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Legacy_Iapetus303

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Reinstallin SoU: "That is not a valid key"
« on: April 29, 2012, 01:04:32 pm »


               Hi,

I've recently felt the urge to play NWN again, so I decided dig out my old discs and to install in on my new computer.

NWN OC went on fine, but I can't install SoU.  It doesn't seem to recognize by CD key.  I've checked it and double-checked it (and then deleted all the fields and typed it in again), but I just get the "That is not a valid key" error.

Can anyone think what might be causing this?
               
               

               
            

Legacy_HipMaestro

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Reinstallin SoU: "That is not a valid key"
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2012, 02:11:05 am »


               What codes are listed in your nwncdkey.ini before you try to install SoU?

Does the code listed as Key1 match what was furnished with the game materials?

Are the other 2 Key codes missing?

Even if they look blank, make sure there aren't any invisible control characters there (like tabs or extra spaces).  They should be null after the "=" sign.
               
               

               


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Legacy_Iapetus303

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Reinstallin SoU: "That is not a valid key"
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2012, 11:06:09 pm »


               I think managed to install it now, and I think I know what was causing the problem.

I'd accidently installed NWN using the SoU key (which worked, surprisingly - I guess they all use the same algorithm to work out if a key is valid).  I guess the SoU installer then refused to recognise the key because it had already been used.

I reinstalled NWN using the correct key, and then SoU installed properly as well.