DRM questions

[ibol]

Thanks, it really means a lot, seeing the progression in people's attitudes. My faith and love were well placed, and that is going to keep on for a long time. Enjoy!

[Greyfang]

Hello,

been reading a lot about this game and i am really interested. The DRM as it is implemented is not clear to me though and this is holding me back. I cannot find any clear information as to how this particular DRM works. Please don't get me wrong, I am not against DRM in principle. I have a very large steam library.

As far as I understand you can have 3 unique installs that are somehow linked to the machine it is installed on. Does this mean that when I buy a new computer or if I upgrade say a CPU or motherboard i lose 1 of my unique installs ? Because if that is the case then it seems to me that 3 unique installs is very limited since i am used to updating my computer roughly every 2-3 years, and that is excluding putting an install on my laptop. It would mean that in say 3 years i would have to buy the game again or forfeit an install on either desktop or laptop. I would appreciate a bit clearer explanation as to what would invalidate an unique install.

kind regards,

Michiel

[Waltorious]

Originally Posted by Greyfang

Hello,
As far as I understand you can have 3 unique installs that are somehow linked to the machine it is installed on. Does this mean that when I buy a new computer or if I upgrade say a CPU or motherboard i lose 1 of my unique installs ? Because if that is the case then it seems to me that 3 unique installs is very limited since i am used to updating my computer roughly every 2-3 years, and that is excluding putting an install on my laptop. It would mean that in say 3 years i would have to buy the game again or forfeit an install on either desktop or laptop. I would appreciate a bit clearer explanation as to what would invalidate an unique install.
Michiel

I am not certain, but usually with this kind of DRM, if you uninstall the game you get one of your installs back. So as long as you uninstall before you upgrade your PC (and a CPU / Motherboard upgrade often requires reinstalling the OS anyway), you will probably be OK. But I am only guessing, you should wait for official word from ibol on this.