ust to pwn pirates who try to play using illegitimate copies.

Th3D0n · 6 Sep 2009 at 19:17

Looks like a new way to stop pirates

Link removed

m0r94n · 6 Sep 2009 at 19:21

Lots of swearies in the link

Its something thats been talked about for a while though, restricted content and I for one am in favour of it. Saying that, i'm in favour of any preventative measure as long as I don't get screwed for actually buying a copy.

Azagoth · 6 Sep 2009 at 19:25

m0r94n said:
Lots of swearies in the link

There's also loads of "swearies" in the comments on YouTube videos, but they're still allowed to be posted. What's the difference?

NightSt@lk3r · 6 Sep 2009 at 19:28

Hidden triggers have been used in games for years to try and stop pirates, but the pirates always work them out in no time at all.

m0r94n · 6 Sep 2009 at 19:29

Azagoth said:
There's also loads of "swearies" in the comments on YouTube videos, but they're still allowed to be posted. What's the difference?

A lot of links, generally in GD get censored due to excessive amounts of swearing. For one, its against the house rules and I thought i'd post in case anyone for whatever reason found it offensive.

Bigsy · 6 Sep 2009 at 19:35

The link seems to provide workarounds for most if not all the issues, which makes somewhat of a mockery of this thread, I mean everyone knows you don't/can't stop pirates right?

BTW this kind of protection has been talked about for years remember codemasters "fade" system? It just gets cracked.... it ALL gets cracked in the end, and usually sooner rather than later.

Th3D0n · 6 Sep 2009 at 19:38

Bigsy said:
BTW this kind of protection has been talked about for years remember codemasters "fade" system?.

dont remember that one????

Th3D0n · 6 Sep 2009 at 19:42

Bigsy said:
The link seems to provide workarounds for most if not all the issues, which makes somewhat of a mockery of this thread, I mean everyone knows you don't/can't stop pirates right?

not realy all it tells you is how to get past a install error and a PhysX error

SkeeterUK · 6 Sep 2009 at 19:43

I have a nvidia free batman code but cant use it i think till 15th sep. Shame, looks like a game id like to play asap too.

Rroff · 6 Sep 2009 at 19:44

Problem is... its usually the honest consumer who falls the most foul of this with false positives... generally the only people affected by this are casual pirates i.e. someone sharing their retail game with a friend... most of the real pirating these hidden triggers are quickly worked around...

FrenchTart · 6 Sep 2009 at 19:44

Apparently a crackfix already according to the site in the OP. Such things won't do anything more than slow the pirates down for a few hours/days.

Tefal · 6 Sep 2009 at 19:48

old news they have been trying this for ages only works in the very short term.

Sash · 6 Sep 2009 at 19:49

Th3D0n said:
dont remember that one????

You could play for a certain amount of time then through the game it would fade out so making it unplayable.

Th3D0n · 6 Sep 2009 at 19:51

Tefal said:
old news they have been trying this for ages only works in the very short term.

Its better protection then the install limit!

sniffy · 6 Sep 2009 at 19:54

I'd be surprised if a fix isn't already circulating. If not then no doubt a group is working on it right now. The majority of annoyances will be occurring for legitimate gamers.

LittleChimp · 6 Sep 2009 at 20:01

Yeah real pirates wont be affected by this.

Furbs · 6 Sep 2009 at 20:18

The fix came out hours after the initial leaked release, so unfortunatly another method that has failed. They will never stop pirates.

Ascendancy · 6 Sep 2009 at 20:32

Furbs said:
The fix came out hours after the initial leaked release, so unfortunatly another method that has failed. They will never stop pirates.

Was just about to say. It was a matter of about 2 hours before the pirate copy was patched. Considering the game is around 7GB, the fix would have come out before a lot of people had even downloaded it haha

Also, whoever wrote that article needs a slap. It was painful to read.

OldComputerGuy7 · 7 Sep 2009 at 17:21

I dont know why they bother with this anti piracy crap, it never works and the games are cracked in a few days anyway.

Richie · 7 Sep 2009 at 17:38

Anti-piracy measures may be configured/coded on a computer but its still a human that enters the coding and if its made by a human it can be broken by a human....