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Old February 14th, 2007, 04:28 PM
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Default Re: What´s the point of the new copy protection?

I can confirm this is apparently a cd-key protection/bug.

I own the game, and at one point I installed it at work from the CD. I forgot the manual so I just hopped on the "internets" and got a key. It was running fine at work until 3.06 came out and it started to bug out exactly as was described. So I deinstalled it and reinstalled it with my good key and worked just fine.

Personally I think its an awesome Copy-write protection for the game to allow you to play for a little while and then pop up with a message saying something like "We hope like the game... please buy it!" and quit. Unfortuantly it just bugs out.

My thought is that this wasn't intended, as it would be a quite silly protection idea as it looks exactly like a bug. If I didn't see it listed in the forums I would have assumed Dom3 is the problem - not the cd-key.
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Old February 14th, 2007, 05:12 PM
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Default Re: What´s the point of the new copy protection?

Yes I like games that shift a bad cd key into demo mode. It would be great if Dom3 could support it.
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Old February 14th, 2007, 05:48 PM

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Default Re: What´s the point of the new copy protection?

I just received the game in the mail 2 days ago...immediately patched to 3.06. I've experienced this "copy protection" once as I started a MA Vanheim single player game. Didn't even get past the first turn. If it's copy protection, it's buggy.
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