Dear all,

Many thanks for the constructive feedback on the new protection system. It’s essential for us to create the best DCS World experience possible and world class copy protection is important. We have been reading your comments and of particular note is your concern for the three day time frame within which a verification check needs to be completed. We will be carefully considering this and trying to find the best balance of a great DCS World experience for you while successfully protecting our IP. We take this very seriously and should have some feedback for you next week.

For the sake of clarity, this new system (currently only being used for the AV-8B), requires that each time you log into DCS World, the authorization for the module is extended (currently three days). It would only expire after not logging into DCS World for over three days. If you were to go on vacation for example and not be able to log into DCS World for greater than three days, then that is still okay. Upon your return, say three weeks later, you would log into DCS World and the module(s) would be re-authorized. [bThe only complication arises if you are trying to play DCS World with no internet connection for greater than three days. This is the topic we will be re-evaluating.[/b] We hope this all makes better sense now.

Thanks,
Wags

Software is never 100% fool-proof, especially not during early-access. If you were expecting things to work 100% flawlessly during this release well then, I'd seriously advise that you lower your expectations, unless of course the intent is that one grabs on any shortcoming as it appears to better aid in the mud-slinging.

In that case I would understand why a meal is being made of everything.

Exactly one of the points!! What if you last played three days ago, and on the fourth day, you want to play but your ISP is having issues or is "upgrading services in your area"? Are you SoL then?

You will also see that if you look around, pirates always get around DRM and the only real victims of DRM are the legit users in some cases.

And it is very unacceptable to change the DRM on a product already paid for such as the Harrier, IMO.

You can transfer your UN and PW, which by default will now contain your entire collection. Not ideal, but that can be included in your Will.

Really, what we've lost with this system is the ability to sell individual modules. Not great, but par for the digital course, sadly.

Also, based on that test, how do you handle buying:
-a meal at a restaurant?
-air fair and hotel bookings?
-Pretty much any service based offering?

Yeah this sounds far too intrusive.

The only stretch I can see for justifying this is maybe one of their customers/licensees on the military/government/corporate (Boeing/Lockheed/Sukhoi) requires it... but we certainly cannot be sure of that.

All I can say is this is a disaster for the customers. I can understand some DRM but this crosses a line. And it is very unacceptable to change the DRM on a product already paid for such as the Harrier, IMO.

Oh God... this is so unreal....

Okay, I've officially entered another dimension and the proof is that cichlidfan and now Flogger is agreeing with me. Anyone know how I can get back to my own dimension??

. But no more buys from me. Oh God....unless an F4 Phantom came out! Damn. But it's not gonna happen.

I can't believe there is no indefinite offline play ability. Are you really sure?

Just LOL at Sith and Viper (not even a mod there I think) trying to put the multiple fires out on the DCS forum. It's a terrible drm system, and a bait and switch bringing it in after people had bought the AV8.

LOL, every time ED/DCS tries to put out a smoldering 'fire' the 'fire' grows larger in size.

Not trying to put fires out at all - just attempting to separate the wheat from the chaff and get real concerns put forward to the Devs which would otherwise be drowned out by the illogical, unconstructive rants of the vocal few as is usually the case when change is contemplated.

Just been skipping through the ED forum. The rate they're going the only customer they'll have left will be viper. Check out his opinion of concerned customers "chaff, illogical, unconstructive, rants"

ED are doing their best to destroy what they have left, there's no need for you, viper, to drive their customers away too.

Just been skipping through the ED forum. The rate they're going the only customer they'll have left will be viper. Check out his opinion of concerned customers "chaff, illogical, unconstructive, rants" ED are doing their best to destroy what they have left, there's no need for you, viper, to drive their customers away too.