I would've expected Battlefront, but.....

[Tuna]

Tuna and I are locked in a true epic marathon of CMBN.  I say marathon because its a huge wide open map with the objective on a hill/ridge in the center.  We have spent 20 (I think) turns running towards our goal and still no contact.

I think our troops are going to have heart attacks before the bullets have a chance to cut them down (too much sausage for my guys)

Con

LOL.. I think it's gonna be an epic slaughter against me, with those two kitty cats you have. hopefully that's it. .but still.. lol. .I don't stand a chance!

[Tuna]

Ugh this is BS... I don't mind having to reactivate.. pissed about losing an 'activation'.. but give me the ability on my install? I have to open a ticket with a helpdesk to reactivate!!!!

http://www.battlefront.com/community/archive/index.php/t-108891.html

[Nefaro]

Ugh this is BS... I don't mind having to reactivate.. pissed about losing an 'activation'.. but give me the ability on my install? I have to open a ticket with a helpdesk to reactivate!!!!

http://www.battlefront.com/community/archive/index.php/t-108891.html

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By upgrading, the license checker is basically not able to recognize your PC anymore, so you need to relicense. Please go to www.battlefront.com/helpdesk and click on Submit Ticket. Make sure to enter your key.

Ugh.

I feel for you man.  We shouldn't have to put up with this shit.

[Tuna]

Looks like their help-desk does work on the weekends!.. .they sent me a cleaning utility to wipe my license off my game. I will have to try it later on when I get down cellar to my gaming machine.

So kudos to BF for not making me wait till Monday.. but on the other hand, this is kind of a pain in the ass... lol.. I may treat myself to a new vid card or memory when my Bday comes up at the end of the month.. assume, I'll have to do it again..

[undercovergeek]

i think video and ram will be ok - iirc motherboard, chip and HDD will cause you trouble

[Tuna]

k.. hope so... I was expecting it with CPU.. then when it worked fine for a week.. I thought I was ok!

Someone told me the same thing will happen with DCS.. I don't mind as long as I don't have to 'contact' them to reactivate.. With Iron Front I just entered my key and that was that..

[Tuna]

So fire up DCS... it wants to activate.. I expected that coming.. has an activation button, press it.. it fails!!!!!!

You  know, all the Steam Haters out there.. I would take Steam any day of the week over this crap!!!!!

[Nefaro]

You  know, all the Steam Haters out there.. I would take Steam any day of the week over this crap!!!!!

I definitely agree.

While I'm not the biggest Steam fan (mostly due to some bugs & limitations of their client), I realize that it's still much better than this activation junk.

[Toonces]

If you're somebody that tends to upgrade computers a lot, Steam is a Godsend. 

Reinstalling simply can't be easier.

[SgtRock]

Ugh this is BS... I don't mind having to reactivate.. pissed about losing an 'activation'.. but give me the ability on my install? I have to open a ticket with a helpdesk to reactivate!!!!

http://www.battlefront.com/community/archive/index.php/t-108891.html

BattleFront's License/DRM system will bite you in the ass sooner or later. Just wait when they start charging you for re-activations!! ;D

Anyone ever ask what happens if BattleFront go's bye bye? I doubt it's quick or easy to create a simple patch for every single product.

[Tuna]

I think I'm more pissed off at DCS right now.. lol.. I like Warthog better.. and right now I can't play it!!! Guess their Helpdesk doesn't work on the weekends..

Battlefront, sent me a file that cleaned out my activation, so I was able to get it going again..

[DoctorQuest]

As long as people break down and buy these games it's not going to end. There are some elements of DCS that intrigue me but I simply will not risk their DRM. On the other hand most DCS aircraft can be had in other sims. I know the DCS folks like to think they are the only game in town but in my opinion they could not be more wrong.

[Tuna]

Well 48 hours has come and gone with my support ticket with DCS, so I guess their promise to respond within that time period are bunk. Their FAQ section has some videos about what registry entries to delete, but they don't work.

I saw some posts elsewhere.. They had some suggested keys to delete, so I will try..  I guess with DCS, you have to deactivate before you make your hardware change (not that it's easy to make the activation screen come up once you're already activated). so I guess DCS really fails with their call home DRM.

At least Battlefront's helpdesk responded with a solution the next day (and on the Weekend even).. Again not happy with either's DRM, but at least Battlefront responded with a fix.

[Staggerwing]

^IIRC, Battlefront came through for me once as well. I couldn't get CMSF to run and they isolated it to some toolbar I had installed in my browser. Why that mattered I still don't know but after I removed it the game ran again.  ???