As many others, I am unable to install my NWN without the CD keys from nwn.bioware.com. Is there any kind of ETA for when they will be available?
The first things I'm going to do is gmail them to myself so I can dump them into an archive location that will actually be accessible.
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Posté 24 juin 2011 - 06:57
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I'm interested in this too, I haven't played for quite a while and would like to again
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Posté 24 juin 2011 - 10:18
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I was just trying to log in to find my keys and had to go through changing my password due to the hack on the nwn forums. Now, I do not see my NWN keys anywhere. What's up?
I have a couple of them still (expansions) but am missing the main game's manual since moving twice.
I have a couple of them still (expansions) but am missing the main game's manual since moving twice.
Modifié par Zebular, 24 juin 2011 - 10:19 .
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Posté 24 juin 2011 - 11:08
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Hi guys. The site where the CDs are stored and the authentication servers were hacked and are down temporarily to protect user information until the holes in their security can be plugged. Hang in there. The folks at bio are working hard to get everything back up.
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Posté 24 juin 2011 - 11:38
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UrkOfGreyhawk wrote...
Hi guys. The site where the CDs are stored and the authentication servers were hacked and are down temporarily to protect user information until the holes in their security can be plugged. Hang in there. The folks at bio are working hard to get everything back up.
Thanks very much for the clarification and understanding. I see I posted prematurely before being able to spend enough time reading posts. Thanks again for the reply!
Since it's down to protect, then I am perfectly content in waiting for it to come back until Bioware feels assured in bringing it back up. I have NWN2 installed still so getting an old fix of NWN will just have to wait.
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Posté 25 juin 2011 - 07:09
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I would be nice if there was some sort of eta. are we talking days...weeks...months....?
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Posté 25 juin 2011 - 01:06
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Boy am I glad I registered my keys and discarded my loose content a few years ago. 
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Posté 25 juin 2011 - 02:34
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At least something good came from the hacking of the old forum...
It seems a lot of people suddenly found their way back to theese new forums.
Welcome back guys :-)
It seems a lot of people suddenly found their way back to theese new forums.
Welcome back guys :-)
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Posté 26 juin 2011 - 07:09
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Here's the EA customer service response:
Thank you for contacting EA Support regarding your issue with NeverWinter Nights. Your issue has been forwarded to our Escalation Team for resolution. I apologize for the inconvenience, but EA did not develop or publish this game. You will need to contact Atari for further assistance.
Thank you for contacting EA Support regarding your issue with NeverWinter Nights. Your issue has been forwarded to our Escalation Team for resolution. I apologize for the inconvenience, but EA did not develop or publish this game. You will need to contact Atari for further assistance.
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Posté 26 juin 2011 - 07:17
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typical, they wanted to shut down the old forums anyway, but to screw customers on their cd keys, and provide no way to recover them is just bad business. Atari doesn't bother to respond to questions about cd keys either. I have an open request to them for over 3 years.
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Posté 26 juin 2011 - 10:36
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Well I don't think I'll ever be able to get my CD key back from bioware, as I'll probably require my email for proof, and guess what? I can't access it, it was hacked.
I do have it in my ini file though, thank god. I have backed it up now on 2 computers, a usb, and writtern it down in 10 exercise pads, all the while writing on it's game case.
I do have it in my ini file though, thank god. I have backed it up now on 2 computers, a usb, and writtern it down in 10 exercise pads, all the while writing on it's game case.
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Posté 27 juin 2011 - 06:38
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I really don't have any particular love for EA games, though I really do think that Bioware has done right by folks generally in their support of NWN.
That said, it's probably pretty common that the game publisher (as opposed to the current owner of the game developer) is in charge of tier one technical support and that would be Atari. So, this is sort of their issue, though I don't pretend to know what agreement they have with Bioware (and EA) regarding CD keys. But, I don't see where it's fair to pin all the fallout from this incident completely on EA.
And, of course, that's ignoring the more fundamental issue of the boneheads who actually orchestrated the attack. No matter what one thinks of Atari or EA or whichever Evil Corporate Overlord™ is the target of today's rant, it remains that it wasn't any of them who decided to make their "point" about security by *bleeping* innocent gamers.
But, returning to CD keys... Regardless of which company is actually responsible for getting keys to people (if any of them are), imputing a malicious motive to them seems premature at this point. It's quite possible that there is some technical hurdle to overcome in order to make the CD key data available to people who kept them on the hacked server without just getting another server hacked. I mean, imagine the firestorm of protests if they just say, "Oh, well. People want their CD keys, so I guess we'll just open up our previously unhacked CD key database, even though we KNOW the hackers have the names and passwds for those accounts." Then, when tens of thousands of CD keys are stolen and those players can't play online, will anyone be here saying, "I'm glad they rushed to make those keys available"?
Don't get me wrong, I am one of the people who got the email and now I have to worry that I may have difficulty playing online at some point. But, I wonder what people would ask EA, Atari, or Bioware to do before they figure out a secure way to let people have access to data tied to the hacked board? I'm serious; I haven't seen how this sort of situation is usually handled, so I'd be interested in hearing what people have in mind.
That said, it's probably pretty common that the game publisher (as opposed to the current owner of the game developer) is in charge of tier one technical support and that would be Atari. So, this is sort of their issue, though I don't pretend to know what agreement they have with Bioware (and EA) regarding CD keys. But, I don't see where it's fair to pin all the fallout from this incident completely on EA.
And, of course, that's ignoring the more fundamental issue of the boneheads who actually orchestrated the attack. No matter what one thinks of Atari or EA or whichever Evil Corporate Overlord™ is the target of today's rant, it remains that it wasn't any of them who decided to make their "point" about security by *bleeping* innocent gamers.
But, returning to CD keys... Regardless of which company is actually responsible for getting keys to people (if any of them are), imputing a malicious motive to them seems premature at this point. It's quite possible that there is some technical hurdle to overcome in order to make the CD key data available to people who kept them on the hacked server without just getting another server hacked. I mean, imagine the firestorm of protests if they just say, "Oh, well. People want their CD keys, so I guess we'll just open up our previously unhacked CD key database, even though we KNOW the hackers have the names and passwds for those accounts." Then, when tens of thousands of CD keys are stolen and those players can't play online, will anyone be here saying, "I'm glad they rushed to make those keys available"?
Don't get me wrong, I am one of the people who got the email and now I have to worry that I may have difficulty playing online at some point. But, I wonder what people would ask EA, Atari, or Bioware to do before they figure out a secure way to let people have access to data tied to the hacked board? I'm serious; I haven't seen how this sort of situation is usually handled, so I'd be interested in hearing what people have in mind.
Modifié par MrZork, 27 juin 2011 - 06:39 .
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Posté 27 juin 2011 - 10:27
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MrZork wrote...
I really don't have any particular love for EA games, though I really do think that Bioware has done right by folks generally in their support of NWN.
I agree, I've had a pit in my stomach for so long since hearing about EA's buying of Bioware. I swore to never buy another EA game again after UO went so bad. However, Bioware keeps making a liar out of me now because I still have faith in them and hope they will not let or have EA constantly making changes. EA is good at sports game, they need to keep thier wigs out of the RPG genre.
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Posté 28 juin 2011 - 05:48
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Oh god, UO... I just had a flashback to all the years I spent on it before it was ruined beyond repair.
So, anyway... yeah... I'm kinda lost on the new-board-CD-key-hacked-database current event. I'd stopped coming regularly to the boards years ago. I think the last time I was on was back in 2007 or so.
What's going to happen? Will new keys be issued? I'm a pack rat, I keep everything, so I still have the CD keys that came with the games. Not sure if I'm supposed to do something or not... I only really played multiplayer a couple of times with some friends before they moved on to WoW. If I can still play SP, I don't think this affects me much.
I do miss the initials of the games I own next to my avatar though.
So, anyway... yeah... I'm kinda lost on the new-board-CD-key-hacked-database current event. I'd stopped coming regularly to the boards years ago. I think the last time I was on was back in 2007 or so.
What's going to happen? Will new keys be issued? I'm a pack rat, I keep everything, so I still have the CD keys that came with the games. Not sure if I'm supposed to do something or not... I only really played multiplayer a couple of times with some friends before they moved on to WoW. If I can still play SP, I don't think this affects me much.
I do miss the initials of the games I own next to my avatar though.
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Posté 16 juillet 2011 - 07:43
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Whats the link for the old web page so i can log in and get my cd keys??
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Posté 16 juillet 2011 - 07:46
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Blurter wrote...
Whats the link for the old web page so i can log in and get my cd keys??
You can't.
There are several posts and threads regarding this.
The old pages are completely dead, and Bioware has not made any more news available other than the fact that someone hacked their old servers so Bioware shut them down.
We keep hoping that they will return at some point in the future, but it is certainly taking them a long time to do it.
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Posté 16 juillet 2011 - 12:30
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I would say at this point that new keys will not be issued. It doesn't take this long to resolve an issue and get things back to running - UNLESS you haven't determined yet what vulnerability was exploited by the hackers.
TBH, considering how old NWN is, I highly doubt that EA intends to do anything about the situation. Doing so = money. Money that could be spent developing the many projects EA is working on.
Would you throw money at a 10+ year old game that you no longer provide updates, expansions, or support for?
TBH, considering how old NWN is, I highly doubt that EA intends to do anything about the situation. Doing so = money. Money that could be spent developing the many projects EA is working on.
Would you throw money at a 10+ year old game that you no longer provide updates, expansions, or support for?
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Posté 18 juillet 2011 - 11:19
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I certainly hope that they'll "restore" the stored CD Keys. I really don't want to have to buy another copy of NWN 2.
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Posté 26 janvier 2012 - 09:59
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I can not find the section with the keys anymore. Anyone had any luck with it?
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Posté 27 janvier 2012 - 12:41
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Dude if you could do even a little searching you'd probably find at least 10 threads to answer your question.
Not only that, the answer is in this very thread you've posted in.
Not only that, the answer is in this very thread you've posted in.
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Posté 23 février 2012 - 12:17
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That was the most useless reply I've ever seen... Last comment at the moment I posted it stated some hope in decent behaviour of Bioware. 6 month later I wanted to know if Bioware did anything good...
The question still stands. How can I get those CD-keys? I have not seen any message from Bioware "we deleted all CD-keys for games users purchased previously", until it is released like this, I do not believe they can do this to their customers.
The question still stands. How can I get those CD-keys? I have not seen any message from Bioware "we deleted all CD-keys for games users purchased previously", until it is released like this, I do not believe they can do this to their customers.
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Posté 23 février 2012 - 04:49
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You can find your keys in your manual.
FP!
FP!
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Posté 23 février 2012 - 10:21
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voronaam wrote...
That was the most useless reply I've ever seen... Last comment at the moment I posted it stated some hope in decent behaviour of Bioware. 6 month later I wanted to know if Bioware did anything good...
The question still stands. How can I get those CD-keys? I have not seen any message from Bioware "we deleted all CD-keys for games users purchased previously", until it is released like this, I do not believe they can do this to their customers.
It does not matter what you believe Bioware can or cannot do. They may or may not bring the master server back online, but it is very far down on their list of ToDos. So stop whining. And what about "most useless"? If there was anything new about this issue you would find it on top of the topic list. And NWNDM is right - this question is asked and answered that often it gets annoying. Use the search function.
If you don't keep your stuff it's your responsibility if it gets lost. I had my keys stored on the Bioware legacy forums as well, but never ever would have thought that it is Biowares responsibility to keep them save for me.
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Posté 23 février 2012 - 01:03
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Here, here! Skildron!Skildron wrote...
If you don't keep your stuff it's your responsibility if it gets lost. I had my keys stored on the Bioware legacy forums as well, but never ever would have thought that it is Biowares responsibility to keep them save for me.
It's just a case of taking personal responsibility seriously. Mommy and daddy won't be there forever to protect your interests so better get with the program before it bites you on your derriere. I guess some members of the community have experienced their first bite. There will be more as the days wear on. Trust me.
The codes I typed in there are inaccessible like everyone else's. Meh.
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Posté 24 février 2012 - 09:37
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Well, perhaps I am just old fashioned to think that it is my own responsibility to keep my own stuff save if I want to use it again in the future. I made sure that my office is organized enough to find my nwn manuals if I should need them for a reinstall and in addition to that, I keep a backup copy of my nwncdkey.ini file - just in case. It is not Bioware's or anybody else's work to do that for me - that's what my parents and life taught me. All this whining about keys that cannot be recovered from the legacy Bioware site really annoys me to no end. What has become of the good old common sense?
Greetings
Skildron
Greetings
Skildron
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