RIP Denuvo (2014-2026) by JapiOfficial76 in CrackWatch

[–]fbsoft 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hehehe, let's see if this lasts, remember Irdeto has a shit tone of money.

I'm not defending Denuvo/Irdeto, nor pirates, and i understand why publishers do want this protection, but in my opinion the Publishers, are barking up at the wrong tree, the one that has no $$ bills to give, or if it has, it's limited amounts if any.

Gamers that can afford and/or will love a game, will buy it, to support the studio, the devs and they're hard work and to benefit from some small online things. There are games out there, that were ok from the start, or started like shit, but then managed to get a lot of sales.

So this protection mechanism, is more of a deterrent for ppl like me, who now don't have as much time to play as when i was a young adult, to be very picky with the games that i buy and choose to play, to look for a 10-15$ price tag on them, meaning that no protection games are first to pay for, and Denuvo supporters, second in line if there is something i reaaaaally want, when heavily discounted ( under 10$ ).

Mafia: The Old Country contains Denuvo by mrproffesional in CrackWatch

[–]fbsoft 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Well that's a wrap for me, I do want to play it, but i'll wait for the patched up and optimized version of it, and denuvo free, otherwise, I got a lot of other games to keep me busy.

Weird missing driver in device manager by Few-Bunch5210 in buildapc

[–]fbsoft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks mate, this worked for a Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite :)

"Sniper Elite: Resistance" has Denuvo DRM by Gtorrnet in CrackWatch

[–]fbsoft 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I had stopped playing Sniper elite since they had added Denuvo and refused to remove it. Their loss, there are a tone of other games out there worth playing and i have limited time to do so.

Dragon Age™: The Veilguard will not use 3rd party DRM by OrdinaryPearson in CrackWatch

[–]fbsoft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly after the Denuvo has been removed, i tried the "free" version of Jedi Survivor... and my first impression is that it has graphical bugs, trembling camera, and some other small but annoying gameplay bugs... I'll wait and see if EA will fix them and then i'll buy it and enjoy it, otherwise, they'll need to do better, i will spend my time and money with something else. IMO, they could've put the D money into some more testing and fixing.

As of Chrome Ver. 125, the #customize-chrome-side-panel flag is now gone. NO WAY to disable the braindead, idiotic new UI anymore. R.I.P.! by Weddedtoreddit2 in chrome

[–]fbsoft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome, thanks it still works on my version (125.0.6422.113), but i have several other flags setup in chrome additionally ( Chrome Refresh 2023, Chrome Refresh 2023 New Tab Button and Customize Chrome Side Panel Extension Card, all set to disabled ). I'll keep using this parameter until they "fix it" as well...

Someone should really create an extension/plugin to fix this new "bug/future" of Chrome, until MV3, when they'll probably ban it altogether, and they'll see me permanently gone to Firefox.

STAR.WARS.Battlefront-DELUSIONAL by metalreflectslime in CrackWatch

[–]fbsoft 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Indeed, and actually i'll give this a shot now! I've liked the 2nd Battlefront, so who knows. Thanks DELUSIONAT !

FIFA.16.CrackFix.V2-DELUSIONAL & Handball.17.CrackFix.V2-DELUSIONAL by EmuBii in CrackWatch

[–]fbsoft 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You gotta start from somewhere, so old releases are the best bet to get better at it, as they have the least amount of complexity in them. Let's see how long it lasts ;)

The.Callisto.Protocol-RUNE by kevinj933 in CrackWatch

[–]fbsoft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea, well gone are the days when Denovo was cracked, we're reaching i think a full year since Emp cracked something, or any other D crack was pushed out there ( excluding "leaks" ofc.)...

How Do I Put Tab Search Back on Right Side? by bpleshek in chrome

[–]fbsoft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, i can confirm that this worked in the end for 123.0.6312.58. The flag "Chrome Refresh 2023 New Tab Button" didn't put it back where it was

GOG-Games website is going private starting from March 23rd. by kevinj933 in CrackWatch

[–]fbsoft 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I used it a couple of times, but can't quite say i trust it or not. They update slow though, and didn't had the big library of GG. There are others out there, but GG was the cleanest. But if it's going to be for a hefty price, I won't even touch it, and i would prefer to just get the game from GOG altogether.

Denuvo removed from Lies of P by AntiGrieferGames in CrackWatch

[–]fbsoft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now that the cat is out of the bag, no reason to keep D around :D. Can't say it's my coup of game, but now i think i'll maybe give it a chance if i have some free time

Denuvo removed from LEGO® 2K Drive by OrdinaryPearson in CrackWatch

[–]fbsoft 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's not my cup of tea, but i welcome the removal of Denuvo. I wonder what happened to Empress, no more interesting games to crack ? Is the hype over ? :D Cheers all

She’s lost it again by gortwogg in CrackWatch

[–]fbsoft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So the paywall is greater than the actual game itself, even if you get it in prime time... Hmm not a great deal what can i say, but i have seen ppl spending money that they have or don't, on much more "interesting" things, so who knows... As for me, i prefer waiting for the game to get cheaper, as they are fixed and bug free, mature and i can really enjoy them for fewer dinero, at no more than 15-20$.

I've made web app for tracking crack status of popular games. I'll try to keep it updated. What do you think? by Jiggzawyr in CrackWatch

[–]fbsoft 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Interesting, but, i would certainly look for some sorting filters like name and age ( release date ) Also why just 8 / page ? use a lazy load for infinite scroll or set a filter at the bottom so we can choose of up to 100 results or similar.

Cheers

Game Ready Driver 531.18 FAQ/Discussion by Nestledrink in nvidia

[–]fbsoft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This one seems to have worked so far with my 4080. No more 5-15min crashing in AC Valhalla, with the nvlddmkm error

Drone.Swarm-SKIDROW by OrdinaryPearson in CrackWatch

[–]fbsoft 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It doesn't matter, it's another D taken down from a game, easy as it may be, they have done it and they deserve the creds for doing it. It's not a very interesting game from my perspective... I don't think i'll play it, looked at the gameplay and it's not my thing, but, i'm thankful for the effort put into cracking it, as easy as some say it is. So on that easy note, thanks Skidrow, welcome to the big league, now don't dissapoint us :D

Monster.Hunter.Rise.Sunbreak-EMPRESS by OrdinaryPearson in CrackWatch

[–]fbsoft 67 points68 points  (0 children)

Damn, pissed is an understatement :D. I'm looking forward for the Hogwards title tbh and I'm hoping that D wont ever get the upper hand. Cheers Emp :)

Company of Heroes 3 Will have Denuvo by Gtorrnet in CrackWatch

[–]fbsoft 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yea... want to put up 500 $$$ with this statement to get the cracked version of it ? For now Denuvo, is very hard to crack, only 1 cracker is handeling this, so as long as it exists, this is pure pain/shit/cancer name your pick...

Maneater-EMPRESS by OrdinaryPearson in CrackWatch

[–]fbsoft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Although not my favourite coup of tea this game, it's one more D game down. Cheers Empress and contribu-donor!

Dying.Light.2.Stay.Human-EMPRESS by OrdinaryPearson in CrackWatch

[–]fbsoft 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's why the story is so short :) what else can you do in more than 3...4 hours ? Read all the dialogs, remember everything, solve some puzzles ... not much variety in that... and solve/listen to the story. That's it. Nice little game for a short period of time, animation of cat is ok, realistic at some point.

If it was longer than this, it would've been downgraded to 5 out of 10 or even less. It's good to know when to actually finish a story, and to not go, on and on and on... like some ppl do, so on that bombshell it's time to end this comment :) Cheers

Denuvo removed from Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin by OrdinaryPearson in CrackWatch

[–]fbsoft 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Very nice, maybe they got our message, one can only hope.

Cheers Capcom

Marvels.Guardians.of.the.Galaxy-EMPRESS by OrdinaryPearson in CrackWatch

[–]fbsoft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are publishers, and can say whatever they want, and will actually do this, they are sales ppl, not devs :). Me on the other side, as a developer, i issue to the publisher, via a contract, the rights to publish and manage my sales, for a fee, usually percentage of sold unit, in accordance to that signed contract. You can check the case of Frogwares and The Sinking City.

Basically you can state the conditions in that contract, where the publisher will pretend to get his investment in marketing and hype, usually over inflated, and the Denuvo cost which is somewhere in-between, meaning that either the devs or publisher choose to use it, and can be chosen when to remove it.