NieR Automata (PC)'s FAR Mod Prevents Pirated Copies from working

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Nuvendil said:

Azuren said:

http://www.pcgamer.com/the-unofficial-nier-automata-far-mod-contains-an-anti-piracy-check-and-people-arent-happy/

 

Long story short, Kaldaien included a function in the mod to prevent pirates from playing NieR if it is unlicensed so he isn't liable for copyrighted content injection (using his mod to install pirated DLC). Pirates get mad and show how entitled they are.

Not too shocking. A lot of mods will break or cause other issues with pirated versions of games. Seen it many times in the Bethesda modding community. And not only will the authors not provide support to anyone who complains of issues originating from pirated copies, they also have considerable contempt for pirates and many will ban or request a ban against those who out themselves as such.

Though this puts some people like me, who try to disassociate from Steam as much as possible, in a compromising position. That said, thankfully I can just play the XO version for more or less the same type of support. 

I really wish Bethesda would use their own launcher to distribute games. I bet many pirates would stop if they had a non Steam distributor...