Ship Simulator
English forum => Ship Simulator 2006 => Topic started by: NathanC on April 01, 2008, 07:47:52
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I bought Schiff Simulator 2006 from a German shop called "Media Markt" and i've just found out today that Ship Sim 2006 is meant to come wih a Liscence key. But i've looked everywhere on the CD Case, and there isn't a liscence key to be found!!??
This probably explains why i can't download SS2006 Patches, because i haven't registered it. Maybe i haven't got a key because i bought the version of the game with a case like this??? :
http://www.innovgroup.com/img/Single-CD-case-black.jpg
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The license key is on a white sticker on the front of the game manual.
And looking at the CD case, i don't think you recieved a manual? If not i guess you should send it back and get a refund... :-\
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I bought it a long time ago....plus the case came back smashed after i bought it from a friend. But it definetly didn't come with a key :-\
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This is the case itself:
(http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/6753/1000037bw8.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
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isn't that a copy, mine ss06 was in a real box not plasticglass box
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If it is a copy there is something this shop (which is a big company and is well know) hasn't told me, plus there were actually lots of copies of Shipsim 2006 in boxes like this. I just picked the top one and bought it.
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Maybe it is a real one, I didn't buy a German ss maybe thats because it's different
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There's somting i don't understand you said you bought the game in a german shop, but you also said that ou bought it from a friend ??? ???
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There's somting i don't understand you said you bought the game in a german shop, but you also said that ou bought it from a friend ??? ???
The friend works maybe in that shop
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No, a friend borrowed it from me
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Oh, when you bought it from this German shop, did it come with a manual with a sticker on the front with the license key on it? Or when you let your friend borrow it and you didn't get the license key back?
I think you should contact Vstep themselves.. info@shipsim.com
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No, a friend borrowed it from me
A single copy of Ship Simulator cannot be installed on multiple machines. So really, you've broken the EULA if you and your friend have installed it with the same license key.
It is a possibility that your friend has kept the license key, although you would need to ask him ;)
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CaptainSpencer, i know for a fact the game came without a manual, and i also mentioned lots of times that my game has not come with a Liscence key (including in the topic title) which means if it wasn't there, how could he steal it ???
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Oh, when you bought it from this German shop, did it come with a manual with a sticker on the front with the license key on it? Or when you let your friend borrow it and you didn't get the license key back?
I think you should contact Vstep themselves.. info@shipsim.com
Nope, no sticker, no manual
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Hmm, then i think you need to email vstep, as you should of gotten a manual.
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Ok, thanks, will do :)
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Well,
According to this info,that you gave us.
It does not realy look catholic,I think your friend sold that copy to you,and kept the licence-key code.He installed the game for himself,and took a part of the money back from you when he sold it.
The boxed versions here,are in a bigger box,not like a cd box,more a dvd-box.
Please,like some of us said,contact Vstep.
Try to figger out,under what name your friend is registered,maybe Vstep can help you than.
I'm not sure,however i think(but i may be wrong)this copy is elligal.
Marc
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The original Schiff-Simulator 2006 does not require a license key.
The license key is introduced in the first update called: Schiff-Simulator 2006 Platin, which is actually the same version as the international Ship Simulator 2006.
Schiff-Simulator 2006 was a release only sold in Germany. After we noticed the success in Germany we updated the game (added license key validation, multi language support and a lot of new features) and published it in Europe as Ship Simulator 2008 and in Germany as Schiff-Simulator 2006 Platin.
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Well,
According to this info,that you gave us.
It does not realy look catholic,I think your friend sold that copy to you,and kept the licence-key code.He installed the game for himself,and took a part of the money back from you when he sold it.
The boxed versions here,are in a bigger box,not like a cd box,more a dvd-box.
Please,like some of us said,contact Vstep.
Try to figger out,under what name your friend is registered,maybe Vstep can help you than.
I'm not sure,however i think(but i may be wrong)this copy is elligal.
Marc
No, no, no mark, i bought the game from a German shop called "Media Markt" then after a few weeks i uninstalled it to play SS2008. I then let my friend borrow it and then he uninstalled it and gave it back to me. It never had a liscence jey in the first place is what i'm trying to tell you, not that my friend has stolen the key, how could he steal it when it wasn't there in the first place ::)
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The original Schiff-Simulator 2006 does not require a license key.
The license key is introduced in the first update called: Schiff-Simulator 2006 Platin, which is actually the same version as the international Ship Simulator 2006.
Schiff-Simulator 2006 was a release only sold in Germany. After we noticed the success in Germany we updated the game (added license key validation, multi language support and a lot of new features) and published it in Europe as Ship Simulator 2008 and in Germany as Schiff-Simulator 2006 Platin.
So where can i download this update? Every time i try to download patched from the site, it says i haven't got the game installed, but i have....
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Hmmmmmmm a bit of a strange one that nathan, well, you have ship sim 08 working so i wouldn't complain haha ;D
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Hehe, well i only really play SS2006 when Multiplayer is down, or sometimes i just feel like playing it (and t's nice that i can run SS2006 on high graphics with no problems at all)
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Yes, it is nice to run SS06 on high ;D. I don't really have a great comp so SS08 runs SO SLOW! Even on low graphics! It usually takes me 20 minutes on the ocean star to reach 20 knts.
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I bought Schiff Simulator 2006 from a German shop called "Media Markt" and i've just found out today that Ship Sim 2006 is meant to come wih a Liscence key. But i've looked everywhere on the CD Case, and there isn't a liscence key to be found!!??
This probably explains why i can't download SS2006 Patches, because i haven't registered it. Maybe i haven't got a key because i bought the version of the game with a case like this??? :
http://www.innovgroup.com/img/Single-CD-case-black.jpg
I have this problem too.(Media Markt in the Germany)I have´nt friend in the shop,I´m only driver from czech.Well,this problem is my.(low prize is low prize)...Never more... ::)
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Maybe it was just a general error Nathan? maybe the company that produced these copies of the game just missed yours or maybe a few as regards to lisence key.
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Maybe it was just a general error Nathan? maybe the company that produced these copies of the game just missed yours or maybe a few as regards to lisence key.
If you read its not an error the first version of the game (in german) didn't have license keys. (LK) was introduced in a later version.
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what good is that? :D
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I bought Schiff Simulator 2006 from a German shop called "Media Markt" and i've just found out today that Ship Sim 2006 is meant to come wih a Liscence key. But i've looked everywhere on the CD Case, and there isn't a liscence key to be found!!??
This probably explains why i can't download SS2006 Patches, because i haven't registered it. Maybe i haven't got a key because i bought the version of the game with a case like this??? :
http://www.innovgroup.com/img/Single-CD-case-black.jpg
Here in the Netherlands I found Media Markt to be very helpfull when something was wrong with CD-keys: I bought the gold version of a game and from the original game the CD-key and the booklet were missing, so they opened another of the same product and it had the same flaw. Thereupon they opened an original version of the game and gave me the booklet and CD-key from that package. I have the highest regards for the service level of Media Markt (also in another case, but I don't remember what that was about.) But of course it helps to have proof that you bought the product there. (Have you checked your bank statement?) Another route is to approach the publisher. Just include an original picture in the email of the case and product and documentation as you bought it. Don't start nogeciations, just send all the data you have. These people have other things to do.
BTW. In my case the code was on a sticker inside the DVD-style box.
Another alternative is just to buy a new version of the game (I haven't
paid more than 10 euro for it I think) and check in the store at
the check-out counter that the CD-key is present.
Please also consider that games devaluate quite quickly from
50 euro to 20 euro half a year later to 10 euro or less about
two years later. You can't expect them to give you the 50 euro
treatment a year later...
But I admit that they should be easier about CD-Keys and requiering
the original CD to be in the drive. I am a games collector but it means
I have a stack of about 50 CD/DVD-ROM's near my PC and sometimes
the stack collapses...
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