SolidShield DRM

Originally Posted by KG26_Alpha

http://www.tagesprotection.com/main.htm

Source

http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/t...9/m/5151024809

so what about digital download versions which some of us preordered?

[Specht]

That's just worthless, I wish this game was released on Steam instead of having this dumb DRM system, it's gonna get cracked anyway, deal with it.

Originally Posted by Specht

That's just worthless, I wish this game was released on Steam instead of having this dumb DRM system, it's gonna get cracked anyway, deal with it.

well constant online authorisation cant be cracked and will not be hopefully...for sake of fairness in online gaming....

[KaHzModAn]

Originally Posted by Tvrdi

well constant online authorisation cant be cracked and will not be hopefully...for sake of fairness in online gaming....

Give me an example ?
Because Assassin's Creed 2 for example needed a permanent internet connection (if you have even a small desynchrnisation for 1 second, the game pauses)
But it was cracked... (using a virtual server on your own machine)
Every popular game available on Steam has been cracked too... (modifying steam's .dll)...

[swiss]

Originally Posted by Specht

That's just worthless, I wish this game was released on Steam instead of having this dumb DRM system, it's gonna get cracked anyway, deal with it.

Not sure - SB Pro PE was never cracked either, afaik.

[David603]

Had a look around for info on the Tages DRM.

Apparently Tages has been cracked a total of three times, but because of the way Tages' system works the games that got cracked were the ones where the devs didn't put much effort into implementing it.

The good news is that Tages seems to be regarded as being fairly non-intrusive.

[KG26_Alpha]

In case not everyone's looked at the link on the first post.

Regarding virtual drives and compatibility.

http://www.tagesprotection.com/main.htm



Wrong Statements



We have seen a few wrong or inaccurate statements related to TAGES™ on some web sites. Here below some of these statements and our reply:


Statement: 'A tool that is able to make a 1/1 copy of a TAGES™ protected CD exists.'


Answer: This is an urban legend.


Statement: 'TAGES™ Software is incompatible with virtual drives (Daemon Tools, Alcohol, ...). You must disable and/or un-install your virtual drives to enable the TAGES™ protected title to run.'


Answer: Emulator blacklisting is, from our point of view, not the right approach and therefore, we do not blacklist such emulation tools. So of course, we do not introduce any software incompatibility.

Regarding virtual drives, you can have a mounted image of a "not TAGES™ protected title", and run your "TAGES™ protected title" with your original CD without problems.
Uninstalling /Reinstalling software may lead to system instability.




.

[RickRuski]

I have read in other forums that "COD" will have "Tages" protection, not a problem until I read this link while finding some infomation about it. Does anyone know if this is correct as it appears that "Tages" is not at the present time compatabile with 64bit systems. See link.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/com...ties&os=32-bit

[swiss]

Tages hp

Minimum requirements



There are very few common requirements:

* 1 PC with Microsoft® Windows™:

o 32 bits, x86 core: XP, Vista, Windows 7
o 64 bits, x64 core: 2003 server, XP, Vista, Windows 7.
* 32 Mb RAM minimum,
* 1 optical drive (CD/DVD reader).



With the Windows™ NT (4, 2000, XP or Vista) and x64 environments, due to the system restrictions, you must use an administrator account when installing your software: some TAGES™ components are drivers. After installation, even the most restricted user account can run a software protected with TAGES™.



To install/un-install the Tagès drivers, please follow the link:

Tagès 5.5 Drivers (signed version)

[RickRuski]

Sorry Swiss, your reply doesn't really answer my question. If you followed the link to MS and selected 64bit, the information supplied states that the publisher of "Tages"says that "Tages version 5.5" is "not Compatable" with 64bit systems. It also appears from the MS forums that many games etc. that are using "Tages" are having problems. Have Oleg's team tested the "Tages" DRM system or are they just leaving it to "Ubi" and hope it works??.