UT2004 wont start, CD key error, cant find discs

[Ki!ler-Mk1]

"Your CD key appears to be invalid. You will need to reinstall the game and enter your CD key to fix this problem."


Game wont start and i dont have the option to reinstall.


Ref(closed), http://forums.blackcatgames.com/showthread.php?t=9843

[Baz]

ut2004 cd key changer
Pirate Bay
Reinstall windows

[Ki!ler-Mk1]

In related news; C:\UT2004\System\UT2004.exe functions perfectly.


I have a second swarm install at version 1.2 kinda useless, but it works fine. I am not sure the cdkey is only in the registry as if you copu ut2004 over a network it works fine.

Doesnt work when launched from inside ut2004 community mods either.

[Ki!ler-Mk1]

Does anyone know if i can redownload ASw and swap out one or two files to fix this?

I mean, will a reinstall of ASw work? Cus while i have the manual and key i dont have the UT2004 game.

Also, in that other thread it points to where the key is located, i have looked and the key is still there. I can confirm it is my key thats there.

[x-newbie]

As i understand, your CD key is missing from registry.
U can always put it there manualy with registry editor
If your registry is ok, copying over ASW will work fine

Make sure your registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Unreal Technology
reads like this


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Unreal Technology\Installed Apps]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Unreal Technology\Installed Apps\Unreal]
"Folder"="Your-Drive:\\Your game path"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Unreal Technology\Installed Apps\UT2004]
"CDKey"="xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx"
"Folder"="Your-drive:\\your game path to ut2004"
"Version"="3369"
"ADMIN_RIGHTS"="You need to run this program as an administrator, not as a guest or limited user account."
"NO_DISC"="No disc in drive. Please insert the disc labelled Unreal Tournament 2004 Play Disc to continue."
"NO_DRIVE"="No CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive detected."
"TITLEBAR"="Unreal Tournament 2004"
"WRONG_DISC"="Wrong disc in drive. Please insert the disc labelled Unreal Tournament 2004 Play Disc to continue."
"YEAR"="2004"

I use to have 2-3 copies of game in my disks, in case of screw-up i just copy over needed files, some times whole ASW subfolder and works absolutely fine.

Further more i never installed UT in my Pc, i copied it from Lan and fixed the registry manualy.

[reemulmyu]

have you installed the server from epic, if so it overwrites the game key

[Ki!ler-Mk1]

I am going to try downloading alienswarm, also i can confirm that my cd key in the reg is correct.



Let me know if theres something visible there that shouldnt be.

[Ki!ler-Mk1]

Sry for large image :S

As i said before, this is a problem with alienswarm, not ut2004, but thanks for the helps!


Edit: It may be related to a crash i had with ASw but i dont know.

[x-newbie]

Well, i think its obvious that if Ut runs without problems and ASW not, u need to reinstall ASW no?
Registry looks ok

[Ki!ler-Mk1]

Well, i think its obvious that if Ut runs without problems and ASW not, u need to reinstall ASW no?
Registry looks ok

Ho.. shit you're right, i didnt think of that.

(Not sarcasm, no really, not.)

[x-newbie]

Ho.. shit you're right, i didnt think of that.

(Not sarcasm, no really, not.)

Sarcasm will only lead u to my ignore list.
I was trying to help

[Ki!ler-Mk1]

I made that edit to clarify that it was not a sarcastic comment.

[x-newbie]

I made that edit to clarify that it was not a sarcastic comment.

That totaly made me to take it as sarcastic inversion of meaning.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm
Anyway u say it wasnt and thats all i need to know
We cool
Did u manage to fix it btw?

[Ki!ler-Mk1]

i didnt think of that.

My bad, at the time of writing i had no hdd space, and i also only have a download rate of like 16kbps even now . 2 hours to download swarm

[Baz]

Being throttled sucks (I'm 128kbps too)

[Ki!ler-Mk1]

I have redownloaded alienswarm 1.3 - UT2004* still runs fine, ASw is dead still.


I overwrote the files that go in to C/Ut2004/system aswel.

* I got the thread title so wrong.


Does anyone have a spare cdkey i can use for 10 mins to see if well, i duno.

[x-newbie]

One a second read, i see that u missing one registry entry

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Unreal Technology\Installed Apps\Unreal]
"Folder"="Your-Drive:\\Your game path"

I dunno tho i that has to do with your multiply games that u have installed there under the same registry branch.

[Ki!ler-Mk1]

where along the path does that entry want to end?

C:\UT2004 - etc

[x-newbie]

As i can see in my registry it points to C:\Unreal
there is also a brunch under InstalledApps named Unreal.
Well, seems that our versions r not identical
I dont really know for sure, also there is no c:\unreal folder at my disk, could be a trash orphaned key too.

Edit: Yes its an orphaned key left there somehow, for it doesnt exists at my installation at work, so your registry is correct

[Ki!ler-Mk1]

I have unreal 1 and 2 and UT99 installed.

Have jsut tried applying the 3396 patch, didnt help. UT2004 still works, and a reinstalled Alienswarm is still broke.

[Fuzzy Bunny]

Did you delete the AlienSwarm folder when you uninstalled?

[Ki!ler-Mk1]

Did you delete the AlienSwarm folder when you uninstalled?

I copied it elsewhere from \ut2004 and then installed the new one, i didnt overwrite anything.

[Ki!ler-Mk1]

I have a second swarm install at version 1.2 kinda useless, but it works fine. I am not sure the cdkey is only in the registry as if you copu ut2004 over a network it works fine.

I am going to try patching up this copy* which was copied from my old pc, and then forgotten when i reinstalled the whole game when i got this pc 3 yrs back.

*a full copy of ut2004


Nope, now the copy is dead aswel.

[Ki!ler-Mk1]

I think i have solved it. I believe that the problem was that the entire contents bar a few entries have been deleted from C:\UT2004\AlienSwarm\System\Alienswarm.config

Anyway if i delete it that should fix the problem.

[Ki!ler-Mk1]

Ok, a new one has been created, and the game is working again.



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