IL2 and Sound Modding

[SlipBall]

Originally Posted by JG52Uther

Oh? I never saw an official release announcement about that.Up to about 2 weeks ago it was a banning offence to mention no cd files on the ubi forum.Still might be.It was considered a hack,even though the majority of users had it.

No, it was official......meant to help those with cd/cdr drive/software promlem's

[jasonbirder]

It became official quite some time after it was originally released...I guess UBI thought it was too late to shut the stable door after the horse had bolted! But for quite some time any threads mentioning it were deleted and users discussing it suspended.
Same thing with the removal of "securom" copy protection that was bundled with Pe2.
No-one within the IL2 community raised any objection to modding the game in these respects...though in terms of financial impact to a company - any software publisher is going to treat bypassing copy protection/anti-piracy methods far more serious than user-modification of the game for gameplay purposes.

[SlipBall]

LOL....I can assure you that it was alway's an offical patch/fix....not a hack, adopted by 1C/UBI

[JG52Uther]

Originally Posted by SlipBall

LOL....I can assure you that it was alway's an offical patch/fix....not a hack, adopted by 1C/UBI

Oh right my mistake.Can you point me to the official release announcement for this,and explain why it was forbidden to talk about it at the official ubi forum?

[carguy_]

Originally Posted by JG52Uther

Oh right my mistake.Can you point me to the official release announcement for this,and explain why it was forbidden to talk about it at the official ubi forum?

Just contact Targ.He`ll brief you on the issue I think.

[JG52Uther]

Targ who?
Actually i don't think I need a briefing from the mysteriuos 'Targ' ,just the link to the official announcement would be fine thanks.

[jasonbirder]

Quotes from UBI.com

However, I just got back from serving a two week ban for asking about playing 46 without a CD

If you post such question again mate, you wont be able to login. Rules are rules, think twice before asking these kinds of questions.

Cheers!

Thats is from our very own Crazyivan1970 when asked a question about the No CD Hack

But on the other, only a very small percentage of people online do not know that generally, a no-CD 'patch' is a hack used to potentially illegally gain access to software- in other words, it's a sign of software piracy. Again, this isn't your fault per se, but the rules are put forth in a sticky topic on this very forum:

Don't talk about that! I got baned for two weeks for asking.

with reference to the No CD Hack

As you know the other SecuRom threads have been locked

[carguy_]

What?You trying to play with the no cd issue again?

That`s covered, Targ on the ubi forums posted that it is nothing like the hack and supported by Ubi.

Really funny to see you trying to refresh old stuff you can`t possibly prove.

[jasonbirder]

If it was supported by UBI, why the Bans, thread locks and deletions? And reminders not to discuss it on the forums...

For quite some time it was banned and it started life as an un-official hack that was only eventually and belatedly accepted by UBI

[JG52Uther]

Originally Posted by carguy_

What?You trying to play with the no cd issue again?

That`s covered, Targ on the ubi forums posted that it is nothing like the hack and supported by Ubi.

Really funny to see you trying to refresh old stuff you can`t possibly prove.

Link to that thread please?
I see nothing at the ubi forum about this issue. I never actually got banned for talking about the no cd patch,but did get warned by Steve_V for posting in a thread about it.
Carguy did you use the no cd hack as soon as you could get it,or did you wait until it was officially accepted (about 2 weeks ago)?