some guy is pirating the game!
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some guy is pirating the game!
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We are aware of this and have already reacted.
The pirates can have fun with Alpha 5 :)
Since Alpha 6 the application requires a valid steam key (and won't run outside of steam).
I created Universe Sandbox. Myself and a team of 6 others have been working on this game for over two years and have spent several hundred thousand dollars on development.
The torrent that you're sharing is an old version that will not update and contains many, many bugs. We've only released the alpha version to a handful of testers, so it's disappointing that you would betray the early access that you were granted. Please stop sharing the torrent and remove the link.
Cool video, btw. Also... the sequel is called Universe Sandbox 2, not 3.
hmm, could we report them or would that not do anything?
Is it [user name removed by Dan]?it might be [user name removed by Dan].
Is it [user name removed by Dan]?it might be [user name removed by Dan].
No, I admit, but it is a guess supported by the fact that he posted a THREAD about him wanting the alpha before being rejected by several testers.I don't think that's being fair to [user name removed by Dan] - that's not evidence that he pirated it at all. I think it's a bad idea to start accusing random people in public. That way we're just going to spread distrust and enmity.
the video is down by copyright!who flagged it?
There is a Judas among us
What if to stop such pirating, the file would be in a zip folder once downloaded and would be password locked so no one could be able to extract it...
What is Judas?
Let's be careful about pointing fingers without evidence...
Yep. Wasn't him. No more witch hunts please.www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrzMhU_4m-g
well, how do you know that's not the same oneThe title said "Universe Sandbox 2 (Alpha 10)"
If it was Alpha 10, there's nothing that they could do about it. It requires Steam. If you don't believe that, one day I got a bit tired with opening Steam and closing the process in the task-manager. I ran the actual .EXE file for Universe Sandbox2 only to find you need Steam.well, how do you know that's not the same oneThe title said "Universe Sandbox 2 (Alpha 10)"
No more witch hunts please.
But weren't you the guy saying "I want a Torrent"?Yeah, but I learned pirating the closed alpha of Universe Sandbox 2 is nearly impossible.
Even Dan said that it can't be run without Steam.
I wonder if you ( Dev of US2 ) can make a Cracked version of the game and share it as a Torrent.
But adding small problems ingame For instance, The devs of ( Game dev Tycoon ) made that after some time, you were facing Bankruptcy because people pirate your game ) This was only done on the false version they have uploaded.
Basically, if you make a false cracked game which you upload on any torrent website, you might become the most seeded. which give you power over the pirated game in some ways.
You could make the game a bit buggy or having popup or something which will interfere with the players
( buy the game now) or something might be funny to see. Or simply entirely disable different option like changing the mass of a planet without saying that it is restricted because it's an illegal copy, just let it apear as if it was a glitch. you might even have players coming on the forum claiming they found glitches which might be hilarious.
Plus maybe you can add an ingame poll or something which send anonymous data to a server where you can see what they think about. and how many people installed it.
It might, and if it did it would be hilarious seeing people who pirated it's reaction to that comment... lelI wonder if you ( Dev of US2 ) can make a Cracked version of the game and share it as a Torrent.
But adding small problems ingame For instance, The devs of ( Game dev Tycoon ) made that after some time, you were facing Bankruptcy because people pirate your game ) This was only done on the false version they have uploaded.
Basically, if you make a false cracked game which you upload on any torrent website, you might become the most seeded. which give you power over the pirated game in some ways.
You could make the game a bit buggy or having popup or something which will interfere with the players
( buy the game now) or something might be funny to see. Or simply entirely disable different option like changing the mass of a planet without saying that it is restricted because it's an illegal copy, just let it apear as if it was a glitch. you might even have players coming on the forum claiming they found glitches which might be hilarious.
Plus maybe you can add an ingame poll or something which send anonymous data to a server where you can see what they think about. and how many people installed it.
Well, it won't work anymore now that you said it publicly
can i be a tester i love the simulation and colliding each planetyou can buy universe sandbox 2 here www.universesandbox.com/buy
It might, and if it did it would be hilarious seeing people who pirated it's reaction to that comment... lelI wonder if you ( Dev of US2 ) can make a Cracked version of the game and share it as a Torrent.
But adding small problems ingame For instance, The devs of ( Game dev Tycoon ) made that after some time, you were facing Bankruptcy because people pirate your game ) This was only done on the false version they have uploaded.
Basically, if you make a false cracked game which you upload on any torrent website, you might become the most seeded. which give you power over the pirated game in some ways.
You could make the game a bit buggy or having popup or something which will interfere with the players
( buy the game now) or something might be funny to see. Or simply entirely disable different option like changing the mass of a planet without saying that it is restricted because it's an illegal copy, just let it apear as if it was a glitch. you might even have players coming on the forum claiming they found glitches which might be hilarious.
Plus maybe you can add an ingame poll or something which send anonymous data to a server where you can see what they think about. and how many people installed it.
Well, it won't work anymore now that you said it publicly
first off yes i bought a copy
second of all there is relly not much dan can do about piracy all methods of activation can and will likely be cracked
all activation systems etc that dan will/can implement will be bypassed look at Microsoft they still haven't stooped people from pirating windows
really the only thing dan does by trying to protect the product by say putting it so you need steam to legaly download and install it is to punish the end user of the product
a game called game dev tycoon did that lolfirst off yes i bought a copy
second of all there is relly not much dan can do about piracy all methods of activation can and will likely be cracked
all activation systems etc that dan will/can implement will be bypassed look at Microsoft they still haven't stooped people from pirating windows
really the only thing dan does by trying to protect the product by say putting it so you need steam to legaly download and install it is to punish the end user of the product
That's right, Putting a lot of money against piracy is a waste of time. Many companies lose an incredible amount of money trying to defend themselves against piracy. Ea, Microsoft , etc..
A cool thing to do might be what I just pointed out in my comments right above us.
really the only thing dan does by trying to protect the product by say putting it so you need steam to legaly download and install it is to punish the end user of the product
really the only thing dan does by trying to protect the product by say putting it so you need steam to legaly download and install it is to punish the end user of the product
We may offer a DRM free copy in the future... but Steam makes updates for both us (Giant Army) and the end user super easy and effortless.
We may offer a DRM free copy in the future... but Steam makes updates for both us (Giant Army) and the end user super easy and effortless.I would very much prefer this. Steam is nice and all, but (for me at least) it tends to generate as much problems as it solves - unrequested changes, being locked out until you go on-line and mandatory downloads to name a few. I do realize some people disagree, but I have not had the best of luck with it. I much prefer having full control, even if it does mean a little more work. Call me old school.
Maybe you could implement a simililar copyrights management like Steal Beasts has. Steal Beasts comes with a dongle that needs to be physically connected to the computer the game is run on.Dear lord, think of the complexity and cost.
Maybe you could implement a simililar copyrights management like Steal Beasts has. Steal Beasts comes with a dongle that needs to be physically connected to the computer the game is run on.
At the end of the day, the only people that have to deal with copy protection systems are your actual paying customers. Pirates are always just going to rip out any kind of copy protection that exists. At best, you slightly inconvenience the pirates, and make them take a little longer to update a release.Like the only people ever seeing the pirating warnings on DVD's - those people that obviously paid for the product. I never got that and is a good indication of the gap between industry and consumer.