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"Ubisoft has also implemented VMProtect, a piece of software that protects code by executing it on a virtual machine with non-standard architecture [...] tankin

"Ubisoft has also implemented VMProtect, a piece of software that protects code by executing it on a virtual machine with non-standard architecture [...] tanking the game's performance by 30-40 per cent" This feels so extreme.

bdz 9y ago
Here is the post by the cracker https://image.prntscr.com/image/_6qmeqq0RBCMIAtGK8VnRw.png https://image.prntscr.com/image/_6qmeqq0RBCMIAtGK8VnRw.png https://np.reddit.com/r/CrackWatch/comments/79pd62/update_on_ubisofts_anticonsumerism/ https://np.reddit.com/r/CrackWatch/comments/79pd62/update_on...
- UnoriginalGuy 9y ago
  That's circumstantial. People are blaming the DRM because the DRM simply exists; all the breakpoint proves is that VMProtect does what it says it does (decode sections of the game in the VM). It doesn't however prove that the DRM causes the stutter or performance issues, for all we know that could be a bug in the game's engine itself. Hopefully time and more data will tell us for sure either way. We aren't there yet, although no lack of proof will stop the tech media from reporting on it.
  - bdz 9y ago
    There is more reasonable technical theory but it's all speculation now >Anvil Next engine has been rewritten with a bindless model for shaders but their DX12 renderer that goes hand in hand with this tech is only ready on Xbox One. On PC this cannot be handled so they use an extra binding wrapper to communicate between D3D11 and their renderer, this was co developed by Intel and Ubisoft. This goes against what AMD and Nvidia recommends to developers, uses a lot of extra CPU power and render their cards' power useless in certain situations (e.g. city areas in Origins). http://developer2.download.nvidia.com/assets/gameworks/downloads/regular/GDC17/DX12CaseStudies_GDC2017_FINAL.pdf http://developer2.download.nvidia.com/assets/gameworks/downl... https://np.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/79qxxt/assassins_creed_origins_is_crippling_gamers_cpus/dp49ply/ https://np.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/79qxxt/assassins_cree...

bdz 9y ago

Here is the post by the cracker https://image.prntscr.com/image/_6qmeqq0RBCMIAtGK8VnRw.png https://image.prntscr.com/image/_6qmeqq0RBCMIAtGK8VnRw.png https://np.reddit.com/r/CrackWatch/comments/79pd62/update_on_ubisofts_anticonsumerism/ https://np.reddit.com/r/CrackWatch/comments/79pd62/update_on...

UnoriginalGuy 9y ago
That's circumstantial. People are blaming the DRM because the DRM simply exists; all the breakpoint proves is that VMProtect does what it says it does (decode sections of the game in the VM). It doesn't however prove that the DRM causes the stutter or performance issues, for all we know that could be a bug in the game's engine itself. Hopefully time and more data will tell us for sure either way. We aren't there yet, although no lack of proof will stop the tech media from reporting on it.
- bdz 9y ago
  There is more reasonable technical theory but it's all speculation now >Anvil Next engine has been rewritten with a bindless model for shaders but their DX12 renderer that goes hand in hand with this tech is only ready on Xbox One. On PC this cannot be handled so they use an extra binding wrapper to communicate between D3D11 and their renderer, this was co developed by Intel and Ubisoft. This goes against what AMD and Nvidia recommends to developers, uses a lot of extra CPU power and render their cards' power useless in certain situations (e.g. city areas in Origins). http://developer2.download.nvidia.com/assets/gameworks/downloads/regular/GDC17/DX12CaseStudies_GDC2017_FINAL.pdf http://developer2.download.nvidia.com/assets/gameworks/downl... https://np.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/79qxxt/assassins_creed_origins_is_crippling_gamers_cpus/dp49ply/ https://np.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/79qxxt/assassins_cree...