Dayz without Steam?

[tyridge77 0]

I cannot get Arma 2 through steam, since my Reinforcements Installation Key will not work with Steam, for whatever reason. Is there a way to get it, just not through steam?

[skurcey 11]

there s a solution somewhere :)

(i m more lazy than you ^^ )

[Zombie Squirrel 5]

Well, [cough cough], you should have the download link from the respectable online store you bought it from. You did buy it at a respectable online store, did you? ;)

Direct quote from Arma forums:

Did you buy your ArmA2 key from a CD Key reseller?

None of the CD Key/Serial resellers we know about have obtained a proper license. The origin of their CD Keys is unknown, but we do know about numerous occasions when they sell banned / disabled CD Keys so you will not be able to play the game online at all.

Please note that not only is buying CD Keys from these CD Key resellers risky and usually there’s no kind of guarantee, but also Bohemia Interactive is unlikely to get any royalty from these places for the sales. These CD Keys also in no way include a license to the game itself and CD Key resellers are expecting you to pay a considerable amount of money (you can often get similarly priced deals for the full game package) but they also do not provide any type of guarantee.

We can only recommend people buy the game online from respectable sources, like Steam, Sprocket, Direct2Drive, Impulse Driven or Metaboli , or of course a boxed DVD version.

Of course, if you did buy the game and not just a resold key, and feel you have a proper license, you should contact the store you brought it from, or BI to clear it up. Proper online stores do provide you a download link...

[tyridge77 0]

The liscense obviously works since I installed the game. :P The reason why it doesn't work on Steam is because Arma 2:Reinforcements isn't on steam, therefore the key is invalid.

[Zombie Squirrel 5]

Ah yes, ok then, I misunderstood your question :)

[thatoneguy 0]

I bought retail CD and was wondering if I could still do DayZ without it being on Steam. My friends said no but there must be some way.

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Never mind I found a way but the game says that I have the wrong CD Key when I try to install Arma 2: Combined Ops