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[Cambios]

I am referring to the fact that if any of your characters in a saved game is using a bonus item, or if you have any of the bonus module content installed, the game requires that you be logged in.

I understand why they put this in place as some form of protection, but the problem is (as with many badly thought out forms of copy protection) it penalizes legitimate customers far more than pirates. Treating your legit, paying customers like criminals is really not the way to go.

A few examples of why this needs to be removed:

1) It straight up works poorly. About 1/4 of the time I try to load a save, it gives me the error message about needing to be logged in even though I *AM* logged in.

2) A couple nights ago my DSL went down. I couldn't work, and obviously couldn't surf the web. I wanted to play some Dragon Age but I couldn't. Since I couldn't login to "phone home", I couldn't play from any of my saves.

3) Loading the game on a laptop to play while traveling is basically a non option. That's a darn shame.

The whole idea of having the game phone home simply because I am using a pre-order item or a DLC module is just a bad, bad idea. This needs to be rethought and removed.

[Cambios]

Agreed!

[Whanmakt]

Yeah its bloody annoying. And i have to right click run as admin every dam time i start the game or it wont check my dlcs at all. Dont work click in options run as admin.

[Sensorie]

I play logged out, and it's fine for me. Assuming you register the game and authenticate all your DLC the first time, you don't need to be logged in to load your game saves. For now it's best to disable "Always log me in" and just don't play whilst logged in until they can fix the issue.

Modifié par Sensory, 16 novembre 2009 - 10:21 .

[Cambios]

Sensory, how do you authenticate your DLC?



As far as I can tell, my game is registered. How do I double check that?

[Aderis]

It should be automatically authenticated the moment you actually 'register' the game. The best option would be to just set yourself to 'automatically Log me In' within the game options menu. This may be difficult if you have more then one person on the comp but otherwise it should keep you logged in so that you can use the content whether or not you are online or even logged in.



As for double-checking the DLC, you would want to go to your Profile within the Social Network then Registered promotions under the said option on the menu bar.

[Mythgaard]

The problem though, is that attempting to load the game offline (after you've registered your game and DLC's and whatnot) brings up a warning box stating that playing in offline will disable your DLC. Does it in fact work? Because according to the popup, it doesn't.



I've been a bit concerned about this myself, my cable goes out frequently during nasty winter storms here.

[Aderis]

I've actually disconnected my comp from the internet for the sake of being rid of Automatic Update's that would help increase the slow-down and I've yet to have any trouble.



To be honest I've never even 'seen' such a Pop-up other then that I have to be logged in to this specific account to use it and since I'm the only one upon the computer. If your set to Automatically Log Me In once your logged in it wont log you off until you tell it to.



This is all just based on my experience I'm pretty sure it shouldn't matter as long as you were logged in while you were online the first time and have it set to the proper option.

[Cambios]

Aderis wrote...

It should be automatically authenticated the moment you actually 'register' the game. The best option would be to just set yourself to 'automatically Log me In' within the game options menu.

That is what I have it set to. But regardless, even when it says "LOGGED IN" sometimes it bugs out and won't let me load my saves (saying I have special content installed that I cannot use unless I am logged in).

If I am offline entirely, its the same problem.

This is a pretty big problem imho, and it is basically a penalty to people who actually PAID for the game, bought DLC content, etc.

And I know my game is reigstered, but only because it says so in the menu options on the left, but I wouldn't even be able to post in many of the forums here otherwise.

Modifié par Cambios, 17 novembre 2009 - 09:45 .

[Ilaeria]

I have the same problem, and it's pretty frustrating. Should be removed.

[daem3an]

Is this only happening to people who downloaded the game? I'm glad I don't have this problem, it would royally annoy me.

[spool32]

I don't have this problem either, and I downloaded it on Steam. Just set Steam to offline and no problems at all. The wife downloaded hers via EA and also has no problems.



I don't think you guys who are having trouble are representative of everyone.

[Cuuniyevo]

I have the same problem, and I'm using a physical copy. I can't load saves without being logged in. I was going to play logged in anyway, so the social site can update, but I dislike that I can't play it offline, just on principal.

[Aderis]

I think I know what might help, have you actually registered your game to the site?

If you haven't, it could be that this is the biggest issue because this is saying that the content is on the computer but you aren't registered to it nor is the content registered to any particular game.

I say this because while Im using a better computer (The content on it is from another install and purchase) I have it registered and so does he. So those who are having problems try registering the game that you have upon the BioWare Social network. This should fix any problems (At least I would hope) since this means it's not just registered to yoru account but it is also identifiable by the installation of that specific game.

P.S, sorry for the late reply and the sudden thought process, I was falling into my new addiction. <.< I do hope that this helps with your problems however.

Modifié par Aderis, 17 novembre 2009 - 10:21 .

[KalDurenik]

I have the same problem... (my game is bound to this account), I have a CE cd.

[Aderis]

Like most CE games the CE really doesn't matter it's the content that comes within the box. If the account is registered to the Game as well as the content within the game then I would hope someone from Bioware can discuss. This might also want to be moved to the Technical Support Forums as far as hoping for a Mod or someone from Customer Service to help with this issue.

The best thing that comes to mind for me is the Registered Content but saying that I've also started the game on this (I just noticed it) with a ring that I should have gotten but couldn't install upon my game. Perhaps it's an error with the program which prevents people from gaining access to it just because it's installed.

Modifié par Aderis, 17 novembre 2009 - 10:44 .

[Cambios]

Aderis wrote...

I think I know what might help, have you actually registered your game to the site?

My game is registered. If it wasn't, I wouldn't even be able to post in this forum.

I also went to the menu on the left and doublechecked.

[Edynie]

I got the same problem as you. I've bought the CE and downloaded the CE-content. The game is registered on this account and I need to log in everytime to be able to play.

Modifié par Edynie, 18 novembre 2009 - 09:33 .

[boba1974]

I logged in the first time just to download my DLC and haven't used my login in-game since. I've even played with my internet completely unplugged, when i was switching over to wireless ,and all my DLC worked just fine.



It's only supposed to activate the first time and you should be able to run offline after that.

[bubblegumsanta]

I think the problem has to do with some of the specific bonus items, like the memory band, and that sort of thing.  The pop up I get says something about not being able to authenticate two specific items I downloaded...

Might be a problem you'd only have if you downloaded all the Journeys/Pre-Order content...

[Ilaeria]

I realised that I hadn't actually registered my game to my account, so I'm going to try that now. And I was posting on the forums before doing that. It's extra to just registering the game. Hopefully that fixes this problem, because it's pretty annoying.

[Cheiron the Centaur]

I have the same problem, that the game tries to authenticate every time I start up.

With regard to the OP's (1), I have noticed that the game needs some time to verify your status. So if I start up the game and try to start playing right away, it will (9 out of 10 times) tell me that I need to be logged on. But if I wait 5 seconds, all will be fine.

I too admit that I'm not happy about the need to be online to be able to play your DLC. Upto a few weeks before the game was released, Fernando Melo specifically stated -several times- that you did not need to be logged in to play your DLC:

Fernando Melo wrote:

"You don't need to be online to play DLC."

and

Fernando Melo wrote:

"Obviously for the DLC items you'll need this {an internet connection} for the download, but it shouldn't be needed thereafter. Once its on your PC, you no longer need to be logged in."

Modifié par Cheiron the Centaur, 18 novembre 2009 - 10:54 .

[switzki]

The following links may be beneficial:

PC version: social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/58/index/81613

Xbox 360 version: social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/58/index/172548

BioWare posters have stated repeatedly that DLC is meant to be useable offline.

[Cheiron the Centaur]

I just read EA's statement about needing to be logged in. EA also only states that you need to be logged in to  "purchase or redeem" DLC, nothing about needing to be logged in to play it thereafter.

And even in this thread Fernando Melo specifically stated that you do not need to be logged in to play DLC. The only exception he mentions if if you log in with a different account.
Well, that's definitely not the case with me. I only have one Bioware/EA account, I'm automatically logged in every time, I have everything installed on exactly 1 computer, and my IP address hasn't changed either. Still, if I'm not connected the game will complain that it can't authorize the DLC.
So it sounds like the system was originally intended to work offline, but that does not quite work.
Are there any specific cases known in which their system doesn't work?

Modifié par Cheiron the Centaur, 18 novembre 2009 - 05:50 .

[BewareTheDrow]

You can technically deactivate authentication for any DLC on the pc manually, although that allows exploitation by the unscrupulous. It does solve many of the issues though.