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dodger2020




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PostPosted: Tue, 17th Jan 2012 20:09    Post subject: Ubisoft's awesome new DRM
http://www.guru3d.com/news/why-guru3d-probably-never-will-review-ubisoft-titles-anymore/

Windows style hardware change detection. New video card, new activation.

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A few weeks ago the latest version of the game was released, Anno 2070. I've been playing it for a while now, and do like it despite the time it eats away ! Smile Next to that, it's a good looking game as well with an updated graphics engine.

So yesterday I started working on a performance review. We know (well at least we figured we knew), that the game key can be used on three systems. That's fair, the first activation is used on my personal game rig. The second we installed on the AMD Radeon graphics test PC and the 3rd on our NVIDIA graphics test PC.

On the AMD Radeon PC we initially test the Radeon HD 7970, then to match the timedemo sequence we install the NVIDIA system, which has a GeForce GTX 580. So far it's all good, we have created a timedemo sequence, defined our image quality settings, took screenshots and the numbers for the first two cards.

For the NVIDIA setup I take out the GTX 580, and insert a GTX 590. When I now startup the game 'BAM', again an activation is required. Once again I fill out the key and now Ubisoft is thanking me with the message that I ran out of activations.

Here's what Ubisofts DRM is doing these days, they don't just verify the number of PCs you work on, nope .. they monitor hardware changes. So once we inserted that GeForce GTX 590 the hardware id # hash changed rendering our activation invalid.

What a bunch of rubbish ....
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PostPosted: Tue, 17th Jan 2012 20:13    Post subject:
Not new. All these activation crap shit do this. Ubisoft is just the most aggressive. People these days buy fucking trialware.
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PostPosted: Tue, 17th Jan 2012 20:13    Post subject:
yeah , posted it in some other thread..but I guess separate thread is better..
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Dirkin




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PostPosted: Tue, 17th Jan 2012 20:27    Post subject:
It's said that support can't give back your activations either, it's all automated and you get 1 back every 30 days
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PostPosted: Tue, 17th Jan 2012 20:30    Post subject:
Wow that is ridiculous. Good way to punish people who buy new hardware often
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KillerCrocker




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PostPosted: Tue, 17th Jan 2012 20:35    Post subject:
Wtf is shit

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PostPosted: Tue, 17th Jan 2012 20:36    Post subject:
Most current copy protections work like this, hell even Steam requires validation if you change something and have that account security option enabled.

SecuROM has had this since version 7 and the same goes for Tages back with Gothic 3 and such.
(And Star-Force had it before that.)

In this case though there's no manual way to de-authorize a machine (However on the plus side you get a new activation every month if you've used any.) which is unfortunate but they cleared it up via PM later on as far as I've read in the forum thread about it.
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PostPosted: Tue, 17th Jan 2012 20:59    Post subject:
JBeckman wrote:
hell even Steam requires validation if you change something and have that account security option enabled.


Yeah but that actually makes sense since it's harder to steal one's whole account.

UBI's DRM just makes it harder for legit owners to play their games IMO.

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PostPosted: Tue, 17th Jan 2012 21:06    Post subject:
well it's a good thing ubisoft only makes shit games then!
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PostPosted: Tue, 17th Jan 2012 21:09    Post subject:
KillerCrocker wrote:
Wtf is shit
It's end product of certain organisms' digestive process. Please stay on topic.
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PostPosted: Tue, 17th Jan 2012 21:55    Post subject:
fuckit wrote:
well it's a good thing ubisoft only makes shit games then!


Damn it, I thought it was a perm. Sad
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PostPosted: Tue, 17th Jan 2012 22:06    Post subject:
zmed wrote:
KillerCrocker wrote:
Wtf is shit
It's end product of certain organisms' digestive process. Please stay on topic.
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You are a bad person

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PostPosted: Tue, 17th Jan 2012 22:09    Post subject:
Simple solution:

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PostPosted: Tue, 17th Jan 2012 22:10    Post subject:
zmed wrote:
KillerCrocker wrote:
Wtf is shit
It's end product of certain organisms' digestive process. Please stay on topic.
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Laughing

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PostPosted: Wed, 18th Jan 2012 00:19    Post subject:
From what I've read it's been just a bug with the DRM.
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PostPosted: Wed, 18th Jan 2012 00:25    Post subject:
SpykeZ wrote:
From what I've read it's been just a feature with the DRM.

Done up.
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PostPosted: Wed, 18th Jan 2012 00:52    Post subject:
oupi1 wrote:
Wow that is ridiculous. Good way to punish people who buy new hardware often
One would think ati and nvidia will join hands and declare a holy sprite war against Ubi.
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PostPosted: Fri, 23rd Mar 2012 21:09    Post subject:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-03-23-ubisoft-wants-to-offer-pc-gamers-so-much-value-the-need-for-drm-goes-away

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They can fuck off to their beloved derpsole platforms for good for all I care. Embarassed

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PostPosted: Fri, 23rd Mar 2012 21:21    Post subject:
I ask again. What is shit ?

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PostPosted: Fri, 23rd Mar 2012 21:22    Post subject:
KillerCrocker wrote:
I ask again. What is shit ?

Alan Wake
Mass Effect 3


What else did you LOVE? Laughing Cool Face
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PostPosted: Fri, 23rd Mar 2012 21:24    Post subject:
You are a bad person Laughing

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I'm trolling and you know it Laughing
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You're trolling and I know it !
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PostPosted: Fri, 23rd Mar 2012 21:36    Post subject:
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Ubisoft's digital boss Chris Early told Eurogamer it hopes strategies including companion gaming, which sees spin-off experiences on mobile devices and social platforms feed into their related core games, and constant game updates, will discourage piracy.


It's the perfect plan, making games so bad that pirates won't even bother. Mission "discourage piracy" accomplished Laughing
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PostPosted: Fri, 23rd Mar 2012 21:49    Post subject:
Ubisoft create shit games, don't bother people. This company is dead anyway by creating shit like this. They really think legit users will accept this ??? they force you to pirate it now.

Good job ubisoft, maybe a reloaded crack as fix (again ?) Laughing
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I have left.
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PostPosted: Sat, 24th Mar 2012 02:00    Post subject:
iNatan wrote:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-03-23-ubisoft-wants-to-offer-pc-gamers-so-much-value-the-need-for-drm-goes-away


So they are going to put online stuff into every game, just to try and combat piracy. And their logic is that the game isn't worth playing offline. So what's the difference between this and DRM that forces you to be connected to the internet to play a single player game.


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PostPosted: Sat, 24th Mar 2012 02:09    Post subject:
I'm too drunk too read. I never buy Ubisoft games, so what does this new protection mean to an Ubisoft pirate?
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