Dawn of War Winter Assault

[jokerfool]

laziffer, No, if you like the game that mich buy it.

[kosmiq]

Originally Posted by jokerfool

laziffer, No, if you like the game that mich buy it.

Maybe he bought the game BUT still likes to play it without any CD in the Drive. But wait, if I follow your little post here almost ALL of my games must be pirated because I use cracks whenever there is one avaible...?

Asking if someone knows anything about a crack does not mean he has pirated the game. Thats whats this forum is all about, help you so that you won't have to use your original disc all the time. Creating backups in order to save the originals...

[Delacroix02]

Exactly so, Kosmiq. You're not alone in your judgment. BUT:

- the EULA clearly prohibits any modifications to game files, unless there is an official tool supplied by developers, to make such modifications - no developer has ever published an SDK that allowed cracking!
- with this EULA limiting the ability to make a working backup, all game publishers give you the opportunity to exchange damaged media - you get a lifetime warranty.

Whereas I totally agree that using cracks makes it more comfortable to play (you don't have to search through the entire disc collection for the disc you need to use), it is still illegal, as it violates the EULA. Sorry, guys. And every country a game is published in, accepted international agreements that force this country's law enforcement agencies to take legal actions against EULA violation.

[kosmiq]

Yes the EULA prohibits me from modifying/reverse engineer the games files. However I am merely using something that someone else did, not modify them myself. Not that I have read any EULA to the last row bit I think that makes it allowed? Anyhow I can imagine that using cracks is kinda a grey area as its not directly prohibited by any EULA but it could be read in a way that makes it forbidden... Or something like that...

Also getting a new disc from the publisher will cost you some money in shipping. So why do that when I am allowed to make my own backups?

[Delacroix02]

Someone else broke the EULA, by using the fruit of this person's work you also do the same thing. I don't know what's it like in Sweden but here in Poland, if it is proven that destruction of the original CD was not your fault, you don't pay for shipping.