Fallout 3 DRM Issues

[King of Creation]

<strong>[ Game -> Update ]</strong> - More info on <a href="#Fallout 3">Game: Fallout 3</a>

<p>Contrary to what <a target="_self" href="http://www.duckandcover.cx/forums/viewt ... 2008">Pete Hines said about the DRM with Fallout 3</a> (or the supposed lack thereof), many gamers are having serious issues with SecureROM on their systems. Luckily, there appears to be <a target="_self" href="http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index ... =892715">a workaround</a>. From <a target="_self" href="http://bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?a ... 679">Blues News</a>:</p><blockquote><p> </p><p><em><a href="http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=1012">In a Q&A a month
ago</a> about <strong>Fallout 3</strong>, Bethesda's Pete Hines made a vague, but
reassuring <a target="_self" href="http://bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?a ... >statement about the DRM</a> in the RPG sequel, saying:
"Pretty similar to what we did for Oblivion, which was--we basically don't do
any--we do the mildest form possible. I actually don't know if I even want to
get into what it is that we exactly do, but we try to be really noninvasive when
it comes to that stuff." Now an update on <a href="http://reclaimyourgame.com/">
Reclaim your Game</a><a href="http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index ... 92618&st=0">
Bethesda Game Studios Forums</a> have posts from many users unable to install
Fallout 3, who are apparently being told by customer service reps that they need
to uninstall any third-party CD-writing software to be able to run the game.
There's <a href="http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index ... pic=892715">
another forum post for those who have SecuROM issues</a> with workaround
instructions and a pointer to the
<a href="http://www.securom.com/message.asp?m=em ... 0">SecuROM Website</a>
where there's a replacement launcher for Fallout 3, as well as a replacement
launcher for <strong>Far Cry 2</strong>.</em> indicates that this has turned out to be an exaggeration at
best, saying the game ships with SecuROM version 7.36.0006, and notes the
</p><p> </p></blockquote><p>Anyone here having trouble?
</p><p>Spotted @ <a href="http://www.bluesnews.com">Blues News</a></p>

[AnneGwish]

Nope, but then, the version I'm getting already has the BS removed, so it should be all good

[mcdonis]

It hard crashed my system every time I tried to run the game.


Turns out that it didnt like Alchol 120 that I had installed and never used.


With all those hard crashes however it did corrupt my windows and I was forced to go back to a previous install ... Thanks securom