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dpeak 11 Jan, 2024 @ 5:45am
New DRM added in recent update
The December 4th update added "Enigma Protector" DRM which was not previously present in this game. Open up "StriderX64_r.exe" and search for "Enigma" with a hex editor for proof.
This is the same DRM that's been causing controversy with RE Revelations over the past day or so
Why would you do this, Capcom?
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libretro 11 Jan, 2024 @ 5:52am 
it's rich isn't it? The only time they update this game since 2014 is not to add any features or improve it, nah, it's just to ruin the performance and kill all modding potential.

Anyway roll back to the previous depot or demand refunds. It's pretty clear they tried sneaking this through the backdoor in a disingenuous shady way with zero transparency.
Last edited by libretro; 11 Jan, 2024 @ 5:56am
Melodia 11 Jan, 2024 @ 10:16pm 
Originally posted by libretro:
it's rich isn't it? The only time they update this game since 2014 is not to add any features or improve it, nah, it's just to ruin the performance and kill all modding potential.

They DID fix an issue that apparently people have been having for years. Check the rest of the forum for more. And I played it a bit and didn't notice anything.

(This isn't to say that this addition isn't complete trash. It somehow makes Denuvo look good).
0JMachine 12 Jan, 2024 @ 12:39pm 
so is it possible to ask for a refund if you didn't play it yet but it's been sitting for more than a year in your library? I can't instal this thing now apparently
Holografix 12 Jan, 2024 @ 4:47pm 
so is this Enigma DRM a virus?
Seerus Nalaius 12 Jan, 2024 @ 8:31pm 
I just bought this in the Steam sale last month and only just found out about this Enigma garbage. Should I uninstall the game or is there a way to remove Enigma and not damage the game?
TripodRanger 12 Jan, 2024 @ 8:31pm 
Originally posted by 0JMachine:
so is it possible to ask for a refund if you didn't play it yet but it's been sitting for more than a year in your library? I can't instal this thing now apparently
I believe so. For an automatically-granted refund, you need to have owned it for less than two weeks and played it for less than two hours, but you can still apply for a refund afterward. It will just need to be reviewed by someone among Steam's customer service and they'll determine whether to grant it or not.
Ikagura 13 Jan, 2024 @ 2:54am 
What's the point for a 10 years old game?
MysteryK 13 Jan, 2024 @ 6:42am 
They have to remove this garbage.
Dark Ghost 13 Jan, 2024 @ 7:06am 
What is really sad is that Capcom, under the excuse of fixing the game (something that should have been done years ago) secretly introduced a drm to control the mods. They don't care about the state of the game, but rather that mods cannot be used.
Lord Villain 13 Jan, 2024 @ 7:32am 
Originally posted by Ikagura:
What's the point for a 10 years old game?
They regard your purchase as their property. They are trying to send a message, this is ours we decide how it is used and we don't care how much you paid us for the option to use it.

I got their message, and my response is I've removed all their games from my wishlist and won't be purchasing their products in the future unless they accept what they are doing is wrong and apologies to their customers & remove it.

My understanding is this originated from a nude street fighter mod being used in a tournament by a single player. It seems as if the whole world is being punished because one guy made Capcom look stupid.

Their anti-tamper DRM is being flagged by some anti-virus SW as malware. I have no trust of a alleged random Russian developer (though info on who developed it seems hard to find or verify) to not do things that will comprise my security on the basis Capcom decided to act like petulant children.

The truth is they will continue to act with arrogance and continue to do things that harm customers if they are allowed to get away with it. The only message they understand is financial, so I hope the consequence of this is a huge drop is sales and Dragons Dogma 2 flopping badly on PC (and I say that as someone who up until this kicked off very much looking forward to DD2)
Last edited by Lord Villain; 13 Jan, 2024 @ 11:41am
Originally posted by Lord Villain:
Originally posted by Ikagura:
What's the point for a 10 years old game?
They regard your purchase as their property. They are trying to send a message, this is ours we decide how it is used and we don't care how much you paid us for the option to use it.

I got their message, and my response is I've removed all their games from my wishlist and won't be purchasing their products in the future unless they accept what they are doing is wrong and apologies to their customers & remove it.

My understanding is this originated from a nude street fighter mod being used in a tournament by a single player. It seems as if the whole world is being punished because one guy made Capcom look stupid.

Their anti-tamper DRM is being flagged by some anti-virus SW as malware. I have no trust of a random Russian developer to not do things that will comprise my security on the basis Capcom decided to act like petulant children.

The truth is they will continue to act with arrogance and continue to do things that harm customers if they are allowed to get away with it. The only message they understand is financial, so I hope the consequence of this is a huge drop is sales and Dragons Dogma 2 flopping badly on PC (and I say that as someone who up until this kicked off very much looking forward to DD2)
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Ikagura 13 Jan, 2024 @ 2:01pm 
Originally posted by Lord Villain:
Originally posted by Ikagura:
What's the point for a 10 years old game?
They regard your purchase as their property. They are trying to send a message, this is ours we decide how it is used and we don't care how much you paid us for the option to use it.

I got their message, and my response is I've removed all their games from my wishlist and won't be purchasing their products in the future unless they accept what they are doing is wrong and apologies to their customers & remove it.

My understanding is this originated from a nude street fighter mod being used in a tournament by a single player. It seems as if the whole world is being punished because one guy made Capcom look stupid.

Their anti-tamper DRM is being flagged by some anti-virus SW as malware. I have no trust of a alleged random Russian developer (though info on who developed it seems hard to find or verify) to not do things that will comprise my security on the basis Capcom decided to act like petulant children.

The truth is they will continue to act with arrogance and continue to do things that harm customers if they are allowed to get away with it. The only message they understand is financial, so I hope the consequence of this is a huge drop is sales and Dragons Dogma 2 flopping badly on PC (and I say that as someone who up until this kicked off very much looking forward to DD2)
So in short one's horniness basically made them push a nuke button for their entire online library, great...
Dosto 13 Jan, 2024 @ 4:34pm 
Seems like some kind of ransomware from no name developers at Russia. Antivirus target it has a troyan.
Last edited by Dosto; 13 Jan, 2024 @ 4:50pm
Lord Villain 14 Jan, 2024 @ 4:37am 
Originally posted by Dosto:
Seems like some kind of ransomware from no name developers at Russia. Antivirus target it has a troyan.
I actually edited my comment to remove the statement it was of Russian origin as the information I could find on the developer of this DRM is so vague I couldn't substantiate it.

I've seen claims it is of Russian, Chinese (Hong Kong), Israeli and even from a French company. The truth is I don't know where they pulled it from I do know the developers when interacting with people annoyed about this weren't exactly the most polite or diplomatic.

I also know that if I scan the modified files with multiple virus scanners they consider the file behaviour suspicious and concerning.

The thing that really peeved me enough to comment was the fact they snuck it into an update on the pretext of 'fixing a bug' to trick people into not blocking the update while secretly knowing they were crippling the options open to people who paid for it. At no point in their comments on the release of the update did they mention their new DRM being included.

The irony is their DRM frenzy will likely result in less people buying their software and even those who have purchased it having to resort to cracked version to revolve issues unfixed for sometimes years. The net result will likely be a fall in sales and more people setting sails for the high seas.
Q 17 Jan, 2024 @ 2:59pm 
Originally posted by Lord Villain:
Originally posted by Dosto:
Seems like some kind of ransomware from no name developers at Russia. Antivirus target it has a troyan.
I actually edited my comment to remove the statement it was of Russian origin as the information I could find on the developer of this DRM is so vague I couldn't substantiate it.

I've seen claims it is of Russian, Chinese (Hong Kong), Israeli and even from a French company. The truth is I don't know where they pulled it from I do know the developers when interacting with people annoyed about this weren't exactly the most polite or diplomatic.

I also know that if I scan the modified files with multiple virus scanners they consider the file behaviour suspicious and concerning.

The thing that really peeved me enough to comment was the fact they snuck it into an update on the pretext of 'fixing a bug' to trick people into not blocking the update while secretly knowing they were crippling the options open to people who paid for it. At no point in their comments on the release of the update did they mention their new DRM being included.

The irony is their DRM frenzy will likely result in less people buying their software and even those who have purchased it having to resort to cracked version to revolve issues unfixed for sometimes years. The net result will likely be a fall in sales and more people setting sails for the high seas.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1sKwev21gE

Read resident evil revelations forum, more info over there, some users have done quite a great work investigating this company and its just red flags everywhere.
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