Freetime Patch is out
Marvin Kosh:
Quote from: jsalemi on 2008 June 11, 19:54:57
And FWIW, there are legitimate reasons to use Alcohol (CD/DVD archiving, for example) and Daemon Tools (to run legitimately owned software without having to put the CD in every time, and to speed up game loading), so calling them 'pirate tools' is a sign of severe brainwashing by the companies who use invasive and/or harmful forms of copy protection.
QFE.
At some point game companies decided it would be cute to turn the CD/DVD drive into a glorified dongle. PC games run mostly from hard disk these days, so the software company requiring that the original media be in the drive when you play is an offensive and annoying means of getting you the average legitimate user to spend time playing their game and not someone else's, or to waste time pissing about with the physical media. So is it really any surprise when the average legitimate user gives them the finger and bypasses the 'GIVE ME DONGLE!' routine?
Using tools like Alcohol and DT to play the games you paid money for isn't piracy, but it will stop you from going insane if you haven't done so already.
awrevell:
Currently I am in college working on my degree in Game and Simulation Programming. I want to be part of the game industry but I sure as hell don't want to put crap like SuckuRom into my programs. I do not and never will support piracy in any form, that would be like saying I don't want a paycheck for working. However, I also do not support treating customers like criminals or putting invasive software on their computers that detracts from their enjoyment of the product I am producing. As a game producer my job will be to make software that makes people, gives them an escape from reality, or otherwise improves their lives in some small way... crap like SuckuRom does exactly the opposite.
Lord Darcy:
It's interesting the way some brainwashed people allow their property to be manipulated by some private corporate entities without judicial power. So today it may be just a trifle annoyance with a couple of emulation softwares. What makes them believe that the same corporations will not go further than that? How naive. Tomorrow it could very well be our personal information, sent home in encrypted form via "online validation", all done in the virtuous cause of "protecting intellectual property". Corporations in general do not give a flying fuck about respecting privacy of their customers. That's why we customers have to fight tooth and nail to protect ourselves from bottomless corporate greed.
jsalemi:
Quote from: Lord Darcy on 2008 June 13, 12:38:15
It's interesting the way some brainwashed people allow their property to be manipulated by some private corporate entities without judicial power. So today it may be just a trifle annoyance with a couple of emulation softwares. What makes them believe that the same corporations will not go further than that? How naive.
See the recent flap about Google apps blocking the use of PayPal for more details....
coltraz:
Hey, folks. Does anyone know if the instructions for this crack listed @ gamecopyworld is for patch 2? Or 3?:
* Install the game - Full Installation.
* Apply the official The Sims 2: Freetime v1.13.0.161 Patch.
* Replace the original SIMS2EP7.EXE file with the one from the File Archive.
* Play the Game!
Looks like it's probably the new one on the official site, but I just wanted to be sure, before messing with anything.
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