Author Topic: Children of Neinzul and Steam issue... again!  (Read 1641 times)

Offline MysteryOne

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Children of Neinzul and Steam issue... again!
« on: November 16, 2010, 06:24:49 pm »
Hey all! And damn Steam to hell!

Chris, remember when i pre-ordered CotZ? Well, now it tells me that
i don't have it installed and don't have the key (except in e-mail)... What now?

I don't wanna buy it again...
« Last Edit: November 16, 2010, 07:42:34 pm by MysteryOne »
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Re: Children of Neinzul and Steam issue... again!
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2010, 06:33:42 pm »
You have the key in an email. Is that correct?

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Re: Children of Neinzul and Steam issue... again!
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2010, 06:48:38 pm »
Were you using beta 3.189 and before as the most recent? If so, then it's a matter of the old settings.dat file not being compatible with 4.0. When the game prompts you the first time, you want to import your old settings rather than saying begin fresh. Also, if you already hit begin fresh, you can run the importer from under the settings window of the game (button near the bottom of that window).

If you have your key in an email, though, that's all you need so you never have to buy it again. If you preordered from us, then steam doesn't have anything to do with it at the moment -- a bit confused. Hope that helps, but please clarify if not!
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Re: Children of Neinzul and Steam issue... again!
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2010, 07:42:16 pm »
Very well, i buy it from Steam again then...
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Re: Children of Neinzul and Steam issue... again!
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2010, 07:55:53 pm »
Very well, i buy it from Steam again then...
Wait.

Do you have the code in an email?

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Re: Children of Neinzul and Steam issue... again!
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2010, 07:59:15 pm »
Very well, i buy it from Steam again then...
Wait.

Do you have the code in an email?

I do, but what's the point if you can't even type the code in steam version?
I bought it though already (the earlier was the pre-order), though when i checked for licence,
it was already active.  :D I also bought Light of the Spire.  ;D
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Re: Children of Neinzul and Steam issue... again!
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2010, 08:05:06 pm »
I do, but what's the point if you can't even type the code in steam version?
I bought it though already (the earlier was the pre-order), though when i checked for licence,
it was already active.  :D I also bought Light of the Spire.  ;D

You can type it in to Steam. Use the "Activate a Product on Steam" option from the "Add a game menu".

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Re: Children of Neinzul and Steam issue... again!
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2010, 08:23:46 pm »
I do, but what's the point if you can't even type the code in steam version?
I bought it though already (the earlier was the pre-order), though when i checked for licence,
it was already active.  :D I also bought Light of the Spire.  ;D

You can type it in to Steam. Use the "Activate a Product on Steam" option from the "Add a game menu".

Yes, that lets it get archived in Steam to have Steam manage it.  But, even short of that, you can just type it directly into the License Keys window in the game, if the expansion is already installed and such.  If you have the license key, you have the only unique thing we give customers: everything else is publicly available for anyone to download at any time.
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Re: Children of Neinzul and Steam issue... again!
« Reply #8 on: November 16, 2010, 11:10:47 pm »
Let us know how this turns out

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Re: Children of Neinzul and Steam issue... again!
« Reply #9 on: November 17, 2010, 06:08:04 am »
I too had some issued using the steam version.

I got the Original and Senith form steam some way back, but it wanted to have me to bu Neinzul again now recently. But I have been using the game out of steam for a while now. I love that I am ablet  orun it on a USB key now as well, so I just stored the game on my external USB drive :P
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Re: Children of Neinzul and Steam issue... again!
« Reply #10 on: November 17, 2010, 07:30:44 pm »
I have this exact same issue, but with Impulse. I opened Impulse to register my keys (I already own it on Steam, I just felt like putting it in Impulse too for kicks) and the CoN key won't register in Impulse. Not like it really matters since I already have it in Steam.

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Re: Children of Neinzul and Steam issue... again!
« Reply #11 on: November 17, 2010, 08:22:29 pm »
For Impulse, they don't have the CoN keys, we never did get that set up with them yet.  I'll have to do that with them for CoN and LotS both after LotS comes out...
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