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Re: Whelp, Time to be asked again.... Thu, 02 February 2006 07:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Iperithon is currently offline Iperithon

 
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 Sounds like something that would work.

And about those who wish to play some Single player games? to test, experiment, figure things out? (hehe like myself Very Happy )

But altho, yes, i could understand the concerns about trusting one person to keep a serial # confidential. I for one, just want to play this game to it's full potential, and get into playing with the community, and have no reason to spread a # around the world just so people play at another person's expense.

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Re: Whelp, Time to be asked again.... Thu, 02 February 2006 08:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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 Well, if - say 16 of us - share serial numbers with new players the main risk is that they pass those serial nubers on to others or publish them on rile share... Then we have a hundred or more people using our serial number and when we want to play a game there is a risk that our game has been compromised. It would be much better if we can get new serial numbers allocated for sale at a minimal price. This way maybe the Jeffs get enough each year for a free case of beer or something...

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Re: Whelp, Time to be asked again.... Thu, 02 February 2006 08:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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 Mmmm... beer... >.>

Right, I see how that works then. well, lets hope something comes up with the Jeffs, I'm really geting bored of this tech level 10 games T.T

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Re: Whelp, Time to be asked again.... Thu, 02 February 2006 09:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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 Hi!
PricklyPea wrote on Thu, 02 February 2006 13:40

...we would only need to collect 16 serials between us and we would be able to play without problems.

I'm ready to donate one of my two serials I got when I bought my copy of Stars!. In good shape, never used, but somewhat aged. Wink
BR, Iztok

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Re: Whelp, Time to be asked again.... Thu, 02 February 2006 09:44 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I was thinking of writing my own autohost to host my modded games. For this, I was thinking of dynamically swapping out the serial in the .X files for one of 16 'good' serials (e.g. .X1 gets serial 1 etc.).

Alternatively, just disabling the copy protection in the EXE (although I am more reluctant to do this).

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Re: Whelp, Time to be asked again.... Thu, 02 February 2006 10:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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 Such kind of arrangement would indeed be far more preferable.

If we were esteemed intelligent 'enough', they would have contacted us.
If we can not find them, either we are not smart enough, or they are smarter at hiding.

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Re: Whelp, Time to be asked again.... Thu, 02 February 2006 10:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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 I proposed something similar (named it a proxy) a little up the thread. This kind of approach would eliminate some peoples fear of having their serial numbers widely broadcasted if they allow unknown people to have them temporarily in order to be able to play. With the proxy or the swap-out approach those serials would stay in the hands of the trusted community and not be handed out to everyone.

But some people are trying to have the Jeffs issue more legit serials, and we should wait to see if they are successful first.

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If we can not find them, either we are not smart enough, or they are smarter at hiding.

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Re: Whelp, Time to be asked again.... Thu, 02 February 2006 10:44 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I'm sure there was a key generator in the wild at some point, but tracking that down now would be a task...

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Re: Whelp, Time to be asked again.... Thu, 02 February 2006 15:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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PricklyPea wrote on Fri, 03 February 2006 04:44

I'm sure there was a key generator in the wild at some point, but tracking that down now would be a task...

And finding it wouldn't help for games on Autohost anyway, as Autohost runs the j patch.

There used to be serial number generator and a list of serial numbers around (I think a web search would find some of those serials), but one of the j patches disabled all of those numbers. They work fine with the i patch though (i is like j, but with a few more bugs).

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Re: Whelp, Time to be asked again.... Thu, 02 February 2006 16:09 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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 I'm curious as to where i could get this I patch, (yarrrr *stab*)
cause i know i can simply find one of those multi used serial numbers, till we can all figure out this whole mess.

>.< i just wana play past tech 10, and with a custom race! T.T (can already take over the small universe with nuclioids)

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Re: Whelp, Time to be asked again.... Fri, 03 February 2006 00:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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 If you go to the Autohost Central Computer downloads you can download a full registered version of Stars! 1.10 which will allow you to play all the tech levels and create races. To get 2.6i you would need to apply one of the disabled serial numbers to the Stars! 2.6b version and then downlaod and run all the updates from the Central Computer page.

The link to the Central Computer page is: http://starsautohost.org/kn2050.htm

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Re: Whelp, Time to be asked again.... Fri, 03 February 2006 01:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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 http://www.digitalmzx.net/forums/index.php?s=51caefe8d0c0da6 ab3b35bf9006c1e9c&act=Attach&type=post&id=53290is a direct link. Just click and say where to save.

Have fun!

[Updated on: Fri, 03 February 2006 01:27]



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Re: Whelp, Time to be asked again.... Fri, 03 February 2006 06:25 Go to previous messageGo to next message
gible

 
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 Or you can just download Stars v2.6i with 16 serials from here.

That won't help you play on autohost tho.

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Topic split (Re: Whelp, Time to be asked again....) Fri, 03 February 2006 10:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Micha

 
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 Iperithon,

I've split off your AR design and placed it into the AR section,

Regards,
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Re: Topic split (Re: Whelp, Time to be asked again....) Sat, 04 February 2006 10:58 Go to previous message
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 Thanks Micha!

[Updated on: Sat, 04 February 2006 10:58]



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