Steam BS deactivated an already installed BS?

[kam]

The title isn't meant to be a sensationalist one, for the record I have no issues with Steam, FC, BS, Starforce etc...

 

I've had a downloaded copy installed on an SSD for a while, then purchased Black Shark on Steam for convenience and to see if there was any noticeable difference between having it installed on an SSD vs having it installed on a mechanical disk. The SSD install was in C:\Games, the Steam install was in F:\Games\Steam.

 

I was running low on disk space so I deleted Black Shark from within Steam, but now I try to run the install on the SSD it wants to be activated again? I cant think of any reason why I would have deactivated it so Im quite sure I didn't manually deactivate it. I did download and play one of the new training videos from the website, and noticed it didn't ask me which copy to install in, it just installed to the Steam version so maybe some registry keys were overwritten?

 

Either way Im not crying over losing an activation. Maybe the issue was on my side. Maybe it isn't so Im letting you know!

 

Edit: Strange thing is, I got this box after putting my serial number in, if its already activated where is the problem? I selected 'No' and its done something, the Black Shark can be flown now, with a non-funcional X-45 throttle and spiky joystick inputs!

 

Edited July 18, 2010 by kam
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[EtherealN]

My suspicion is that deleting the Steam install removed the registry entries for Black Shark, thereby fooling the "standard" install that it was not activated.

 

Activating on that key again would then cause the window you have there to be shown, since it will then contact the server to activate and be told by the server that your key is already all set up for your hardware code. If this is the case you should not have lost any activations at all. Just a fluke in how the system has to operate.

Edited July 18, 2010 by EtherealN

[kam]

Yes it must have overwritten the registry keys during install then deleted them on uninstall; since I cant install the training videos now "DCS: Black Shark not found! Installation interrupted!"

 

Reinstall time!