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Namdrol

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I'm doing beta'ing for Xonze for his Christmas Comp mission and just as I was going to do the final test I got a CD key request.

The bastard is, I'm staying at my Mum and Dads for Christmas and haven't got the manual with me.

 

What I actually want to know is how often does this key check come up?

And is this normal?

 

I don't care as I'll just bung the code in a txt file along with my other bits, just a bummer getting caught short.

 

 

Edit: I love that we don't need the cd to play but would keeping the cd in the drive prevent this coming up?

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SneaksieDave

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It's fully legit to play Doom3 without the CD in the drive, supported since the last patch, and it's not really clear if this periodic check is intentional (it's rare and sporadic) or a leftover bug. You do of course need your real keycode to play, but once it's there, you can set the /base/doomkey file to read-only to prevent this problem further. Until then though, I'm not sure if you can get around it.

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Xonze

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Hey Nam,

 

Sometimes you can find the key code in the Doomkey file, but I think it's missing the last bit, but it's worth a check. I think you can open the Doomkey file with notepad.

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