Official DRM info posted today (Mar 3)

[maclean525]

This is an incredibly simple, fair and easy DRM system. Bravo.

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by simace

After one month, one activation will be re-credited (up to a maximum of three available activations...) <--Is it me or is this saying, indirectly of course, that you will be "activating" your installation on what appears to be a 1-3 months cycle?

You can indefinitely active your copy of the game on the same PC. <--This also points to the fact that you will be "activating" your copy regularly.

Ubi? 1C?

Actually i think you misunderstood it.

After reading the Tages manual a couple of weeks ago, i got the impression that the activations work by making an index of what components you have on your PC and creating a unique code for that in 3 steps.

1) The DRM looks up your hardware and creates a coded text string for the sum of your PC components. Let's call this the hardware code, because it's different from the actual activation code/password.
2) The DRM uploads this hardware configuration code to the activation server. Alternately, you can save the code in a text file and upload it from another PC (useful for people who don't have internet at home).
3) After uploading your hardware configuration code, the activation server gives you the activation code. You can save this on another drive/text file/ USB drive/send it to your mailbox/whatever and when you fire up the game for the first time, you copy-paste it into the activation box and you're done.

Steps 2 and 3 are automatic if you do the default activation. If for some reason you have problems with the default/automatic method or your internet is down, you can do it manually. Essentially it's a case of "get hardware code and sent it to server to get activation code". It doesn't matter if the DRM does it by itself or if you save it in a text file and send it yourself, you'll still get your activation.


As long as your hardware stays the same you can use the same code, so keep a copy of it somewhere. This means that you DON'T need to deactivate your installation before uninstalling or formatting your drives. You can use the same code and thus, you don't waste an extra activation.

So, what happens if you do a hardware upgrade? In this case you need to reactivate and use up one more activation. However, your activations will not run out easily, because every month you get one of them replenished. Unless you upgrade your hardware more than once a month, you will not have a problem. It's also supposed that if you do run out, you can email them with your product key (as proof of purchase) and they'll credit you with 3 more activations.

As an activation is tied to each PC configuration, with 3 initial activations you can install on 3 different PCs right off the bat.