Starforce and GT Legends

[Sn00ks]

OB I didn't bother doing anything about SF, and I don't think many other of the players did either.  I installed the game, it works, I don't have any obvious problems so not really worried.
It is part of the game and you need it to play. I suppose if you want to you could un-install and delete SF after every play and then re-install it before each play. But that seems like a lot of TANGO to go through.
My 2p.

[Benny]

On the down side and I'm not sure if it's related, my DVD was running ssssllllloooowwww last night and I like to jump to conclusions. Will unistall SF tonight and see if it makes a difference..

[Doorman]

Originally posted by Sn00ks@Apr 26 2006, 09:22 AM
OB I didn't bother doing anything about SF, and I don't think many other of the players did either. I installed the game, it works, I don't have any obvious problems so not really worried.
It is part of the game and you need it to play. I suppose if you want to you could un-install and delete SF after every play and then re-install it before each play. But that seems like a lot of TANGO to go through.
My 2p.

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I'd go along with that 100%. I, like everyone else jumped up and down like an angry chimpanzee when I first encountered it, but I learnt to accept it. Just don't be on Teamspeak when you fire up GTL. Remove your headset first! It, or at least mine, lets out a screech when SF starts.

[Doorman]

Originally posted by TeaLeaf@Apr 22 2006, 04:12 PM


I like GTL, I hate Starforce. :ranting:  The battle for me is which will win out.

TL.

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And the winner is.......?

[delanvital]

I'm with Snooks and Doorman.

I just installed, no problems, and played. I did not even bother to jump up and down... but that might be because I don't know the software's damaging potential  :blush:

[suicidal_monkey]

Originally posted by Doorman@Apr 26 2006, 08:51 AM
I'd go along with that 100%. I, like everyone else jumped up and down like an angry chimpanzee when I first encountered it, but I learnt to accept it. Just don't be on Teamspeak when you fire up GTL. Remove your headset first! It, or at least mine, lets out a screech when SF starts.

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I get the same thing with my headset and GTL/teamspeak - very unpleasant on the eardrums!

On the "learnt to accept it" front however ... complacancy just means they get away with something more buggy and dangerous next time. SF gives a "level 3 user level 0 privileges" thus disabling part of what security there is in XP. I've no idea realistically how hazardous SF is of course but that doesn't mean we should let them get away with it. Ubisoft (or someone else high-profile in the game publishing world?) recently dropped SF after many complaints and after a SF employee posted links to a cracked version of an unreleased game!

It's the same with a lot of DRM software, going well beyond reasonable measures inconveniencing legitimate users. In this respect Steam is the best option I've come across! No discs required (well, apart from having to have both steam and my hl2 dvd ... grrr) by design. Ut2k4 seems to do just fine without requiring a cd to play.