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Posted May 28, 2016
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0Grapher: GOG's promise on the game page "DRM-FREE. No activation or online connection required to play." is simply a lie, now, and should be changed to something like: "DRM-FREE single-player. No activation or online connection required to play most of the game."
If by now, you mean 2 years ago, sure.
Posted May 28, 2016
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0Grapher: GOG's promise on the game page "DRM-FREE. No activation or online connection required to play." is simply a lie, now, and should be changed to something like: "DRM-FREE single-player. No activation or online connection required to play most of the game."
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Grargar: If by now, you mean 2 years ago, sure.
Unless its changed, that game can be launched without Galaxy and played on a Local LAN.

Galaxy adds a "internet wrapper" so you can play against strangers.
Posted May 28, 2016
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0Grapher: GOG's promise on the game page "DRM-FREE. No activation or online connection required to play." is simply a lie, now, and should be changed to something like: "DRM-FREE single-player. No activation or online connection required to play most of the game."
Nothing about that statement is untrue, at all... you don't have to activate the game and your don't have to be online to play. Online MP is simply that online... so that statement would not cover online MP anyway regardless of Galaxy.

But this is GOG where a select few decry everything they dislike DRM regardless if it actually is...
Post edited May 28, 2016 by user deleted
Posted May 28, 2016
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mechmouse: Unless its changed, that game can be launched without Galaxy
For single-player, yes. Multiplayer requires Galaxy.
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mechmouse: and played on a Local LAN.
LAN has been stripped from this version of the game.
Posted May 28, 2016
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Grargar: LAN has been stripped from this version of the game.
That is pretty effed up.
Posted May 28, 2016
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Smannesman: That is pretty effed up.
And if Dawn of War and Homeworld arrive here, they will also be without LAN, as the developers have stripped it from the Steam versions.
Post edited May 28, 2016 by Grargar
Posted May 28, 2016
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Smannesman: That is pretty effed up.
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Grargar: And if Dawn of War and Homeworld arrive here, they will also be without LAN, as the developers have stripped it from the Steam versions.
Even the original not remasters that are included?
Posted May 28, 2016
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omega64: Even the original not remasters that are included?
Even the classic versions.
Posted May 28, 2016
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omega64: Even the original not remasters that are included?
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Grargar: Even the classic versions.
Wow, that's quite a dick move.
Posted May 28, 2016
That is indeed a vaginer move.
Posted May 28, 2016
I think the real question here is whether there is any actual technical limitation that required games that use Galaxy Multiplayer matchmaking to only work on accounts that have the game activated.

If there isn't, then the purpose is account based DRM. And whether that only applies to multiplayer and not single player really wouldn't take away from the fact that it's a form of DRM at that point.
Post edited May 28, 2016 by Pheace
Posted May 28, 2016
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0Grapher: GOG's promise on the game page "DRM-FREE. No activation or online connection required to play." is simply a lie, now, and should be changed to something like: "DRM-FREE single-player. No activation or online connection required to play most of the game."
GoG mentioned multiple times in the pasts that their "DRM-free" promise only extended as far as the single player portion of the games and that the multiplayer parts was in the hand of the devs.

We have older games (i.e. before Galaxy) that requires creating an account with the devs or even online activation to be playable online. (for example AoW III or Two Worlds)
Posted May 28, 2016
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Pheace: I think the real question here is whether there is any actual technical limitation that required games that use Galaxy Multiplayer matchmaking to only work on accounts that have the game activated.

If there isn't, then the purpose is account based DRM. And whether that only applies to multiplayer and not single player really wouldn't take away from the fact that it's a form of DRM at that point.
I don't think there should be. From a data handling view, the save games and multiplayer statics need to be unbound from ownership.

That could be a problematic. You either need to create an extra table to handle games "played" by account, or add a field to games_owned table that denotes the account has played the game but doesn't own it.

It is definately a back end database problem.
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mechmouse: Unless its changed, that game can be launched without Galaxy
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Grargar: For single-player, yes. Multiplayer requires Galaxy.
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mechmouse: and played on a Local LAN.
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Grargar: LAN has been stripped from this version of the game.
I've just created a local LAN server. Need to wait for laptop to install game to test it. But I'm sure you're wrong.
Post edited May 28, 2016 by mechmouse
Posted May 28, 2016
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mechmouse: But I'm sure you're wrong.
I don't think so.
Posted May 28, 2016
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omega64: Even the original not remasters that are included?
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Grargar: Even the classic versions.
Any idea (or a guess) why?
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