UBI drops DRM (constant connection) for SH5.

[KOM.Nausicaa]

Seems that members of the U-boat simulation "Silent Hunter 5" have discovered UBI has dropped the "constant connection" requirement (the dreaded DRM) for their fav game. SH5 can now be played without connection.

Link:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=177031

Interesting...maybe UBI softens up their anti piracy policy for other present (and future) products as well?

[T}{OR]

Now all they need to do is finish the game and drop the whole DRM stupidity altogether - for me to buy it that is.

A step in the right direction and long overdue IMO.

[Foo'bar]

Originally Posted by KOM.Nausicaa

Interesting...maybe UBI softens up their anti piracy policy for other present (and future) products as well?

I'd rather like a different publisher for SoW instead.

[Qpassa]

now ill buy it

[dduff442]

One big problem with SH is the sensor modelling. Without even having bought SH5 modders' work proves it's no better than in SH3 and SH4. Given that usually neither the destroyers nor the sub can see each other, sensors are crucial to the game.

SH sensors are absurd for the most part; radar warning receivers have a range limit for instance, which makes no sense. Parameters for signal sensitivity, antenna gain etc. would make sense and even if all the actual numbers were wrong modders would produce corrected versions quickly enough. SH sensors are so terrible that even modders' best efforts can't fix them though.

So... It's not that Ubi can't produce a good product, it's that they don't care if they produce a good product or not. They want games that look good and sell well. They simply don't care enough to correct absurdities that have dogged the series for more than a decade now.

dduff442

PS regarding DRM: this can be a tolerable nuisance provided players trust their ownership rights and privacy are not being abused. RoF's DRM has attracted relatively little criticism for instance. People don't trust Ubi not to switch off their products or otherwise drag them into prisoner status.

Ubi's antics are permissible for console games as the consoles themselves are sold under cost. PC owners who've paid through the nose will never accept serfdom at the hands of publishers.

[swiss]

Originally Posted by Qpassa

now ill buy it

LOL - Sow too?

[Xallo]

Too little too late. Might get it when it's as good as the community modded SH3

[Qpassa]

Originally Posted by swiss

LOL - Sow too?

Ill buy without drm not with it

[swiss]

Originally Posted by Qpassa

Ill buy without drm not with it

I was joking.
Seriously, I really don't think any member in here could resist buying SOW, with or without drm - It's a must have.

[KOM.Nausicaa]

Originally Posted by dduff442

One big problem with SH is the sensor modelling. Without even having bought SH5 modders' work proves it's no better than in SH3 and SH4. Given that usually neither the destroyers nor the sub can see each other, sensors are crucial to the game.

The intent was not really to discuss SH5, which is becoming a great sim with the community mods since late (IMO) but the DRM policies of UBI.