first of all the game was not that great, and second EAs DRM was by no means to stop pirates. Any kind of DRM will be cracked within weeks (if not weeks before release) It was to stop the second hand market and to stop people from sharing the game with friends and family. And support the devs? Maybe they should choose a better publisher.
Just download the torrent like everyone else, and be disapointed.
You can re-install the game as many times as you want on the same computer....your just limited to 3 different computers...but you can easily get a new CD-key for a fourth.( it's already been tested )
The install limit will be dropped in time ..just like 2K did with Bioshock.
Everyone is making a mountain out of a molehill.
It will not be stopping me from buying DRM games....
You can re-install the game as many times as you want on the same computer....your just limited to 3 different computers...but you can easily get a new CD-key for a fourth.( it's already been tested )
The install limit will be dropped in time ..just like 2K did with Bioshock.
Everyone is making a mountain out of a molehill.
It will not be stopping me from buying DRM games....
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This
also, if you have to reinstall so much that 3 install limit becomes an issue... you shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the inside of a computer.
Changing the motherboard is the only thing that would make your PC a "different" one. So long as the motherboard is the same, you can install the game as many times as you want on the same system, even if you reformat the hard drive or upgrade your other components. You can do this on 3 different systems.
Changing the motherboard is the only thing that would make your PC a "different" one. So long as the motherboard is the same, you can install the game as many times as you want on the same system, even if you reformat the hard drive or upgrade your other components. You can do this on 3 different systems.SYdoggXxX
I just gotta chime in on this point.
EA has specifically NOT stated what changes constitute a "major hardware revision" (their words for what will use up an authentication on a computer). The reason EA doesn't disclose this information seems to be that even they don't know what changes will use an authentication. Sometimes, changing a video card does, in other cases the change in video cards won't use an authentication. This leads to a luck of the draw type of situation: if you frequently install new parts, it might or might not use up an authentication...so luck be with you.
[QUOTE="SYdoggXxX"]Changing the motherboard is the only thing that would make your PC a "different" one. So long as the motherboard is the same, you can install the game as many times as you want on the same system, even if you reformat the hard drive or upgrade your other components. You can do this on 3 different systems.Ein-7919
I just gotta chime in on this point.
EA has specifically NOT stated what changes constitute a "major hardware revision" (their words for what will use up an authentication on a computer). The reason EA doesn't disclose this information seems to be that even they don't know what changes will use an authentication. Sometimes, changing a video card does, in other cases the change in video cards won't use an authentication. This leads to a luck of the draw type of situation: if you frequently install new parts, it might or might not use up an authentication...so luck be with you.
how does it authenticaze? eg being registered to you via enternet is a good way, with the serial key!
[QUOTE="SYdoggXxX"]Changing the motherboard is the only thing that would make your PC a "different" one. So long as the motherboard is the same, you can install the game as many times as you want on the same system, even if you reformat the hard drive or upgrade your other components. You can do this on 3 different systems.thenewau25
I just gotta chime in on this point.
EA has specifically NOT stated what changes constitute a "major hardware revision" (their words for what will use up an authentication on a computer). The reason EA doesn't disclose this information seems to be that even they don't know what changes will use an authentication. Sometimes, changing a video card does, in other cases the change in video cards won't use an authentication. This leads to a luck of the draw type of situation: if you frequently install new parts, it might or might not use up an authentication...so luck be with you.
how does it authenticaze? eg being registered to you via enternet is a good way, with the serial key!
it makes a hash that denotes the current PC, based on the current hardware it seems. stuff like changing RAM and videocards -shouldn't- be able to make the PC think it's a different one, as it runs off the same 'same pc' method that Windows does. basically, anything where windows would have to be called in and reactivated is counted as a new computer under securom's methodology. being software and computers and giving users the power to change mystical unknown things however, you never really can be 100% sure. barely anybody has used more than one or two activations though.. a fraction of one percent, according to their numbers.
[QUOTE="SYdoggXxX"]Changing the motherboard is the only thing that would make your PC a "different" one. So long as the motherboard is the same, you can install the game as many times as you want on the same system, even if you reformat the hard drive or upgrade your other components. You can do this on 3 different systems.Ein-7919
I just gotta chime in on this point.
EA has specifically NOT stated what changes constitute a "major hardware revision" (their words for what will use up an authentication on a computer). The reason EA doesn't disclose this information seems to be that even they don't know what changes will use an authentication. Sometimes, changing a video card does, in other cases the change in video cards won't use an authentication. This leads to a luck of the draw type of situation: if you frequently install new parts, it might or might not use up an authentication...so luck be with you.
Good point. If it's anything like OEM software (say an OEM copy of Windows), then a change of motherboard would constitue a "major change", while a modification of 3 or more other components would also be considered a major change. My current install of XP is based on an OEM version, and I've reformatted and resintalled the OS after I upgraded my video card and RAM without any issues. Hopefully it'll work the same way with EA's DRM.
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