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Speedbrake22 Nov 25, 2021 @ 5:12am
Ads?
Why is this happening?

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Shintai Nov 25, 2021 @ 5:19am 
I even had to check the company, just to verify it was an ad. This is not nice. :(

I wonder what happens if you block their ad server. Does the signs end up erroring?

EDIT: When i checked it is a FrizzySpizz ad.
Last edited by Shintai; Nov 25, 2021 @ 5:29am
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Timmiej93 Nov 25, 2021 @ 5:23am 
I think this is the first time that I don't mind an ad. I'd rather have real ads than fake ones, especially since the fake ones always are so obviously fake it takes away from the look of the game. If this allows GIANTS to make more money without costing us money, I'm fine with it, especially since it's on something that's meant to resemble an ingame ad.

Granted, it'd be nice if it were an ad local to the map, but then again, it wouldn't make sense to advertise something American to a Dutch person.
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ElizebethOfYork Nov 25, 2021 @ 5:24am 
Real nice Giants.....I kinda figured this when they went solo from Focus stuff like this would happen It's realistic in the context that when you drive anywhere for any length of time IRL you see billboard adverts. I don't think it belongs in a game however.
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Hammie Nov 25, 2021 @ 5:27am 
Nice, some real adds instead of fake stuff. I don't care if this brings in some extra money for them.
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Nasder Nov 25, 2021 @ 5:27am 
Originally posted by Shintai:
I even had to check the company, just to verify it was an ad. This is not nice. :(

I wonder what happens if you block their ad server. Does the signs end up erroring?

I think there's some default fictional ads that will be shown then. I haven't seen any real ads yet (I'm in Sweden). All I see are fictional ads.
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magicISO Sweden Nov 25, 2021 @ 5:28am 
same here are in sweden and i dont see that one
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Speedbrake22 Nov 25, 2021 @ 5:33am 
Originally posted by Shintai:
I even had to check the company, just to verify it was an ad. This is not nice. :(

I wonder what happens if you block their ad server. Does the signs end up erroring?

EDIT: When i checked it is a FrizzySpizz ad.


I blocked the server and then it serves the default in game ads, which is fine. But I don't like the whole idea of getting ads shoved in my face in a game I already paid for.
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Shintai Nov 25, 2021 @ 5:33am 
Game is actively connecting to an ad delivery server.

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: ads-fs22.giants-software.com
Address: 157.90.93.189


netstat -nao | find/i "157.90.93.189"
TCP 192.168.0.10:52091 157.90.93.189:443 CLOSE_WAIT 8308
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Shintai Nov 25, 2021 @ 5:36am 
I will try submit this as a bug.
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Mackintosh Nov 25, 2021 @ 5:38am 
What the hell. This is absolutely unacceptable.
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SeniLiX Nov 25, 2021 @ 5:40am 
This should be an option in-game which you have to opt-in to get ads.
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gSe7eN Nov 25, 2021 @ 6:36am 
Originally posted by SeniLiX:
This should be an option in-game which you have to opt-in to get ads.

This. And a surprising amount of people, I believe, WOULD opt in. I play a lot of Euro/American Trucking Simulator and have mods to change the fake ads into real ads. Would be nice if I could just opt in and see real ads in both of these games. But it should be opt in, not opt out. I'd do it for free, but they'd probably get better numbers if they gave an incentive to the player.
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Skippy The Magnificent Nov 25, 2021 @ 6:37am 
Ya know, the more I think about this the more it bugs me.

Personally it doesn't really affect me because I have an unlimited inet package, but thats not the case for everyone. What if you have a metered connection? You wake up one morning to find that you used up your bandwith and have no clue as to where its going just to find out a game used it up because its serving UNDISCLOSED ads to you? Yes, its not alot of bandwith, but it is still using it.

I really wish Giants would have been open and honest about this "feature" and maybe even offer an alternative, like full price for ad-free and something like 5% discount for ad-supported version.

Thank you very much for finding this Speedbrake22. Time to block that IP address and now my faith, and more-so my trust in Giants, took a MASSIVE hit.....
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ConductorSavy TTV Nov 25, 2021 @ 6:40am 
Well at least it isn't a popup style add that shoves itself in front of your face. I prefer how the ads are here then compared to some other games, where it's basically just the billboard changing occasionally here. It adds a bit of immersion in my opinion, but I think that unless they were licensed/contracted to show it, it should remain fictional ads.
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Speedbrake22 Nov 25, 2021 @ 6:47am 
Originally posted by Skippy The Magnificent:
Ya know, the more I think about this the more it bugs me.

Personally it doesn't really affect me because I have an unlimited inet package, but thats not the case for everyone. What if you have a metered connection? You wake up one morning to find that you used up your bandwith and have no clue as to where its going just to find out a game used it up because its serving UNDISCLOSED ads to you? Yes, its not alot of bandwith, but it is still using it.

I really wish Giants would have been open and honest about this "feature" and maybe even offer an alternative, like full price for ad-free and something like 5% discount for ad-supported version.

Thank you very much for finding this Speedbrake22. Time to block that IP address and now my faith, and more-so my trust in Giants, took a MASSIVE hit.....

Wasn't the first who spotted it, found out about it on https://www.reddit.com/r/farmingsimulator/comments/r1r35i/fs22_has_active_adds/ and tested it and saw it my game as well.

Some people will like it by calling it immersion. I think I'll call it deception.
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