Re: q3arena hangs : invalid cd key ? Nonsense!

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From: OscartheGrouch
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 14:17

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"Alexander Oberhuber" <aloh@x-mail.n0-spam.net> wrote in message 
news:e59d6$42dd4eb5$506ddbc2$11674@news.chello.at...
>I have a problem with my q3arena (original, updatepatch to 1.32, 
>excessiveplus
> etc.)
> Sometimes,when connecting to multiplayer games, it says "Invalid CD key?" 
> etc.
> and does not let me connect. Needless to say (so I'll say it here) my CD 
> key
> works fine, or ought to work fine.
> The problem gets worse whenever I use another software to spot fast Q3 
> game
> servers, such as Kali. Most servers spotted by Kali refuse to connect. 
> It's a
> little bit better under the "Multiplayer Game" tag from the main menu of 
> the
> game, tho, but even there I get the annoying refusals all too many times.
>
> Any advice?
>
>

IIRC delete the cd key from all mod directories but keep it in your baseq3.

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