ANNO 1404

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I have bought the game and I'm very happy with it. I have it running on Windows 7 RC and when W7 final is available to buy I will then have to install it on that. As that is change in OS it will mean a second install of the game and so only one more remaining before I would need to contact UBI, to then extend the number of installs possible. I have avoided putting it on my laptop to avoid "wasting" an install.

Within the English speaking fourms of Anno there are a couple of posts from a person who has spent quite a lot of money on phone calls to UBI to try and get more installations of the game and I do not think that it has been resolved as yet for them as they have not posted back in a while.

I can only find a 09 premium number (30p per minute) to contact UBI support on. I just hope that I do not need to call them regarding activation and if I do I would like an alternative to the premium rate number to ring.
 
I would have thought about using email but IIRC you have to phone them to ask for further reactivations.

Below is a snippet taken from the forum that I noted...

Another day passes and no problem solved.

I even screenshot the entire process see they could so im doing nothing wrong.

They have no clue what to do at all, instead of giving me unlimited activasion so this **** stops, but nooo. now i wonder how long its gonna take to get them to fix this.

total of 20mins on phone today alone, 0.80x20 its wow? 16 euros? i think i just paid 66 euros for a game thats not working.

Can i get those 16 euros refunded at least? anyone?
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the above person suggested in another post that they had been on the phone for 45mins in another call, if I understood what was posted correctly.

A post from UBI in that forum, posted previous to the above...

Sorry, I am not from the Tech Support Team. So if the Tages instructions do not help you, you will need to address Ubisoft Customer Support.
I am very sorry I can't do more for you.
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Apart from the abysmal manual and potential for problems with the activation the game is superb :)
 
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VaderDSL said:
I was reading on the forum Ubi have stated that after the 3 activations, you can simply contact them and get more activations :) this one piece of information is what prompted me to buy it, I hate DRM still and the first chance I get to remove it I will, in the meantime I am fairly satisfied that I can continue to play it even if I run out of the initial 3 activations.
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How many games have you ever needed to install more than 3 times anyway?
 
Do you really need to do the campaign? Does it unlock things or something? I'm mainly just interested in building cities and making it all work.
 
Craig R said:
How many games have you ever needed to install more than 3 times anyway?
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All of the games I own, I've upgraded OS's three times in the last 6 months, XP 32bit > Vista 64bit > Windows 7 64 bit, fourth time will be when Windows 7 is released.

Add to that the two rebuilds I've done with different hardware in the last 6 months also.
 
I just jumped into a custom medium settings continuous game - but mainly because having played previous Anno games I roughly know what is going on

For people that don't know I suggest campaign mode first to learn a bit about how things are done
 
VaderDSL said:
All of the games I own, I've upgraded OS's three times in the last 6 months, XP 32bit > Vista 64bit > Windows 7 64 bit, fourth time will be when Windows 7 is released.

Add to that the two rebuilds I've done with different hardware in the last 6 months also.
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You do realise that if before you reinstall Windows, you uninstall the game and it will give you back the activation that you used on that installation? So the 3-install limit won't really be an issue.

I was concerned about the DRM on this too but after thinking about it, for such a great game it really isn't a major concern at all, especially since all you need to do is uninstall the game before reinstalling your OS and you're set. I can't imagine why anyone would need to be using 3 activations within a short space of time unless they're either exceptionally crap at installing and maintaining Windows, or are very unlucky with their PC.

It really is a beautiful game and I don't think that the DRM should be a show stopper for anyone.
 
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