SolidShield DRM

[addman]

LOL! Oh! the horror! Don't like DRM but also don't really care about it, day one purchase FTW!

[simace]

You know what's nice? Being able to install the software I purchased today, tomorrow or 10 years from now without having to rely on the existance of some DRM pusher.

I have an original Wolfenstein 3D on a 3.5" floppy and have installed it for my son's, which are now getting into pc gaming, so that they can experience what their pops grew up with. I even loaded up Doom, Duke Nuken, Descent, and how about Quake?

Point is, in the future, will I be able to load up COD for my grandson(s) (God willing Im still alive)?

S!

[jayrc]

I'm still a little confused, do I need to activate the game ever time I play, weather it be online or offline, or is it a one time activation. so if I choose to manually activate by entering a code, do I have to do this every time?

[Kikuchiyo]

Originally Posted by simace

You know what's nice? Being able to install the software I purchased today, tomorrow or 10 years from now without having to rely on the existance of some DRM pusher.

I have an original Wolfenstein 3D on a 3.5" floppy and have installed it for my son's, which are now getting into pc gaming, so that they can experience what their pops grew up with. I even loaded up Doom, Duke Nuken, Descent, and how about Quake?

Point is, in the future, will I be able to load up COD for my grandson(s) (God willing Im still alive)?

S!

Name one game you have today in your library that you can't play because the DRM was never removed and the DRM company went belly up. You know I actually have more trouble with the older games because they required you to have the manual and insert a word from a specific page,paragraph, and line. The manuals get worn out or lost, and lo and behold I can't play that game anymore. DRM does tend to get cracked in time, so I highly doubt you would ever run into that issue 25 or so years from now. Not to mention if you did I am sure there would be other means of getting your hands on a copy of Cliff of Dover.

Originally Posted by jayrc

I'm still a little confused, do I need to activate the game ever time I play, weather it be online or offline, or is it a one time activation. so if I choose to manually activate by entering a code, do I have to do this every time?

One time activation per install. not per running of the .exe.

[jayrc]

sounds good to me

[simace]

Originally Posted by Kikuchiyo

Name one game you have today in your library that you can't play because the DRM was never removed and the DRM company went belly up.

DRM isn't that old. I am older, so the games I buy are far fewer than when I was younger. Add those two facts together and your "Name one game you have..." is but a stab in the dark.

Originally Posted by Kikuchiyo

You know I actually have more trouble with the older games because they required you to have the manual and insert a word from a specific page,paragraph, and line. The manuals get worn out or lost, and lo and behold I can't play that game anymore.

You should be able to Google (or you're preferred search engine) for the answers - done it myself. But the kewl thing, I can print a new copy of my old n worn manual

I can understand the need for what it is that DRM's intend to do, its' their execution that fails - in some cases very very bad fail. It's pretty obvious, DRM's vendors have already damaged how they are perceived by consumers.

Developers work hard to optimize their code; it's a shame that some of these DRM's actually tack on some dead weight because of their implementation methods. Worse than that is to find out that the DRM is acting more like a "service" running all the time and interfering with your normal day-to-day activities.

S!

[Kikuchiyo]

Originally Posted by simace

DRM isn't that old. I am older, so the games I buy are far fewer than when I was younger. Add those two facts together and your "Name one game you have..." is but a stab in the dark.

It's been around for at least a decade. I am not some yungin either.

Originally Posted by simace

You should be able to Google (or you're preferred search engine) for the answers - done it myself. But the kewl thing, I can print a new copy of my old n worn manual

I can understand the need for what it is that DRM's intend to do, its' their execution that fails - in some cases very very bad fail. It's pretty obvious, DRM's vendors have already damaged how they are perceived by consumers.

Developers work hard to optimize their code; it's a shame that some of these DRM's actually tack on some dead weight because of their implementation methods. Worse than that is to find out that the DRM is acting more like a "service" running all the time and interfering with your normal day-to-day activities.

S!

I can Google "solutions" for DRM as well.

I dislike intrusive poorly made DRM, but most of the time the horrible DRMs get phased out for something that doesn't just turn potential customers into pirates.

I agree I wish we could do without DRM, but then I wish people in general were more honest and less apt to steal someone's intellectual property. It's like the police, kinda sucks we have to have them, but at the same time they generally keep me from getting robbed.

[simace]

We're saying the same thing...

though I do want to point out one thing... you say DRMs been out for a decade, true, but if you consider COD is close to a decade in the making, you can quickly get a grasp of how short a time a decade can be ... haha

You made me realize that outside of some Educational software for my sons, I have not purchased a single "game" for myself since IL2, and COD will be the first after many years.

how time flies...

[Macka]

Nevermind. I reinstalled and re downloaded and for some reason it activated fine. Got me beat!!! Maybe the servers were down for maint?????