Many modules aren't reactivating after hardware upgrade

[Namial]

So after I upgrade all of my hardware, I start up DCS eager to see the FPS improvement. But when I start the game up it says that I have to reactivate all of my modules. So the windows pop up one after another, I click retry, it loads up my key code, I click next, and it says that my module activation was successful. So the game loads up and there's my KA-50 sitting there on the runway, but why am I not in the cockpit? I press F1 but nothing happens, then the KA-50 starts taking off and flying itself, then I realize the label does not have my name on it. So I exit the game, and the game crashes.

 

So I start it back up, load it up, and the game starts asking me to reactivate my modules again. Well not all of them, the P-51, FW-190, MI-8, and UH-1H seem to have actually reactivated successfully; but Combined Arms, Flaming Cliffs3, KA-50, A-10C, and Mig-21 never seem to activate, even though the game says they were successfully activated. No matter what I do, it keeps asking me to reactivate them every time I load the game up, and it never works even though the game says it does. I was able to reactivate the Mig-21 because I talked to one of the guys at Leatherneck, and they sent me a file that did...something, which allowed me to reactivate the Mig-21, although it took another one of my activations...

 

So what gives? I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling my modules, I've tried reinstalling the entire game, but it just doesn't work. It always asks me to reactivate the modules, which I do, which the game was successful, but the game always crashes when I exit and I have to do it all over again. I can't fly any of the planes stated earlier now. What do I have to do to be able to play my games?

 

See attached files for images showing what my screen looks like before game start up, and after I exit. Also I use the steam version of DCS World

Edited May 16, 2015 by Namial

[sobek]

Please have a look at this:

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=94531

[Namial]

Thanks, it worked, thought it took another one of my installations...again...

 

And it was quite the pain in the ass because all those .reg files opened up in notepad for some reason. So I had to go through the hassle of finding the registry editor in my computer, and selecting that as the default program.

 

Don't get me wrong, I like this game, but Star Force is complete BS.

 

Thanks for your help.

[sobek]

Thanks, it worked, thought it took another one of my installations...again...

 

Yes, naturally. The activation is tied to your hardware, so anytime you perform major hardware changes, the current activation expires. If you don't want this to happen, please use the option to deactivate your modules prior to fiddling with your hardware. The process is outlined in the quickstart manual if you are unsure how to accomplish a deactivation.

 

Don't get me wrong, I like this game, but Star Force is complete BS.

 

In my opinion, SF AAA is the least intrusive and troublesome DRM scheme i have come across in the last 10 years, period. One can run into trouble when not deactivating, but apart from that, i find that it does not interfere at all with the rest of my system and it works as advertised. Not to forget, other DRM solutions have their fair share of problems.

[tintifaxl]

I do hope ED will provide a better way to handle the reactivation of modules. To have to do this for each and every module you own is quite a chore and it only gets worse after each purchase.