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Author Topic: How do I prevent the deactivation of my game code?  (Read 2146 times)

Caramujo

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How do I prevent the deactivation of my game code?
« on: May 07, 2023, 12:38:01 PM »
First of all, I'm not sharing the game code with anyone, it's solely for my personal use, the thing is, I'm going to travel outside my country and I already activated the game in two different computers, I don't know if there is a automated system that prevents the code of being used in several machines, or if the place I'm at influence this, can someone help me?
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Re: How do I prevent the deactivation of my game code?
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2023, 12:42:11 PM »
Don't worry about your code deactivating. There isn't any actual limit to how many computers you can use it on.
« Last Edit: May 07, 2023, 12:44:39 PM by A_Random_Dude »
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Re: How do I prevent the deactivation of my game code?
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2023, 01:42:07 PM »
Thank you very much
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Re: How do I prevent the deactivation of my game code?
« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2023, 02:11:22 PM »
The YouTuber Seth did a review of Starsector and put his game code on it for anyone to use. I was one of those who tried it and I haven’t needed to put my own code in yet. I was actually confused it didn’t ask for a code even after I deleted the old version and downloaded the new one.
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Re: How do I prevent the deactivation of my game code?
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2023, 02:19:40 PM »
Quote from: BaBosa on May 07, 2023, 02:11:22 PM
The YouTuber Seth did a review of Starsector and put his game code on it for anyone to use. I was one of those who tried it and I haven’t needed to put my own code in yet. I was actually confused it didn’t ask for a code even after I deleted the old version and downloaded the new one.
You can sctually enter your own key by opening the launcher and pressing CTRL+K I believe.
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Re: How do I prevent the deactivation of my game code?
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2023, 07:40:17 AM »
Activation status is retained in the registry, not as a file.
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Re: How do I prevent the deactivation of my game code?
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2023, 10:31:46 AM »
Yep, this is another reason to leave older versions installed - it retains your activation key in memory, so downloading and installing updates is a piece of cake.

(Just, ah, keep the key itself stored somewhere, eh?)
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Re: How do I prevent the deactivation of my game code?
« Reply #7 on: May 11, 2023, 08:42:29 PM »
My key is so old that when I actually need it search my gmail for starfarer and it pops up
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