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DarklandsSpammed by game's copy protection?(36 posts)(36 posts)
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Posted November 17, 2011
GOG has shown a willingness to corrects stuff like this, so hopefully we will get a proper fix eventually. Since they do not have the source code (I assume), it is uncertain if a fix will ever be found.

One way I've seen this sort of thing handled is to simply make any answer considered 'correct' by the game. Not as professional looking, but very effective and potentially a lot easier.
Posted April 14, 2012
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Inny: Well... isn't GoG supposed to remove copy protection on his games ?
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DaveMongoose: It will be interesting to see how GoG deals with a 'code wheel' protection system when they get a game that uses one - some of those can have hundreds of combinations so you can't just look them up in a list, although I have seen them done with Java or Flash.
They already have. with Starflight.
Posted August 20, 2012
Had the game when it first came out and don't remember it trigerring the copy protection so much. I get it leaving a town & after every battle.
Posted August 20, 2012
I completed the game a few weeks ago, and only encountered the copy protection a couple of times.
Posted October 16, 2012
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Greybriar: Here are the symbols used for the Darklands Copy Protection. Using it is much more convenient than looking them up in the .pdf manual.
Thanks, It's amazing how much this looks like a crumped up piece of paper I traced by hand back in my Apple IIe / PC days to deal with this irritating form of copy protection.

Kudios for thinking of scanning yours to help others.
Posted October 17, 2012
You're welcome, gahufford.

I always try to help my fellow gamers out.
Posted December 27, 2012
I know I'm resurrecting an old thread, but... I just wanted to point out that I get the copy protection every time I enter a town, and that alt+tab sometimes gets recognized somehow by the game as answering the copy protection question incorrectly. It is pretty bad. They should really look into this.

Edit: Actually, the copy protection pops up after any world map event. My Darklands copy is paranoid.
Post edited December 27, 2012 by camozzato
Posted December 28, 2012
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camozzato: I know I'm resurrecting an old thread, but... I just wanted to point out that I get the copy protection every time I enter a town, and that alt+tab sometimes gets recognized somehow by the game as answering the copy protection question incorrectly. It is pretty bad. They should really look into this.

Edit: Actually, the copy protection pops up after any world map event. My Darklands copy is paranoid.
Please write to Support about this issue and we'll do our best to see that it gets resolved positively. Thanks :D
Posted January 01, 2013
Interesting problem. It must have something to do with external factors, since I have put about a dozen hours into the game recently and was asked a copy protection question exactly once. I seem to recall getting it a bit more frequently than that when I first started playing in '92. My first, uninformed guess is to wonder if it has something to do with virus checking.

-- Mal
Posted January 28, 2013
Yes, this can sometimes be very annoying, and it seems the more you play, the most it asks you for questions - and, as someone else mentioned earlier, if you Alt+Tab to read your copy of the symbols guide, the game autoquits!

P.
Posted April 20, 2014
This has happened to me twice today and ruined progress in my game both times because the game quits when I alt-tab to look at the symbol sheet. :(
Posted October 28, 2015
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camozzato: I know I'm resurrecting an old thread, but... I just wanted to point out that I get the copy protection every time I enter a town, and that alt+tab sometimes gets recognized somehow by the game as answering the copy protection question incorrectly. It is pretty bad. They should really look into this.

Edit: Actually, the copy protection pops up after any world map event. My Darklands copy is paranoid.
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JudasIscariot: Please write to Support about this issue and we'll do our best to see that it gets resolved positively. Thanks :D
I'm having a support issue submitting this to support, after I submit that it's a technical issue it sends me back to the support games list. Has anyone received a response? I've lost many hours due to alt+tab or alt+enter to look up codes.
Posted October 28, 2015
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JudasIscariot: Please write to Support about this issue and we'll do our best to see that it gets resolved positively. Thanks :D
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bemral: I'm having a support issue submitting this to support, after I submit that it's a technical issue it sends me back to the support games list. Has anyone received a response? I've lost many hours due to alt+tab or alt+enter to look up codes.
This link should take care of everything: http://www.gog.com/support/contact/technical_issues_with_games/darklands

Please let me know if that helps :)
Posted October 28, 2015
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bemral: I'm having a support issue submitting this to support, after I submit that it's a technical issue it sends me back to the support games list. Has anyone received a response? I've lost many hours due to alt+tab or alt+enter to look up codes.
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JudasIscariot: This link should take care of everything: http://www.gog.com/support/contact/technical_issues_with_games/darklands

Please let me know if that helps :)
Thank you, that worked.
Posted October 29, 2015
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JudasIscariot: Please let me know if that helps :)
Thankfully GOG, no not you, hasn't done anything about this yet.
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