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Posted September 18, 2018
I was celebrating Day Against DRM by doing some small research on my own, with a cold DRM-Free beer in my hand, and stumbled across some surprising info...
If you happen to have known Starforce DRM, you will be aware that it was a really evil one. Not the most evil ever, but it probably was the most evil a bunch of years ago. I navigated a bit through Starforce's web page (indeed, I thought it wouldn't exist right now, but they seem to be still on the DRM market) and found that CD Projekt Red is listed as one of the company's clients.

I won't be judging CDPR too harshly, we all have a past and it is OK if we change our mind towards a better direction. But my question is, just out of curiosity: When did exactly CDPR used Starforce products (aka DRM)? Maybe it was on some older Metropolis Software game?
Posted September 18, 2018
Didn't realise that Starforce was still in use. Piece of shit that was.
Posted September 18, 2018
The Witcher 3 is sold on the origin store which I also found to be odd...
Posted September 18, 2018
The Witcher 2 retail used Starforce I think
Posted September 18, 2018
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Pheace: The Witcher 2 retail used Starforce I think
Although that was (somewhat famously) published by Atari, who then took CDPR to court for patching out the DRM.
Posted September 18, 2018
I don't know wtf Starforce is, sounds badass to me, but this might be juicy.
Btw stain is such a good word.
Posted September 18, 2018
It was briefly in retail copies of The Witcher 2, then quickly patched out - https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2011/05/the-witcher-2-patch-removes-drm-improves-framerate/
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pkk234: I don't know wtf Starforce is, sounds badass to me, but this might be juicy.
Btw stain is such a good word.
Calm down now Keemstar ;)
Post edited September 18, 2018 by Linko90
Posted September 18, 2018
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Pheace: The Witcher 2 retail used Starforce I think
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SirPrimalform: Although that was (somewhat famously) published by Atari, who then took CDPR to court for patching out the DRM.
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Linko90: It was briefly in retail copies of The Witcher 2, then quickly patched out - https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2011/05/the-witcher-2-patch-removes-drm-improves-framerate/
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pkk234: I don't know wtf Starforce is, sounds badass to me, but this might be juicy.
Btw stain is such a good word.
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Linko90: Calm down now Keemstar ;)
Thanks for the info, guys!
Posted September 18, 2018
I misread the title as " A Stalin in CDPR's past".
Posted September 18, 2018
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Lone_Scout: I won't be judging CDPR too harshly, we all have a past and it is OK if we change our mind towards a better direction. But my question is, just out of curiosity: When did exactly CDPR used Starforce products (aka DRM)? Maybe it was on some older Metropolis Software game?
Well actually my first experience with CDPR was that I was unable to play my original copy of Witcher 1 because the TAGES copy protection the game used didn't like my SCSI CD-ROM drive and considered me as being a filthy pirate.

I had to download a multiple REDACTED versions before I managed to find one that correctly cracked all the triggers and allowed me to reach chapter 2.
Post edited September 18, 2018 by Gersen
Posted September 18, 2018
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Linko90: It was briefly in retail copies of The Witcher 2, then quickly patched out - https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2011/05/the-witcher-2-patch-removes-drm-improves-framerate/
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pkk234: I don't know wtf Starforce is, sounds badass to me, but this might be juicy.
Btw stain is such a good word.
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Linko90: Calm down now Keemstar ;)
Really? Interesting. So The Witcher 3 DVD wasn't the only one in the series to come with DRM then.
Posted September 18, 2018
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Lone_Scout: I was celebrating Day Against DRM by doing some small research on my own, with a cold DRM-Free beer in my hand, and stumbled across some surprising info...
If you happen to have known Starforce DRM, you will be aware that it was a really evil one. Not the most evil ever, but it probably was the most evil a bunch of years ago. I navigated a bit through Starforce's web page (indeed, I thought it wouldn't exist right now, but they seem to be still on the DRM market) and found that CD Projekt Red is listed as one of the company's clients.

I won't be judging CDPR too harshly, we all have a past and it is OK if we change our mind towards a better direction. But my question is, just out of curiosity: When did exactly CDPR used Starforce products (aka DRM)? Maybe it was on some older Metropolis Software game?
Ah yes I recall that piece of DRM, was in many of the Splinter Cell games if I recall.
Posted September 19, 2018
Their rival publishers weren't better.
Like Cenega which changed Polish release of Fallout 3. They removed GfWL (because it wasn't officially supported here*)
and replaced SecuRom with aforementioned StarForce.
Cenega and muve have strong ties with 1C, and we know easterneuropean publishers love their DRMs and favor StarForce above all else. Bleh.

*yet everyone made GfWL and X360 XBL accounts with adress of Polish embassy in UK .

Starforce stopped me from playing Divine Divinity and some other games I forgot. Installed, played once then next time it throw BSoD for some reasons. No cures beside "fan-made .exe replacers" if you catch my drift.

To my surprise - it did not made any issues with Bet on Solder and Codename Panzed Phase1.
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