![]() I suspect its a game of registry cat and mouse between DRM and imaging application companies. you can avoid the DRM "incompatability" problems. It seems that as long as you continually use the latest version of Alcohol etc. It's one of the commonest problems with DRM methods. I'm not saying there is no issue whatsoever, only that it hasn't been an issue with the games I have. I know I own several titles with SecuRom or other DRM malware. I've been using Alcohol 120% for several years without issue. ![]() Quote:Originally posted by ChrisG:quote:Originally posted by MichaelC:You can have both. But since it's never happened to me in over 15 years of PC gaming across all kinds of hardware configurations, I have very little reason to suspect it ever will. Apparently you can't have both, and as you say, this isn't exactly new info.The first time a DRM methods prevent me from playing a title, I'll be sure to post about it. But hey, it sucks to be them it would appear that the price of legitimate gaming is not using mounting tools - choose whether you want to game, or using mounting tools most badly. I know there is, which is why I said "otherwise ripped". NEWSFLASH! Perfectly legitimate reasons for using image mounting software found to exist! - View image here:. The last two are probably releated to Starforce more than SecurROM, but same shit different bucket. For others, there are hardware incompatabilities with some drives, lack of 64 bit support for older DRM laden titles and performance issues. ![]() Otherwise nothing whatsoever will happen beyond you playing whatever title it is you're thinking of. I've never had any trouble with it or anything like it, spanning several years and several different incarnations of my PC. Originally posted by ChrisG:Or if you've got disk-mounting software installed for less-than-legit or otherwise ripped games. Unlike some previous computers, my current box doesn't sound like it's trying to jump to warpspeed whenever I run a game.My personal conclusion is that Fallout 3's securom is fine but Bioshock/Spore's securom is too retrictive. I think this is better these days, but this is just my personall experience. Also, the bad sectors/TOCs can cause really stress some drives. This doesn't bother me personally.7) DVD/CD damage - Due to the copy-spoofing methods (which may use lots of bad-sectors and corrupted TOC values) your DVD might be more easily damaged by scratches. That is a very big deal for me.3) Disk checks - I assume most people can live with these4) Software incompatibilities - Not a problem for me, but it could be if you use Process Explorer, Daemon Tools or Alcohol.5) Hardware incompatibilities - My current computer (with Bioshock and Fallout 3 securom implementations) works fine, but my last one wouldn't run any Securom games on either of it's DVD/CD drives.6) Registry hack-fu - If you're obsessed about not polluting your registry with undeletable keys then you'll have a problem with securom. ![]() Shouldn't be a big deal for most people, but it removes the ability to re-sell the game. Whether or not you can live with it is going to be very subjective.Possible problems are as follows:1) Online activation - not a huge deal, but I don't like being dependent on someone else's webserver if I want to play a single player game.2) Limited activations - Causes potential problems with re-installing in the future or doing hardware upgrades. There are various issues depending on the type of secrurom implementation and your hardware.
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