Nice - Ubisoft Dumps Starforce from Heroes 5

[Coffee Warlord]

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3149611

And Heroes 5 goes back on my radar.

[Eaglesfan27]

Excellent news. I'll almost certainly be picking this up now.

[Godzilla Blitz]

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3149611

And Heroes 5 goes back on my radar.

Yup. Me too.

I'm wondering if they'll release non-Starforce patches to some of their older games. I bought Silent Hunter III and Space Rangers 2 but uninstalled them (and Starforce as well), when read the article showing how Starforce could break your DVD drive. I'd love to go back and play the games, especially since I bought them already.

[Coffee Warlord]

Yep, I reallllllly wanted Silent Hunter, but, well, Starforce.

I'd buy it immediately if they issued a Starforce-less version.

[Desnudo]

Sweet, I had no idea this game was coming out. I haven't bought a comp game in a year or two, but will definitely pick this up.

[Eaglesfan27]

Sweet, I had no idea this game was coming out. I haven't bought a comp game in a year or two, but will definitely pick this up.

It was delayed to May at the request of Beta Testers who found some bugs that they thought should be fixed before release. That move combined with this move are big factors why I'm sure I'll pick this up on release.

[McSweeny]

It was delayed to May at the request of Beta Testers who found some bugs that they thought should be fixed before release. That move combined with this move are big factors why I'm sure I'll pick this up on release.

yeah that was pretty cool how the delayed the game based on the feedback from the beta team. pretty much unheard of now-a-days

[SirFozzie]

Wonder who Starforce will threaten for this one?

[SackAttack]

Yup. Me too.

I'm wondering if they'll release non-Starforce patches to some of their older games. I bought Silent Hunter III and Space Rangers 2 but uninstalled them (and Starforce as well), when read the article showing how Starforce could break your DVD drive. I'd love to go back and play the games, especially since I bought them already.

Augh. You mean to review that game we have to risk breaking a writer's DVD drive?

[SirFozzie]

Looks like Spellforce 2 has dropped Starforce as well

[SackAttack]

It looks like from story context they're dropping Starforce entirely, not just from Heroes 5.

[RendeR]

Ok, I'm ignorant here, someone explain to me what is wrong with starforce? What is the software doing that is causing so much trouble? I'l avoid it like the plague, but I want to know why I am doing so =)

[Schmidty]

Yay! I can buy the game now.

[Franklinnoble]

Ok, I'm ignorant here, someone explain to me what is wrong with starforce? What is the software doing that is causing so much trouble? I'l avoid it like the plague, but I want to know why I am doing so =)

Briefly put, it's quite simply the most invasive and potentially destrictive form of copy protection you can imagine.

On top of that, when GalCiv2 decided to ship WITHOUT StarForce, the assmonkeys at StarForce posted a pirate copy of the game online, just to show them how big a mistake they were making by NOT using StarForce.

[TroyF]

Ok, I'm ignorant here, someone explain to me what is wrong with starforce? What is the software doing that is causing so much trouble? I'l avoid it like the plague, but I want to know why I am doing so =)


Starforce can potentially damage DVD drives because of how it accesses CD-Roms. Many people lose the ability to burn anything at all. Their CD-R's become useless until the software has been uninstalled.

As if it weren't intrusive enough, they crossed the line further a few weeks ago. When Galactic Civ 2 came out with no copy protection, a mod on the Starforce bulliten board posted links of where people could d/l Gal Civ 2 illegaly.

After a firestorm of protests, they took the link down.

In short, they don't punish people who pirate games. They punish the customers who legally buy them.

[SirFozzie]

Ok, I'm ignorant here, someone explain to me what is wrong with starforce? What is the software doing that is causing so much trouble? I'l avoid it like the plague, but I want to know why I am doing so =)

http://www.glop.org/starforce/

(rather than copy and paste, take a look at this)

[Greyroofoo]

so has anyone tried out the demo for HoMM5?

[Katon]

Won't run on my laptop, unfortunately. I'm going to have to wait till I get home for the summer to try it out.

[Eaglesfan27]

so has anyone tried out the demo for HoMM5?

Not yet, but I'll probably try it once it gets closer to release date.

[stevew]

Hmmm, i wonder if any of the games my daughter/wife have installed on my machine possibly used Starforce. Might explain some of the issues I've had. Any quick way to know if you have it on your machine?

[stevew]

Ah, just found a way to check, and it doesnt look like i have it after all. Thank god.

[flere-imsaho]

I tried out the demo and it immediately ate my Sunday afternoon and evening. Draw your own conclusions.... ;)

[Coffee Warlord]

I tried out the demo and it immediately ate my Sunday afternoon and evening. Draw your own conclusions.... ;)

Diagram it. :)

[Abe Sargent]

I played the Demo last night and I lost in a week because I didn't check my objectivers to see that I had two objectives that had to be done in a week, so I was lollygagging around. I'll try again tonight.


-Anxiety

[saldana]

Ah, just found a way to check, and it doesnt look like i have it after all. Thank god.


how did you check, because that problem sounds like exactly what happened to my old drive.

is there a list of what games shipped with this pile of crap attached?

[Brillig]

If you go to the http://www.glop.org/starforce/ site, it'll tell you how to detect and remove StarForce.

[saldana]

If you go to the http://www.glop.org/starforce/ site, it'll tell you how to detect and remove StarForce.


cool, thanks