License and Re-Install

[CHSubZero]

When I uninstall my DCS 1.1.0.8 and after that reinstall the 1.1.1.0 do I have to reactivate my game? Will a license activation be gone by this?

 

Thx for the answer and keep up the good work :thumbup:

[Fuzzysham]

When I uninstall my DCS 1.1.0.8 and after that reinstall the 1.1.1.0 do I have to reactivate my game? Will a license activation be gone by this?

 

Thx for the answer and keep up the good work :thumbup:

 

Well, I'm not an authoritative source on the subject, I can say that I didn't have to when I uninstalled then reinstalled just now. I was expecting to reactivate. When I uninstalled I deleted my save game folder and the left over Eagle Dynamics folder. I also ran CCleaner so there shouldn't have been any trace left.

 

Game installed fast and never asked for a cd key. Every other time it has. Something seems different.

[BlackRazor]

When I uninstall my DCS 1.1.0.8 and after that reinstall the 1.1.1.0 do I have to reactivate my game? Will a license activation be gone by this?

 

Thx for the answer and keep up the good work :thumbup:

 

No, reinstalling the game never costs activations.

[Vantskruv]

No, reinstalling the game never costs activations.

 

Though worth noting, of what I think how it works, is that when uninstalling the game, the protection-system is not uninstalled, hence activation files on your computer will be remaining on your system-harddisk. So if you uninstall your system-os, these files will be removed, and you will loose an activation.

[BlackRazor]

Though worth noting, of what I think how it works, is that when uninstalling the game, the protection-system is not uninstalled, hence activation files on your computer will be remaining on your system-harddisk. So if you uninstall your system-os, these files will be removed, and you will loose an activation.

 

Yes, that's unavoidable; it also happens if you delete the registry key that contains the activation key, or if you use a registry cleaner and the program deletes the key.

However if you simply uninstall the game, delete the remaining files/folders, delete the config directory and then reinstall the game then you will not have to reactivate the game.

[Devrim]

Hi.

 

What will be happaned when activation number reachs "0"? :)

Edited December 21, 2011 by Devrim

[kylania]

You wait for it to refresh or contact customer service.

 

It should really never get that low. I fully uninstalled and deleted 1.1.1.0 last night and installed 1.1.1.1 and it didn't use up an activation. So unless you're installing on a dozen computers you should always be fine.

[GGTharos]

It is refilled for you at the rate of 1 activation/month automatically, IIRC. It doesn't go back up to 8-10 I believe, but if you go to 0, then next month you will have '1' that you can use. So you can always activate once every month.

[Rhinox]

Is it the same for de-activations? IIRC there is a limited number of them too...

[GGTharos]

Not sure if de-activations refill.

[Supersheep]

Mine do not, so far.

 

I made the mistake to de-activate it before I uninstalled when I was new to DCS and had some technical problems.

 

In the future, I might hit the limit because I had to re-install my OS several times and always de-activated first (got an SSD, then had the Sandforce bug, went back, etc) and am now planning an OS-reinstall because of VAC (I just orderd the english windows version for it...). Now I am at six remaining (I think...).

 

Because I did not know how to use activations, in case I run into the limit, I will invest into a new licence, as it is in effect my fault (and ED can use that money for DCS: AH-1Z Viper:D)

 

 

At the moment, I am still fine, however.

Supersheep

Edited December 21, 2011 by Supersheep