can you trick a comp into thinkin its connected to internet?

[segomyeggo]

What im trying to figure out is if it is possible to trick a computer into believing it is connected to the internet 24/7. the reason for this is that UBISOFT is now begining to create games that are required to be connected to the internet to play, even tho the game may not be an online game. its a security kind of thing to try and end piracy. the game im looking at is assassins creed 2. which is a bad ass game. any info would be greatly appreciated. thanks!

[Kheldar]

I read an article about that ... it seems like a very effective anti-piracy technique to be honest. In order to beat it, you'll have to do a lot more than trick the computer into thinking it's connected to the internet. Your entire game is stored in their servers, so without receiving very specific data from those servers, your game will not function properly.

One method the article I read suggested for beating this, was to simulate their server on your own box. However, that's still a long ways away, so for now I guess you're gonna have to suck it up and pay the $29.95.

[segomyeggo]

im plannin on buying the game, the problem is i travel a lot and i want to install it onto my laptop and play the game as i travel. Ubisoft just made there way to the bad side of my list. im sure someone will find a way around it once the game comes out. time will tell, like always. anyways im DLing a leaked version of it right now... but theres 36 parts and its on rapid share, and idk where the progz are for dling multiple links at once bypassing the wait time, so this will take forever.

[tehbares]

Yeah, F*** them. Those assholes have no right to make their games hard to pirate.

[stasik]

i think its not about " how to trick the pc" but "how to trick the server". u are counted as connected to the game when the server receives packet from the pc. but if u want to make the pc that u are connected to net, just connect it to any router. that way the pc will think he (or she) is connected to internet, but is internet present or not, its another story.

[Robb]

it may be possible but as others have said most of the online data is stored on their server. so hosting a private server may work, or maybe connect it to a Cisco switch and profit?