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Periodic 10 day online activation for Mass Effect PC
"Are you really sure there isn't a more complicated protection scheme?"
Essentially, this singleplayer(!) sci-fi RPG will ship with SecuROM and you will have to activate the game online after installation in order to start playing. Good thing is that you won't need the DVD to play (no DVD-check) but you do need to activate the game again in the next 10 days, and every 10 days afterwards as well, as Derek French, Bioware's Technical Producer, explains on the official Mass Effect-forum:
Mass Effect uses SecuROM and requires an online activation for the first time that you play it. Each copy of Mass Effect comes with a CD Key which is used for this activation and for registration here at the BioWare Community. Mass Effect does not require the DVD to be in the drive in order to play, it is only for installation.
After the first activation, SecuROM requires that it re-check with the server within ten days (in case the CD Key has become public/warez'd and gets banned). Just so that the 10 day thing doesn't become abrupt, SecuROM tries its first re-check with 5 days remaining in the 10 day window. If it can't contact the server before the 10 days are up, nothing bad happens and the game still runs. After 10 days a re-check is required before the game can run.
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For clarity, though, an internet connection is not required to install, just to activate the first time, and every 10 days after.
No problem if you always have an internet connection up and running, if not, then you must pick your 10 day time span period to play the game. :) After the first activation, SecuROM requires that it re-check with the server within ten days (in case the CD Key has become public/warez'd and gets banned). Just so that the 10 day thing doesn't become abrupt, SecuROM tries its first re-check with 5 days remaining in the 10 day window. If it can't contact the server before the 10 days are up, nothing bad happens and the game still runs. After 10 days a re-check is required before the game can run.
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For clarity, though, an internet connection is not required to install, just to activate the first time, and every 10 days after.
"You've only got ten days to activate, mister!"
Also mentioned in the same thread is that Spore will likely use the same copy protection method. Mass Effect for PC will be in stores on June 6th.
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