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ZenmeisterSeyr Joined: 07 Nov 2009	Posted: Saturday, 07 November 2009 04:45PM
	I Know I am not allowed to post this knd of topic into this forum but I've got serious problems! If i want to start mass effect a window appears which says, something about a registration key! There is no such code in the game dvd case! As long as I dont know this code the game won't appear! I'm very confused! I also dont know how I should add the game to my profile here! and as long as I don't know that I can't write in that other forum about tech probs! so guys please help me I've got no idea about how to play the game for which I paid 20 euros btw! Edited By ZenmeisterSeyr on 11/07/09 16:51

javierabegazo Game Owner Mass Effect Joined: 06 Aug 2009	Posted: Saturday, 07 November 2009 04:53PM
	This is why I only play with the Xbox 360... _________________ The actual Commander Shepard [ ] ,Colonial Sole Survivor as an Adept Bastion with Shotgun Talent Shep already failed the suicide mission. --> Box art [smile_:c

ZenmeisterSeyr Joined: 07 Nov 2009	Posted: Saturday, 07 November 2009 05:05PM
	jeah I have no idea why they have this strange new system with online registration or whatever that is! I'm starting to think that these 20 bucks were a bad investment!

Deinonychus_Z Game Owner Mass Effect Mass Effect PC Joined: 16 Feb 2008 From: SoCal	Posted: Saturday, 07 November 2009 05:08PM
	Yeah, if you got the game legally, then there would be a CD key... You should try going into EA support, or return the game to where you bought it from for exchange of a new one. Just tell them it was defective (which is the truth). No CD key inside the case = faulty. But this has nothing to do with ME 2. Maybe you should go post in the ME forum. Edited By Deinonychus_Z on 11/07/09 17:11

merikano Game Owner SW: KotOR PC Mass Effect PC Joined: 28 Oct 2008 From: New York	Posted: Saturday, 07 November 2009 05:13PM
	Well I did Direct 2 Download so I never got a hard copy of the CD key BUT wouldn't it be with the game manual somewhere? I think that's where most of the games these days are hiding them _________________ "I've had enough of your snide insinuations!"

Deinonychus_Z Game Owner Mass Effect Mass Effect PC Joined: 16 Feb 2008 From: SoCal	Posted: Saturday, 07 November 2009 05:15PM
	Mine came on an extra little piece of paper in the DVD box.

ZenmeisterSeyr Joined: 07 Nov 2009	Posted: Saturday, 07 November 2009 05:22PM
	Quote: Posted 11/07/09 17:13 (GMT) by merikano Well I did Direct 2 Download so I never got a hard copy of the CD key BUT wouldn't it be with the game manual somewhere? I think that's where most of the games these days are hiding them Yes sure well a CD-Key was in there (which was also invalid btw but I just looked up some codes on the net) but the latest problem is this strange Registration Code! I have studied the booklet until my eyes hurt! I've found nothing..no code.. Edited By ZenmeisterSeyr on 11/07/09 17:23

Deinonychus_Z Game Owner Mass Effect Mass Effect PC Joined: 16 Feb 2008 From: SoCal	Posted: Saturday, 07 November 2009 05:30PM
	Return the game then and say it was defective, like I said before.. Or contact EA. Returning the game is probably much easier.

ZenmeisterSeyr Joined: 07 Nov 2009	Posted: Saturday, 07 November 2009 05:33PM
	Quote: Posted 11/07/09 17:30 (GMT) by Deinonychus_Z Return the game then and say it was defective, like I said before.. Or contact EA. Returning the game is probably much easier. yes thanks I'll do that! ima just stay with the good old kotor

merikano Game Owner SW: KotOR PC Mass Effect PC Joined: 28 Oct 2008 From: New York	Posted: Saturday, 07 November 2009 05:36PM
	Hmm... I believe it's EA that's dealing mostly with the game codes, at least it does with the new DLC expansions. It uses the EA Download Manager (I use the same manager for my Sim's game). However, after registering my Sim's game about a month later my password stops working and my it recognizes my registration code as invalid. I go through their customer support (fill out the required information and send my emails) but EA has decided to remain mute on the subject. I'm contemplating a lawsuit... Anyway, this all relates to your problem because you might run into the same trouble with EA when you email them about your registration code. _________________ "I've had enough of your snide insinuations!"

ZenmeisterSeyr Joined: 07 Nov 2009	Posted: Saturday, 07 November 2009 05:45PM
	Quote: Posted 11/07/09 17:36 (GMT) by merikano Hmm... I believe it's EA that's dealing mostly with the game codes, at least it does with the new DLC expansions. It uses the EA Download Manager (I use the same manager for my Sim's game). However, after registering my Sim's game about a month later my password stops working and my it recognizes my registration code as invalid. I go through their customer support (fill out the required information and send my emails) but EA has decided to remain mute on the subject. I'm contemplating a lawsuit... Anyway, this all relates to your problem because you might run into the same trouble with EA when you email them about your registration code. Jeah I can't Imagine that they sold dozens of defective games! That sounds really horrible! I cant imagine that they've put this code in the other games! There's really no way but downloading this games illegaly! perhaps ill find my old version somewhere! thanks to you guys!

LuminousLupine Game Owner NWN NWN: SoU NWN: HotU SW: KotOR PC Mass Effect PC Joined: 29 Mar 2003	Posted: Saturday, 07 November 2009 05:49PM
	Something odd at any rate. My CD key came on a little white square card tucked between my manual and a alien ware ad ( ) inside my box. Besides aren't you prompted for the key during the install, or am I getting my games mixed up? --------- Is this the message that you see? Click Here If it is then it's one of the following: 1. Someone has done a number on you. 2. Your not telling the whole truth. 3. Your honestly surprised by EA not telling you what it's doing. 4. Your here to start trouble. _________________ Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth...

ZenmeisterSeyr Joined: 07 Nov 2009	Posted: Saturday, 07 November 2009 06:09PM
	Quote: Posted 11/07/09 17:49 (GMT) by LuminousLupine Something odd at any rate. My CD key came on a little white square card tucked between my manual and a alien ware ad ( ) inside my box. Besides aren't you prompted for the key during the install, or am I getting my games mixed up? --------- Is this the message that you see? Click Here If it is then it's one of the following: 1. Someone has done a number on you. 2. Your not telling the whole truth. 3. Your honestly surprised by EA not telling you what it's doing. 4. Your here to start trouble. jep Ive read this article and I have to tell you that this screenshot he made is exactly my problem! This is the darn window which always appears ! I have no idea how it came this far! Im just going to get my money back tommorow! I still have the check! Edited By ZenmeisterSeyr on 11/07/09 18:10

LuminousLupine Game Owner NWN NWN: SoU NWN: HotU SW: KotOR PC Mass Effect PC Joined: 29 Mar 2003	Posted: Saturday, 07 November 2009 06:21PM
	In Bio-Ware's defense this was the last game in print that used SecuROM in such a way. Dragon Age just used a disk check, which is in a nut shell a code or pattern unique to a disk or game that is hidden and checked ... whenever. It does not require activation, registration, or anything else. Although, it and like string are still attached to every copy of Mass Effect, as far as I know it was the last game by Bio-Ware to use it. Anything after Mass Effect things should be kosher. I should point out this change from Bio-Ware was prompted by them recognizing a problem, and querying the community on it! Such a system, Disk-Checks only, is Bio-Ware's state DRM for the time being, it has yet to be confirmed for Mass Effect 2. So while I have a degree of faith that ME2 will just be a disk check, Having already been burned, I hold out on pre-ordering it until the system is locked in as a disk-check only. --=] Summary [=-- Don't count Bio-Ware out just yet. [edit] It's possible this whole thing could repeat, but at least for the time being, things look to be looking up. [/edit] Edit: Btw, not that I expect a answer, but I would like to renew my request to be able to install my copy of Mass Effect SecuROM free! _________________ Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth... Edited By LuminousLupine on 11/07/09 18:25

ZenmeisterSeyr Joined: 07 Nov 2009	Posted: Saturday, 07 November 2009 06:36PM
	jeah but mass effect is destroyed! So in fact theres no way to ever "using" this game on a pc without massiv problems! Is mass effect 2 still running on secuROM?