The Suffering: Ties That Bind

[Ed Oscuro]

I picked up a copy of this game at a local thrift a few weeks ago. It
took me a long time to get around to installing it because this is the
sequel (the original is just called "The Suffering"), and I had read a
few places that it had Starforce on it.

I just installed the game yesterday (after uninstalling the "ad-
supported" copy of the original). After installing a little window
titled "Protection System" (purple background with odd metal spheres
held together on poles) told me to reboot. That's it, I thought; I've
got StarForce.

Today I tried out the old Device Manager trick and Starforce isn't
listed, even though I have Hidden Devices shown.

The "Protection System" window still pops up when you try to run the
game without a disc installed.

It's pretty obvious I now have StarForce (again! I played Chaos Theory
once before), but it's not showing up in the traditional manner. Any
ideas?

[Ed Oscuro]

A little update: Finally decided to uninstall the game and StarForce
(and this before installing Left 4 Dead, which it feels like I've had
forever, now), and a quick check of the Device Manager shows the
entries for Starforce as hidden non-Plug 'n Play drivers:

StarForce Protection Environment Driver (version 1.x)
StarForce Protection Helper Driver (version 2.x)
StarForce Protection Synchronization Driver (version 2.x)
StarForce Protection VFS Driver (version 2.x)

I imagine these will uninstall nicely, and hope this will be my last
update on the subject - so I hope.

[James Falero]

Please tell me that isn't true? :(
And to think I was going to purchase Left 4 Dead -_-

> Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:43:14 -0800
> Subject: [boycott-starforce] Re: The Suffering: Ties That Bind
> From: edos...@gmail.com
> To: boycott-...@googlegroups.com

[analogue]

Left 4 Dead does not use Starforce, you misunderstood him ;)

On Nov 29, 11:00 am, James Falero <jamesfal...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Please tell me that isn't true? :(
> And to think I was going to purchase Left 4 Dead -_-
>
>
>
> > Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:43:14 -0800
> > Subject: [boycott-starforce] Re: The Suffering: Ties That Bind

> > From: edosc...@gmail.com

> > To: boycott-...@googlegroups.com
>
> > A little update: Finally decided to uninstall the game and StarForce
> > (and this before installing Left 4 Dead, which it feels like I've had
> > forever, now), and a quick check of the Device Manager shows the
> > entries for Starforce as hidden non-Plug 'n Play drivers:
>
> > StarForce Protection Environment Driver (version 1.x)
> > StarForce Protection Helper Driver (version 2.x)
> > StarForce Protection Synchronization Driver (version 2.x)
> > StarForce Protection VFS Driver (version 2.x)
>
> > I imagine these will uninstall nicely, and hope this will be my last
> > update on the subject - so I hope.
>

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[James Falero]

PRAISE CTHULU! Just put in an order for it. xD

> Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:51:15 -0800

> Subject: [boycott-starforce] Re: The Suffering: Ties That Bind

> From: anal...@gmail.com
> To: boycott-...@googlegroups.com