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Author Topic: SsethTzeentach Replacing CD Key  (Read 43350 times)

ArtfulAardvark

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SsethTzeentach Replacing CD Key
« on: August 11, 2019, 07:20:50 AM »

Hi, After watching SsethTzeentach I downloaded and tried out the game with his CD Key, finally got around to purchasing my own copy but even after uninstalling and reinstalling it doesnt ask for the key. I can play the game just fine but I would like to use my own key. How do I fix it so I can put in the cd key I bought?
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Alex

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Re: SsethTzeentach Replacing CD Key
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2019, 08:27:27 AM »

Hi there - thank you for your support!

If you (very carefully) remove this registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\JavaSoft\Prefs\com\fs\starfarer\serial

The game will ask you for a key next time you run it.
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Re: SsethTzeentach Replacing CD Key
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2019, 09:12:44 AM »

Thank you so much for your quick reply and I am so glad to have discovered this gem of a game.
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Re: SsethTzeentach Replacing CD Key
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2019, 06:05:56 AM »

Glad I found this Thread, otherwise I would have opened a new one  ::)
I had the exact same situtation  :P
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Re: SsethTzeentach Replacing CD Key
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2019, 02:59:15 PM »

^ Same.  The game is excellent, the admin/dev is highly responsive, and the community is seemingly pretty lively, I think I'm gonna like it here.
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Re: SsethTzeentach Replacing CD Key
« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2019, 08:13:10 PM »

Maybe key changing should be built into the game launcher

Alex

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Re: SsethTzeentach Replacing CD Key
« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2019, 08:32:00 PM »

(Suggestions go in the other forum :))
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Re: SsethTzeentach Replacing CD Key
« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2019, 03:10:57 AM »

For that one dude who wants to change his CD key aswell but is on Linux, I got you covered fam

Go to:
/home/YOURNAME/.java/.userPrefs/com/fs/starfarer

and open the prefs.xml file with any text editor. Press control+F to search for "serial" and delete the CD key and save. Now the game will ask you for your CD key next time you start it

Ps: Such a cool game, bought it myself today ;)
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Alex

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Re: SsethTzeentach Replacing CD Key
« Reply #8 on: September 18, 2019, 09:00:02 AM »

Thank you for posting this! And for your support :)

(I'd imagine it's probably the same file structure on OS X, then, except for being in ~/Library/Preferences/ rather than in /home/<user>.)
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Re: SsethTzeentach Replacing CD Key
« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2021, 11:10:37 AM »

Hi there - thank you for your support!

If you (very carefully) remove this registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\JavaSoft\Prefs\com\fs\starfarer\serial

The game will ask you for a key next time you run it.

So, you are cool with us playing the game first and paying later? Considering I spent over 400 hours in this game, I already got my money's worth. Sorry for reviving the thread, but I needed to remove Sseths key anyhow.
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Rauschkind

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Re: SsethTzeentach Replacing CD Key
« Reply #10 on: April 06, 2021, 11:39:19 AM »

not going to make a tasteless joke about sseth nose for how to do buisiness now. im waaaay to german for that ***.

anyhow, me too! is it okay to keep that old key in my registry though? it seems to be working fine and i am reaaaaly lazy.


anyway. have my heartfelt thanks for making it possible this way. i do buy many games and almost all of them are indi games. however, i have not bought a game in many years without playing the current full version for a few hours first.
so far my experiences where very mixed. i once experienced a game not working after "upgrading". the devs where very helpful fixing the problem the modified version had caused.

egosoft however  (maker of x space sim series) banned my cd key for x1, x2, x3 and x3tc when i admitted that i had tried a cracked version of x3tc before i bought the game. needless to say that i did not buy x4 rebirth or x4 foundations. even if the games where not broken A.F they would not see another penny from me ever again.


aaaaaanyhow. love you
« Last Edit: April 06, 2021, 11:50:33 AM by Rauschkind »
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Re: SsethTzeentach Replacing CD Key
« Reply #11 on: April 06, 2021, 05:29:42 PM »

Press Ctrl-K in the launcher to enter the game key once again.

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Re: SsethTzeentach Replacing CD Key
« Reply #12 on: April 06, 2021, 05:48:23 PM »

nice, thank you very much!
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