PzC Kharkov '43 Just Released

cmurphy625 · 12-04-2010, 12:38 AM,

(12-04-2010, 12:31 AM)Checkmate King 2 Wrote: I've heard that all new John Tiller games will be DD, have a serial number, and will only be able to be loaded on ONE computer at a time! :(

I'm not a fan of DD! Plus the Price is TOO High for my liking!

One Computer at a Time!!.. I think that hurt Scourge's sales, at least a lot of people voiced their dislike, as many people play on both a desktop and a laptop!

**Compass Rose** · 12-04-2010, 12:42 AM,

(12-04-2010, 12:38 AM)cmurphy625 Wrote: ......as many people play on both a desktop and a laptop!

Yes, I agree as I am one of them!

typhoon · 12-04-2010, 12:44 AM,

Just goes to show you. You can't please all the people I'm completely the opposite about this and think this is a very large leap forward for JT. Just hope will be allowed to do some of the back catalogue. My Cd drives been knackered for about a year now so there are a couple of titles I'm missing from my collection and I would love to pick them up by DD

Glenn Saunders · 12-04-2010, 01:26 AM,

> One Computer at a Time!!.. I think that hurt Scourge's sales, at least a lot of people voiced their dislike, as many people play on both a desktop and a laptop!

What can I say -clearly something had to be done differently the old scheme of install from CD with the CD in the drive can't possibly work with a digital download.

cmurphy625 · (This post was last modified: 12-04-2010, 01:31 AM by cmurphy625.)

well. at the very least have an activate/deactivate program (like Scourge does), or give 2 or 3 activations (like Battlefront)..

This is a real kick below the belt to your 'paying' fan base..

I buy a book/movie/boardgame, I know I can play it in any room in my house.. my desktop that I play FPS's on is in the cellar, so whenever possible I play on my laptop in the living room.. but I do play on both computers..

This DRM would prevent me from purchasing any more Tiller games.. or will it still be available on CD.. (another pain in the butt, cause you have to have the CD in the machine.. but at least you can play on more than one PC)..

TheBigRedOne · 12-04-2010, 01:38 AM,

(12-04-2010, 12:08 AM)TheBigRedOne Wrote: It's interesting to see him selling them through his own site, which he's been improving gradually over the last couple of months. I wonder if this means he's no longer partnered with HPS for his games. Sure looks that way.

To answer my own question...

http://forums.gamesquad.com/entry.php?10...ng-forward...

Bushido · 12-04-2010, 02:22 AM,

Wow what a title. And at last DD, Superb!

Glenn Saunders · (This post was last modified: 12-04-2010, 02:34 AM by Glenn Saunders.)

(12-04-2010, 01:31 AM)cmurphy625 Wrote: This DRM would prevent me from purchasing any more Tiller games.. or will it still be available on CD..

We're sorry you feel that way and certainly were prepared for this reaction for some people. While we regret you decision we understand your POV but just don't see a better way to do it which will be fair to you as well as the developers\publisher.

There is no plans for mixed schemes for the games at this point.

- New games will be JTS digital downloads
- Older titles will still be supported and updated as they always have been by HPS.
- Old titles will be available on CD until the CDs run out and then a decision will be made where\how they will be distributed.

Glenn

cmurphy625 · 12-04-2010, 02:37 AM,

Why not send two or three serial numbers to each purchaser... I'm all for you protecting your investment from people sharing files on 'bad' sites.. but seriously, I think this will impact your sales big time.. and some of the sales the you do make and the people don't realize ahead of time about the 1 PC rule.. you may have some pretty pissed of customers..

Also, if a Harddrive crashes (so you couldn't do an uninstall), how does the user reinstall?

Jazman · (This post was last modified: 12-04-2010, 02:52 AM by Jazman.)

For those of you who don't know, there is a Feb-March 1943 mod for Kharkov '42 here: https://www.theblitz.club/message_boards...?tid=48840

It's called "Manstein Strikes Back" but when I polished up Rick Bancroft's fine work a little, I started calling it "Kharkov '43" (in the files/directory and on VM's site).