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DSFix 2.3 taken down after DMCA complaint [Up: Was mistake; being resolved]
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I don't even know if they could detect it apart from the framerate unlock, so probably not.
DoubleTake
Member
If they can, From seriously needs to drop Namco as their publisher. Dudes are utterly incompetent
This is just insane, I mean why now? It's been 2 1/2 years.... Hope this is just some pencil pushing loser that overstepped his bounds rather than something that is going to spoil the community in terms of online play. Obviously not super worried about the file itself, it's already been distributed so many millions of times that you can find it almost anywhere.
Good luck to Durante though I hope this doesn't turn out to be a big problem.
Good luck to Durante though I hope this doesn't turn out to be a big problem.
Shyakugaun
Banned
Lmao bandai = Miguel
Nah, pretty sure this is all about removing access to the "Debug Mode" which was leaked during the Steamworks transition. It seems likely that they don't know what to look for, or if people have incorporated both DSFix and the Debug Mode together, so they decide to get everything pulled.
Or more precisely, blame this guy for uploading Debug Mode and making everything else a target
Durante this may have been a false claim.
I uploaded the debug version on Nexus Mods and got a PM from someone as well.
Their grammar leads me to believe that they may just be a user trying to rile things up in the DS community.
Though if it is truly them, their claim on the Debug build holds a lot more validity than their claim on DSFix.
It isn't, but you don't make mistakes like that regardless (I mean "You simply has not the right"? Really? That's 6th grade English stuff here, if that) if you work in the position that guy is in. Well, apparently you do, but that makes me question Bandai Namco Germany's competence when it comes to choosing their partners in these matters. They know that that stuff is going to be international and thus in English, and paying someone with English skills that are seemingly below those of an average German middle school student to do that job just seems like a dumb idea.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Namco? More like Dumbco!
Boom
This has to be a mistake. Nobody could be so dumb.
Boom
This has to be a mistake. Nobody could be so dumb.
drotahorror
Member
Lame. This is the type of news that should hit every major gaming site. Probably won't though.
Permanently A
Junior Member
everybody knows durante was the elite hacker behind lizard squad who orchestrated the distribution of the dark souls debug exe
Same thing with me. This is bullshit
Braag
Member
Lady Siara
Member
I wasn't going to comment until it seemed intentional.
This is seriously asinine. Not only are you not infringing, you added value to their originally unappealing product for free. FOR FREE.
This is seriously asinine. Not only are you not infringing, you added value to their originally unappealing product for free. FOR FREE.
Darn this Idolm@ster/Love Live curse...
Just_myles
Member
Well, I will make sure I get this. That's crazy. Hopefully they will get it together for the next PC version.
Zabant
Member
Utterly Ridiculous.
Here, have a signal boost.
I guess with the amount of backlash this will get they will back down and apologise.
Here, have a signal boost.
I guess with the amount of backlash this will get they will back down and apologise.
Pinko Marx
Banned
Haha. Oh wow. Such an asshole move I can't help but laugh.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Agreed. I've befriended 3-4 dozen Germans and their English was always great. If a person is going to be in the business of suing people they should be able to competently speak their language. You know, so they might be able to recognize when they are doing something incomprehensibly stupid.
Sax Russel
Banned
Hey, thanks for singlehandedly saving our absolutely worthless PC port and ensuring it gets any sales at all. Now fuck you!
Such bullshit.
Such bullshit.
AstroNut325
Member
Seriously... WTF Bamco? You people should be thankful to Durante for fixing your broken product.
DoubleTake
Member
Jawmuncher
Member
Ducking WOW.
DMCA against a fix that honestly allowed you to get more sales than the port even deserved in its state.
DMCA against a fix that honestly allowed you to get more sales than the port even deserved in its state.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Wow... Namco really wants me to not like them right now.
TheDarkBites
Banned
Filing a complaint for something that fixes your broken-ass PC port, and it didn't cost you any money to produce. Smart.
I just read about it, and apparently the lady was likely to sue after having health issues symptomatic of brain injury - although that info is coming from her lawyer and who knows how accurate that is
Labombadog
Member
Pure fucking bullshit. They will lose sales and even more hits on their respect status by the core gamers. Bullshit.
Sol_Goodguy
Member
Well, that's disappointing. I don't really see what their motive is, which makes me wonder if this take down was automated.
Hopefully this wrong gets righted soon! I've heard plenty of good things about DSFix and it'd be a shame if Namco doesn't want people to use it.
Would it be worthwhile to get the gaming press talking about this? I'm (perhaps naively) thinking that Namco might back off in the face of bad PR.
Hopefully this wrong gets righted soon! I've heard plenty of good things about DSFix and it'd be a shame if Namco doesn't want people to use it.
Would it be worthwhile to get the gaming press talking about this? I'm (perhaps naively) thinking that Namco might back off in the face of bad PR.
Durante this may have been a false claim.
I uploaded the debug version on Nexus Mods and got a PM from someone as well.
Their grammar leads me to believe that they may just be a user trying to rile things up in the DS community.
At least the address data adds up, although even the city name is spelled incorrectly. It's "Reinfeld", not "Reineld". Zip code 23585. http://www.filedefense.de
Volker Rieck seems to be the executive director of that company. A bit strange that an executive director is unable to write properly.
fluffydelusions
Member
Yeah, I feel it has to be something resembling a mistake. As far as I know, Durante has never had to deal with this kind of harassment in the past, and in some ways his efforts have even been encouraged by developers. Either something specific changed Bamco's calculus, or someone somewhere messed up.
jaundicejuice
Member
How else are Bamco going to sell copies of their HD up-port of Dark Souls 2 on PC?
blackMamba1187
Member
This is pretty high up there on the fuck-o-meter.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Fucking unreal. I hope Kotaku or someone else from the press picks this up. Generate tons of negative press for Bamco. Then they'll have no choice but to back down. [Edit: already happening, haha http://kotaku.com/dark-souls-pc-version-just-got-sucker-punched-1674290199 ]
I also hope this is a mistake related to the debug .exe floating around because it makes zero fucking sense otherwise. Too outrageous to be true, in a way.
I also hope this is a mistake related to the debug .exe floating around because it makes zero fucking sense otherwise. Too outrageous to be true, in a way.
Well we can only hope the A-Team of From Software continues to make high quality Exclusives for the PS4 from now on and the B-Team does their thing for Multiplat.
So at least the biggest part of the community can enjoy good games.
To be honest - I wouldn't put much effort into it either.
How many people buy the game for full price?Probably a lot less who buy it for 5$ on Steam Sales.
Buy 2 Million Units for full price on release day and then you probably gonna get a well optimized PC Version full of love or at least patches/fixes.
Hope for Durante they are just making an Error.
Otherwise stuff like that isn't helping him to put effort into future projects and without him 9/10 PC Games aren't working properly.
Haunted
Member
Automated search trying to go after sites distributing the debug .exe and DSFix got flagged by accident?
I mean, I'm trying best case scenario for Namco here, otherwise they just look like complete fucking dicks.
edit: I see similar ideas have already been mentioned by others. It does make no sense that they would decide to go after DSFix now when it's been available on the same address for over a year.
edit²: I do like that a reversal of this would lead to Namco at least tacitly acknowledging the existence of DSFix and what it's done for the community (and more importantly for them, the company's bottom line).
I mean, I'm trying best case scenario for Namco here, otherwise they just look like complete fucking dicks.
edit: I see similar ideas have already been mentioned by others. It does make no sense that they would decide to go after DSFix now when it's been available on the same address for over a year.
edit²: I do like that a reversal of this would lead to Namco at least tacitly acknowledging the existence of DSFix and what it's done for the community (and more importantly for them, the company's bottom line).
I'd be convinced this post was bullshit if it was coming from anyone but a junior.
OpinionatedCyborg
Member
I wouldn't have played DS without the mod, and I likely wouldn't have purchased DS2 day 1 if I hadn't played DS first. If this isn't an honest mistake, I will never purchase a Namco published game again. My backlog is a million games long already, so there's no reason to support bullshit like this.
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