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12-12-2007, 01:00 PM
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Its quite simple…there is no spinning of the issue
The No CD Hack/Patch (Call it what you will) was user created…not official at the point it was initially released UBI had an extremely strong policy against it…(naturally enough Hacks that by pass Copy Protection are a very real threat to a software publishers revenue stream…and the only form of “mod” they are likely to have a strong policy about) Discussion of it was banned on Ubi.com, users asking about were warned…repeat offenders were given two week cooling off periods, threads were locked, discussions deleted…this was the state of play for some time… More recently, following newer releases and direct download releases which didn’t require the CD to be kept in the drive, UBI changed its policy and made the No CD patch available to users. (Though not the No DVD patch for 1946) But for the majority of its life the No CD Hack was completely unofficial and resolutely opposed by UBI… But strangely enough there was no outcry from the online community about its existence! |
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12-12-2007, 04:55 PM
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More obfuscation.
The noCD/DVD has nothing to do with a decompiler that opens the SFS files and allows unauthorized hacking. This and only this is the crux of this issue. Sometimes I really wish the CFS series would have been more successful, because all you modder types would never have come here.
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12-12-2007, 06:35 PM
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You're wrong.....check the link at ubi. http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/t...116#9031092116 |
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12-12-2007, 10:10 PM
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Moderator Picture of Bearcat99 Posted Sat November 24 2007 12:52 Hide Post quote: Originally posted by JG52Uther: So just to clear this up for me please: After all these years of being threatened with instant banning on the forum for even whispering about the no cd hack,its suddenly perfectly ok to talk about it,provide links for new guys etc? I assuume this also includes the no dvd hack readily available for '46? Or is that one not allowed to be talked about yet? Is this a major policy change from the mods? I am not trying to be 'smart' here,as I would genuinely like to know.Not that many months ago,I was threatened with a ban by Steve V for telling someone to pm me for the link to the no cd (the ubi one by the way) I would just like this clarified by the mods. Well in light of this whole thing and a huge oversight on the entire moderating staff here... I have to apologize myself for anyone I may have banned for posting the no-cd post PF.. I don't think I did.. only warned.. but I could have done it and most likely have forgotten... at least one.. and for the sake of that one I do apologize because until Targ posted the rts file here I had completely forgotten that it was posted on UBI.. as for the no DVD file... well that file is NOT posted on UBI so IMO it is still an unofficial piece of kit.. even if it does the same thing as far as allowing no disk play. I won't ban anyone for it though from here on out just remove a link to it. There are other places and other means where it can be had than posting direct links here. As for the dozens of others who have been banned for posting links to it in the past between PF and now.. I can't speak for the other mods... but it makes me feel bad for the inconvenience and unfair bannings. Uther is right. In our defense however I have to say that the policy was not clear anyway because for a long time there was NO no-cd period allowed on these boards... I forgot which version made them come up with the no-cd as a fix I think it was in 3.0... but I do know that before that there was no link to it and it was not allowed on these boards. Looking back with hindsight at the time of the change the policy should have been amended.. and it wasn't... sort of like some of those old laws still on the books about killing a hog on Sunday or something like that.... but yes Uther you are right IMO, but only for the rts file posted by UBI. This is just my take on the situation.. I have not discussed it with the other mods but it seems pretty clear to me. The main reason if you recall for the whole slapdown was the amount of theft in the first place. Last edited by JG52Uther; 12-12-2007 at 10:13 PM. |
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#6
12-12-2007, 10:22 PM
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Thanks Jg52 for posting this all. I find this information very interesting..
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