2 ppl 1 char

[bradley1508 0]

me and my brother both have different laptops and steam acc's and we both bought the game yet when i started i didn't start with a new char i started with his with his guns and armor and everything but when i died and he got on with his laptop and went in-game it showed that he died and had all the items that i had after i died and got more for some reason it makes me and my brother have the same character.

can some1 plz help thx.

[@ndreas 15]

... I am not sure what you are trying to tell us.... cO

[bradley1508 0]

im trying to say that instead of me having a char and my brother having his own char we dont for some reason we both share one char when we both bought the game on diff steam acc's

[deadman_with_hat 5]

Well the cha´s are NOT running over steam...

so... what i gues is that ther are running over the IP

you and youre brother, are useing the same Internet IP

OR

you are using the same KEY from the ARMA II CO

[bradley1508 0]

is there a way to change so we dont have the same KEY or is it not fixable?

[deadman_with_hat 5]

KEY... Fixable?

if you have bouth ARMA II once, then you have one KEY.

so... you can only have one cha. (no this is not fixable i gues)

same: if you are buying on WOW acc only one of you can play

same: with every game

BUT if you have bouth 2 ARMA II AND you have the same problem, then this might be the IP

OR somthing else... i gues..

Edited July 28, 2012 by deadman_with_hat

[bradley1508 0]

we both have bought arma II on different steam acc's and if it is run off the ip address then i geuss i just wasted money on buying this game

[Nekosan 20]

we both have bought arma II on different steam acc's and if it is run off the ip address then i geuss i just wasted money on buying this game

It's not run off the IP, it's run off the keys. It sounds like you had the same copy installed on both pc's then uninstalled and installed the second copy, your registry still has the old key in it.

[bradley1508 0]

i have uninstalled it and installed it twice now idk y but every time i install it gives me the same keys as last time

[@ndreas 15]

... apparently because most programs don't do a really clean uninstall.

Maybe some registry entries with the key are still present.

Two solutions I can think of:

#1: if one of you has a system reset point (set in Windows) from before your FIRST installation, use it to reset one of your laptops.

CAUTION: you will also loose any other alteration to your system you made after the chosen reset point.

#2: uninstall the game and then start a tool like RegClean to fix remaining registry entries.

In both ways, after that you have to install the game anew, be sure to use the other copy (not the copy one of you already uses on his laptop).

If you want to make completely sure, use step #1 or #2 on BOTH machines.

I would think that could fix it.

[HarrowerX 0]

I have bought three copies of the game and don't have a problem. I installed twice on my computer and the third on my wifes. We are able to play together with no problems and when she is not playing I can switch to my other character. Try this.

On your computer log in to your steam account.

Right click Arma II

Select 'Launch Arma II Combined Operations' You should briefly see a DOS window pop up. This is where steam is inputting the correct CD key in the registry.

Let game load then exit.

Launch DayZ the way you usually do.

Have your brother log into his computer and his steam account and follow the same steps.

You should each have the correct CD key now.