Invalid CD Key? - Page 2

Mr_nStuff · 02-01-2003, 02:21 AM

[quote=Strik0r]

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Originally Posted by "Mr_nStuff":ffdf2

So much for buying the game to fix the problem.. lol

ea's suggestion would be buy another copy[/quote:ffdf2]

Actually EA's suggestion would be to send them a copy of your DirectX dialogue report.

JBird · 02-01-2003, 03:51 AM

omg this just happened to me tonight too. i have a pirated (sweet heh) version of sh and it has worked fine...up until this new : Invalid Cd Key bugger just popped up tonight. arggggg cry: what shall we do strikor? what shall we do?

p.s. i care cuz i like sh and i play it tons. i know you dont care about it strikor heh. oOo:

JBird · 02-01-2003, 03:52 AM

i cant even get into my own squad SERVER OMG! cry: cry: cry: cry: this sux. i hope it goes away fast! no way in hell am i buying this lol. eek:

Mr_nStuff · 02-01-2003, 03:58 AM

You care? I just made another map fix for Berlin TOW.. It determines which team has the most objectives at the end of the timelimit. So instead of the round resulting in a draw everytime when all the objective are obtained including the bombs.. Now the team with the most objectives wins.

But I have no fucking clue if it works or not because.. Although I can upload files, reboot, switch to AlliedAssault, use rcon...I can't fucking connect to me server.. lol

I wont do anything about it until I see a patch. This is almost identical to what happened with AlliedAssault around the time when we all still thought v1.2 might be available soon.

Shaggy · 02-01-2003, 12:37 PM

lol i guess this is where Spearhead sucks....
oh well i guess i'll go play some Vietcong...

pvt_hz · 02-01-2003, 01:12 PM

[quote=Strik0r]

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Originally Posted by "Mr_nStuff":3f56c

So much for buying the game to fix the problem.. lol

ea's suggestion would be buy another copy[/quote:3f56c]

ohh yea baby! i cant hear it now!

JBird · 02-01-2003, 02:57 PM

omg same problem today...cant get on to any objective servers...including my OWN. we have a match tommorrow and monday. this is FUCKING BULLSHIT. i cant get on my own server. other ppl in my squad are having the same problem...they cant connect to obj games either. i am really really irritated right now.

Bazooka_Joe · 02-02-2003, 11:16 AM

[quote="|ANIMAL| 1SG Jaybird":5a0ff]omg same problem today...cant get on to any objective servers...including my OWN. we have a match tommorrow and monday. this is FUCKING BULLSHIT. i cant get on my own server. other ppl in my squad are having the same problem...they cant connect to obj games either. i am really really irritated right now.[/quote:5a0ff]

Go out and get uncheap and buy the damn thing.

As for EA, I sent them my DXDIAG.EXE report, my original serial, and my registration info, and they sent me a new serial for BF1942. Seems mine got used by someone over the net, and EA locked it.

Loop · 02-02-2003, 01:46 PM

Hi all,
same probsince last night, some servers work, some not.

JBird · 02-02-2003, 05:47 PM

[quote="Bazooka_Joe":75f7e][quote="|ANIMAL| 1SG Jaybird":75f7e]omg same problem today...cant get on to any objective servers...including my OWN. we have a match tommorrow and monday. this is FUCKING BULLSHIT. i cant get on my own server. other ppl in my squad are having the same problem...they cant connect to obj games either. i am really really irritated right now.[/quote:75f7e]

Go out and get uncheap and buy the damn thing.

As for EA, I sent them my DXDIAG.EXE report, my original serial, and my registration info, and they sent me a new serial for BF1942. Seems mine got used by someone over the net, and EA locked it.[/quote:75f7e]

Well Joe, here is why i wont do that:

Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2003 9:59 pm Post subject:

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I just went out and bought sh and it still says bad key. I completely reinstalled it too...

^ that was from a clanmate of mine from our forums. i still dont think this problem has to do with having a cracked version. 3 other ppl in my squad have the RETAIL version and they have the invalid cd key problem too.

p.s. battlefield 1942 was the last ea product i am going to buy

zck250 · 02-02-2003, 07:56 PM

The same invalid cd key problem happens to me and ive reinstalled spearhead 4x, with a differnet cd key each time.

sam-man · 02-02-2003, 08:54 PM

Anyone check Zonealarm stats to see if mohaa.exe is calling out to a ea site? i got sent info on that...
cant remember the address though....

I think, if you dont have it legit, then shut the hell up. You;ve had it free for this long, if you like it go buy it!

For those of you/us not able to connect with our legit copys, no idea..
but its a problem, and im assuming like the rest of us that its EA testing a CD key validation server. Which will hopefully mean we can ban by CD-Key or an ID system similar to the Half-Life Won-ID system...

Which is good news!!!! evil: evil: evil: evil: evil: evil:

r3mix · 02-02-2003, 09:29 PM

doubtfull EA would do anything beyond checking for legit CD keys.... hpoing for a banning system like CS has is a bit of a stretch.

someone needs to test this against a firewall and whether client is sending anything out other than to server. if it was the server running these lookups youd presume the server config would need updating for it and ppl would already know whats going on.

JBird · 02-02-2003, 10:05 PM

I think, if you dont have it legit, then shut the hell up. You;ve had it free for this long, if you like it go buy it!

For those of you/us not able to connect with our legit copys, no idea..

ty that was so informative and helpful. so for ppl with the retail STORE BOUGHT version having the SAME problem as me with a cracked version, why would i waste 30 dollars only to have the same problem. stfu b00n hake:

Sweep28 · 02-03-2003, 01:35 AM

Using a packet sniffer it shows there is a packet sent to your comp, from the server you're trying to join with a "getKey" command in it, then another packet is sent back with the Invalid Key text. It doesn't look like it gets sent to a EA server of anykind, just to the game server. Don't see how a true authentication setup wouldn't run something by a EA master server. Of course the game server could then bounce something over EAs way I guess. With all the problems with legit owners, it wouldn't suprise me if a "hacked server patch" comes out soon enough to skip the check, and if the legit problems keep up most every server will be running it...