hello, i have a problem to activate the game tw2 key. ever than i write the activate code, the game looks for availables updates, but, it says the follow message: use the start program to activate the game.
i wish than you can help me. i'll be waiting your answer.
best regards,
Joshwizard
i wish than you can help me. i'll be waiting your answer.
best regards,
Joshwizard
Welcome to the forum, guys!
I'm no technical expert, so I cannot help you directly, but I think the easiest solution might be to get your already updated digital backup copy from GOG.com.
http://www.gog.com/witcher/backup
The solution David gave it the most straightforward.
The game does NOT need to be activated, and no, activation no longer works. What you need to do is patch it to a later version. You can either do that the quick way, by just taking the Gog backup, which is the latest version, or by updating your current version to version 1.35 (available here)
Once you're on 1.35, you can then update to the later versions.
The game does NOT need to be activated, and no, activation no longer works. What you need to do is patch it to a later version. You can either do that the quick way, by just taking the Gog backup, which is the latest version, or by updating your current version to version 1.35 (available here)
Once you're on 1.35, you can then update to the later versions.
Hello DDC, and Josh,
Welcome, I would just like to add/ask, I did a fresh install of TW2 Collector's Edition ( DVD ) approx. 1 month ago ( And I had To do The Activation ) and I had no problems with it auto updating that first time install, but then something happened to the launcher and then a lot of people had to do work around or re-installs.
Now if you are like me you'll end up doing all your needed updates manually because even after I did what others were suggesting on the Forum the game for some reason now won't or wouldn't auto update.
I also did the GOG back up suggestion, but a word of warning on that one, for me there seemed to be some type of graphical bug in some of the scenes, of half bodies and others issues as well, and I didn't have any of these issues with the original install, the game was flawless. Just for some reason, between finishing up an area and going for something to eat the launcher stopped working correctly. It was at this time when the Activation portion didn't work for me either.
If there was a real reason as to why this happened out of the blue like it did I missed the explanation, but just to let the mods here know, My game installed fine and auto updated fine before the launcher had this issue. And due to recent posts people are still having auto update issues even now, so it would seem that the launcher still has issues.
Now if the auto updating/activation feature of the launcher is not being supported any longer then maybe someone can put a sticky up to let others know, but there still is an issue with the first time installs of this game.
I for one would really like to know what happened with the launcher and Why? And the GOG suggestion seems to be to fix always suggested, but If the game is supposed to auto update it should be my choice if I want it to update that way, not...Have to download the backup to get it to work, I bought the C.E. version of TW2 and I have all the main data I Paid ( Good Money ) for sitting right in front of me on original DVD's now I am asked to Download all the data over an internet connection that most of the times will work , but that can have it's own set of problems as I am sure everyone is aware.
It would just be a nice to have the launcher work and auto update like it originally did not but a few weeks ago.
Cheers!
Welcome, I would just like to add/ask, I did a fresh install of TW2 Collector's Edition ( DVD ) approx. 1 month ago ( And I had To do The Activation ) and I had no problems with it auto updating that first time install, but then something happened to the launcher and then a lot of people had to do work around or re-installs.
Now if you are like me you'll end up doing all your needed updates manually because even after I did what others were suggesting on the Forum the game for some reason now won't or wouldn't auto update.
I also did the GOG back up suggestion, but a word of warning on that one, for me there seemed to be some type of graphical bug in some of the scenes, of half bodies and others issues as well, and I didn't have any of these issues with the original install, the game was flawless. Just for some reason, between finishing up an area and going for something to eat the launcher stopped working correctly. It was at this time when the Activation portion didn't work for me either.
If there was a real reason as to why this happened out of the blue like it did I missed the explanation, but just to let the mods here know, My game installed fine and auto updated fine before the launcher had this issue. And due to recent posts people are still having auto update issues even now, so it would seem that the launcher still has issues.
Now if the auto updating/activation feature of the launcher is not being supported any longer then maybe someone can put a sticky up to let others know, but there still is an issue with the first time installs of this game.
I for one would really like to know what happened with the launcher and Why? And the GOG suggestion seems to be to fix always suggested, but If the game is supposed to auto update it should be my choice if I want it to update that way, not...Have to download the backup to get it to work, I bought the C.E. version of TW2 and I have all the main data I Paid ( Good Money ) for sitting right in front of me on original DVD's now I am asked to Download all the data over an internet connection that most of the times will work , but that can have it's own set of problems as I am sure everyone is aware.
It would just be a nice to have the launcher work and auto update like it originally did not but a few weeks ago.
Cheers!
@Ddc_CI and joshwizard - if you do have any problem with this update, we'd be happy to help out.
@robert1a - I'm not sure exactly what problem you're discussing here, but the Gog solution does work, the manual updates do work, and whatever happened in your case does NOT mean that the advice given is wrong.
If you'd like further assistance with any problems you may have, I'm sure that we'd be happy to help out, but please otherwise allow us to provide assistance to other users without the thread being hijacked onto some other issue.
@robert1a - I'm not sure exactly what problem you're discussing here, but the Gog solution does work, the manual updates do work, and whatever happened in your case does NOT mean that the advice given is wrong.
If you'd like further assistance with any problems you may have, I'm sure that we'd be happy to help out, but please otherwise allow us to provide assistance to other users without the thread being hijacked onto some other issue.
Hello Dragonbird,
Sorry didn't mean for anyone to feel like I was changing the subject, that wasn't my intention, just wanted everyone to know, New people and forum mods alike that even though these things did/do work it just seemed like the " Easy Button " is pushed a lot, and there wasn't really even given, a real reason as to why this issue happened in the first place.
And yes...The GOG backup will work but just wanted to let others know about the issue I had, it really sucked to be already playing my game and having to download everything again for the second and third times to get back to the point I was at before I went to eat.
The game is awesome, graphics are awesome, and I can't wait until the TW3 comes out.
Cheers!
Sorry didn't mean for anyone to feel like I was changing the subject, that wasn't my intention, just wanted everyone to know, New people and forum mods alike that even though these things did/do work it just seemed like the " Easy Button " is pushed a lot, and there wasn't really even given, a real reason as to why this issue happened in the first place.
And yes...The GOG backup will work but just wanted to let others know about the issue I had, it really sucked to be already playing my game and having to download everything again for the second and third times to get back to the point I was at before I went to eat.
The game is awesome, graphics are awesome, and I can't wait until the TW3 comes out.
Cheers!
I have sent a message to CDPR asking to check the servers for the autoupdate feature .
For all others who wish to register their game you can do so by clicking the launcher and then the register tab and then input your forum login username and password information after you have updated the game to at least the 1.35 patch . But it is not mandatory or necessary .
For all others who wish to register their game you can do so by clicking the launcher and then the register tab and then input your forum login username and password information after you have updated the game to at least the 1.35 patch . But it is not mandatory or necessary .
Registration doesn't work, and it doesn't have to. The game will work perfectly fine without it. I tried registering it when I bought W2, but when I couldn't make it work I said "f*ck it" and started playing the game. Haven't looked back ever since.
MichaelKnelius said:
Well, it looks like you registered eventually, as your Arena scores are showing up
That's the only thing it's used for, to link the game to your forum registration so that you can upload Arena scores. If you're not doing that, there's no need to register.
IIRC, I just used my forum credentials for the score from the ingame. I didn't use the register option from the menu.