bad serial number given during setup

[lindale.miller@yahoo.com 0]

HELP

[ODoyleRulez 195]

Steam I presume?

First, Do the verify game cache option in Steam for both games.

Then, start each game from the steam library and get to the main menu.

Then try reinstalling Battle Eye.

Then, profit.

( Verify game cache is done within the properties menu when you right click the games in your library)

Make sure you do them both.

Edited August 6, 2012 by ODoyleRulez

[lindale.miller@yahoo.com 0]

Steam I presume?

First, Do the verify game cache option in Steam for both games.

Then, start each game from the steam library and get to the main menu.

Then try reinstalling Battle Eye.

Then, profit.

( Verify game cache is done within the properties menu when you right click the games in your library)

Make sure you do them both.

Steam I presume?

First, Do the verify game cache option in Steam for both games.

Then, start each game from the steam library and get to the main menu.

Then try reinstalling Battle Eye.

Then, profit.

( Verify game cache is done within the properties menu when you right click the games in your library)

Make sure you do them both.

yes its from steam.

i verified the cache and it said 1 needed to be reacquired.

it wont let me reinstall battle eye.

[ODoyleRulez 195]

You may have to go to the battle eye site and redownload.

Also when it said the file had to be redownloaded it did that right that moment.

Edited August 6, 2012 by ODoyleRulez

[lindale.miller@yahoo.com 0]

what version of battle eye should i download.

[ODoyleRulez 195]

the newest one you can get of course :)

[ODoyleRulez 195]

It should also update it when you join a game anyway.. but get the most recent you can.

[lindale.miller@yahoo.com 0]

its telling me the top two are harmful to my pc

[ODoyleRulez 195]

Huh?

Ok skip the Battle Eye part. Just make sure you verified the 2 games..

Arma 2

Arma 2 OA.

Then ran both of them and got to the menu. Then exited them.

Then go try the game. (DayZ)

Edited August 6, 2012 by ODoyleRulez

[tomfin 25]

With Steam version you may need to run Steam as Administrator one time, to properly install your serial keys for ARMA2 and OA.

http://dayzmod.com/f...se/#entry502428

Are you using the Steam version of Combined Operations with Win7 or Vista?

If so, first exit Steam. Now run Right-Click Steam and "Run as Administrator". Launch ARMA 2 once, then exit ARMA 2. Launch Operation Arrowhead once, then exit OA. That should complete first-time setup correctly for each and activate your serial keys. Now exit Steam, and reload Steam normally.

If you're having problems getting the Beta to load, the easiest thing to do is use DayZ Commander. Go into the DayZCommander options and check the boxes for "Use Steam" and "Replace Steam exe with Beta exe". That should take care of it.

More help with installing HERE at the DayZWiki and in all good Google searches.

Follow ODoyleRulez suggestion - you probably don't need to update Battleye, and it's probably not related to the problem you're having. Click this spoiler button to see how if you want to do it later:

For Battleye: http://www.battleye.com/download.html

v1.62

• BE Client for Windows (32-bit) - MD5: 765bcdfca5738b2aeb151ee6a6bd3559
  

(Put these files into a folder called "BattlEye" in the "Expansion" folder of your game install directory)

That's probably "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\Expansion\Battleye\"

Edited August 6, 2012 by tomfin

[lindale.miller@yahoo.com 0]

i verified them both already and they both keep telling me i need to reacquire 1 item

[ODoyleRulez 195]

It acquires them on the spot. nothing further is required to do that.

[lindale.miller@yahoo.com 0]

it says that but it keep failing when i test it again

[ODoyleRulez 195]

Just do it once for each game.. Then go run each game til you get to the menu.

There is a lot more info in this thread for it. http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/52459-dayz-arma-2-oa-bad-serial-number-given-in-setup/

There are multiple solutions but this way seems to be the main fix. Hope you can get it fixed :)

[lindale.miller@yahoo.com 0]

ya nothing worked for me