Changing keys?

[ZachyKinz 3]

I am one of the victims of the "Global Ban" issue going on, and I was wondering how to change keys if I bought a fresh copy of the game?

(And just to clarify, I never hacked/cheated while playing the game [you hear that a lot.. I know]. And I am being completely truthful, (as I know most of the banned victims lie and want their account back) One of my friends wanted me to play it with him and gifted me Arma 2 and played we for awhile, and then I took a break since I wanted to try out other games and when I came back after a couple of months I was globally banned. No one else has access to my account, only me. [my brother and sister have their own steam account.])

I already know DayZ can't do anything about it, and I already sent in a request a few weeks ago, so I'm only wondering how to change keys if I bought a new copy of the game.

[applejaxc 2500]

1st: Your story is highly suspect

2nd: I hate helping people like you, but I also hate not helping, so I'm going to make an incredibly almost useful reply: (Don't hold your breath)

Your game's CD is saved in your registry, which can be seen via steam by right-clicking on a game, going into properties and clicking around or choosing 'View CD' or somesuch similar choice.

In order to change this, you have to go into your registry, delete your ArmA 2OA/Beta values, use the new CD to register the game in Steam after uninstalling the Steam version, or install the game from the new CD after uninstalling non-Steam, and run the new version. That should give you a new CD value.

Then 2 things can happen.

1: If you have it through Steam, the new CD value should have overwritten the old. If not, redelete all your registry values, create a new Steam account, and gift the game to that account. Then open the new account, run the game, close it, and gift it back. Launch again, and the new CD should be used.

2: If you don't have it through Steam, and the above didn't work, sucks to be you.

I'm not responsible for any "Bad CD given in setup," "BE failed," "bla bla bla fuck you" errors you receive from failing to follow my instructions and google appropriately. Stop using cheats, et cetera.

Steam used to have an issue of uninstalling the game, wiping the reg values, gifting it away-and-back changed your CD without purchasing a new copy of the game. It was used to mass-cheat God of War or some other game I don't care about all to Hell. Thankfully, it's been mostly fixed. ;)

[leviski 2152]

that's alot coming from a guy who gives himself loadouts on his own server