Uhh.. ns installer question

Troy_RageTroy_Rage Join Date: 2002-10-18 Member: 1530Members
<div class="IPBDescription">Have question, very importent to me</div>1 i have read the FAQ and it did say 1.1.10 er something halflife required, but dosnt say anything about retail CS

2 my problim
I can NOT absalutly play any HALF-lIFE or HL mods online because when i go to connect or create game it says, "Your CD key cannot be used on the VALVe system" and then disconnects.

How do i fix this? i havent emailed them but if its a quike fix please tell me, otherwise ill email them

But, Will NS be able to install with CS retail?

if this cant be fixed, and its not compatible with CS retail, ill probly go kill myself because i've been waiting for a long, long time for this mod to come out and its all in have left in this world
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  • DoctorJuiceDoctorJuice Join Date: 2002-02-13 Member: 212Members, Constellation
    Whoa buddy, put the gun down...

    NS is perfectly compatible with CS Retail, at least as far as I know.
  • coilcoil Amateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance. Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    1) Sounds to me like you have an illegal copy of HL.

    2) NS will work with CS Retail.

    3) If you're going to go buy a valve game, go get HL.  It comes with CS for free (free DL&#33<!--emo&;)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'><!--endemo-->, and is one of the best single player games released in the last FOUR YEARS.
  • Troy_RageTroy_Rage Join Date: 2002-10-18 Member: 1530Members
    no i do have a Leggle copy of HL retail, well itsm my brothers but anyways, it has been around my town a few times thought but only with people i trust and there to lazy to post the cd key anyways, it an old version of hl but it checks out, the one that TFC came with. phew* jessus, holly hell, i thought i was screwed for a sec... but why does it say at the bottem of the FAQ, "Version 1.1.9 of Hal-Life is requerd for Natural Selection"
  • MonsieurEvilMonsieurEvil Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 4Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Coil is correct - either your copy of HL is using a key-genned CD product key, or a friend of your brother is now using a free copy of HL forever. You need to purchase a new copy of HL or CS retail.
  • BrutusBrutus Join Date: 2002-10-20 Member: 1555Members
    Valve has banned a number of CD keys. Mainly keys that were passed around to cheat sites. Maybe somebody that used got taken in by a CD key stealer or something.
  • Troy_RageTroy_Rage Join Date: 2002-10-18 Member: 1530Members
    ah yes, i do remember my brother resintly giving the CD keyy to his friends so they could have a lan party but thats the only thinkg i can remember, but wouldent that give me the message "Your CD key is currently in use, please try again later" or something not ur CD key cannot be used on the VALVe system, i dident even think... wait a sec, we dont use valve , dont we use WON?

    and uhh, my Blue shift CD key is fake but that only cuz i couldent find my blueshift case, but my HL cd key is all around my office, on pictures on shelfs, never wanna loosem again
  • SanchoSancho Join Date: 2002-03-30 Member: 365Members
    Yep, sounds like your brother's "friends" got your CD-key banned.  I believe WON is owned and operated by Valve.  Never let anybody have your CD-key.  If you're going to have a LAN party, make sure your "friends" uninstall the game and destroy any record of the CD-key.  I'm not sure how it works, but I guess too many people on the internet with the same key will get you banned.  Your friends just screwed you over, dude. <!--emo&???--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'><!--endemo-->   If they want to play over the internet tell them to get a job. <!--emo&:angry:--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':angry:'><!--endemo-->
  • Troy_RageTroy_Rage Join Date: 2002-10-18 Member: 1530Members
    but why would it say i cant use my cd key on the valve system insted off, your cd is crrently being used right now
  • coilcoil Amateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance. Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    <!--QuoteBegin--Someone Who Cares+Oct. 21 2002,16:33--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Someone Who Cares @ Oct. 21 2002,16:33)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->Yep, sounds like your brother's "friends" got your CD-key banned. ...I'm not sure how it works, but I guess too many people on the internet with the same key will get you banned.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Try reading, Troy.
  • Troy_RageTroy_Rage Join Date: 2002-10-18 Member: 1530Members
    o, right for a sec i thought it was used, uhh, wasnt thinking, anyway i can get a new one or fix the prob, i could get a generator but is that leagel?
  • coilcoil Amateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance. Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Keygen won't help.  You'll need to get a new copy of Halflife.

    You can get HL boxed with CS, TFC, Blue Shift, and Opposing Force for only $30 nowadays.  Damn good deal, if you ask me.
  • Troy_RageTroy_Rage Join Date: 2002-10-18 Member: 1530Members
    yea, i might just use CS, i think it much more stable for running online mods
  • GreedoGreedo Bounty Hunter Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 37Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    <!--QuoteBegin--Troy Rage+Oct. 21 2002,13:53--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Troy Rage @ Oct. 21 2002,13:53)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->yea, i might just use CS, i think it much more stable for running online mods<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    ummm...   k

    I say we just let this one go.  He's beyond our aid.
  • FreemantleFreemantle Join Date: 2002-06-16 Member: 783Members
    <!--me&Freemantle--><span id='ME'><center>Freemantle hands Troy Rage a hammer and a nail</center></span><!--e-me-->

    Figure out where to put it.
  • Troy_RageTroy_Rage Join Date: 2002-10-18 Member: 1530Members
  • LinkLink Join Date: 2002-10-16 Member: 1510Members
    You can't run mods off of CS, they ALL run off half-life. If HL is dead, so is everything that runs off it.

    As everyone says, your key has been banned which means that won has your key in its database as disallowed, so when you try to connect using HL it sees this and stops the connection. It's got nothing to do with whether someone else is using it or not.

    A key-gen would be illegal, because theres a chance that you could get an in use key (Unlikly, but possible) and then whats happened to you would happen to them.

    As people said, you need to buy a new copy of half life etc. Think about it. If your skint then spend a saturday afternoon washing cars. It's that cheap these days.

    Oh, and for my last bit of advice, get some new friends.
  • InsaneInsane Anomaly Join Date: 2002-05-13 Member: 605Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, NS2 Map Tester, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts, Future Perfect Developer
    <!--QuoteBegin--Link+Oct. 21 2002,17:47--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Link @ Oct. 21 2002,17:47)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->You can't run mods off of CS, they ALL run off half-life. If HL is dead, so is everything that runs off it.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    He means CS retail, which is a standalone product.
  • NecroNecro &lt;insert non-birthday-related title here&gt; Join Date: 2002-08-09 Member: 1118Members
    i find it odd cause my brother uses my hlcdkey, and we can both play at the same time on the same server <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->


    buy a new one <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo--> its dirt cheap <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->
  • Troy_RageTroy_Rage Join Date: 2002-10-18 Member: 1530Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Necro-+Oct. 21 2002,18:05--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Necro- @ Oct. 21 2002,18:05)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->i find it odd cause my brother uses my hlcdkey, and we can both play at the same time on the same server <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->


    buy a new one <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo--> its dirt cheap <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    maybie, but i dont really have money.
  • Lord_FrodoLord_Frodo Join Date: 2002-09-26 Member: 1333Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Link+Oct. 21 2002,17:47--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Link @ Oct. 21 2002,17:47)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->You can't run mods off of CS, they ALL run off half-life. If HL is dead, so is everything that runs off it.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    You can run mods off of CS retail. You just need to be a 1337 h4x0r (i.e., copy a few files to a certain location)
  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Troy Rage+Oct. 21 2002,14:08--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Troy Rage @ Oct. 21 2002,14:08)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->you confuse me<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    It's quite easy in fact. Sort of like microwaving a burrito, but less strenous. And less tasty.
  • Troy_RageTroy_Rage Join Date: 2002-10-18 Member: 1530Members
    uhh actuly you dont have to copy any files,all you have to do is when it askes you the directory, you just put the cs retail one
  • C0nan_The_LibrarianC0nan_The_Librarian Join Date: 2002-07-31 Member: 1039Members
    Well if you own any of the other hl products (op force blueshift) you can use that cd key. I use my opforce cd key and my brother uses the hl one. If you want to change it without going and reinstalling you (only if u have windows or only xp maybe...but im thinking any windows...) can go.

    Start>Run>regedit>Hkeylocalmachine>Software>Sierra Online>MachineID. When you open MachineID enter the new cd key hit ok and VUALA!!!
  • SanchoSancho Join Date: 2002-03-30 Member: 365Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--C0nan_The_Librarian+Oct. 21 2002,05:38--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (C0nan_The_Librarian @ Oct. 21 2002,05:38)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->Well if you own any of the other hl products (op force blueshift) you can use that cd key. I use my opforce cd key and my brother uses the hl one. If you want to change it without going and reinstalling you (only if u have windows or only xp maybe...but im thinking any windows...) can go.

    Start>Run>regedit>Hkeylocalmachine>Software>Sierra Online>MachineID. When you open MachineID enter the new cd key hit ok and VUALA!!!<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Is this true?  I'd like to verify this cause I want to play my brother.  And do you have to use regedit?  Couldn't you just reinstall and enter the other key?
  • D_6969D_6969 Join Date: 2002-09-07 Member: 1298Members
    <span style='color:"red"'><b>***NUKEARAMA*** Piracy, theft and stupidity are bad, Mmmkay?</span></b>



    <!--EDIT|Spyder Monkey|Oct. 21 2002,13:43-->
  • Bob_the_AlienBob_the_Alien Join Date: 2002-01-30 Member: 135Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--D_6969+Oct. 21 2002,19:29--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (D_6969 @ Oct. 21 2002,19:29)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin--><span style='color:"red"'><b>***NUKEARAMA*** Piracy, theft and stupidity are bad, Mmmkay?</span></b><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    plz ban this guy...

    this isnt a myg0t site, im pretty sure stuff like that doesnt go here.



    <!--EDIT|Spyder Monkey|Oct. 21 2002,13:44-->
  • SanchoSancho Join Date: 2002-03-30 Member: 365Members
    I've heard of myg0t...who are they?  And why are they so popular?

    EDIT:  or should I say, infamous  <!--emo&???--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'><!--endemo-->
  • coilcoil Amateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance. Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    They're a llama "clan."  Their sole intent upon joining a server is to make the game miserable for anyone else there.  Sometimes this involves cheats, but frequently just annoying things like door blocking, teamkilling, or making the game unwinnable (e.g. by dropping the bomb in a CS location in an obscure or unreachable place).

    Most server admins set their servers to ban anyone with "myg0t" in their name.
  • NecroNecro &lt;insert non-birthday-related title here&gt; Join Date: 2002-08-09 Member: 1118Members
    yea, but cheating is more recently a big thing for them, one of their things is making a program which plays sound (music) on voice comm.

    myg0t must die.
  • ZeroPointNRGZeroPointNRG Join Date: 2002-05-18 Member: 628Members
    lol, NEVER give your serial key to anyone. Well, only if you really trust someone.
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