acctingman1969 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 I'm not a fan of having hardcopies of games all over the place, but would it be better to have hard copies of the CM2 games or just download them? I thought I heard of some DRM issue with the digital downloaded versions? Thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
womble Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 The DRM issues are generally overblown and/or historical. SOP regarding reinstalls has changed markedly since the early days of CMx2: you get additional reinstalls by default, and your downloads don't go out of date. With the master installer, you shouldn't have any trouble that a ticket to the helpdesk won't solve pretty handily. And if you're outside the USA, you won't have to pay the Customs authority in your home territory any money, like you would if you get the imported CDs. In the UK the arbitrarily-assessed duty can double the cost of receiving the game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 DRM burdin is, totally, overblown. (IMHO) If you download the game, STORE THE FILE!!!! Really. Grab a thumbdrive or carve a spot on your harddrive. Personally, I always like to have backup media at-hand. But that's me... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Yep. I have a back up copy of everything I bought not just from BFC. Even my back up 1T external drive is way smaller than just two or three of the cd and boxes from the decade before. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acctingman1969 Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share Posted April 9, 2015 External Drive sounds perfect to store everything since all I have is a SSD 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFF Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 If you download the game, STORE THE FILE!!!! Really. Grab a thumbdrive or carve a spot on your harddrive. Exactly. Thumb drives are small, cheap, and they have a lot of storage space,so they are IMO the best way to ensure your installation files are securely backed up. Just create a text file as well with your installation keycodes, and you're good to go. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Look at it this way, I pre ordered CMBN. I would never consider loading it now from the original disk. I have become a big fan of just going DL, but as noted above keep copies to prevent re downloading. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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