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[Legacy_Soleares]

               I am posting this here due to lack of a proper NWN bug-section, and since the old forums seem to have dissapeared I am attempting to find answers or suggestions here. It is called Registry after all. I have had this game since it came out I think, but have since purchasing it rarely bothered with the official forums Bioware used to have. My problem is mainly concerning lost and re-purchased CD-keys which aren't working.

I am generally not known to be a computer's best friend, this is mutual, computers do not appreciate my presence either and the diabolical machine currently in my posession has disintegrated itself and it's data, which means NWN as well. The computer itself is no longer any particular problem, and I shall be glad to see it go. However, since I do not have the habit of leading an orderly life, I have since lost my former NWN-package, and CD-keys along with it. 

My solution in such a case, is to simply buy a new set, which I did. The problem is that I receive the message "CD-key unauthorized" whenever I attempt to log on to a server. I suspect the keys have been ripped off already, and in some manner already registered, but I have the actual boxes and CDs here.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, and rewarded with humour.
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Soleares, 09 mai 2011 - 08:23 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_NWN DM]

               Where did you buy this new copy from?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Soleares]

               The first store I actually saw the game, which I know also buys and sells 2nd hand games. It isn't listed as 2nd-hand one, but I do suspect it to be main reason of the problem.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_NWN DM]

               Yeah, if you bought it 2nd hand, the keys have probably been long since registered.

Luckily, for just $10 you can get keys from Good Old Games.
               
               

               

                     Modifié par NWN DM, 10 mai 2011 - 02:09 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Lightfoot8]

               If you regestered your old game the CD-Keys should still be on the old site.


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There was a problem with the order they game the CD-Keys in some  packages. Try swapping the CD-keys  for SOU and HOTU.   

if you still have access to your old system and can salavage the cdkey.ini file from the system.  It contains your CD-Keys.   You can open it with a normal text editor. Just right click it and select "Open With..." 

  
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Lightfoot8, 12 mai 2011 - 01:17 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Soleares]

               

NWN DM wrote...

Yeah, if you bought it 2nd hand, the keys have probably been long since registered.

Luckily, for just $10 you can get keys from Good Old Games.

Well it took about half a week to get this paypall-something going, then to get Good Old Games install program be convinced I truly did not care it's files were lacking integrity, it did actually work. There are valid CD-keys, and so far a working game. So thanks a lot for that, it helped.

Lightfoot8 wrote...

If you regestered your old game the CD-Keys should still be on the old site.


Edit My Account

There was a problem with the order they game the CD-Keys in some  packages. Try swapping the CD-keys  for SOU and HOTU.   

if you still have access to your old system and can salavage the cdkey.ini file from the system.  It contains your CD-Keys.   You can open it with a normal text editor. Just right click it and select "Open With..." 

  

I am rather sure I never registered my old CD-keys, and while I'm trying to get to remember my old passwords, I simply haven't a clue just yet so that'll be a while. As for the link, I had already found and tried it, but it only leads to a "this account is due for deletion or already deleted" message. Which I think is due to the fact that those forums are either going to be deleted or neglected. Either of the two, it's not much use to me. I know where to salvage my older CD-keys. But my computer is not in a state to actually allow me to get them. I have not ever attempted to swap the expansion pack CD-keys, but if something else occurs I will try that as well.

End of story, I've got a new game with keys that work, a few kids in a store I need to shout at for costing , and an older account I need to find the right password for. Or it has indeed been deleted for some reason and I shall need to make a new one.

So thank you all for the help, it was most useful. Mr. Bundy is grateful too. In fact he is so happy he can hardly keep it to himself.