CyberDrac
11th December 2003, 21:02
"Ubi & Virtual Drives
11/12/2003 20:36:50 by Dr_Gonzo
An interesting bit of hoo ha* over at VE3D (http://ve3dboards.ign.com/message.asp?topic=14242135) . It seems the recent raven shield patch will check for virtual drives, and if it finds any not allow the user to continue. Whether this is strictly legal or not seems to be a bit of a grey area. Either way, interesting they decided to put this on in a patch, hence after people have purchased, installed, and played the game for a while.
It turns out that Ubisoft implemented code into the RVS 1.5 patch which checks PCs for ANY clone or virtual drive programs and then fails to launch the game if such devices or programs are found. What this has in turn done is disabled thousands of consumers who use programs like Daemon Tools, CloneCD or Alcohol 120% from playing their Ubisoft games even if they have their own physical CDs in an actual drive.
* It felt right"
Ripped directly from Barrysworld/Game.net
I personally am bloody annoyed by this!
CD
11/12/2003 20:36:50 by Dr_Gonzo
An interesting bit of hoo ha* over at VE3D (http://ve3dboards.ign.com/message.asp?topic=14242135) . It seems the recent raven shield patch will check for virtual drives, and if it finds any not allow the user to continue. Whether this is strictly legal or not seems to be a bit of a grey area. Either way, interesting they decided to put this on in a patch, hence after people have purchased, installed, and played the game for a while.
It turns out that Ubisoft implemented code into the RVS 1.5 patch which checks PCs for ANY clone or virtual drive programs and then fails to launch the game if such devices or programs are found. What this has in turn done is disabled thousands of consumers who use programs like Daemon Tools, CloneCD or Alcohol 120% from playing their Ubisoft games even if they have their own physical CDs in an actual drive.
* It felt right"
Ripped directly from Barrysworld/Game.net
I personally am bloody annoyed by this!
CD