Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and StarForce?

[RoadHomie]

Hello,

I want to get this game but I'm worried about StarForce messing up your computer. Could anybody provide some insight on this? What does StarForce acutally do and why does it feel the need to dig so deeply into your computer?

[wootoow]

Re: Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and StarForce?

http://www.glop.org/starforce/

http://www.similarities.org/starforce.html

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/01/30/anticopying_malware_.html

http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/13212

Draw your own conclusion. With that being said, i do have a few games that have starforce and have had minimal problems with using my dvd burner. It has been announced that UBIsoft has dropped starforce from their services as well as several other manufacturers.

[RoadHomie]

Re: Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and StarForce?

It can be completely uninstalled, right? SCCT looks like such a great game and I ah... might have to get this game in a different fashion to avoid this "star force".

[wootoow]

Re: Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and StarForce?

It can not be completely uninstalled without using a special starforce removal program which can be found through google. The drivers will remain and possibly cause conflicts with your drives until you run that program.

[RoadHomie]

Re: Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and StarForce?

Wow, UbiSoft f*cked up big time. This looks like such a sweet game, too bad they won't be getting my money.

Is there any games out there that are similar to the concept of Splinter Cell but don't contain this starforce thing?

[wootoow]

Re: Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and StarForce?

Yeah Ubi screwed up, but they learned from their mistake and will release no further games with that crap. And even with how great starforce was supposed to be, there are certainly ways around it. Nothing is copyproof.

[RoadHomie]

Re: Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and StarForce?

I know.. Trust me, I will have SCCT fully working without that crap running in a few days.

[gungho]

Re: Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and StarForce?

I've got several games with Starforce, never had a bit of trouble with them.

[Eglaerinion]

Re: Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and StarForce?

I wouldn't get a SF protected game out of principle, don't care how good it is.

[RoadHomie]

Re: Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and StarForce?

This is an awesome game.. And with StarForce removed I have nothing to worry about.