[FAUXPAS] Game pauses, when Internet Connection is lost!

urfisch · 01-28-10, 05:00 AM

I had to make this poor fact into a thread.

That means with other words, the same **** as with steam-games like COH, etc (in COH you can interrupt the connection, after starting the game).

These Games are not really mod-or playable. Think of all the people, who just have dial in, or pay-per-time connections. Everytime, you want to test a mod, you have to go online! No playing in the countryside, when visiting grandma and grandpa or at longer journeys in the train. No playing for all the people, who have no permanent Internet Connection.

AND

In case of server laggs, or breakdowns: PAUSED

Nice invention. Really nice invention, UBI. The helplessness of stopping dramatically decreasing income, will not be changed by these measures. Far from it!

UBI not seems to recognize, most of the people are bored of the decreasing quality of games, they produce. Beside the fact of extremly grotty support. The strategy of making fast money is the killer of their revenue. Not the software piracy. Remeber "ANNO"? The game crashed often and remained unplayable for month, due to a missing patch! Unbelievable.

They lost many honest customers through this kind of business strategy. And they even will lost more.

McBeck · 01-28-10, 05:10 AM

Do you have a reference to this opinion to back it up? These days there are MANY opinions stated as fact...

BulSoldier · 01-28-10, 05:20 AM

WE know for sure that without constant internet connection you cant play the game.
You cant start the game without being conected to internet and if at any point your internet fails or something happens to their servers your game pauses and resumes only if connection is resumed.If you quit it will be saved...
It especially annoying to me since my gaming pc is in naval academy dormitory where there is no internet and my computer cant recieve wireless.So what i am supposed to do to play the game ? Sadly only one thing, to install the old sh3gwxolcmfm ...
Im sorry I uninstalled the game when i heard of sh5...Truly sorry.

McBeck · 01-28-10, 05:26 AM

True, that you cant play the game unless you are online, but where does it say its not modable?

BulSoldier · 01-28-10, 05:29 AM

The problem is that if it autoupdates without asking (as other members of subsim said happens with other games) it will overwrite the moded files and the mod goes to the bin. Noone said if it will be so but noone denied it either so it is up to speculation for now.But it is better to prepare for worst and hope for the best.

McBeck · 01-28-10, 05:34 AM

I agree that its speculation how DRM affects the mods...we will have to wait and see and decide then. I would much rather remain neutral and wait for facts, than either prepare for the worst (how can we do that) or asume the best.

BulSoldier · 01-28-10, 05:36 AM

By not getting my hopes up.

martes86 · 01-28-10, 05:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by McBeck

Do you have a reference to this opinion to back it up?

I think it was an answered question in the new system Q&A.

Reece · 01-28-10, 06:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by McBeck

True, that you cant play the game unless you are online

But why should I have to be online to play a single player game offline!! Talk about controlling!! and opening my system to all sorts of spyware intrusions, can't see any sound reason why I should have to stay online for the entire game, it's quite scary!!

vickers03 · 01-28-10, 08:34 AM

if the connection is lost, game will pause once but it will
resume even if it can't connect again.

BulSoldier · 01-28-10, 08:41 AM

as far as i know it wont resume unless connected again.If not it will save your progress if you chose to quit (probably).

ReallyDedPoet · 01-28-10, 08:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BulSoldier

The problem is that if it autoupdates without asking (as other members of subsim said happens with other games) it will overwrite the moded files and the mod goes to the bin. Noone said if it will be so but noone denied it either so it is up to speculation for now.But it is better to prepare for worst and hope for the best.

There was an auto-update with SH4, but only if you selected it, there is an option not to

vickers03 · 01-28-10, 10:20 AM

from Q&A about the new Ubisoft online platform

What will happen if I lose my Internet connection when I play the game?
If you lose your Internet connection the game will pause while it tries to reconnect. If the Internet Connection is unable to resume you can continue the game from where you left off or from the last saved game.

McBeck · 01-28-10, 10:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reece

But why should I have to be online to play a single player game offline!! Talk about controlling!! and opening my system to all sorts of spyware intrusions, can't see any sound reason why I should have to stay online for the entire game, it's quite scary!!

Your right - that does not make sense

badkarma · 01-28-10, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vickers03

from Q&A about the new Ubisoft online platform

What will happen if I lose my Internet connection when I play the game?
If you lose your Internet connection the game will pause while it tries to reconnect. If the Internet Connection is unable to resume you can continue the game from where you left off or from the last saved game.

That needs some clarification..

You can continue the game from where you left off or from the last saved game.. when you DO get a connection again, be that minutes or days later.

You can continue the game from where you left off or from the last saved game.. as soon as this small pause is over and everything will continue, save, and work as you would expect and re-sync itself when you do next get a connection.

2 VERY different situations. The way everything has read so far, it's the first one I'm afraid.

01-28-10, 05:00 AM	#1
urfisch Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Deep down in Germany Posts: 1,969 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	[FAUXPAS] Game pauses, when Internet Connection is lost! I had to make this poor fact into a thread. That means with other words, the same **** as with steam-games like COH, etc (in COH you can interrupt the connection, after starting the game). These Games are not really mod-or playable. Think of all the people, who just have dial in, or pay-per-time connections. Everytime, you want to test a mod, you have to go online! No playing in the countryside, when visiting grandma and grandpa or at longer journeys in the train. No playing for all the people, who have no permanent Internet Connection. AND In case of server laggs, or breakdowns: PAUSED Nice invention. Really nice invention, UBI. The helplessness of stopping dramatically decreasing income, will not be changed by these measures. Far from it! UBI not seems to recognize, most of the people are bored of the decreasing quality of games, they produce. Beside the fact of extremly grotty support. The strategy of making fast money is the killer of their revenue. Not the software piracy. Remeber "ANNO"? The game crashed often and remained unplayable for month, due to a missing patch! Unbelievable. They lost many honest customers through this kind of business strategy. And they even will lost more. __________________

01-28-10, 05:10 AM	#2
McBeck Admiral Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,027 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Do you have a reference to this opinion to back it up? These days there are MANY opinions stated as fact... __________________ "I like subcommanders...they dont have time for bull**!" Proud member of the Subsim army of zombies Becks website

01-28-10, 05:20 AM	#3
BulSoldier Samurai Navy Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Burgas/Bulgaria Posts: 550 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	WE know for sure that without constant internet connection you cant play the game. You cant start the game without being conected to internet and if at any point your internet fails or something happens to their servers your game pauses and resumes only if connection is resumed.If you quit it will be saved... It especially annoying to me since my gaming pc is in naval academy dormitory where there is no internet and my computer cant recieve wireless.So what i am supposed to do to play the game ? Sadly only one thing, to install the old sh3gwxolcmfm ... Im sorry I uninstalled the game when i heard of sh5...Truly sorry. __________________ By the hour !

01-28-10, 05:26 AM	#4
McBeck Admiral Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,027 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	True, that you cant play the game unless you are online, but where does it say its not modable? __________________ "I like subcommanders...they dont have time for bull**!" Proud member of the Subsim army of zombies Becks website

01-28-10, 05:29 AM	#5
BulSoldier Samurai Navy Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Burgas/Bulgaria Posts: 550 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	The problem is that if it autoupdates without asking (as other members of subsim said happens with other games) it will overwrite the moded files and the mod goes to the bin. Noone said if it will be so but noone denied it either so it is up to speculation for now.But it is better to prepare for worst and hope for the best. __________________ By the hour !

01-28-10, 05:34 AM	#6
McBeck Admiral Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,027 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	I agree that its speculation how DRM affects the mods...we will have to wait and see and decide then. I would much rather remain neutral and wait for facts, than either prepare for the worst (how can we do that) or asume the best. __________________ "I like subcommanders...they dont have time for bull**!" Proud member of the Subsim army of zombies Becks website

01-28-10, 05:36 AM	#7
BulSoldier Samurai Navy Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Burgas/Bulgaria Posts: 550 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	By not getting my hopes up. __________________ By the hour !

01-28-10, 08:34 AM	#10
vickers03 Pooped from posting Join Date: May 2007 Location: germany Posts: 999 Downloads: 712 Uploads: 37	if the connection is lost, game will pause once but it will resume even if it can't connect again.

01-28-10, 08:41 AM	#11
BulSoldier Samurai Navy Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Burgas/Bulgaria Posts: 550 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	as far as i know it wont resume unless connected again.If not it will save your progress if you chose to quit (probably). __________________ By the hour !

01-28-10, 10:20 AM	#13
vickers03 Pooped from posting Join Date: May 2007 Location: germany Posts: 999 Downloads: 712 Uploads: 37	from Q&A about the new Ubisoft online platform What will happen if I lose my Internet connection when I play the game? If you lose your Internet connection the game will pause while it tries to reconnect. If the Internet Connection is unable to resume you can continue the game from where you left off or from the last saved game.