Problem: You must be online in order to play Don Bradman Cricket 14

[MattW]

Sim City is slightly different in that it was always online and had a big server requirement - resulting in people frequently being unable to play it despite having an internet connection because their servers were overloaded. Part of the response to Sim City was also because of EA's PR talking about it being required by the design of the game, and that they couldn't do an offline version, which obviously was a lie.

With DBC14 it's a once off check when you're starting the game - once you get past it, you don't need to be online. I've tried it with my phone tethered to my PC, which works fine. DRM sucks, but not having a PC version at all would be much worse - Big Ant's method is the least obtrusive of any type of online requirement.

 

[BigAntStudios]

@Langeveldt You would not have been able to play the latest version if you had pirated it, nor have Academy access.... you would have had the various Rain, Controller, Crash bugs though

The requirement for online has been discussed at length.

PS: How did you post here without internet?

 

[zimrahil]

PS: How did you post here without internet?

That's the killer line for me

 

[zaff4444]

That's the killer line for me

Howzaat! "Stumped" lol

 

[cricket_online]

You could post online from a bunch of places - workplace, library, starbucks or any number of places which offer free wifi but you would struggle to play DBC there.

 

[zaff4444]

You could post online from a bunch of places - workplace, library, starbucks or any number of places which offer free wifi but you would struggle to play DBC there.

True,reviewed 'not out'

 

[shmitee]

I'm having the same issue guys, I have a secure internet connection and steam is online but Bradman isn't letting me play! My guess is it's a port forwarding issue. I reinstalled the game and also did an cache integrity check, all to no avail. Anyone got a solution?

 

[SpitfiresKent]

I was having problems starting up the game on Monday night but after restarting my laptop I've had no issues.

 

[Biggs]

@MattW has had trouble winning on his online version of the game... ......now where's that video?

 

[akshay3677]

Yes, I am facing the similar issue on my pc... I am running the game on windows 8.1 . It starts fine when I connect my mobile 3g via hotspot but it fails when my pc is connected to a router. Someone please help...

 

[BigAntStudios]

I will try to find out which ports are in use, it sounds like a firewall issue with 8.1