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[R3T.R0]

Hello, I got a problem with the DayZ Commander. Last time I updatet Arma 2 with the DayZCommander everything worked fine (I think 6-7 days ago). Now if I try to update Arma 2 I get always the same Error,
"Wrong CD-Key".
I think if i reinstall it it might help, but is there another way to solve this problem?

[stickd34th]

Did you try running it from steam ?

It usually resets the CD-Key.

[R3T.R0]

I bought it via Steam, but I didn't activated the Option "Launch using Steam" in the settings of the DayZCommander
And some days ago it worked fine :/

[Maxipad]

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WARNING: Massive cd-key theft going on [ 29.08.2012 • 17:00 ] As already mentioned in the previous news post, there is currently a massive ongoing effort by certain entities to steal people's cd-keys to then sell them for a profit. Private hack forums are full of posts of these fraudsters trying to sell heaps of cd-keys for a cheap price. We are talking about hundreds of cd-keys here, so this is not a small issue at all. The game developers confirmed that this is a huge problem right now.

Their process of stealing cd-keys is quite simple: They advertise a supposedly undetected hack on sites like YouTube and the moment you download and run it (it will probably report that the hack failed to load) your cd-key is already stolen. In many cases your actual cd-key in registry is overwritten with a banned one, so you will automatically receive a global ban message on join (see below). This is done to prevent you from using your cd-key again, so the fraudsters can sell them claiming that they are valid and not in use. Note that this can be fixed (temporarily) by deleting the cd-key from the registry and reinstalling your game. While your original cd-key is not banned due to this, it might very well end up being soon when your cd-key is being used by a cheater that purchased it. This causes many players to think they were innocently banned when in fact their cd-key was stolen and used for cheating. At the very least you will often receive a "CD key in use" message when trying to connect to servers.

If you think this is false propaganda to cover up supposed false global bans I advise you to do some research on this yourself. You can easily verify this by searching for "free DayZ hack" on YouTube. You will see lots of results and almost all of them are scams. Most of them are actually quite popular and have thousands of views. When downloading them and opening the .exe file in e.g. Notepad (warning: do not actually run the .exe!), you can find cd-key related strings such as "SOFTWARE\Bohemia Interactive Studio\ArmA 2 OA" (the registry location of the cd-key) inside.

In short, heed the following: DO NOT EVER RUN ANY HACKS OR OTHER SUSPICIOUS SOFTWARE! If you end up being banned due to your cd-key being stolen there is nothing we can do for you.

http://www.battleye.com/

[R3T.R0]

Thx, but I am very careful at downloading stuff, the last stuff I just downloaded were BlackMesa.zip for Black Mesa and a config.cfg from a friend who wouldn't try to hack me. I am reinstalling the game and hope that this will work :/

[chrisisvenom2]

I bought the game last night, through Steam, and every time I try to update the Arma 2 file, it tells me that I have the wrong CD key. Just buying it brand new, I don't think the problem above about someone stealing my key code could be the issue.
And yes, I do have it set so that it does run through Steam and this issue occurs with all the past Arma 2 updates.
How should I proceed with this?
I only bought ARma 2 because of how awesome Day Z looks.

[Moses]

chrisisvenom2, did you run both ArmA 2 & ArmA 2: Operation Arrowhead before using Commander to join a server? As far as I know this must be done before a DayZ server can be joined successfully.


:edit: wow, thought it said 27th October

[Sandune]

I found that from the site GoG you need to enter a serial code to be able to play online.

[thevisad]

Contact gog?