Settlers 7 DRM - Server Status = intermittent

Settlers 7 'Server Unavailable'

I'm actually one of the lucky players! Asia/Australia haven't been able to play this since release! :shock:

There's a huge thread regarding the DRM, stating your detail:

1. Your account name (as entered in the UGL)
2. Your location & ISP
3. How you purchased the game (Steam, retail...)
4. Time of your last login attempt (ie last game start)

http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/6061083365/m/9121044648

1st game with a DRM for me.... and the last :lol:

Anything with the words DRM, seriously keep away. Sometimes it will work, but others will just irritate you! I can't even login to play the SINGLE player campaign!

Because the demo worked... people who played the BETA said it was working fine. Upon launch of the full version, heeeeeeeeeeeeeeere's problems! lol Hey, I was optimistic, just like many others. (Glad I had cancelled the 2nd copy for my girlfriend, just to give this a test for a few weeks)

Well this isn't another DRM hate thread, just giving direction to those who can't play Settlers 7.

Visit the link above for the forums, but also create a support ticket here...

http://support.ubi.com/

p.s. I hate DRM :lol:

Ubisoft is 0 for 3

AC2. Silent Hunter V. Settlers 7

Server back online. 9 hours laterAnarchist-TKC-1

Why did you buy it? You should have known better.GeneralShowzer

I feel sorry for the OP and others having trouble with this DRM. I will be taking my chances when SC:C is released.

Such a shame it has come to this, but where else was it going to go. It is only natural that a company does not want to give away millions of copies of their games for free anymore - now we all suffer :(

I feel sorry for the OP and others having trouble with this DRM. I will be taking my chances when SC:C is released.

Such a shame it has come to this, but where else was it going to go. It is only natural that a company does not want to give away millions of copies of their games for free anymore - now we all suffer :(

Cobretti1818

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I feel sorry for the OP and others having trouble with this DRM. I will be taking my chances when SC:C is released.

Such a shame it has come to this, but where else was it going to go. It is only natural that a company does not want to give away millions of copies of their games for free anymore - now we all suffer :(

dakan45

[QUOTE="dakan45"][QUOTE="Cobretti1818"]

I feel sorry for the OP and others having trouble with this DRM. I will be taking my chances when SC:C is released.

Such a shame it has come to this, but where else was it going to go. It is only natural that a company does not want to give away millions of copies of their games for free anymore - now we all suffer :(

GeneralShowzer

From what i know the co-op element is not exactly the main compaign. Yet the coop can be bothersome thanks to drm. Imagine being able to play but an friend you met on the internet cant because you are in diffirent locations and one of you experiancing problems. I cant believe that after all those years they made a 7 hour sp compaign. Better be good and never feel borring and repettive. But i would say there are stealth elements. Just like in crysis you are not suposes to go on full assault but plan your moves, attack and cloack then de cloack and attack again. So here in splinter cell conviction you plan your moves and use the enviroment and then attack and hide, the ai will search your previous position while you get behind the. Sure its not a complete stealth game like the previous in which you infiltrate a base and made sure you do not alert anyone or get any alarms. But there is some hide and seek stealth elements here. You cant go full frontal assault.

If you're one of the hundreds of people who purchased the game and never able to play it due to the DRM / registration issues. Visit my website.

I dunno if I am lucky or what but at least my settlers 7 have work the day I bought it. Hmmmm Good to be lucky sometimes it seems.

:roll: Yeah kinda guessed as much, but it's a working temp fix to play the game at least until Ubisoft fix the DRM. People haven't been able to play since day 1 (mostly Australia/Asia). It seems to be an issue with linking the game to the Ubisoft account, but also when the servers/DRM messes up, you can't even play single player! This is a fix to get around that for now.

Dear Ubisoft,

Thank you for making, for the most part, quality games; I am a big fan of your titles, especially in the past, and still have high hopes for the future.

Unfortunately, your paranoid and excessive DRM is ruining things not only for gamers, but for gaming as well. If a gamer subscribes to all the requirements of a video game (hardware, an internet connection) and has legally purchased it, then there should be nothing preventing him or her from installing and playing the game whenever or where ever they desire. Unfortunately, this is not the case.

Please release a patch for all your recent games requiring constant internet connections, thus removing the need for such a rediculous and, on your part, poorly exected, digital rights management. You have stolen countless millions of dollars from paying customers and provided them with broken servers, therefore denying them access to a game they have the right to play.

Remember: DRM should always inconvenience the pirate, and never inconvenience the legitimate customer. This recent DRM does the exact opposite

Sincerely,

Mr Bojangles

I think everyone needs to send an email like this to Ubisoft, please.

Another Bank Holiday weekend and guess what? YIPPEEEEEEEEEEE the DRM is not working AGAIN! Servers are unavailable. Seriously, this is the FIRST and LAST game with a DRM lollllllllllllllllllllllll. Ubi can do one.

Not even the forums are working?!!? :shock:

what? the game is so totally cracked and buried, yet there are still people suffering from UBI's almighty DRM? wait, the legit customers are...

this sucks I'm actually interested in buying this game but ubisoft has to **** it up with there stupid drm.

Another Bank Holiday weekend and guess what? YIPPEEEEEEEEEEE the DRM is not working AGAIN! Servers are unavailable. Seriously, this is the FIRST and LAST game with a DRM lollllllllllllllllllllllll. Ubi can do one.

Not even the forums are working?!!? :shock:

Anarchist-TKC-1

Well today im a little sad..! after 3yrs of playing evony online and that game changing to benifit the cheaters... i choose and BOUGHT legally The Settlers 7 ..... what a huge mistake "apparently". After reading the posts here it seems Australia gets nothing.... and true it is. after installing the game TWICE after it froze my comp and then downloading a new patch, followed with installing again and some more updating.... finally get the game running to be told the server is down. WOW! Get into the game build the very first thing in game (i think it was a quarry thingie) and it compleatly freezes on me. Than after restarting comp i try to log in for the next 2 hrs and keep getting an error msg :( Im wondering if this is why the game was down for $79 to $24 ...................... Cause u cant play it... all u get is a shiney box full of "good intentions" Anyone know if they intended on fixing the issues or should i just return for a refund???leannavale

Dear Ubisoft,

Thank you for making, for the most part, quality games; I am a big fan of your titles, especially in the past, and still have high hopes for the future.

Unfortunately, your paranoid and excessive DRM is ruining things not only for gamers, but for gaming as well. If a gamer subscribes to all the requirements of a video game (hardware, an internet connection) and has legally purchased it, then there should be nothing preventing him or her from installing and playing the game whenever or where ever they desire. Unfortunately, this is not the case.

Please release a patch for all your recent games requiring constant internet connections, thus removing the need for such a rediculous and, on your part, poorly exected, digital rights management. You have stolen countless millions of dollars from paying customers and provided them with broken servers, therefore denying them access to a game they have the right to play.

Remember: DRM should always inconvenience the pirate, and never inconvenience the legitimate customer. This recent DRM does the exact opposite

Sincerely,

Mr Bojangles

I think everyone needs to send an email like this to Ubisoft, please.

Wierd, I have not had any issues with this game personally.

Is it just people in Australia having issues? or NA/UK,etc.. to?

Me and my friend just tried playing and couldn't get in. Can bet ones who didn't pay for it play it just fine :P