Dawn of War 2 Using Steamworks for DRM, Will Require Steam to Run

by Nick Breckon, Feb 05, 2009 11:24am PST

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By: MachaTime x Show Full Post

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DOW2 HAS LIMITED INSTALLATIONS.

Good. Now that I have your attention take a moment to read this post. The game does in fact use DRM. You do in fact have a limited number of installations. Microsoft/games for windows live give out a limited number of activations. What this means for you is simple - Steam automatically uploads your key to windows live. After you reformat, install again, steam will attempt to upload your serial. It's unclear at this point how often you can reformat and keep your copy legit. However, Relic was completely and totally unaware of Microsoft's anti-piracy/drm policy. A policy that this title is forced to use due to its online client software. Therefor, this information is not listed on the box. It is not listed in the eula. It is not in the users manual.

Please take a moment of your time to read these citations.

http://community.dawnofwar2.com/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=14102&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=exceeded&start=50

http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?t=227370

Jun 13, 2009 6:14am PDT

DOW2 HAS LIMITED INSTALLATIONS. Good. Now that I have your attention take a moment to read this post. ... : MachaTime

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The other day I installed the demo because it looked pretty good. Ive never played RTS before so I knew its not going to be easy. After five minutes of trying to move ANYTHING on the screen I failed and I uninstalled the demo. Im glad I didnt jump into MP right away like I usually do. I still haven't played a RTS game.

Feb 05, 2009 11:40am PST

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The other day I installed the demo because it looked pretty good. Ive never played RTS before so I knew i... : Cashh
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So does steam still FAIL for those of us who want to play at a LAN party that doesn't have an internet connection? I recall in the past trying to launch HL2/TF2 and getting some error stating not able to connect to steam account so the game wouldn't start.

Feb 06, 2009 6:30am PST

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By: Chris Remo x Show Full Post

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Good move! I'm pleased to see more publishers do this. No CD necessary, no obnoxious DRM. It is a winnar.

Feb 05, 2009 11:42am PST

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Good move! I'm pleased to see more publishers do this. No CD necessary, no obnoxious DRM. It is a winnar. : Chris Remo
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GFW sucks because you can't be logged in on your xbox, and the PC. If my streaming netflix finishes before my DoW game, I can't queue up another one, becuase I"d have to login to my account. This would then kick me out of the DoW game instantly. How gay is that? Pretty Fing Gay.

Feb 05, 2009 8:22pm PST

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GFW sucks because you can't be logged in on your xbox, and the PC. If my streaming netflix finishes befo... : unjustend
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  Incredibly awful. Hate this. : dhvyse
  - My current fix, is to to start a PC only windows live account for GFW. That only works though because I ... : unjustend

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By: dhvyse x Show Full Post

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Shame the game is a complete flop and a huge step backwards for relic.

The beta is just awful, have no idea what they were thinking. They really ruined Dawn of War for me.

I tried to like it, i really did, but it's too shallow to be any fun for hardcore RTS fans.

Guess I'll go play some more Company of Heroes or Supreme Commander.

Feb 05, 2009 12:32pm PST

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Shame the game is a complete flop and a huge step backwards for relic. The beta is just awful, have no... : dhvyse
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By: AxeltheCold x Show Full Post

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AH come the fuck on. plz man if i get hack dies does this mean i have to rebuy it like all of Valves games

Feb 05, 2009 1:17pm PST

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By: A Sponge x Show Full Post

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Dawn of War 2's Steam intergration is... awkward. In the beta you can be kicked out right in the middle of a game should your connection to Steam be lost. It's excessive.

Feb 05, 2009 11:45am PST

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Now if only they'd get rid of that GFW shit.

Feb 05, 2009 1:12pm PST

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Now if only they'd get rid of that GFW shit. : jayares
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By: JasonReece x Show Full Post

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You people are high, I wish more PC games used GFWL. I like being able to chat with friends playing on the XBox and the steam implementation for multiplayer for Left4Dead is horrible. If you want to play a game with friends but don't want to start a new lobby and wait around forever, you can't both join together at once or find a server with enough free slots. You just go in the dark and have to exit out and re-join, it's a joke. Achievements are nice too.

I think the problem is it's Microsoft and thus must be inherently bad in some people's minds.

Feb 05, 2009 3:23pm PST

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Then why is it using GFW LIVE?

Feb 05, 2009 11:36am PST

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Then why is it using GFW LIVE? : TGammet
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By: ElArabDeMagnifico x Show Full Post

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Intel or AMD must be in on this. They are trying to make people buy more processors.

Feb 05, 2009 10:59pm PST

Intel or AMD must be in on this. They are trying to make people buy more processors. : ElArabDeMagnifico

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So why exactly is there two content platforms in the same game? Steam and GFW? throw Xfire in there and you have three.

It's funny how it's distributed through steam, but you can't invite your friends through steam and only with windows live. Yet, you need to be signed into steam in order to play and you need to be signed into live.

I spent three hours with my friend the other night trying to get live to work when we could see eachother over steam. Eventually we magically got it figured out and it just worked (it said it couldn't detect his network before then).

I remember way back when, in this game called Dawn of War, where you could just direct join games and logging online was insanely easy. Whatever happened to that?

Feb 05, 2009 8:57pm PST

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seriously, fuck steam. having to have steam running to play games SUCKS. fuck steam and fuck dawn of war 2. pre-order cancelled.

Feb 05, 2009 11:35am PST

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By: jamreal x Show Full Post

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i dont see where havin two different Pc Platforn softwares whatever you want to call it makes a big difference,you've already got a GFWLive name is you use msn so its just a log in away,and steam just great for its community.i love steam i mean i buy all my games from steam these days but the game been gfw-live wont put me off like many other people.like a said its just a log in away this is something people do everyday on PC.

Feb 05, 2009 9:27pm PST

i dont see where havin two different Pc Platforn softwares whatever you want to call it makes a big diffe... : jamreal

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I have been playing the beta a bit and I hate this Windows Live stuff. Its takes 50 years to invite a friend into a game and it rages me hard after playing CoH where it takes 2 seconds. Unless there is a quicker way to do this that I cant see - you have to open that live thing, open the new message, scroll through a massive godzilla username list, click done, close the mofo ETC.

Seems like a really massive process for something that should happen in 1-2 seconds.

CoH - click name, click invite, done.

Feb 05, 2009 7:30pm PST

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I have been playing the beta a bit and I hate this Windows Live stuff. Its takes 50 years to invite a fri... : alexc1
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By: Unleashed x Show Full Post

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Im glad you can register it on steam, I will be buying a box and then plugging it in unless some nice discount appears on steam first.
I do miss the days of big boxes and big colourful manuals with tons of catalogs inside and those "register now for a chance to win free stuff!" cards :(

Feb 05, 2009 4:28pm PST

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Im glad you can register it on steam, I will be buying a box and then plugging it in unless some nice dis... : Unleashed
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I totally understand this, because asking PC gamers to use Steam is like asking them to breathe air and GFWL has the DLC and matchmaking that Relic wants in the game. Still, playing this game means that I have to login into two different services just to play. Oh PC games.

Feb 05, 2009 1:01pm PST

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I totally understand this, because asking PC gamers to use Steam is like asking them to breathe air and G... : bc9b89
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So, I will be able to buy the game on Steam? What is the availability date?

Feb 05, 2009 12:29pm PST

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So, I will be able to buy the game on Steam? What is the availability date? : CRasterImage
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  You can already preorder it through steam. : walker270
  - Coolness. I don't mind the extra few bucks. I only buy 2 - 3 games a year. : CRasterImage

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Integrating both steam and gfwl just seems a bit heavy-handed and cumbersome. The game itself is awesome but the decision to use both those services turns me off. I don't see the need for GFWL at all.

Feb 05, 2009 3:14pm PST

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By: UberJumper x Show Full Post

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Just heard from Relic, yes there will be boxed copies available. Steamworks is just the DRM they're using.

There's other digital distribution channels as well that are selling it.

Feb 05, 2009 1:09pm PST

Just heard from Relic, yes there will be boxed copies available. Steamworks is just the DRM they're usin... : UberJumper

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So what is the word on this game? I remember people being disappointing when they announced that they were going to take out base building and just focus on smaller squads of units.

To those of you who have played the "beta" (cough demo cough) how is it?

Feb 05, 2009 12:47pm PST

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Wow this game looks sweet. I've herd Remo rave about it on Idle Thumbs but never went to look at screenshots. I guess it's too much to hope for a Mac version. Maybe i'll just hunt down my WC3 disc because now I have an RTS itch.

Feb 05, 2009 12:28pm PST

Wow this game looks sweet. I've herd Remo rave about it on Idle Thumbs but never went to look at screensh... : tfboc

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No reason to actually buy this on steam then. Seeing as you get the same benefits as steam but a cheaper price online. £10 cheaper for a physical copy.

Feb 05, 2009 12:22pm PST

No reason to actually buy this on steam then. Seeing as you get the same benefits as steam but a cheaper ... : usedillusion

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This is nice and all but I do wish that GFWL wasn't on there then. It gets somewhat bloated having both running and switching back and forth between the two, what with IMing a friend via Steam, then accepting game invites via GFWL. I know they provide different services but it's an annoyance for me.

Feb 05, 2009 12:14pm PST

This is nice and all but I do wish that GFWL wasn't on there then. It gets somewhat bloated having both ... : Begawkiness

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By: Autocrawler x Show Full Post

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Good. Any extra exposure Steam gets is good, at this point I don't buy games anywhere but off Steam, Gamer's Gate and Impulse, the faster digital distribution takes hold, the better for us all.

Feb 05, 2009 11:36am PST

Good. Any extra exposure Steam gets is good, at this point I don't buy games anywhere but off Steam, Game... : Autocrawler

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By: dpno1 x Show Full Post

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Good move, if a game is to have DRM then it should be steam.

Feb 05, 2009 11:28am PST

Good move, if a game is to have DRM then it should be steam. : dpno1

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