Scytheford 0 Posted June 30, 2009 At the risk of violating rule #3: "§3) Discussions about copy protection or copying, backing-up, hacking, cracking or reverse engineering of any of BI's products or the products of any other developer will not be tolerated and such discussions will be deleted immediately. Any breach of this rule may result in the poster no longer having access to the forum." I'm going to go ahead with this post. I live in Australia and, as such, am burdened with silly-expensive games. Quite often I opt to purchase the games overseas and have them email me the cdkey and install the game using an image. This is what I did for ArmA1 and got many, many hours of enjoyment out of it, and not a hint of the symptoms of FADE. I'm wondering if I'd have any success doing the same with ArmA2. Will I have any assurance that FADE won't kick in, provided my cdkey checks out with the online authentication? I would love to be able to plug my retail cdkey into steam and register the game there, but to the best of my knowledge it won't work that way. Any official word? Is the CD required in the drive to play? Thanks, Scytheford. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cobalt_UK 0 Posted June 30, 2009 My 505 retail version requires the DVD to be present in the drive, yes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr_centipede 31 Posted June 30, 2009 I think you're hurting BIS that way, because BIS does sell CD-keys, so whoever you pay those keys for, the money wont go into BIS pocket. So do us a favor, buy the game if you really like it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scytheford 0 Posted June 30, 2009 I think you're hurting BIS that way, because BIS does sell CD-keys, so whoever you pay those keys for, the money wont go into BIS pocket. So do us a favor, buy the game if you really like it. The companies I buy the cdkeys from still have to buy copies of the game from BIS' publisher. They DO get money from the sales. I just cut out the middlemen who apply ridiculous markups to games sold in Australia. BIS gets their money, I save money, everyone's happy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryan80 10 Posted June 30, 2009 i just bought the retail copy, after installation and patching to the latest 1.02 patch, dvd is not required to play. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bulldogs 10 Posted June 30, 2009 The only way to use it without fade and without a CD is to go the Steam version which is also available on Steam in Aus now for around AU$64. The downside being the 8gb download and the fact that Australian's are charged a crap load per download (unless you're on a plan like mine, $70 for 150gb with TPG, good for a large household) Best bet is to either order from somewhere like CDWOW (AU$50, at least 7 business days to deliver, usually 10 days, if they have stock), or go the steam approach and download a little each night during offpeak. ---------- Post added at 11:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:27 PM ---------- i just bought the retail copy, after installation and patching to the latest 1.02 patch, dvd is not required to play. Doesn't work with my German boxed retail version, but guess it may work with 505 version (won't know myself, went the steam approach, downloading english steam version now) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kenjara 0 Posted June 30, 2009 I think companies should sell cd keys on there own. Me and my friends have always thought it would be better if we could buy one disc, then additional keys from the developer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bulldogs 10 Posted June 30, 2009 Like a licensing program, similar to what Microsoft use (you can legally install from any windows CD as long as it is the same edition you bought a key for, hence how they install hundreds of corporate computers from one CD or image) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
