champlodge Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 I have recently been forced to buy a new hard drive for my laptop and have unfortunately misplaced my FM manual so haven't got my code to register my copy of FM, what can i do? Any help much appreciated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 If you can't find your manual your best bet might just be to buy another copy, you should be able to get a new copy pretty cheap. Looks like Asda are currently selling it for £15 (although they seem to be out of stock). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
champlodge Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 Seriously? that is ridiculous. How can SI and SEGA think thats feasable! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzie MUFC Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 If you've ever used Steam and connected the retail-bought game to your Steam account, then I think you can download it without needing the key. If not, then you'll either have to look for the manual again, or buy another copy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackfox Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 yeah steam is the best option. If you are using it you shouldn't need too enter a code as it does it for you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
champlodge Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 i'll try steam, thanks guys, if that doesn't work then it seriously is ridiculous that i will have to buy another copy. What if i'd bought the game second hand without the manual? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 i'll try steam, thanks guys, if that doesn't work then it seriously is ridiculous that i will have to buy another copy. What if i'd bought the game second hand without the manual? Buying a new copy was just a suggestion, finding your manual would be the best solution unless you had registered your copy with steam. If you'd bought the game second hand without a manual, you wouldn't have a keycode and would not be able to activate the game, it would be useless. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
champlodge Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 Steam didn't work, obviously i never entered code on there before. Seriously displeased that such a established games developer would release a game where by it is necessary to have the manual to play! Does anyone know if this stupid activation system will be used for next FM? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 It might be worth contacting Sega (not SI) customer services, they might be able to help you out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Shanahan Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Steam didn't work, obviously i never entered code on there before. Seriously displeased that such a established games developer would release a game where by it is necessary to have the manual to play! Does anyone know if this stupid activation system will be used for next FM? Most games for PC have a similar system, or worse some DRM programming in the DVD itself which only allows so many installations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
champlodge Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 Okay i've just been to my parents house and i had installed FM09 on there is there anyway of finding out the activation key from the installed version of FM? is there any folder i can look in or if i run the game itself will it show me somewhere? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekman Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 You only have two (Legal) options as far as I can see. Firstly you'll have to purchase another copy of the game. Secondly you can always go out and buy a mac. Mac users don't need to authenticate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Did you try ringing Sega customer services? Any Luck? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncherdave Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Learn your lesson and take better care of your manual, losing it is the ridiculous part, not that the activation is on it. You should be blaming yourself on this one I feel and not the people that made the game. Where else would you like them to put the activation code? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
champlodge Posted June 18, 2009 Author Share Posted June 18, 2009 on the disc? may ring sega when i get home cheers dafuge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schotsmannetje Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 on the disc? may ring sega when i get home cheers dafuge. Although that's not necessarily such a bad idea, I'm guessing the production costs would be too high. Printing millions of different labels on cd's is much more expensive than putting stamps on a piece of paper or a sticker. One might say: If they're able to label each Coca Cola bottle individually, surely they should be able to stamp key codes on CD's? But the problem is that the key codes are provided by SI, while the discs are produced and labeled by a third party who have nothing to do with SI. Which is different with Coca Cola bottles. Although the bottles themselves are not produced by Coca Cola, they are the ones that fill them up, label them and stamp a date of expiration on them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIAG Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 DRM is better than having to have the disk in the machine IMO. Unfortunate situation this. It should teach you to take better care of the manual though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schotsmannetje Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Yeah about that. When I bought a PC about 5 years ago, the store put the sticker with the key code of Windows XP on the case of the PC itself. When I bought a new PC with Vista not so long ago, I wanted to install XP on it (because I was frustrated by Vista) by using the Windows XP disc I still had from my previous PC. Not realizing the key code was still on the case of my old PC which I had sold on a flea market to a complete stranger. Frustrating! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncherdave Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Although that's not necessarily such a bad idea, I'm guessing the production costs would be too high. Printing millions of different labels on cd's is much more expensive than putting stamps on a piece of paper or a sticker.One might say: If they're able to label each Coca Cola bottle individually, surely they should be able to stamp key codes on CD's? But the problem is that the key codes are provided by SI, while the discs are produced and labeled by a third party who have nothing to do with SI. Which is different with Coca Cola bottles. Although the bottles themselves are not produced by Coca Cola, they are the ones that fill them up, label them and stamp a date of expiration on them. The same label goes on every Coca Cola bottle, the date is applied by the bottles passing through a printer, where a simple ink printhead and a sensor so it can tell when a bottle is passing and therefore when it has to print, there is no stamping, it's just another process on the conveyor belt. The same just doesn't get done during the process of making a CD at a pressing plant, the same label gets printed on every CD and it travels so fast during this process that no printer could do the job either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncherdave Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Yeah about that. When I bought a PC about 5 years ago, the store put the sticker with the key code of Windows XP on the case of the PC itself. When I bought a new PC with Vista not so long ago, I wanted to install XP on it (because I was frustrated by Vista) by using the Windows XP disc I still had from my previous PC. Not realizing the key code was still on the case of my old PC which I had sold on a flea market to a complete stranger. Frustrating! They done that when they built my computer as well. It's supposed to be some sort of requirement for Microsoft that your sticker is on your case (just in case they happen to pop round to inspect your computer/ask to see your papers) but it's hardly practical. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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