Quirkitized Posted April 8, 2005 Posted April 8, 2005 I dont know where to start? I installed the game with no problems yesterday at all, this was *before* the install advice and .pdf guide, etc. I activated it, and all was great. I install ATI Catalyst 5.4 drivers, reboot....start playing. No problem, but I just dont like the drivers. I go back to my 5.1's. Reboot. Start up hyperlobby, click to join a game........bam, starforce pops up for me to activate again. Im like wtf? No way, so I hit EXIT. It brings me back to hyperlobby, I then try to rejoin the same game. It works, without the starforce popping up... WTF? So, I think nothing of it. Until the next time I load up HL, I get asked again, this time exiting and re-entering didnt fix it. I HAD to activate, tried 4 TIMES !! to try and join a server w/out activating again. I tryed manually, says my registartion key was invalid, did automatically, worked. Ok??? So as time goes on, it happens again, and AGAIN. Im now down to 2 activations left and I just bought it yesterday. Wooo hooo STARFORCE ROCKS. I dont know WTF is up with HL & Starforce but if anybody else is having this problem please post it because this is total BS. I havent even re-installed the game, let alone reformated, or changed any parts. I want my activations back. And yeah, the next time It asks me I'll take a VIDEO of it and then post it, and yup, i'll be down to 1 activation left. Thanks ED, Starforce... =(. I feel I bought this product just to play it earlier than the cracked verison and will have to use a crack for a game I bought. EDIT: If this matter cant be resolved, I will have to buy a new game? But I'd like to get it at a discounted price atleast, this is crazy. You guys should of posted all this starforce guides, have to do it manually and all that crap before the game was even released. I dont know what the F is going on but it isnt exactly making me a happy man.
golfsierra2 Posted April 8, 2005 Posted April 8, 2005 Thanks ED, Starforce... =(. I feel I bought this product just to play it earlier than the cracked verison and will have to use a crack for a game I bought. I really don't want to see that happen, but for quite some frustrated FC 1.1 customers, this will be the way it will end up..... ED get their money, and customers get themselves a SF removal tool, patch or whatever to make the game that they have paid for run until hell freezes. kind regards, Raven.... [sigpic]http://www.crc-mindreader.de/CRT/images/Birds2011.gif[/sigpic]
DayGlow Posted April 8, 2005 Posted April 8, 2005 or people work with ED through the frustration and get things fixed. No need to go support criminal behaviour and make the problem larger. I've yet to see ED show a lack of support for any of their products. "It takes a big man to admit he is wrong...I'm not a big man" Chevy Chase, Fletch Lives 5800X3D - 64gb ram - RTX3080 - Windows 11
Quirkitized Posted April 8, 2005 Author Posted April 8, 2005 oh im willing to work with them about the problem, the thing is, this never should of been a problem
DayGlow Posted April 8, 2005 Posted April 8, 2005 agreed. ED has dropped the ball here, but I still hope that things work out as I enjoy sims and at least ED is trying to find ways to bring them to the market. My opinion is still forming as I will see how they handle these issues, I just understand that it will not be fixed overnight. "It takes a big man to admit he is wrong...I'm not a big man" Chevy Chase, Fletch Lives 5800X3D - 64gb ram - RTX3080 - Windows 11
W-Natas Posted April 8, 2005 Posted April 8, 2005 hmm i think not ED has to fix... its more SF... This message was sponsored by "askingstupidquestions.com" in cooparation with "icantfly.de".
Quirkitized Posted April 8, 2005 Author Posted April 8, 2005 hmm i think not ED has to fix... its more SF... yeah, it's not EDs fault this time :D
bflagg Posted April 8, 2005 Posted April 8, 2005 StarFarce has a history... I'm surprised ED didn't fully research... StarFarce will never see my HD if I can help it. Thanks, Brett
Quirkitized Posted April 8, 2005 Author Posted April 8, 2005 Guess what? Game's already cracked. Starforce 0 Paying Customers -1 Crackers 1 Well, might as well delete the topic. I'll be using a crack to play the game I bought.
TekaTeka Posted April 8, 2005 Posted April 8, 2005 You should keep working with ED. It helps you and the whole community. If you use the crack, you may be able to solve your problem, but the community will be ruined. Please be patient some more. TekaTeka from Japan [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Visit my site Beyond Visual Range.
S77th-GOYA Posted April 8, 2005 Posted April 8, 2005 yeah, it's not EDs fault this time :D But, it is ED's responsibility to fix the problem. I believe they will do just that. From a business standpoint, it would be suicide not to.
Quirkitized Posted April 8, 2005 Author Posted April 8, 2005 Well, I can still play the game. But every now and then starforce pops back up asking me to reactivate, sometimes hitting exit and retrying works, and sometimes i have to activate, exit wont work. I got 2 activations left, after that I'll have to end up using a crack. I highly doubt ED/Starforce will give me a new registration key for new activations.
4c Hajduk Veljko Posted April 8, 2005 Posted April 8, 2005 Guess what? Game's already cracked. Starforce 0 Paying Customers -1 Crackers 1 Well, might as well delete the topic. I'll be using a crack to play the game I bought. How do you know? And what is the meening of the numbers you listed above? Thermaltake Kandalf LCS | Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R | Etasis ET750 (850W Max) | i7-920 OC to 4.0 GHz | Gigabyte HD5850 | OCZ Gold 6GB DDR3 2000 | 2 X 30GB OCZ Vertex SSD in RAID 0 | ASUS VW266H 25.5" | LG Blue Ray 10X burner | TIR 5 | Saitek X-52 Pro | Logitech G930 | Saitek Pro flight rudder pedals | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
2IAEFulcrumbg Posted April 8, 2005 Posted April 8, 2005 this is just a suggestion, it means, that star force will be removed, one paying customer less, and one cracker more ! :)
Quirkitized Posted April 8, 2005 Author Posted April 8, 2005 Yes, thats basically what I ment. And the fact that you can already see lots of people having problems, ofcourse a warezd verison doesnt. How do I know? It's using the same starforce workaround people used to crack Silent Hunter III and Splinter Cell, it's pretty simple. All you do is go to.......I wont say :p. All it involves is starforces website it's self and a hardware key, yeah, top notch secruity that is. ....I dont know why they wasted there money on starforce. Im not upset about it begin cracked, could careless. Im just pissed off at the fact it keeps asking me to activate every now and then, and I only got 2 activates left. What happens when I abosulty cannot join a server or host without activating again? and then 1 more time? Im SOL?
2IAEFulcrumbg Posted April 8, 2005 Posted April 8, 2005 I did lost 1 activation on stupid reinstall ! :(
DayGlow Posted April 8, 2005 Posted April 8, 2005 by cracked do you mean there is a reg key floating around, or has the warez crowd completely removed SF from the game? Or is the .exe cracked for the Russian version, meaning a no-cd hack? If it's a key, then my understanding is that once it starts getting multiple users, the SF server will shut down that key. For the no-cd hack, people still need their reg key, so a warez version will only work for a few people before the key is blocked. "It takes a big man to admit he is wrong...I'm not a big man" Chevy Chase, Fletch Lives 5800X3D - 64gb ram - RTX3080 - Windows 11
Quirkitized Posted April 8, 2005 Author Posted April 8, 2005 Yeah, but then another key will get floating around, then another. And then before you know it, 2 days pass and there's a crack to remove starforce or another work around. I honestly cant recall seeing any starforce protected game getting released were paying customers had so many problems, and in the end, every single starforce game has been cracked. Im not for game cracking entirly, but this is a bunch of bs. I buy a game, I expect it to work. This was not part of what we were told. Now they come out and say this stuff after its released? And now they tell us it Might use a activation if you do automatic? FFS, They arent even sure what there doing. There playing it by ear, and trying to just go with the flow. They should just give infinitiy activations, with some other type of info to make sure it was always you or has to be same ahrdware, etc. Losing activations on reinstalls, or simply trying to join a server is beyond anything I can put into words right now.
4c Hajduk Veljko Posted April 8, 2005 Posted April 8, 2005 Losing activations on reinstalls, or simply trying to join a server is beyond anything I can put into words right now. I do not understand how did you loose your activation with reinstall? Did you contact Russian Star Force and report a problem? Please do so and let us know how they will respond. Thanks, Thermaltake Kandalf LCS | Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R | Etasis ET750 (850W Max) | i7-920 OC to 4.0 GHz | Gigabyte HD5850 | OCZ Gold 6GB DDR3 2000 | 2 X 30GB OCZ Vertex SSD in RAID 0 | ASUS VW266H 25.5" | LG Blue Ray 10X burner | TIR 5 | Saitek X-52 Pro | Logitech G930 | Saitek Pro flight rudder pedals | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
4c Hajduk Veljko Posted April 8, 2005 Posted April 8, 2005 I did lost 1 activation on stupid reinstall ! :( Did you report it to Russian Star Force? If you did how did they respond? Thermaltake Kandalf LCS | Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R | Etasis ET750 (850W Max) | i7-920 OC to 4.0 GHz | Gigabyte HD5850 | OCZ Gold 6GB DDR3 2000 | 2 X 30GB OCZ Vertex SSD in RAID 0 | ASUS VW266H 25.5" | LG Blue Ray 10X burner | TIR 5 | Saitek X-52 Pro | Logitech G930 | Saitek Pro flight rudder pedals | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
2IAEFulcrumbg Posted April 8, 2005 Posted April 8, 2005 I do not understand how did you loose your activation with reinstall? Did you contact Russian Star Force and report a problem? Please do so and let us know how they will respond. Thanks, He lost it the same way I lost it ! -after new install ! Why don't you try it on your own , it is going to cost you just one activation ! ;)
355th_Xantris Posted April 9, 2005 Posted April 9, 2005 Did you report it to Russian Star Force? If you did how did they respond? I think it should be nice if ED answers on this one, cause he is a customer of ED and not of Starforce. He paid ED.
4c Hajduk Veljko Posted April 9, 2005 Posted April 9, 2005 I think it should be nice if ED answers on this one, cause he is a customer of ED and not of Starforce. He paid ED. You are right. However, If i would have problems I would call for help from anybody I can! Star Force is obviously the first (after ED) on the list. Thermaltake Kandalf LCS | Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R | Etasis ET750 (850W Max) | i7-920 OC to 4.0 GHz | Gigabyte HD5850 | OCZ Gold 6GB DDR3 2000 | 2 X 30GB OCZ Vertex SSD in RAID 0 | ASUS VW266H 25.5" | LG Blue Ray 10X burner | TIR 5 | Saitek X-52 Pro | Logitech G930 | Saitek Pro flight rudder pedals | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
355th_Xantris Posted April 9, 2005 Posted April 9, 2005 You are right on that, but I just wanted to point out that ED should come with an official statement about that they are taking the problem serious and that they are going to work on it. These kind of problems were the reason that I decided to wait to buy 1.1, so at this moment I will not buy it.
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