Teddy Rogers Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Probably all PC users know what a No-CD crack is - that small file which allows you to play a game you bought without having the CD or DVD inserted in the drive. However, such files are considered illegal and game developers go as far as stating that they promote piracy. And we must admit that it is indeed true: the No-CD fixes are generally used for piracy purposes.The funny story comes from Ubisoft and their Rainbow Six Vegas 2 game released via Direct2Drive - the 1.02 version of the game was having some problems with the install process, so the developers hurried to release another patch, version 1.03. In order to solve all the problems, the company used a No-CD crack - and indeed things were solved, the game is running fine, end of story. Apparently. Somebody from FileForums (a user named Twingo, to be more specific) found out that Ubisoft were in such a hurry to solve the problem that they "borrowed" the crack from cracking group Reloaded (the proof can be seen in the picture in the upper left corner). Reloaded, on the other hand, is an independent group that offers pirated software to users all over the world, thus hampering sales of PC games (or, at least that's what game developers keep telling us).This further means that, somehow, Ubisoft managed to break their own anti-piracy rules and, at the same time, commit piracy by stealing the crack (because, honestly, I doubt that the two groups worked together on this). A very, very funny situation which will probably be remembered for a long time by the gamers' community - and we must admit we're really curious to see how Reloaded will respond to the whole deal. Just imagine how hilarious the following headline would look in the newspapers: "Cracking group sues developers for stealing crack".The funniest thing is that Ubisoft has not tried to deny the news. In the official forums, community manager Ubi.Vigil said, "The file was removed from the site over a week ago now and the matter is being thoroughly investigated by senior tech support managers here at Ubisoft. Needless to say we do not support or condone copy protection circumvention methods like this and this particular incident is in direct conflict with Ubisoft’s policies".http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubisoft-Cra...Fix-90318.shtmlTed. Link to comment
Killboy Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 lolwhy didnt they use an unprotected exe in the first place ? instead of using the one from reloaded they could just have not gone through the process of wrapping SR around the exe... Link to comment
Killboy Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 I thought Ubisoft was using Securom... my bad Link to comment
Vi2DoubleYu Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 This further means that, somehow, Ubisoft managed to break their own anti-piracy rules and, at the same time, commit piracy by stealing the crack (because, honestly, I doubt that the two groups worked together on this). A very, very funny situation which will probably be remembered for a long time by the gamers' community - and we must admit we're really curious to see how Reloaded will respond to the whole deal. Just imagine how hilarious the following headline would look in the newspapers: "Cracking group sues developers for stealing crack".i like Ubisoft managed to break their own anti-piracy rules sentence.... :biggrin: Link to comment
STN Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 (edited) ****tards! and these are the people that got so many people busted in scene for ****in piracy while what they did is piracy aswell, stealing somebody else code. I dont think its fair letting them go, should be sued for billions! Edited July 21, 2008 by STN Link to comment
Blah Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 ill keep a eye out for Rld's response in one of there future nfos.. (if any)... Link to comment
Hyperlisk Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 (edited) They should definitely sue, that would be an interesting battle Edited July 21, 2008 by Hyperlisk Link to comment
Nacho_dj Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 A good solution for their problem could be: firing their senior tech support managers, and make a offer to Reloaded crew to work for them... Link to comment
Teddy Rogers Posted July 21, 2008 Author Share Posted July 21, 2008 Ubisoft should stop using protection on their releases. A lot of these game companies have been stating that piracy is killing the industry yet there are more games sales than ever before and higher turnover. Copy protection hasn't worked, all it has done is hamper legitimate purchasers...Ted. Link to comment
Ac Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Copy protection still works... somehow...Here in Philippines piracy is everywhere but there are still people who don't know about the existence of cracks and patches..but it would be sure fun if they sue each other...hehe :biggrin: Link to comment
Patrickssj6 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Epic...pity I don't know how to unpack SafeDisc Link to comment
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