Unofficial List of Steam Games with DRM

[jdun]

Originally Posted by rtv05

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat has the "terrible" SecuRom 7, why its not in the list?

If you have the game do a protectionID on it and show us the results.

[pmc64]

I'd rather them remove it but better than nothing.

[MoonUNit]

Originally Posted by jdun

If you have the game do a protectionID on it and show us the results.

I ran a scan on it and threw it on pastebin.

http://pastebin.com/yX1MynrB

I didn't see anything for securerom.

[flibitijibibo]

Oh neat, I didn't know Pripyat used OpenAL... I learned something today!

That actually reminds me... I know it's the Summer Sale, but I may be a bit delayed on responses toward the end of the sale... I'm releasing Waveform for Mac and Linux in the next few days and will be getting some other work stuff organized in the meantime.

In exchange, you can listen to me awkwardly stumble through my own answers for an interview I did with True PC Gaming about this list and the work that I do these days. Should be up on Monday!

[MoonUNit]

Originally Posted by flibitijibibo

That actually reminds me... I know it's the Summer Sale, but I may be a bit delayed on responses toward the end of the sale... I'm releasing Waveform for Mac and Linux in the next few days and will be getting some other work stuff organized in the meantime.

Not to derail the thread, but do you mean this game? Looks pretty cool.

[flibitijibibo]

Yup, that one! I wrote about the port too, if you're interested: http://forums.steampowered.com/forum....php?t=2661552

[MoonUNit]

Originally Posted by flibitijibibo

Yup, that one! I wrote about the port too, if you're interested: http://forums.steampowered.com/forum....php?t=2661552

Awesome.

[crunchyfrog555]

Originally Posted by flibitijibibo

Oh neat, I didn't know Pripyat used OpenAL... I learned something today!

That actually reminds me... I know it's the Summer Sale, but I may be a bit delayed on responses toward the end of the sale... I'm releasing Waveform for Mac and Linux in the next few days and will be getting some other work stuff organized in the meantime.

In exchange, you can listen to me awkwardly stumble through my own answers for an interview I did with True PC Gaming about this list and the work that I do these days. Should be up on Monday!

Just a quick note to you, flibitijibibo, considering your statement here.

I truly applaud all the effort and detail you've put into creating and maintaining this thread - I can't thank you enough. Considering how busy you are at the moment, I'm even more impressed.

Big thanks from me.

[MoonUNit]

Originally Posted by crunchyfrog555

Just a quick note to you, flibitijibibo, considering your statement here.

I truly applaud all the effort and detail you've put into creating and maintaining this thread - I can't thank you enough. Considering how busy you are at the moment, I'm even more impressed.

Big thanks from me.

Likewise from me. Awesome job compiling and keeping this thread (and your website) up-to-date.

[Aidan M]

Toy soldiers is getting Steamworks support and making GFWL optional: http://forums.steampowered.com/forum....php?t=2804701

Sorry if this is old.

[paratech2008]

Does Batman Arkham City have limited activations? someone was claiming that in another thread. If so, is there a revoke option? and what constitutes losing an activation on the game?

[flibitijibibo]

Originally Posted by Aidan M

Toy soldiers is getting Steamworks support and making GFWL optional: http://forums.steampowered.com/forum....php?t=2804701

Sorry if this is old.

Let me know when the patch goes live. This marks the first game ever to make GFWL optional after the fact... pretty neat.

Originally Posted by paratech2008

Does Batman Arkham City have limited activations? someone was claiming that in another thread. If so, is there a revoke option? and what constitutes losing an activation on the game?

Other than what's described on the list, I dunno.

[flibitijibibo]

Double post with the interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0mW0EPF3LM

I say it at the end of the recording, but I would like to say again: Thanks to all of you guys supporting this work! Whether you're a major contributor or just someone who has this bookmarked, I really really appreciate your support.

[Goteki-45]

Arcania doesn't seem to have SecuROM totally removed.

PID scan gave this:

ProtectionID Protection Report (txt format)

09:45:51 | E:\Steam\steamapps\common\arcania gothic 4\Arcania.exe | SecuROM Detected - Version 08.02.0015 | Possible CD/DVD-Key or Serial Check
09:45:52 | E:\Steam\steamapps\common\arcania gothic 4\Data\data0.pak | SecuROM DFA (variant #2) protected file
09:45:54 | E:\Steam\steamapps\common\arcania gothic 4\DFA.dll | SecuROM SLL v 1.6.1 Protected (For SecuROM v 8.1.8) | SecuROM DFA Core Module
09:45:55 | E:\Steam\steamapps\common\arcania gothic 4\GameServices.dll | Possible CD/DVD-Key or Serial Check
09:45:55 | E:\Steam\steamapps\common\arcania gothic 4\paul.dll | SecuROM PA (v 2.0.1.3 (PA API v0.96)) | Possible CD/DVD-Key or Serial Check
09:46:11 | E:\Steam\steamapps\common\arcania gothic 4\redist\PhysX_9.10.0223_SystemSoftware.exe | Wise For Windows Installer Module | Possible CD/DVD-Key or Serial Check
09:46:13 | E:\Steam\steamapps\common\arcania gothic 4\rldata.dll | SecuROM SLL v 1.6.1 Protected (For SecuROM v 7.42.1)

Some of those files can be deleted and the game doesn't care, but DFA.dll and data0.pak have to stick around or the game will crash at launch.

It also creates two entries that the SecuROM remover shows at:

C:\Users\All Users\SecuROM\DFA\ (contains an empty folder with a hex name and a readme file)
C:\Users\(user name)\AppData\Local\Temp\Arcania_Data_DFE (contains 20 files with hex names and no extension, total size 292k)

Each time the game is launched these two folders are created.

Not sure if this counts as inert (there's no online activation and no program/service seems to be installed/registered) or active (since it does create these folders/files at every launch).

[flibitijibibo]

Are the folders/files removable without the tool? If not then I'm calling it active on the basis that it installs the problematic SecuROM files, despite not using activations. Otherwise I'll just mark it as inert saying that it installs some extraneous files that aren't dangerous.