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Old 27-05-2005, 07:08
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LoxHazard
OK, I explain Starforce proactive:

- You buy and download the game. There is a serial number included with the game.
- After instalation, the game extract "Hardware code" of your PC. This code depends of "CPU ID", "Mac Adress", "Ram Size", "Computer Name", "Volume Serial" and "windows PID".
- With your original Serial Number, and your Hardware code, you search for your "activation key" online. The Activation Key is generated using the values of the Serial Number and Hardware Code by special Starforce algorithms, at starforce Servers or by phone or mail.
- Insert activation key, and active the game. Now you can play your original game.

Conditions:

- Number of activation is limited. 5 normally, but depends game devs or publishers.
- If you uninstall or formatted (not exactly, because you can save your registry key (regedit), and donīt spend 1 activation if you donīt change hardware), or change your hardware in an specific %, you must re-activation. There is four change hardware binding levels (depends game publishers and starforce contracts): Light (40%), Medium (30%), Strong (20%), Extra Strong (0%)

Other questions:

- Not similar Steam, no accounts, only limited "activation keys"

- By the way, .exe and .dlls protection is quite similar starforce 3.

- How you download entire game, you can backup it in CD/DVD. Only limited by "activation keys". When you spend your "activation keys" (5), you must re-buy game.

Excuse my english.

If you save the registry files then you don't need to use the 5 key limit!
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