Steel Beasts Pro PE

[Nefaro]

Just when I thought someone couldn't possibly make worse DRM than the previous crap..   ::)

[bostonmyk]

Its an amazing Sim and by all accounts well worth the price. I had a great time with the Steel Beasts back in the day and have no doubt this version is great as well. Just look at all the vids on line for it.

Dongles...see this a lot in med tech software. Odds are this stems from ProSims main business paradigms.Don't think its really DRM the way most people think about it. It is an annoying thing to deal with though when it goes wrong.

[Grim.Reaper]

Iam not a drm fanatic, but can't see myself ever buying a game that required a physical device attached to my pc.....to me, an unheard of need to do this.

[Staggerwing]

IRRC, dongles were quite common with high end CADCAM design software costing thousands or tens of thousands of dollars. A bit of overkill for a retail game, even a pricier one, unless it closely mimics the setup of the restricted military versions minus a few features. That is probably the original reason for the dongle.

[Grim.Reaper]

IRRC, dongles were quite common with high end CADCAM design software costing thousands or tens of thousands of dollars. A bit of overkill for a retail game, even a pricier one, unless it closely mimics the setup of the restricted military versions minus a few features. That is probably the original reason for the dongle.

Which would be fine if we were back in the 80's and 90's. :)

[jomni]

Well what should they do now?  Online activation?

[Cougar_DK]

I think the dongle works just great. I have 4 licenses on mine for SBPro PE and we never had a problem with it...

[Nefaro]

I think the dongle works just great. I have 4 licenses on mine for SBPro PE and we never had a problem with it...

So you endorse that kind of DRM?  :o

[GDS_Starfury]

I've not have had any problems with my dongle ever. In over 4 years now. But if you do, then it's certainly frustrating!

then youre doing better then Windy by a looooong shot.

[Zulu1966]

I've not have had any problems with my dongle ever. In over 4 years now. But if you do, then it's certainly frustrating!

then youre doing better then Windy by a looooong shot.

Well - its getting sorted now. Cost me 20 bucks to send it back and insure it (if it gets lost thats my licence gone) - so the cost of this game is now 170 bucks.

They told me to make sure that I put my name and address in the package so they know who to send it back to. Of course my response to that was "so you get that many coming back do you".


Not sure how anyone sees this as a good option for the customer. for the supplier maybe - as code meter has never been cracked. But certainly not for the customer.

[MarkShot]

I had SBPPE over a year ago.  Did not have problems with the dongle, but did write custom scripting to load and unload the dongle drivers.

It was a solid sim, but just not for me.  I sold it for about 50% immediately prior to a new release.  One thing about the dongle, it prevents depreciation of the software.

[Cougar_DK]

I think the dongle works just great. I have 4 licenses on mine for SBPro PE and we never had a problem with it...

So you endorse that kind of DRM?  :o

It works for me, so yes...

[jomni]

I think the dongle works just great. I have 4 licenses on mine for SBPro PE and we never had a problem with it...

So you endorse that kind of DRM?  :o

It works for me, so yes...

Good for you, though reliable, there's a chance that it does not work forever like all hardware.   You just have to be aware of it.