New version of SecuROM
lewisb40:
I went on the site to look at the patch and was discouraged to even download it, cause the fixes were the same as past patches. Then when I opened the the patch file and saw the size, I knew something was up. So I waited. Watched the BBS and other sites about the patch. When it said an aggressive SecuRom was added, I said no all together.
My game is running fine, and what I wanted fixed I got from MATY, Simlogical, and Simbology. No thank you, EA.
Another thing, my computer has been spared, so far, from the woes of SecuRom, but I didn't want this on my computer anyway. I don't mind copy-rights on your own products, but your copywrite protection cannot govern the way I use my computer. Sony just wanted to hi-jack computers world-wide to protect all their media. No making back-ups or burning music for the computer world. Thank computer gods for Nortons. I might have been messed up without it. :D
tallsimsfan77:
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I think EA is digging their grave now because this copy protect might make people turn to piracy to avoid the mess.
As if I haven't.
I mean... my German language copy of OfB was bought off Ebay... >.>
Back on topic- yeah- the switch over to Suck-u-rom was a bad move in the first place; now the new version seems so... I don't know. It's like they want to control your gaming habits?
MaryH:
Yes. They want to control your computer, your gaming habits and your downloading. You download something the program doesn't like, it shuts down the computer. You burn something on your DVD burner, it shuts down the burner, because it thinks you're a pirate making copies of games.
It installs in your computer and does not get removed by doing anything less than a total reformat of your hard drive-now if you've got a few days, you can do this-the hubby has done this to computers before, and it takes at least 24 hours if not more to properly reformat and reinstall a complete working OS in a standard computer.
He does it thoroughly-and believe me, if he swears he doesn't want to do it, he knows what he's talking about. Starting from scratch to redo everything from nothing.
Yes, that's hard-but it is almost impossible to do it unless you're a professional computer programmer who knows every single trick in the book.
EKozski:
Like I said in a prior post. I REFUSE to buy anything from EA. Since I'm buying a GIG of memory, I'm toying with the idea of buying, Seasons.
But I found out something odd the other night, I have an earlier version of SecuRom on my computer. When I downloaded the latest update to my Diablo II Lord of Destruction game a long time ago, it added that.
I'm still able to burn CD/DVD's burn mp3's, movies, anything for that matter. But, when I uninstalled the game, it stayed behind.
I kinda freaked when I saw that, then I realized, nothing is wrong with my computer. So, yes, I do have it, but nothing is wrong. My computer is still my computer.
It came via Blizzard Entertainment.
MaryH:
Unfortunately a lot of companies are using SecuRom in their games-there is a partial list of those games at our site.
But I think that EA is the only one using such a extreme version of it that disables and destroys so many types of computers-there is something very wrong in that program, and we'd like to find out why it is just eating up computer systems like this.
Then there are the companies that aren't using SecuRom at all..one or two...wish it were more than that, because it would encourage people to buy better games.
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