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Serious Sam seriesSS4: DRM free coop LAN multiplayer?(7 posts)(7 posts)
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Posted September 02, 2020
Anyone know if I can play this coop on a LAN, without Galaxy or other 3rd party DRM services?
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Posted September 03, 2020
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torham: Anyone know if I can play this coop on a LAN, without Galaxy or other 3rd party DRM services?
I was digging around the Steam forum, didn't see an answer to that question. I did see a Dev say no split screen at launch so thats a bummer. LAN would make this an insta buy / pre order for me. I can't use Galaxy on Linux
Post edited September 03, 2020 by UltraComboTV
Posted September 03, 2020
It doesn't look like SS4 is out on Linux at all. I'm willing to use Windows although I would prefer Linux too so I don't need to reboot, but no way I'm buying if I have to use Galaxy.
Posted September 25, 2020
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torham: Anyone know if I can play this coop on a LAN, without Galaxy or other 3rd party DRM services?
So what you're saying is that GOG is no longer really DRM free and I'm never buying another game from them ever, right?

Why aren't more people talking about this? And if they are, please direct me to the forum/video/whatever. DRM of any kind BLOWS.
Posted September 25, 2020
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torham: Anyone know if I can play this coop on a LAN, without Galaxy or other 3rd party DRM services?
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Painbow: So what you're saying is that GOG is no longer really DRM free and I'm never buying another game from them ever, right?

Why aren't more people talking about this? And if they are, please direct me to the forum/video/whatever. DRM of any kind BLOWS.
Still is DRM Free, they use the GOG servers to launch the multiplayer, is easy and cheaper for an small team like Croteam, they do the same in Steam, if you don't want to use GOG Galaxy, then wait until they release the dedicate servers or the LAN update.
Posted September 25, 2020
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torham: Anyone know if I can play this coop on a LAN, without Galaxy or other 3rd party DRM services?
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Painbow: So what you're saying is that GOG is no longer really DRM free and I'm never buying another game from them ever, right?

Why aren't more people talking about this? And if they are, please direct me to the forum/video/whatever. DRM of any kind BLOWS.
It depends on your definition of DRM-free. If you consider DRM to be gating the multiplayer functionality behind an 3rd party service, with no option to connect to friends directly via IP address or LAN discovery to be a form of DRM... then no GOG is not DRM-free. If you only consider DRM to be an online check for the single player content, then yes they are still DRM-free. I'm of the opinion that DRM-Free should mean no need to ask permission from a 3rd party to play a co-op game with a friend.

There are many examples of games on GOG that require authentication from Galaxy to play multiplayer. From the top of my head, No Man's Sky, Gauntlet Slayer Edition. All of these games will lose multiplayer when GOG goes under and you won't be able to play multiplayer on Linux.
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Painbow: So what you're saying is that GOG is no longer really DRM free and I'm never buying another game from them ever, right?

Why aren't more people talking about this? And if they are, please direct me to the forum/video/whatever. DRM of any kind BLOWS.
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Ruvika: Still is DRM Free, they use the GOG servers to launch the multiplayer, is easy and cheaper for an small team like Croteam, they do the same in Steam, if you don't want to use GOG Galaxy, then wait until they release the dedicate servers or the LAN update.
So Galaxy is required? That's too bad, but I'm not holding my breath for them to add it then. Adding LAN/direct connect support for a game should be extremely easy to add once you have multiplayer working. It would also be trivial for Galaxy to support LAN without internet connectivity if GOG wanted it to. I have to conclude that the only reason it doesn't work this way is because they are using it as copy protection.
Post edited September 25, 2020 by torham
Posted September 25, 2020
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Painbow: So what you're saying is that GOG is no longer really DRM free and I'm never buying another game from them ever, right?

Why aren't more people talking about this? And if they are, please direct me to the forum/video/whatever. DRM of any kind BLOWS.
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torham: It depends on your definition of DRM-free. If you consider DRM to be gating the multiplayer functionality behind an 3rd party service, with no option to connect to friends directly via IP address or LAN discovery to be a form of DRM... then no GOG is not DRM-free. If you only consider DRM to be an online check for the single player content, then yes they are still DRM-free. I'm of the opinion that DRM-Free should mean no need to ask permission from a 3rd party to play a co-op game with a friend.

There are many examples of games on GOG that require authentication from Galaxy to play multiplayer. From the top of my head, No Man's Sky, Gauntlet Slayer Edition. All of these games will lose multiplayer when GOG goes under and you won't be able to play multiplayer on Linux.
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Ruvika: Still is DRM Free, they use the GOG servers to launch the multiplayer, is easy and cheaper for an small team like Croteam, they do the same in Steam, if you don't want to use GOG Galaxy, then wait until they release the dedicate servers or the LAN update.
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torham: So Galaxy is required? That's too bad, but I'm not holding my breath for them to add it then. Adding LAN/direct connect support for a game should be extremely easy to add once you have multiplayer working. It would also be trivial for Galaxy to support LAN without internet connectivity if GOG wanted it to. I have to conclude that the only reason it doesn't work this way is because they are using it as copy protection.
If they're releasing a dedicated server patch you'll be able to play it lan, or should at least.
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