Arma 2: Combined Operations Possible FADE Kicking in on Legal Copy?

[maturin]

I had the weirdest thing happen once.

My first Steam installation was on a computer that had tons of VRAM and memory leak problems with ArmA, and I once started a helicopter mission only to have the screen flash and read out, "Illegal copies may degrade."

It has never happened since.

[cslayer211]

Well it's still happening, i'm not sure what I can do at this point. I'm also having some really weird motion blur bugs where the red dot site and many other objects look really weird when turning or moving (not sure if it's related to DEGRADE or not.)

[cslayer211]

I'm still having issues with this DRM, can anyone help me?

[B00tsy]

When playing DayZ, I also noticed a message that said "illegal copies may degrade" in the bottom left hand corner. I also don't think I can let Steam update it because I have the retail version of the game. I notice that the action menu and other buttons sometimes don't work, is this also a side effect of DEGRADE?

I don't think I ran the installer from the CD as admin either, but I don't believe I need to either because I have UAC disabled.

Hmm it seems I also have a Fade issue with other problems. Now that I read this I also starting noticing issues since I played the Alpha mod Dayz for a few weeks. Now I cant even play online anymore because the AI simply wont detect me as a player (as if i'm not there) also trackIR is broken. I have legit Steam copies as well + that I never have cheated or used hacks and stuff.

[cslayer211]

Hmm it seems I also have a Fade issue with other problems. Now that I read this I also starting noticing issues since I played the Alpha mod Dayz for a few weeks. Now I cant even play online anymore because the AI simply wont detect me as a player (as if i'm not there) also trackIR is broken. I have legit Steam copies as well + that I never have cheated or used hacks and stuff.

Well I guess it's not just me then. Although I was thinking that I triggered the intrusive DRM by having the game installed on my other HDD, and then switching to a new one without uninstalling it (although I was almost positive that I uninstalled it.)

Either way I haven't got much help on this issue.