Crysis WARHEAD DRM Issues and Support

HexManiac

Maniac
Vista Pro
I thought I might give everyone a heads up on this one.

Sunday, I was spending some downtime getting worked by the monster at the gate to the tunnel. So, I shut down Warhead and take the family out to dinner. Come back, see a PerfectDisk 2008 (build 64) update, download and defrag my C (system) and F (Games) drives. Then I fire up Warhead and get the DRM screen of death (paraphrased):

You have installed this game more than five times. Purchase a new key and reinstall.

BS, I say. I have installed once on one machine. Been playing perfectly ever since. Call up EA Support and they tell me this:

"Vista x64 is not supported."

Long story short, I argued that I was having a DRM issue, not a PC or OS issue. He resets my activation data (which said I had installed it 13 times) and I'm good to go.

I'm sending this info to Raxco (PerfectDisk) to see if it's possible a defrag borked my Securom stuff. If it did, with all the games starting to use Securom, I may be in trouble.

So, if you need support from EA, tell 'em you're running 32 bit.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Q9450 SLAWR
    Motherboard
    XFX 780i
    Memory
    8GB OCZ SLI 5-4-4-12@800
    Graphics Card(s)
    XFX 8800 GTX 768MB (2)
    Sound Card
    Auzen X-Fi Prelude / Logitech Z-5500 Digital 5.1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung Syncmaster 214T
    Screen Resolution
    1600 x 1200
    Hard Drives
    300GB VelociRaptor / 750GB / 500GB / 750GB
    PSU
    Antec 1000W TPQ
    Case
    Antec 900
    Cooling
    4 x 120mm, 1 x 200mm
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Entertainment Desktop 8000
    Mouse
    Logitech G7, Razer Lachesis
    Internet Speed
    3Mb
i was thinking about purchasing this game, drm has made me close my wallet for the time being until they release some kind of deactivation method they were talking about

there is bound to be a hacked pirate version so its not exactly the best way to stamp it out if drm just encourages ppl to torrent it.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    §ĮŁΣNŦ Д$$Д$$ĮN
    CPU
    Xeon X3360
    Motherboard
    P5W64 WS Pro
    Memory
    Corsair XMS2 8gb @ 5-4-4-12 833mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA Geforce GTX470 SC+
    Sound Card
    X-Fi Extreme Gamer Fatlity Edition
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung T200
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    WD 1TB RE3
    PSU
    Thermaltake Toughower 750w
    Case
    NZXT Lexa Silver
    Cooling
    Zalman CNPS10x Extreme
    Keyboard
    Razer Lycosa Mirror
    Mouse
    Razer Deathadder 3500dpi
    Internet Speed
    24Mb/s
    Other Info
    My massive wifi antenna is in the post!
Back
Top