Windows 7
DEFCON 1.6
I installed DEFCON. When I open DEFCON, I am prompted for the Authentication Key. I enter the key printed on the back of my manual. I press APPLY. The key validates.
However, if I close DEFCON and re-open later, I am again prompted for the Authentication Key.
How can I make the key "stick?"
Must Enter Authentication Key Every Time
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As a more general note, it sounds like you may not have write privileges to the Defcon directory. You should check to make sure that you can modify files. You may need to run the game in some kind of compatibility mode, or as an administrator. Remeber that Defcon is a relatively old game, and may not play nice with Win 7.
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Still need to re-enter Authentication Every time!
I just got the Humble Bundle version of Defcon. In order to enter a game, I need
to re-enter the authentication every time. It does not seem to stick for me either.
I tried changing the read/write permissions without any changes to having to
re-enter the authentications. Any more ideas what the problem might be?
to re-enter the authentication every time. It does not seem to stick for me either.
I tried changing the read/write permissions without any changes to having to
re-enter the authentications. Any more ideas what the problem might be?
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I installed DEFCON. When I open DEFCON, I am prompted for the Authentication Key. I enter the key printed on the back of my manual. I press APPLY. The key validates.
However, if I close DEFCON and re-open later, I am again prompted for the Authentication Key.
How can I make the key "stick?"
I`ve got the same prob. i had to deleted my hard drive and now i have windows vista. before i had win 7 (lost the win 7 key).
the curiosity is that minicom is working fine. no probs with my key and with mods.
but in the defcon my key is always vanished after restarting and i cannot found the defcon (mod) folder.
btw, the Arrowsplosion link is brocken! pls can someone make a new upload link?
a dummy need help!
edit: the key prob is solved! but still cannot find the mod folder! totally forgot what to do. i have to create an own mod folder?
edit: mod prob is also solved! i only need the arrowsplosion mod now!
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Try this: http://www.sendspace.com/file/t2fu1t
I did not look at the actual mod files to make sure, so I'm assuming it's the correct mod folder.
I did not look at the actual mod files to make sure, so I'm assuming it's the correct mod folder.
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast...
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Ace Rimmer wrote:If you have Windows 7, did you try right-clicking Defcon and 'run as adminstrator' as xander suggested? This should work as it will allow Defcon to make changes (thus creating the proper authkey text file for next time).
Just adding to this, if for some reason you need to manually create the authkey file, type out your authentication in a text file called 'authkey' in your Defcon directory. Then rename it and delete the file extension (.txt). Just running it as administrator is the easiest way to go.
Unrelated editorial: I have been using Arrowsplosion for quite a few months now. Big fan.
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