So I'm considering getting more EP's
Aquarius:
Quote from: caffeinated.joy on September 05, 2010, 04:03:08 am
I believe it's the EA Download Manager that's the real culprit.
I used EADM to get Apartment Life and my game worked just fine....well...my computer wont turn on anymore but I dont think that's the game's fault
Paden:
Well, you can get a tool, last I knew, over at Reclaim Your Game. It will tell you if you have SecuROM on your machine and it will remove it. Wish I'd had it back in the day, though, would have saved a lot of time and frustration.
Ifrito:
Sadly, I know I already have Securom in my computers. I did some digging about several of my games, and turned out that Command and Conquer 3 has it.
Though it doesn't seem to have any impact on that computer.
However for THIS ONE, Crysis did. From the start. It messed up my log in stuff, where as originally it was set to log straight into my account after I installed Crysis the ONLY EA game I had at the time. And one of the first ones installed that had ever given me a problem...well, it changed to the "Select your profile" setup.
I had to get help from a friend to bypass the problem and be able to auto-log in to my account, which resulted in me having to downgrade the shutdown menu graphics on XP to something more akin to ME or below.
And a few months ago I was dealing with a nasty ransomware problem by ripping it out of my registry, and guess what I found?, yup, Securom in my registry.
But, anyway, yeah, I've heard the horror stories about Securom, and I've heard that there are different versions. And that Bon Voyage's was that happy destructive version that brought a ton of law suits down on EA for their trouble.
But hey, like I said, I'm out of the loop. Best to ask people who would know more.
EKozski:
When I got this computer, one of the first things I installed was, The Sims 2 and all the EP's and most of the SP's. Never had a problem. I figured if I do that first, I should be safe. And, I was. Even after installing all my other programs, Secu-ROM, never acted up.
The Sims 3, and World Adventures, got installed also. No problems.
But, way back when, I almost took a blood oath that I would never buy another EA/Maxis product. Also, I had a very early version of Secu-ROM. I got that from DiabloII, Lord Of Destruction.
Ifrito:
Quote from: EKozski on September 06, 2010, 02:42:40 am
When I got this computer, one of the first things I installed was, The Sims 2 and all the EP's and most of the SP's. Never had a problem. I figured if I do that first, I should be safe. And, I was. Even after installing all my other programs, Secu-ROM, never acted up.
The Sims 3, and World Adventures, got installed also. No problems.
But, way back when, I almost took a blood oath that I would never buy another EA/Maxis product. Also, I had a very early version of Secu-ROM. I got that from DiabloII, Lord Of Destruction.
Um, could you clarify where you got your copy of Diablo 2 LOD. Cause as far as I can ever recall. LOD was around far longer then Securom's design ever was. Infact, if I recall when it came out in 2001 it had a basic security code input and something more akin to Safe Disc requiring the CD be in to play.
And Securom as I recall first surfaced around 2006. First as a hidden security measure in that one Sony music device whose name eludes me, which earned them a heaping lawsuit.
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