Finally a DRM that works?

Teki187

Teki187

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Well been reading a lot about DRM and current methods and it seems Sacred 2 has actually "fixed" the pirating of there games.

After you reach level 13. you can only gain 1 xp per kill if your game is pirated.

Then you can download a crack but at level 26 the same thing happens. but if you try to get to level 27 you get booted to the main menu and it corrupts your game data.

The installation limits and forced activation are just nasty, but it looks like this has worked.
 
Teki187 said:
The installation limits and forced activation are just nasty, but it looks like this has worked.
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Until it does the same to a ligitimate version at which point it'll just be yet another form of DRM shafting the buyer.
 
If I recall there was a similar system in place with the old C&C games, in which you would get booted from the game after about 5 minutes of play if you were using an illegal copy.
 
I don't know much about pirating, but couldn't a crack be made to stop the game corruption from happening =/?
 
m0r94n said:
If I recall there was a similar system in place with the old C&C games, in which you would get booted from the game after about 5 minutes of play if you were using an illegal copy.
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that was CnC Red alert 2, after about 1 minute into gameplay all your units died making you lose, but the crackers pwned it :p
 
Teki187 said:
Well been reading a lot about DRM and current methods and it seems Sacred 2 has actually "fixed" the pirating of there games.

After you reach level 13. you can only gain 1 xp per kill if your game is pirated.

Then you can download a crack but at level 26 the same thing happens. but if you try to get to level 27 you get booted to the main menu and it corrupts your game data.

The installation limits and forced activation are just nasty, but it looks like this has worked.
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This isn't "fixed". If the game does this then it just hasn't been cracked properly.
 
the 2 recent footy managers have done something similar. waits till youve been playing for a bit and then tottaly messes the game up. promotes random teams etc

ableton live8 audio software also does something similar
 
"andy" said:
the 2 recent footy managers have done something similar. waits till youve been playing for a bit and then tottaly messes the game up. promotes random teams etc

ableton live8 audio software also does something similar and it hasnt even been cracked despite lots of trying. props to them
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The FADE system being used in ARMA sounds like it's having the desired effect too. Lets you play just enough of the game to get a taste then does something to degrade the game in some way or another rendering it useless.

Unfortunately it sounds like a few people are having these FADE problems with legitimate copies too, though it's always hard to tell who's telling the truth on t'ol interweb.
 
meh it's been out what barely a month now? give it time and it will be cracked. this is a bunch of people cracking a few million dollars worth of security here in their free time.
 
It will be cracked... just like any other DRM...

And sadly in this case I can see it accidentally happening to people with legit copies far too often.
 
Adrianr said:
The FADE system being used in ARMA sounds like it's having the desired effect too. Lets you play just enough of the game to get a taste then does something to degrade the game in some way or another rendering it useless.
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thats probably just the bugs in the game:p
 
The problem with stuff like this is it can give the game a bed reputation, with Titan Quest the game would crash and be very buggy if you had a pirated version and this lead to the general opinion that is a very poorly made game.
 
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