the difference? __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

07-07-12, 02:22 PM	#124
vanjast Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Somewhere else now Posts: 1,660 Downloads: 801 Uploads: 4	Question: I see no mention of saving/loading games offline - I'd imagine that this is possible, is it ??

07-07-12, 02:58 PM	#126
vanjast Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Somewhere else now Posts: 1,660 Downloads: 801 Uploads: 4	Ah Great !! Time to install, my legit NON-STEAM version

07-08-12, 06:58 AM	#127
vanjast Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Somewhere else now Posts: 1,660 Downloads: 801 Uploads: 4	Installed.. now I'm stuck at the UPlay "£$%£$% screen and can get no further. Does one have to go through those "£%R% tutorial missions before you get to the offline mode - I'm about to un-install !!!

07-08-12, 07:30 AM	#128
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	I'm pretty sure I said it before, but i'll say it again. The title of this thread is misleading. Ubi did NOT remove the DRM. Uplay IS the DRM. The DRM is not removed until: 1.) You no longer have to install Uplay 2.) The game no longer has to pass a check by Uplay. All Ubisoft has done, is add an OFFLINE MODE IN UPLAY. Vanjast wanted to install his legit non steam version? Guess what, Uplay now acts just like steam because it has an offline mode, where as before it didn't act like steam and demanded a constant internet connection. In short, now it acts like steam. (which personally I'm ok with) If your expecting DRM free like SH3 and SH4? Umm, no.

07-27-12, 05:26 PM	#131
dogshu Mate Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 53 Downloads: 120 Uploads: 0	hmmm, I have "enable cloud save synchronization" disabled, but when I start the game it still says "please wait while save games are synchronized from server" and pauses for 20 or 30 seconds every time I start up the game. This is really annoying because savegames take forever to load in the first place, I'd rather just be able to load the savegame as soon as the game is done loading. Is there something extra I need to do in order to disable savegame syncing?

01-08-13, 05:46 PM	#133
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	The saved games are being synced from the ubilauncher afaik . Just have a few saves and delete all the rest .

01-08-13, 06:39 PM	#134
Fifi Navy Seal Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: France Posts: 5,749 Downloads: 456 Uploads: 0	Yeah, me too. Only way is to be patient for loading part.