As a hobbyist I'm not pissed off, it's just frustrating. It's odd though that I can't even use plugins with licenses on my physical iLok due to their services being offline, it just hangs.Bombadil wrote: Tue May 28, 2024 10:27 pm iLock is offline, here. Completely buggered my main Logic templates due to EW OPUS. Had to force quit everytime I tried to choose a non-Logic plugin.
They have a notice up on their page. I'm pissed off.
Thoughts on Ilok?
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- KVRian
- 1067 posts since 17 Nov, 2010 from UK
A bit fried in the higher freqs
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- KVRist
- 240 posts since 15 Jan, 2023
Rip this last hour of my life I should of checked here first. First time I've needed ilok and the servers have been down, seems 7 hours now. At least I know where to look in the future, i reinstalled ilok and stuff so hopefully that works fine after. Free stress.
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- KVRAF
- 11950 posts since 31 Aug, 2013 from Someplace else
It says that Europe is fine. It isn't. Now their web page is inaccessable.Teksonik wrote: Tue May 28, 2024 9:10 pm "Ooooh but iLok isn't challenge response"........
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GFY iLok and any developer who uses it.....
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- KVRAF
- 3030 posts since 12 Mar, 2002 from Central NY
Not a problem for me because I refuse to use that effing shiite. 
Or, for that matter, support ANY developer that uses invasive copy
protection that punishes legit users. There's no need. There are
plenty that don't.
Or, for that matter, support ANY developer that uses invasive copy
protection that punishes legit users. There's no need. There are
plenty that don't.
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- KVRian
- 1241 posts since 25 Jan, 2017
I still had problems with EastWest libraries authorized on the iLok dongle
For a couple hours, trying to load up those libraries would systematically freeze the entire DAW.
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MidnightRunner MidnightRunner https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=610463 - KVRist
- 98 posts since 13 Apr, 2023
I heave learnt to live with iLok. But it would be nice to not have to deal with it.
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- KVRAF
- 5914 posts since 25 Jan, 2007
Yeah, looks like East West's Opus failed for permanent license owners, and obviously it shouldn't. AFAIK no other developers permanent licenses were affected. Of course the Cloud / subs were.
This is nothing - there have been relatively short glitches before. But there was one over a decade ago that was far more serious - servers were down for several weeks. Some post houses nearly went out of business.
It's the one big flaw of ZDT / TLC. If your protection runs out during an outage, even your permanent licenses will be unavailable.
This is nothing - there have been relatively short glitches before. But there was one over a decade ago that was far more serious - servers were down for several weeks. Some post houses nearly went out of business.
It's the one big flaw of ZDT / TLC. If your protection runs out during an outage, even your permanent licenses will be unavailable.
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- KVRAF
- 11950 posts since 31 Aug, 2013 from Someplace else
It failed for those of us on Composer Cloud, as well. Took me a few minutes of banging my head on the table to figure it out. OPUS. I could grt VSL and my Soundtoys plugins working. OPUS screwed everything up in any template it was instantiated.
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- KVRian
- 1241 posts since 25 Jan, 2017
My doubt comes from the fact that I could load "empty" OPUS instances without any issue; the freezing only happened when trying to load libraries.
I should have tried with PLAY as well to see if the issue was specific to the libraries rather than OPUS.
Anyway, seems solved now
I should have tried with PLAY as well to see if the issue was specific to the libraries rather than OPUS.
Anyway, seems solved now
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vitocorleone123 vitocorleone123 https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=333504
- KVRAF
- 2495 posts since 30 Jun, 2014 from Pacific NW
Several years with the ilok usb dongle. Zero issues.
Also zero EastWest whatevers.
Not a fan, but also don’t care that much. Better without, but happily buy plugins I want/need and don’t care what copy “protection” they have.
Also zero EastWest whatevers.
Not a fan, but also don’t care that much. Better without, but happily buy plugins I want/need and don’t care what copy “protection” they have.
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- KVRist
- 39 posts since 15 Mar, 2017
Oh and how to reregister if I reinstalled Windows on the same machine?sQeetz wrote: Tue Apr 30, 2024 9:40 pm That's not true at all...
unless you forget to deregister your stuff from the old machine, which is hardly ilok's fault (again...)
Preventing users from moving licenses is an iLok deliberate policy, they do it on purpose. They are willingly being a pain in the arse. That is their fault.