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which copy protection is in use on the US release of ucce?

Started by ouch, Oct 04 2007 02:59 AM

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#1 ouch

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Posted 04 October 2007 - 02:59 AM

Yeah after the whole Bioshock DRM scam I'm a bit scared to even ask...

But I also would like to express my sadness for this being the last of the battlecruiser series.
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Posted 04 October 2007 - 06:49 AM

You mean the BioShock SecuROM copy protection where a bunch of people freaked out because its hiding some registry keys, so they called it a rootkit? It was mislabeled by a couple anti-spyware programs. Its most definitely not a rootkit, as it doesn't satisfy the whole requirement where it gives people root access into your machine.

As for UCCE, SC has already said that it'll be using SecuROM in another post.

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Posted 04 October 2007 - 09:09 AM

Thats right, SecuROM does NO such thing. And I checked before deciding to use it. It was either that or use Starforce again.

And I don't do anything fancy either because it will just screw up the timing and thus the game's AI - which requires real-time processing
that is far more sensitive than graphics frame rate updates. All it does is check that you have the DVD-ROM in the drive. Thats it.

I have been meaning to change the DRM on the previous games (UCG, UCAWA, UCSE) to SecuRom (they also have an on-line activation),
but it costs too much and I can't be bothered. Since this would be only for the BMT Micro and DigitalRiver versions (since Direct2Drive
uses their own, based on Macrovision's ActiveMark copy protection), I can't be bothered.
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Posted 04 October 2007 - 05:54 PM

well I was more concerned about the whole limited install and online activation crap.

Does UCCE have any of that?
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Posted 05 October 2007 - 12:28 PM

View Postouch, on Oct 4 2007, 10:54 PM, said:

well I was more concerned about the whole limited install and online activation crap.

Does UCCE have any of that?

All it does is check that you have the DVD-ROM in the drive. Thats it. - SC
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Posted 02 November 2007 - 07:29 AM

Thanks for confirmation. I ended up removing all software that used Starforce not only for concerns technically but because I despise that company's approach to customers.

Secu-ROM is all good with me.
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Posted 02 November 2007 - 05:26 PM

View Post_silk, on Nov 2 2007, 12:29 PM, said:

Thanks for confirmation. I ended up removing all software that used Starforce not only for concerns technically but because I despise that company's approach to customers.

Secu-ROM is all good with me.

Starforce causes my explorer.exe to randomly lock up. I have not had single problem with SC's securom cd checker however. (well, besides the slightly increased time from double click to game menu...)
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