[Peter12]

Hi,

I have trouble starting the demo. I have updated the game to the latest version but still byteshield is telling me "no such user/password" (Yes I´m using "aawdemo" as user and pw).
Maybe it has something to do with Vista 64-Bit which I´m running ?
I already uninstalled and installed the game several times and re-downloaded the game from a different site but still no luck.
Please help me. I´m really looking forward to your game.

Peter

[Supreme Cmdr]

Thats the only users/pw for the demo. I just tried it again and it works just fine. Has nothing to do with Vista64 because the game works just fine with both XP/Vista64 and Windows7. The key is that you have to follow the interface instructions exactly as stated.

Also you need an Internet connection. So make sure you are connected to the Internet the first time you run it because it has to download the authentication file.

And try turning off your anti-virus and firewall or add the AAW.EXE file to their exclusion list so that the program can connect to the Internet. If you get a warning that AAW.EXE is a virus/trojan, that is called a "false positive" and it being flagged as such due to the DRM signature in the file.

[Supreme Cmdr]

TopSpeed, on Jun 19 2009, 10:05 PM, said:

I just updated and tried out the new demo. A peristent problem for me has been the control scheme for my left-handed self. Although I can remap the arrow keys, I can't remap the CNTRL or Shift keys, which are the ones I use for FPS games.

Additionally, I typically use the same keys for the same function for first person and vehicles. For example, I use the same fire button in FPS as I do when I'm in a vehicle. However, I get a conflict message in the options.

You cannot remap the ALT, SHIFT and CTRL keys as they are action keys.

[Peter12]

I tried it again. FW (Vistas own, no other except for the router) is off. Internet connection is avialable. Still the message from Byteshield "Faild Login: No such user/password." and just an Ok button.

[Supreme Cmdr]

Peter12, on Jun 20 2009, 05:50 AM, said:

I tried it again. FW (Vistas own, no other except for the router) is off. Internet connection is avialable. Still the message from Byteshield "Faild Login: No such user/password." and just an Ok button.

Please show me the steps that you are using.

[Peter12]

Starting the demo via shortcut on the desktop -> click on "already signed up" -> User Name = "aawdemo" Password = "aawdemo" -> click on "Login" -> Failed Login "No such user/password.

[Supreme Cmdr]

That is the correct procedure.

So you may have a permissions issue on your Vista64 machine. If you look at the KB article in previous posts, it shows you how to get around that. Instead of the AAW.EXE, right-click on the AAWDEMO.EXE file and follow the instructions.

I just tried it again

• uninstalled demo
  
• Installed 1.18.15 demo client
  
• Installed 1.18.23 demo patch
  
• Ran demo
  
• Selected "Already Signed Up", then typed in aawdemo for both user and password, clicked on "Login"
  
• The game downloaded the license and ran the 3000ad intro animation

[Peter12]

Nope. I followed your steps and even deleted everything related to 3000AD in the registry prior to the new install.
What do you mean by "follow the instructions" ? My vista user account has all administrative permissions (UAC is also disabled). Nevertheless I tried "run as administrator" but got the same error.

[Supreme Cmdr]

Well, I'm stumped. I've alerted the Bytshield guys to do so maybe they can figure it out.

[Peter12]

Ok thank you.

[Sblade]

If you have installed the game on the same drive/partition as the system C:. Try installing the game on another partition D:

[HolmstN]

I seem to be running into several errors with ByteShield. Others have it working, so it's clearly a fault on my end, but I'm unsure of what the fault is.

Firstly, I installed and forgot to patch, so ByteShield didn't seem to let me login appropriately (using the correct manner of logging in "Already Signed Up," etc). After patching, it appeared fixed. When I finished with logging in, however, a note came up: "An active copy of this product has been detected Would you like to transfer the activation to this installation?". At first I hit "no," and I was simply taken back to a plain red ByteShield screen. After exiting and attempting again, I hit yes, at which point, I was told, for some reason or another, "A failure has occured at activation startup". Assuming something had possibly gone wrong with my installation, I uninstalled, re-installed AND patched before attempting to log-in to ByteShield.

After all this has taken place, I now run into an error that says an "existing application has not yet expired." I've never truly played a game in this series, though it astounds me how deep these games tend to be. It's the very sort of experience in a game I've always dreamed of, but unfortunately these errors have gotten in my way (have I brownnosed enough to get help yet? ).

Hopefully I'll be able to resolve this issue soon, though I see no clear way of fixing it.

UPDATE: The latter issue has been resolved, replaced, again, by the former.

Computer Specs:

Vista 64-bit
GeForce 9600M GS
Intel Duo-Core 2.10GHz T8100
4GB DDR2 Memory


Additionally of note, the FileFront main demo download does not appear to work. An error states "The installer integrity check has failed."

[Supreme Cmdr]

HolmstN, on Jul 4 2009, 11:26 PM, said:

UPDATE: The latter issue has been resolved, replaced, again, by the former.

Meaning what?

Anyway, using Byteshield for the demo tends to be a comedy of errors in some cases; but we are going to be releasing a new patch for the demo which removes Byteshield. It should have been up since last week but we were doing testing - then the holidays happened.

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Additionally of note, the FileFront main demo download does not appear to work. An error states "The installer integrity check has failed."

Try another download site?

[HolmstN]

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Try another download site?

Well the one I originally used was FileFront, which didn't work. Then I used FileShack, whose download worked. However, because I was getting the "failure has occured at startup," I tried FileFront again to the same effect. I just thought you might like to know about the problem, in case it's not just on my side and anyone downloading from FileFront was getting an error. That would be quite inconvinient

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Meaning what?

Woops, I guess I should really read after I write; I wasn't very clear here, hehe.

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When I finished with logging in, however, a note came up: "An active copy of this product has been detected Would you like to transfer the activation to this installation?". At first I hit "no," and I was simply taken back to a plain red ByteShield screen. After exiting and attempting again, I hit yes, at which point, I was told, for some reason or another, "A failure has occured at activation startup". Assuming something had possibly gone wrong with my installation, I uninstalled, re-installed AND patched before attempting to log-in to ByteShield.

This is currently what is happening, "A failure has occured at activation startup." I've tried executing from both the shortcut and the application itself, just to be sure the shortcut wasn't broken. I'm not entirely sure what the issue is- I followed the instructions as closely as I could (the errors made it a bit tougher ). I'd imagine it's an issue on my side since most everyone else seems to have their game working fine.

I know it's not an issue with Vista, but I feel like blaming the OS anyway. DARN VISTA!

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Anyway, using Byteshield for the demo tends to be a comedy of errors in some cases; but we are going to be releasing a new patch for the demo which removes Byteshield. It should have been up since last week but we were doing testing - then the holidays happened.

Who can rush the holidays, eh? Happy Independence Day to all Americans out there, while we're on that topic! We let off $500 worth of fireworks last night, always a blast (pun intended!).

[HolmstN]

I don't mean to be a nuisance, but I was wondering if there's been any update to the issue? I'm really looking forward to playing it- just seems my computer isn't looking forward to it as much.

[Supreme Cmdr]

The demo has just now been updated. Got to the first post in this thread for the updated links.

[Magnus]

Humm, something seems broken. Probably on my end.

Launching the game, I got this, though then I relaunched it and got in fine.



Trying to get into a vehicle, I got this;



However, when I relaunched and tried it, I was fine and able to fly it. I played a bit more, then I got a 'has encountered a problem and must close' error, while crashing in the same vehicle, hadn't hit the ground.

Is it just me (most likey), or did something go amiss?

[Supreme Cmdr]

Both of those indicate some tampering and/or a corrupted install. Which would explain why you could still play it. Or you could have corrupted sectors on your HDD to which files were copied during install.

[Magnus]

Thats really quite odd, I haven't done anything to the game. Will reinstall then, thanks.

[Supreme Cmdr]

I take it then that you re-installed and everything was fine?