Wish: sane DRM

[Csimbi]

I had problems getting it installed (and play).
You are right about the internet connection there - it is not required at the moment, but it seems to be a trend nowadays - and if such protection measure was added in the expansion, I would not be able to play it.
I trust my friend, though I did not get the receipt of the game. It's the collector's edition (t-shirt, bonus material and the whole nine yards). I guess those shady guys in the alleyway do not go into the trouble of printing t-shirts, do they?
But, my request is for the expansion, not to the current version (anymore).

***Edit:
Got the info. The game is from this store:
http://www.verkkokauppa.com

[sanjak]

I haven't come across any problem with KB yet. My specs are even Pentium IV 2.4, 1GB Ram, 512mb ATI x1650. The only game that drives me crazy and forces me to uninstall some certain applications, messing with the PagePoolSize and systems, is Half Life2 (frankly, everything from the Orange Box). And still encounter problems no matter how I follow any instruction to fiddle with my PC.

You are right, KB is a great game. I'm looking for some older series, in case I can find them.

[bman654]

DRM quite often requires uninstallation of any other software it sees on your system that it even remotely thinks might be used to bypass the DRM. This includes things like certain virtual drive software or burning software. It also includes innocuous things like "process explorer". Many people do not use these things and thus come and say that DRM hasn't caused them any problems. But others do use this stuff for legit reasons and the game will say something cryptic about a security violation detected and won't run until you remove the software it has detected.

It is a very poor position to put the legit gamers in and is indeed caused by the DRM blacklisting certain software. If you are unaffected be very happy. If you are affected...well...good luck.

[bobthebuilder]

I agree. The part that gets to me the most is that us customers have to deal with this DRM interfering with our other programs, whereas pirates completely get around it anyways. Traditional DRM stops you from burning a CD and using it to run the game, so why bother with all this new nonsense?