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[Mortegris]

It's not working for me either. Maybe I'm doing something wrong?
Step 2. in the guide (the one that goes to account.bioware.) just takes me to the Bioware homepage and when I log it I just go to my own account and can't do anything regarding Mass Effect 1. =S

[shadowriffe]

I talked with Bioware support last night, the guide, as well as the sites have made the old method outdated. I talked to a Customer Support rep last night, 2 actually, and the first gave me a BDtS CD Key, didn't even want my ME1 Key, the second told me that there is an error in the DLC that is working on being fixed. I thought I'd be able to get around it using the registry hack, but it still would not work.

So yeah, get a key from Bioware support, I think they might all be the same key, but I don't want to post it here for fear of being banned. Give this guide a shot, but you might not be more successful than me. If you get it to work, please post haha.

[shadowriffe]

Worked this morning!

[Baramon]

Which worked? Did you have to hack your registry? Or did just getting a key work? Which version of Windows do you have?

[Mortegris]

First guy I talked to named "Smith" helped me out in about 5 minutes. I like EA that little bit more now.

Thanks for the halp!

[amcnow]

mcsupersport wrote...

http://social.biowar...1/index/7672044

Ck this thread, another poster was having problems and got help with editing a file to write the code in correctly.

http://social.biowar...1/index/7672044 

[Zelto]

Thanks man.

Just used your method and worked almost the same, only difference was the cd key was blank on the installer, i closed it anyway and then was prompted to give it later by the installer

[DJRackham]

Mortegris wrote...

First guy I talked to named "Smith" helped me out in about 5 minutes. I like EA that little bit more now.

Thanks for the halp!

Might be helpful to actually include some details as to how EA Tech Support managed to resolve your issue. :innocent:

[Nervned]

Doesn't work.. I hate BioWare.. -.-

Modifié par Nervned, 30 juin 2011 - 07:33 .

[Bogsnot1]

Nervned wrote...

Doesn't work.. I hate BioWare.. -.-

Deal with EA support. If you cant be bothered telling us exactly what the problem is, we cant be bothered helping you out.

[zesban]

Hey All,

I don't check in here too often anymore. Sorry to hear that this process has gotten more difficult for people. I hate to say it but if the walk through and app aren't solving your problem your best bet is to work with EA Support. They've been quite helpful when I've worked with them in the past so I can say that you'll probably have a good experience with them.

As for the cd key link, it appears Bioware is no longer maintaining the database of keys for ME1. So if you did not write down or otherwise record your key when it was issued you'll have to contact EA Support. It sounds like they'll hand them out easily enough. Not like they should care, this was originally free content...

I'll try to update the main post in the next few weeks. I can't believe this post has been around for over a year already and yet it's still needed by the community. Best of luck getting to the asteroid all!

- zesban

Modifié par zesban, 01 juillet 2011 - 06:51 .

[Baramon]

Sadly, I went to an inordinate amount of trouble and finally got BDtS working. Even more sadly: it was a *cough* complete waste of time. It was "ok", but it should have been included in the original game. I'm grateful for the extra content, and all the help I received on the topic, but the reward wasn't nearly enough to make up for the aggravation.

Three goals, and then another added during gameplay, and it's not justifiable to really call it "additional content". It's more of a "I've got to have everything, so I'm getting this DLC if it drives me insane" kind of endeavor. It's decent, but not earth-shattering (no pun intended).

[Stevie291]

After talking to EA Support a second time I got a key and successfully installed it using the solution mentioned here.

[megabug7]

Thanks Bunches

Got a CD key for BDTS from EA and install kept failing.

This worked!!!

[wrx20l]

Decided to try this, since I was in the mood to do a ME1 playthrough. Discovered that the installation will succeed on a 64 bit Win7Pro machine without the Bring Down the Sky registry entry. So long as you have a valid ME1 CD key entry in the expected location within your registry(which I did not, had to add it manually) and a valid BDtS key to input into the installer, the install will complete successfully. Did not have to add both keys, but still an excellent find, and more than a little amusing that this thread has been so recently resurrected.

[mansavage]

Thank you so much for this, after about 2 hours of wrestling with the installer on Win 7 64 bit and reinstalling ME through steam this did the trick. There was one additional step, however - the installer that's hosted on bioware kept giving me an error saying that it didn't support the english version, so I had to download an older version of the installer from a third party website to get rid of that error. These steps worked just fine for that installer too though.

[Seelenzorn]

I have also worked with me very quickly, via chat, Matt was the nice guy ... outlined briefly what the problem is ... within 2 minutes .... I had the key ... SUPER ..

[mechalynx]

I love you TC

[zesban]

mansavage wrote...

Thank you so much for this, after about 2 hours of wrestling with the installer on Win 7 64 bit and reinstalling ME through steam this did the trick. There was one additional step, however - the installer that's hosted on bioware kept giving me an error saying that it didn't support the english version, so I had to download an older version of the installer from a third party website to get rid of that error. These steps worked just fine for that installer too though.

I'm glad it worked! Can you provide a link to that installer's location?

Thanks,
        Zesban

[Emperor_Ike]

5 stars for OP

[Lafynyirilwlajjilm]

it all works perfectly UNTIL:

"There seems to be a problem contacting the license server. Ensure your internet connection is active and try again in a few minutes."

-.-

It's active... I've tried again... it seems to happen every time, and since I'm using this hack, I'm not game to get livechat help for this.

[Lafynyirilwlajjilm]

*hands straight up in the air, voice high pitch and squeally*
"It's workiiiiiing!!"



So NOW i have Mass Effect, up and running, after ordering it in MAY<--

So please understand my happiness.

[armguy]

You sir, are a gentleman and a saint. Thanks for this guide I was about to start getting realllllly angry with this.

[Keadil]

I just spoke with customer service for the activation limit problem. I got nothing, but an apology and they said that they are hoping to have a fix soon. In the meantime, I guess that leaves me unable to play. =/

[Odec]