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Post by **rzL-w-** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:34 pm

is there a way to check if a key is valid?

Post by **dzjepp** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:35 pm

Yes, play on a 1.32 patch server and see if it lets you in. If it says 'invalid cd-key' ... well

Post by **Synergy** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:29 pm

rzL-w- wrote:is there a way to check if a key is valid?

Actually buying the game?

Post by **rzL-w-** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:00 am

my friend said he bought it... then he stopped playing and gave it to me.. i can connect to all servers though...then i get an erorr...whoich according to some other person, they said i should reinstall and etc.

Post by **dzjepp** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:07 am

What does the error say?

Post by **rzL-w-** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 1:47 am

well, its like an error that says "send error report" and shit, and then...later on, i got another error that said "CL_PARSESERVERMESSAGE : end of message" or "CL_PARSESERVERMESSAGE : File corrupted / memory" ... sigh

Post by **rzL-w-** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 1:48 am

i got the other one when i started the game again and tried again

Post by **rzL-w-** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 1:48 am

"send error report" exits the game, then i go back in and yea...that other one -_-

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 3:54 pm

try walking off a plank and see if that helps.

HARRR!

Post by **rzL-w-** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 12:31 am

... umm anyway

Post by **rzL-w-** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 12:32 am

btw, my single player always messes up at tier 3 ... it just exits...what can i do to prevent that?

Post by **bork[e]** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 12:58 am

That's weird...I take it you have took the persons advice and reinstalled through right?

Post by **Bdw3** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 2:00 am

Uninstall the game
Delete the rest of the Quake 3 folder that's left over after uninstall.
Reinstall the game.
APPLY THE 1.32 PATCH.

Report results...

Post by **rzL-w-** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 2:48 am

I did uninstall and reinstall...and it fucked up on the same tier and same level -_-` ...aggrevation ^^

Post by **Bdw3** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 3:02 am

Is it crashing after it loads the level or during the in game movie?

Post by **^misantropia^** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 11:43 am

Download md5sum and let it compute the md5 sums of your quake3.exe and the pak[0-8].pk3 files in your baseq3 dir. This way we can determine if your install is damaged. These are mine:

4484d9bd32f615ee44a9d1e5c2e4e0ec quake3.exe
73dbe2ccb82245576e2109bffee85404 baseq3/pak0.pk3
48911719d91be25adb957f2d325db4a0 baseq3/pak1.pk3
d550ce896130c47166ca44b53f8a670a baseq3/pak2.pk3
968dfd0f30dad67056115c8e92344ddc baseq3/pak3.pk3
24bb1f4fcabd95f6e320c0e2f62f19ca baseq3/pak4.pk3
734dcd06d2cbc7a16432ff6697f1c5ba baseq3/pak5.pk3
873888a73055c023f6c38b8ca3f2ce05 baseq3/pak6.pk3
8fd38c53ed814b64f6ab03b5290965e4 baseq3/pak7.pk3
d8b96d429ca4a9c289071cb7e77e14d2 baseq3/pak8.pk3

Maybe someone else can do this, too, so we can compare results.

Post by **rzL-w-** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 1:35 pm

Bdw3 .. it does it AS its about to finish loading the level..

Post by **rzL-w-** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 2:30 pm

misantropia...how do i use that program... =/

Post by **prince1000** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 4:49 pm

dzjepp wrote:Yes, play on a 1.32 patch server and see if it lets you in. If it says 'invalid cd-key' ... well

not completely true

Post by **^misantropia^** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 6:34 pm

rzL-w- wrote:misantropia...how do i use that program... =/

I use Linux so I just did "md5sum quake3.exe baseq3/pak?.pk3" in the Q3A folder. It won't be much different on Windows: open a shell (Start

Run

"cmd" or "command"), cd to the Q3A dir and run md5sum.

Post by **Kammesennin** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 7:05 pm

prince1000 wrote:
dzjepp wrote:Yes, play on a 1.32 patch server and see if it lets you in. If it says 'invalid cd-key' ... well
not completely true

you're right, that's not completely true, i just ran into an "invalid cd-key" problem last night on a few servers. I bought my game back in '97 and have been using the same cd-key ever since, but because of cd-keygens and similar tools, it's bound to happen... someone probably has a copy of your cd-key somewhere.
And rzL-w- to try checking if your key is valid, you could try e-mailing ID (not that i think it will yield any results, but hey it's worth a try) your key and asking them to ensure the one you have is a valid one.

Post by **^misantropia^** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 9:18 pm

iD doesn't. They don't do anything with cd-keys actually. You could try typing /timescale 100 in the console, just before connecting. It's been known to help in quite a few cases.

Post by **Survivor** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 11:51 am

^misantropia^ wrote:iD doesn't. They don't do anything with cd-keys actually. You could try typing /timescale 100 in the console, just before connecting. It's been known to help in quite a few cases.

Don't just give out that info. People who are not legit are not allowed to break protocol like the rest of us.

Post by **^misantropia^** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 1:57 pm

The timescale trick won't do you much good if your key isn't legit, it just gives the client a little more leeway to authenticate itself against the iD master server.

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