An Interview with Oleg

[Avimimus]

I need to be able to fly in rural/remote areas. Outside of urban centres and the high-arctic it is often impossible to find high-speed connections.

However, I will still donate the price - even if I can't run the game.

[Qpassa]

I just hope that Oleg just doesnt use a DRM, because in summer ill play it offline(if its avaliable), maybe theres a way to keep the pirates away from the SOW:BOB.

[Novotny]

Steam launch? Not completely effective DRM, but pretty good. Doesn't bother customers in general.

*runs away*

[philip.ed]

Originally Posted by Qpassa

maybe theres a way to keep the pirates away from the SOW:BOB.

Send a diversion to Somali

[zapatista]

one other thought on DRM and using "online checks" with a Madox 1C server (for multiplayer online BoB servers)

a concern with RoF was that it was an unproven company without a commercial history, and so people were rightly worried about what would happen if the RoF company would collapse (making their game worthless and not being able to play it anymore because the RoF server thingy is dead)

oleg could add some statement that for 5 yrs from purchase online "server check servers" will be guaranteed to be available online, and that in case madox/1c stops as a company (highly highly unlikely because of its long track record and oleg's reliability, that the "server check" component will be released as open source to the community

that would be one way to deflect most possible criticisms about having the inconvenience of online checks

[Erkki]

Doesnt really matter to me - I will buy and play it anyways, mostly online.

But IF its more than just a check, ie. StarForce style spyware ##### software installed on my comp instead of the game just asking the main server if the code matches, its a different thing.

[zapatista]

Originally Posted by Erkki

But IF its more than just a check, ie. StarForce style spyware ##### software installed on my comp instead of the game just asking the main server if the code matches, its a different thing.

agreed completely. starforce killed 2 dvd writers in my pc (one sony one pioneer), i wont buy anything with starcrap, that junk is evil

i have absolutely no doubt that oleg wont be using it, it has had to much bad publicity

and as it later turned out starforce itself was stolen/copied/pirated from the danish company that originally designed that protection system, so the starforce mafiosi clan deserves to go to hell for the junk they created with their own theft, and the callous way they treated customers (despite a long track of proven damage to hardware, they never indemnified the customers who were affected).

[Untamo]

I think the anti-piracy methods are unnecessary.

Pirates will pirate, there is no stopping it. Trying to enforce pirates to buy is just futile, 1C shouldn't consider them as their market

1C should be saving their money from spending on anti-piracy, and use it for development and such. The only thing anti-piracy does, is make honest buyers suffer.