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Unread postby DaemianLucifer » 08 Feb 2006, 14:25

Veldrynus wrote:Lol. If somebody is stupid enough to pay 42$ for a beta-key, then he/she deserves to PAY it. On the other hand, I can hardly understand why does an OPEN beta need protection (esp. this goddamn SF ). It even contains much less than an usual demo.
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Like I said once before:This is the beta for SF since it will be a part of HV.So if they didnt include the SF,people would say "It figures,they are to afraid to give us SF,since they know its faulty".It was a good decicion,since even though it will cost them,it will cost them less then the loss of all those potential buyers.

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Unread postby Veldrynus » 08 Feb 2006, 16:48

DaemianLucifer wrote: Like I said once before:This is the beta for SF since it will be a part of HV.So if they didnt include the SF,people would say "It figures,they are to afraid to give us SF,since they know its faulty".It was a good decicion,since even though it will cost them,it will cost them less then the loss of all those potential buyers.
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Unread postby Gaidal Cain » 08 Feb 2006, 19:12

From what I understand, the reason for including SF is to protect the files so that hackers can't use the beta as reference when hacking. One might disagree with protection by keys, but including SF makes sense if the above is correct.
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Unread postby DaemianLucifer » 08 Feb 2006, 20:18

So instead of giving them reference to use when hacking,they gave them more time to break SF?

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Unread postby Gaidal Cain » 08 Feb 2006, 20:25

Hey, it's not like SF is not already out there on the market for anyone who wish to have a go at it...
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Unread postby DaemianLucifer » 08 Feb 2006, 20:28

But not the current version.I thought that in each new version of a copy protection system previous ways of cracking were dealt with.

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Unread postby Gaidal Cain » 08 Feb 2006, 20:40

There is hardly one new SF version for every game, is there?
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Unread postby DaemianLucifer » 08 Feb 2006, 20:44

But this one is,isnt it?Or have I been missinformed.

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Unread postby Corribus » 08 Feb 2006, 20:44

Even if there is, who says the version that is shipped with the beta is the new one?
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Unread postby DaemianLucifer » 08 Feb 2006, 20:56

Well,as far as Ive heard there were some problems with the previous version.But no one in the beta seems to expirience them.Bah,either way,I dont care.Im not buying the game if it doesnt fix a lot of features(which I doubt)

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Unread postby Gaidal Cain » 08 Feb 2006, 21:24

It's a new version, but I think some other games already have used it. I could be wrong though.
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