"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
"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
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ut2004 cd key changer
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Reinstall windows
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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.
Last edited by Ki!ler-Mk1; 18th Sep 2008 at 02:50 PM.
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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.
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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.
Last edited by x-newbie; 19th Sep 2008 at 10:31 PM.
have you installed the server from epic, if so it overwrites the game key
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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.
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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.
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Well, i think its obvious that if Ut runs without problems and ASW not, u need to reinstall ASW no?
Registry looks ok
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I made that edit to clarify that it was not a sarcastic comment.
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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?
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Being throttled sucks(I'm 128kbps too)
..it's safer here.
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.
Last edited by Ki!ler-Mk1; 24th Sep 2008 at 11:45 AM.
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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.
where along the path does that entry want to end?
C:\UT2004 - etc
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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
Last edited by x-newbie; 26th Sep 2008 at 11:19 AM.
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.
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Did you delete the AlienSwarm folder when you uninstalled?
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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.
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Ok, a new one has been created, and the game is working again.
>.<
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