share your online/DRM experience

Bilge_Rat · 02-28-10, 09:07 PM

I was wondering if anyone with the game (and internet of course) had any problem playing the game.

In my case, I played about 6+ hours over the past 2 days and had no problems.

The game starts quickly and I had zero interruptions in play.

gutted · 02-28-10, 09:14 PM

pretty painless for me so far, but i still dont like it.

Will be secrectly on the lookout for ways to "remove" it, just for principle.

CCIP · 02-28-10, 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bilge_Rat

I was wondering if anyone with the game (and internet of course) had any problem playing the game.

In my case, I played about 6+ hours over the past 2 days and had no problems.

The game starts quickly and I had zero interruptions in play.

About same. The worst so far is that it just HAS to remind me that it's there every time I start the game.

No connection drops, no problems.

The leaderboard feature, about the only "benefit" of the system, is absolutely ridiculous though. It is full of hackers with billions of tons sunk and very blatant "cracked" account names. So much for "copy protection" working

I hope they crack down on that, at the very least. It's making it all look like a joke.

I hope the DRM goes away but honestly, on a scale of 1 to 10, it's been 0 as far as having any effect of my experience with the game.

gutted · 02-28-10, 09:25 PM

LOL yeah i saw that too, but those names are the names you choose for you career i think.

I chose something stupid (and different than my account name), and that "stupid" name showed up on that screen.

gutted · 02-28-10, 09:27 PM

How do you switch careers?

I started one to play around with, and another "serious" one. But i can't figure out how to load my initial one. It only shows my current one in the load screens.

Méo · 02-28-10, 09:33 PM

No problem neither with OSP.

No problem with saving/loading delay.

OSP appart, it's not really about bugs or stability. The game seems to be missing some very important features, maybe I did not explore enough...

thruster · 02-28-10, 09:50 PM

well, its nice to hear that its not causing much grief so far.

whilst i havnt yet bought the game, my internet connection went thru a typical fail ALL of yesterday. so had i bought it, it would have been useless to me...

so lets get this straight; i have a day off work, i sit down and go "tops, lets go hunting" with my new TypeV11 uboat i just theoretically bought. can i? NO.

typical scenario. sucks to be me, huh.

FIREWALL · 02-28-10, 10:11 PM

For the short time I messed around with it I didn't have any problems.

So Far...

DMB3428 · 02-28-10, 11:02 PM

no problems here, game seems to load up pretty fast...

gutted · 02-28-10, 11:12 PM

Just had to wait almost a minute at the launcher for my online saves to get "syncrhonized" before launching.

I grew impatient waiting and then hit the settings button in the launcher and turned that feature off.. then lauched the game right away. Silly, i'm only playing from 1 PC, why the hell would i want to store my saves online?

Ironically it still gave me a syncrhonization message upon entering the main menu.

bleh.

Elder-Pirate · 03-01-10, 12:14 AM

Curious to know, are you ( any of you with new SHV ) running your Anti-Virus in the background? That and maybe a few other online necessary programs running?

Mainly any Anti-Virus is known to goof up your game one way or the other. In fact most games tell you do not run Anti-Virus when installing nor playing.

Meanwhile I'm playing SHIV behind closed doors ( offline hiding from UBI

) with about 75% process shut down in the background.

Scuse me here comes a Japanese oil tanker, gotta run.......er dive.

Good luck Captains.

gutted · 03-01-10, 12:36 AM

Another problem:

Twice now, it has autosaved on me while using the hydrophone. And both times it kicked me out of the station.

No biggie i say, i just try to re-man the station.. but it wont let me. I keep clicking, walking around in circles and clicking on it again and again. Nothing happens. So i hit ESC then go back, and finally it lets me back in.

Méo · 03-01-10, 01:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elder-Pirate

Curious to know, are you ( any of you with new SHV ) running your Anti-Virus in the background?

Yes, ESET Anti-Virus, no problem so far.

Few bugs but nothing close to SH4 on release (except for the crew on bridge, they don't report contacts

). But it seems like there are other types of problems, few things missing.. kinda annoying. Maybe it's just me, time to adapt, I don't know. (don't take it too seriously, only my first impressions).

And my computer is getting really old.

russ555 · 03-01-10, 03:46 AM

I have never had any problems with any anti virus program effecting games other than AVG once had a false positive on a World of Warcraft file but i just ignored it.

I think that they just say to disable anti virus software as a way of covering themselves.

gutted · 03-01-10, 09:27 AM

Connection problems today.

Both times i started the game i get "Failed to syncrhonize saved games". Even though i have it setup to not do that.

And both times when trying to load my last save the game says this immediately after the long load screen:

"The game experiences connection problems. Please wait until the game can resume. You can exit to main menu by pusing OK."

I push OK, and get dumped back to main menu. Try again and it loads.

I'm not a fan.

02-28-10, 09:07 PM	#1
Bilge_Rat Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: standing watch... Posts: 3,855 Downloads: 344 Uploads: 0	share your online/DRM experience I was wondering if anyone with the game (and internet of course) had any problem playing the game. In my case, I played about 6+ hours over the past 2 days and had no problems. The game starts quickly and I had zero interruptions in play. __________________

03-01-10, 12:14 AM	#11
Elder-Pirate Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Morris, Illinois USA Posts: 1,090 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	Curious to know, are you ( any of you with new SHV ) running your Anti-Virus in the background? That and maybe a few other online necessary programs running? Mainly any Anti-Virus is known to goof up your game one way or the other. In fact most games tell you do not run Anti-Virus when installing nor playing. Meanwhile I'm playing SHIV behind closed doors ( offline hiding from UBI ) with about 75% process shut down in the background. Scuse me here comes a Japanese oil tanker, gotta run.......er dive. *Good luck Captains*. __________________

02-28-10, 09:14 PM	#2
gutted The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Orleans, LA. Posts: 1,379 Downloads: 487 Uploads: 11	pretty painless for me so far, but i still dont like it. Will be secrectly on the lookout for ways to "remove" it, just for principle.

02-28-10, 09:25 PM	#4
gutted The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Orleans, LA. Posts: 1,379 Downloads: 487 Uploads: 11	LOL yeah i saw that too, but those names are the names you choose for you career i think. I chose something stupid (and different than my account name), and that "stupid" name showed up on that screen.

02-28-10, 09:27 PM	#5
gutted The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Orleans, LA. Posts: 1,379 Downloads: 487 Uploads: 11	How do you switch careers? I started one to play around with, and another "serious" one. But i can't figure out how to load my initial one. It only shows my current one in the load screens.

02-28-10, 09:33 PM	#6
Méo Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Quebec City Posts: 1,153 Downloads: 258 Uploads: 0	No problem neither with OSP. No problem with saving/loading delay. OSP appart, it's not really about bugs or stability. The game seems to be missing some very important features, maybe I did not explore enough...

02-28-10, 09:50 PM	#7
thruster Electrician's Mate Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 139 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	well, its nice to hear that its not causing much grief so far. whilst i havnt yet bought the game, my internet connection went thru a typical fail ALL of yesterday. so had i bought it, it would have been useless to me... so lets get this straight; i have a day off work, i sit down and go "tops, lets go hunting" with my new TypeV11 uboat i just theoretically bought. can i? NO. typical scenario. sucks to be me, huh.

02-28-10, 10:11 PM	#8
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	For the short time I messed around with it I didn't have any problems. So Far...

02-28-10, 11:02 PM	#9
DMB3428 Watch Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 29 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	no problems here, game seems to load up pretty fast...

02-28-10, 11:12 PM	#10
gutted The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Orleans, LA. Posts: 1,379 Downloads: 487 Uploads: 11	Just had to wait almost a minute at the launcher for my online saves to get "syncrhonized" before launching. I grew impatient waiting and then hit the settings button in the launcher and turned that feature off.. then lauched the game right away. Silly, i'm only playing from 1 PC, why the hell would i want to store my saves online? Ironically it still gave me a syncrhonization message upon entering the main menu. bleh.

03-01-10, 12:36 AM	#12
gutted The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Orleans, LA. Posts: 1,379 Downloads: 487 Uploads: 11	Another problem: Twice now, it has autosaved on me while using the hydrophone. And both times it kicked me out of the station. No biggie i say, i just try to re-man the station.. but it wont let me. I keep clicking, walking around in circles and clicking on it again and again. Nothing happens. So i hit ESC then go back, and finally it lets me back in.

03-01-10, 03:46 AM	#14
russ555 Watch Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 17 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I have never had any problems with any anti virus program effecting games other than AVG once had a false positive on a World of Warcraft file but i just ignored it. I think that they just say to disable anti virus software as a way of covering themselves.

03-01-10, 09:27 AM	#15
gutted The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Orleans, LA. Posts: 1,379 Downloads: 487 Uploads: 11	Connection problems today. Both times i started the game i get "Failed to syncrhonize saved games". Even though i have it setup to not do that. And both times when trying to load my last save the game says this immediately after the long load screen: "The game experiences connection problems. Please wait until the game can resume. You can exit to main menu by pusing OK." I push OK, and get dumped back to main menu. Try again and it loads. I'm not a fan.