Re: 3000A.D. copy protection schemes (aka a good laugh)

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From: Shingen
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 22:36

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On 14 Jan 2006 20:19:28 -0800, Dosferatu <dosferatu_pjl@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>
>What is it, like 10 years that the "Battlecruiser Series" has been going on?
>I remember when "DR" Smart was promising a patch EVERY DAY until things settled
>down.  Now you can't even play the game without jumping through hoops

The last UC patch (2.30) is pretty stable, and I think that the copy
protection for it has already been cracked. I've never seen a warez
version, but then again, I don't go looking for warez games anyway.

The protection scheme for AWA is a complete joke from hell. Every
single BC game will eventually bork the install. It's inevitable. With
the prior games, you just uninstalled, reinstalled, repatched and
restart, or if you were smart (no pun intended), you kept the savegame
and could just go from there.

With AWA, when the game goes tits up, sometimes so does the
activation. Not always, but I've had to get 3 seperate activation
codes from Derek, until I said screw it and shelved the game. It isn't
any different then BCM or UC anyway..and in alot of ways, much worse
IMO. =P

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