Ubisoft's new online DRM system . . .

when the power goes out and i want to play on my laptop it looks like i won't be playing any Ubisoft games thats for sure! i 100% agree with you what were they thinking?? they must have changed management
 
Don't these people ever learn? This shit is not going to stop or slow down piracy.
It will only piss off legitimate owners of their games. God, how ****ing stupid are these people?
Online activation hasn't stopped them in the past nor is it going to stop them any time soon.
 
Hahahahaha

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.
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Hahahahahaha. Yeah ok ubisoft.
 
it's like they're trying their darnedest to destroy PC gaming . . .
 
Update: Ubisoft has sent over an FAQ with more details (below) including a promise that should the service be stopped, games would be patched to remain playable.
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OK, I'll buy it when the patch comes out.
 
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.
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Will this affect the performance of my PC?
No. The services that we offer run only when you start the game and there are no background services.
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I am confus.
 
When will companies realize that DRM only pisses off real customers and gives pirates the better experience?
 
YOU WOULDN'T STEAL A CAR

YOU WOULDN'T STEAL A HANDBAG

YOU WOULDN'T STEAL SETTLERS 7 ANYWAY, SO WHAT'S THE ****ING FUSS ABOUT?

LOCALLY STORED SAVED GAMES ARE PROBABLY ILLEGAL OR SOMETHING

SAYS HERE, PIRACY IS A CRIME. WE'VE TRIED NOTHING AND WE'RE ALL OUT OF IDEAS!

(Provide your own bom chika wow wow soundtrack).
 
this is actually how it is with steam for me now...when I try to start in off line mode it complains that the steam community features are not available off line and then it refuses to start steam...it's annoying as ****, anyone know how to get it to work?

but yeah it's a shit system especially for single player only games.
 
Things like this are only a challenge to hackers - some of which are better coders than the people who make the games. The thing will be cracked in 2 days, meanwhile, I'll have to suffer.

So, no thanks. I'll wait for the patch, when the game is like $5.
 
PriNcE oF SpAcE said:
this is actually how it is with steam for me now...when I try to start in off line mode it complains that the steam community features are not available off line and then it refuses to start steam...it's annoying as ****, anyone know how to get it to work?

but yeah it's a shit system especially for single player only games.
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That's weird...my Steam works just fine in offline mode...
 
PriNcE oF SpAcE said:
hmmm as in you can actually get to work without any internet connection? not just that you start it off line even though you're still on line?
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Yep, just tested it again by disabling my internet. It came up with the message saying it couldn't find a network connection and gave me the option to Retry or Start in Offline Mode. Offline Mode worked and I could launch games.
 
Yeah, I only got offline mode to work like twice, and then it expires after a while I think. Do you need to check in occasionally? I don't know, this was like 5 years ago, man! I never bought another Steam game because of that experience.
 
guess I'll have to check with steam support or something.

it used to work in the past before all the steam community stuff got added.
 
anyone know if you need to have the source SDK fully downloaded for off line mode to work?

support says that you need all the games you want to play to be at 100%

I just noticed that I have source SDK and dedicated server paused(don't use them currently) I just have the SDK base fully downloaded as it's needed for some games.

*edit* nvm seems to be working again...seems you need to force it into off line mode while online to get it to work...at least it seems that way.
 
Ubisoft have shown themselves to be incompetent fools for sometime now. We can only hope that incompetence shines here.

How many players can the server system support?
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There is no limit to how many players can play at the same time. For each title, we carefully study the demand and allocate servers accordingly.
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Physically impossible. You've clearly stated there is a limit. Sure I don't see your system failing from load of the type it'll be dealing with but I can hope you get flooded with connections at one time and it all goes horribly wrong. I can't wait for "Ubisoft DRM solution fails on day #1" headlines.

. We will also of course allocate back-up servers in order to be able to respond to fluctuations in demand. Ubisoft provides 24/7 monitoring of its servers.
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That's great until you systematically lose connection to the internet at your or the customers end.
 
Oh god I've been playing for hours I guess I'd better save and quit...
LOST CONNECTION TO UBISOFT SERVER TRYING TO RECONNECT.
UNABLE TO RECONNECT. GAME SHUTTING DOWN
 
This really sucks. At home it wont effect me, but when i go to Spain every now and then i wont have an internet connection whatsoever, so this could be a problem.

Isnt there a workaround tho? You can just buy the same game on Steam and use the offline mode right? Or will this crossover together with steam?
 
It's like they're trying to encourage people to play the pirated version, with all of the annoying DRM conveniently removed...
 
I really hope this will be removed from the Steam version, though I'm afraid not seeing what most devs do with their Steam versions.

In 5 years we will all have tons of Steam/GFWL-like software on our PC's, just because we are legit gamers. Or it has already killed PC gaming by then.
 
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Steam's offline mode works perfectly fine for me. You guys are crazy.


To make it work properly, simply go into offline mode while you are still connected. This is the key step. Don't wait until you are offline. It'll restart and stay like that until you decide to go online.

Bam.

p.s. DRM sucks and the games will be cracked a week before release anyway
 
That's when *I'M* gonna get it, Ace.
I MEAN I AM GOING TO BUY THIS GAME ON RELEASE AND MAKE SURE TO ALWAYS PLAY WITH DRM AND ALWAYS LEGAL GAMES
 
Aww, man! And Ubi made such great PC ports. :(
 
Steam's 'offline' mode is bullshit and requires internet. So exactly how is this any different from it?
 
Steam has offline mode. That's pretty much the difference.
 
DEATHMASTER said:
Steam's 'offline' mode is bullshit and requires internet. So exactly how is this any different from it?
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You need internet to get the games from Steam at all.

It is implied that, by downloading the game, you have a situation where you can go into offline mode while online. It's perfectly sensible, however if you have an unexpected disconnect, that is the problem.
 
DEATHMASTER said:
Steam's 'offline' mode is bullshit and requires internet. So exactly how is this any different from it?
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Except I can play HL2 Episode 2 at home, where I have no internet. It's not flawless but it works, at least sometimes.
 
So what you go to internet place, login, goto offline mode, set computer to hibernate every time until you have access again? Gah this thread only serves to remind me of how I wish they'd just make it a real offline mode. What happens in the aftermath of the apocalypse when I want to play some goddamn steam games and I can't because the servers no longer exist?
 
I think it's fine even if you restart the PC. Don't quote me on that, though. My laptop is always on.
 
You can connect to the internet once, set it offline and then shut down your PC and restart Steam twenty times and offline mode will still work. Trust me on this, I use offline mode quite a bit. I don't know if there is a time limit before you have to go online again, but if there is it's pretty damn long.
 
Steam is different because it gives something back to the consumer. It started out more-or-less as a shitty DRM for HL2 that everyone hated, but Valve tried to do something with it and look at it today. The problem with most other companies is they never stop to consider how the consumer benefits from these measures, which is why they're horrible.
 
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