Oops I Broke It!
B:
Quote from: katenigma on 2007 July 19, 22:52:37
We also need to be prepared for BV- they switched to Securom for PetStories, which is breaking the game even more for people who've bought it legally. I imagine that BV will use it too.
Securom must be destroyed. Not only does it give me tremendous headaches when trying to "back-up" game's that I purchased legally, but it also doesn't play nicely with my system and causes huge memory holes to appear where none existed before. I generally (and against my normal inclination) purchase Sims games because they are slightly more enjoyable than the usual riff raff out there, but if EA goes over to the dark(er) side with Bon Voyage I'll be forced to wait for Hatred or one of the other groups to zap the protection for me. It's too bad really. They think using this crap will protect their investment, but instead it will force a paying customer to aquire the game some other way.
witch:
What do you mean by memory holes? Something is done to your system or the game develops a memory leak?
B:
Quote from: witch on 2007 July 20, 12:40:03
What do you mean by memory holes? Something is done to your system or the game develops a memory leak?
Explorer develops a memory leak when I try to delete certain files, and I generally need to kill the Windows session to get my processor back under control. I say securom causes the memory holes (leading to the aforementioned leaks) because I only ever notice the problem when I have recently (and foolishly) messed around with something utilizing securom protection. Apparently the protection scheme prevents me from deleting the files until I remove all extensions it placed on my machine. Why it does this is a mystery.
witch:
Root kit shit?
B:
Quote from: witch on 2007 July 21, 03:23:44
Root kit shit?
The same sort of thing. Securom installs some files (I have most of my problems with two of them) that watch certain .exes for reasons unknown to me. Thus, when I try to delete said executables, my system hangs as explorer tries to figure out what is accessing the files. In the end, it doesn't see anything since the Securom extensions are located in the same temp directory with the files I am trying to eradicate (and apparently Windows doesn't search the Temp folders for access violations). Now that I know what to look for, it's not a big deal in practice, but I am still upset by the principle of the matter.
On a related note, I've found that if I use CrapCleaner to ditch my temp files everything is gravy. I guess a little freeware app is more powerful than Windows' own file browser.
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