SimCity servers not needed to run game simulation: RPS report
Maxis insider describes just what SimCity servers are doing, and how the game could easily be made an offline single player experience
SimCity servers not needed to run game simulation: RPS report
SimCity servers not needed to run game simulation: RPS report
Maxis insider describes just what SimCity servers are doing, and how the game could easily be made an offline single player experience
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Tum tum tumIf this truly is the case then the game will in all likelihood be cracked very soon.
When an anti-piracy method is affecting the game for people who legitimately bought it and causing other people not to buy the game, there is obviously something wrong with it!
I dunno. Yesterday I forgot a download running in the background while playing the game and with the increased latency it took noticeably longer for certain things to happen in-game, such as when I plop down a park it took a lot longer for all the smiley faces to show up.
Given that people report playing for 30+ minutes after losing connection to the DRM server I think we can safely conclude that the sources are right and EA is full of shit.
Definitely. I'm actually surprised it hasn't happened yet given how much publicity is available for whoever kills the DRM first.Originally Posted by Wyzak
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Eh, I guess we'll just have to wait and see. You can't receive resources from other people when the game is offline, as far as I know. Those calculations are more than likely done server-side and the game can't assign you resources as when the game regains connection the person you received resources from might have demolished his city or certain utility items, etc.
The game is already built for all this online only nonsense... If they go offline now that would mean they have to take out A LOT of features and implement new one's... Haltering the production of any new games they're working on. NOT likely to happen... And please JUST GET OVER THE ONLINE ONLY DRM. It is what it is. If that's the direction EA is taking it then DON'T BUY THEIR GAMES or STOP COMPLAINING IF YOU DO. Complaining isn't going to stop them...BOYCOTTING is.
That's why I'm doing both :PAnd please JUST GET OVER THE ONLINE ONLY DRM. It is what it is. If that's the direction EA is taking it then DON'T BUY THEIR GAMES or STOP COMPLAINING IF YOU DO. Complaining isn't going to stop them...BOYCOTTING is.
When an anti-piracy method is affecting the game for people who legitimately bought it and causing other people not to buy the game, there is obviously something wrong with it!
No idea why people allways complain about Online games.. wake up and smell the coffee it's the new future for all games, and it's way better than offline games, if you wanna play offline games pull out some oldies and go throw yourself a lan cable between your friends, because you are still stuck in the past.
Last edited by Shirou; 14-03-2013 at 09:58 AM.
I strongly disagree, there is no reason why you can't have the best of both worlds. When did PC gaming become online PC gaming? Why should PC games be restricted to places where you have a reliable Internet connection? That means that you won't ever be able to play PC games again on vacation, or when looking after somebody else's home, or in a train, or on plane, or heaven forbid when your Internet is down. There are lots of neighbourhoods in SA that can't get ADSL. Gaming on 3G is terribly unreliable. Does this mean that these people should just give up and forget about ever gaming again?
How does it detract from your experience by allowing people to play offline should they so choose/prefer?
When an anti-piracy method is affecting the game for people who legitimately bought it and causing other people not to buy the game, there is obviously something wrong with it!
Then with what you just told me it's clearly not the game that is the problem, it's the lack of internet as most places gives internet even on plains now-a-days, and why would you play with your PC on a train or a plain, lol?
EDIT: And you do know most people who complains about online games is those that are the ones who wanna download the cracked ones first, and if they see it's a online game they know they will never benefit from the full experience.
Last edited by Shirou; 14-03-2013 at 10:15 AM.
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