borogz Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 we have to wait to midnite UK time. EG 2 and a half hours so much for getting it early as anyone Midnite uk time now aay..is that 9am or 10am??? this is soo stupid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7077 Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Midnite uk time now aay..is that 9am or 10am??? this is soo stupid. No it isn't. Midnight UK time is two and a half hours away. Work with that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmakeface Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Done it!!!! At long long last. mixin 0's and o's up and 1's and I's. I agree with the activation code but would of making it easy to read of been such a problem? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmolvik Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Well I've tried to enter my activation code for an hour now, mixing both "0", "O", "T", "I", "1", but no matter what I try I get the message that my code is wrong, and that I can buy one from you website. You can't really expect your customers to spend hours to even install the game, so I'm wondering what other possibilities you can offer? Also, is there any logic that we should know about in the "control sum" beneath the code-fields? I want to install the game and now I expekt som help... The website you refer to with regards to fonts is not working either.. Please offer me some assistance here.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyal royal jay Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 What a joke. Im pretty patient and reasonable when it comes to things like this, but this is a complete balls up. My activation/authentication "key" should be the £30 i spent on it, not a bunch of dots inside the game case which are unreadable and DONT EVEN WORK! We are told the authentication servers are up, they certainly ain't for me since ive been tryin for a good 15 mins already. I thought a was paying £30 for a game, not a riddle! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobwolf Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 maybe a stupid question, does this patch works with the demo....more specifically does it corrects the inter chip set problem? with the demo i mean. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
borogz Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 No it isn't. Midnight UK time is two and a half hours away. Work with that. lol i was talking aus time..which would make it 11am i can play the game. Whoevers idea it was to introduce this authentication system needs to be sacked:thdn: well if not them whoever bloody job is was to successfully implement, as they have failed miserably:mad: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmakeface Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 I have tried for 1 hour with different combinations, but this is really impossible...Hope you bright heads out there can find my combination; http://home.no/atalanta/hjelp/hjelp.jpg 1 0 O 0 1 I T or 1 O 0 O 1 I T i would of thought. hope this helps Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzchap Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 What a joke. Im pretty patient and reasonable when it comes to things like this, but this is a complete balls up. My activation/authentication "key" should be the £30 i spent on it, not a bunch of dots inside the game case which are unreadable and DONT EVEN WORK! We are told the authentication servers are up, they certainly ain't for me since ive been tryin for a good 15 mins already. I thought a was paying £30 for a game, not a riddle! Hi - PM me - and I'll ring you to help you out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanoXenero Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Are the codes able to be copy and pasted?If so, open up word and put it into a different font. Should work... EDIT: Looks to me like... 1 0 O 0 1 I I If not... 1 0 O 0 1 1 I Thanks, but It did not work this time either. I have scanned and enlarged it, and i see the last 1/I/l is different from the other 3, but i dont know what its supposed to be? Uppercase T? or are they lowercase? Thanks for this SEGA! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Androlo Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 I'd like to take this time to register my delight at a patch being released so quickly, thankyou Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonPaulWild Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 In the US, ordered WWSM, perhaps?That's what STEAM is there for. Fast, easy and automatic distribution of patches. PR... Let me say it again as plain as possible for you. Due to Football Manager 2009 having IGA in it obviously SI / Sega will in theory be getting extra monies for it - that's the whole idea. Obviously it's then up to the powers that be to decide where that extra money goes. I was suggesting why doesn't the extra money go into fast, easy and reliable distribution of patches for people now that there is possibly extra money to fund such things? You then came back with the 'Steam can do all that', which you are right it can. However, that would of been fine as an answer had only STEAM users been subject to the IGA. However, all users are subject to IGA and I was querying that due to that fact now you have IGA in which EVERYONE is subject to that the extra money could be used for better servers for EVERYONE. Stop giving politician answers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
schuey100 Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 lol i was talking aus time..which would make it 11am i can play the game.Whoevers idea it was to introduce this authentication system needs to be sacked:thdn: well if not them whoever bloody job is was to successfully implement, as they have failed miserably:mad: At least they have stopped the pirates from getting hold of the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmolvik Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Well I've tried to enter my activation code for an hour now, mixing both "0", "O", "T", "I", "1", but no matter what I try I get the message that my code is wrong, and that I can buy one from you website. You can't really expect your customers to spend hours to even install the game, so I'm wondering what other possibilities you can offer? Also, is there any logic that we should know about in the "control sum" beneath the code-fields? I want to install the game and now I expekt som help... The website you refer to with regards to fonts is not working either.. Please offer me some assistance here.. Wow.. after 1h33min I managed to install properly.. Impressing.. Let this be a lesson. Next time I don't even want to see letters or numbers that could be mixed up... Well well.. On to install the patch, hopefully without any further problems Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumbledSausage Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 I have tried for 1 hour with different combinations, but this is really impossible...Hope you bright heads out there can find my combination; http://home.no/atalanta/hjelp/hjelp.jpg Looks to me like "one, zero, zero, O, one, I, T" hope that works! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
batch Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 I give up my head is battered i think i've run out of combinations to try! I need someone who worked at Betchly Park during the war to have a look at this code for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Androlo Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 I can't understand why si are receiving such hostility from people who are complaining that they are not getting their game early? Get off their backs and wait until the release time! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartsMac1982 Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 have they really its probably only just a matter of time until some clever bugger cracks fm 2009, not me though i payed my 30 dollars for it unfortunatley even though i was told (by SI employees on the forums) it was irrelevant if we pre ordered wwsm or fm2009 as we would be able to get them both through steam on the 14th! clearly not thanks si! Martin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
batch Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Done it \o/ LanoXenero the last letter of yours is a "T" that was part of my problem. I thought it was a 1 or an I Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aiston Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 12.7kb/sec :/ jesus from WP link Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt26wash Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Id like to take this time to say, for someone who has waited for the shops to open tomorrow so I can go out and buy the game, like a fair few people I know, what a complete balls up Im reading here. Firstly, allowing people who have a game they shouldnt until tomorrow to be able to activate. Listen, Im not dissing the people who have the game, it isnt their fault they have been sent it early. But christ the shops should know when the game should be sent for. And here we go again with Sega and SI allowing these people the advantage of a game due to be activated and released on 14th November, to be playing it early. Again, for the people who have ordered on Steam, or waiting like me for the game to be released PROPERLY, how angry do you people think we are. Lastly what the hell has happened with this code to activate. Are you trying to tell me that Sega and SI cannot come up, being Multi Million pound companies, with a code that is readable. From the comments on this forum, the answer to that question is an obvious no. In the year it has been since the last release, this code problem is a complete joke. Will it stop me from buying it tomorrow morning. Course not. Im a true FM gamer and love the game. Does i make me worried that once Iv spent £30 on the game, I wont be able to read a code to install it. Hell yeah! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartsMac1982 Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 oh well im off to play red alert 3! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vol Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Rapidshare download of the update now available - see first post in this thread. would you please upload the patch to rapidshare.com? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWCallaghan Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Can someone help me please. I have a retail copy of the game, a disc in my PC. I loaded it in, put in the code and then as ADVISED , I took tthe option to activate through Steam on line. Now I don't have any install files and no desktop icons etc EVEN THOUGH I TICKED YES. I am not logging on to the Internet every time to play FM, and shouldn't have to, so why no icons or files ? Please SEGA or SI advise me how I can sort this , please Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurkzZ Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 [quote name= Originally Posted by loyal royal jay View Post What a joke. Im pretty patient and reasonable when it comes to things like this' date=' but this is a complete balls up. My activation/authentication "key" should be the £30 i spent on it, not a bunch of dots inside the game case which are unreadable and DONT EVEN WORK! We are told the authentication servers are up, they certainly ain't for me since ive been tryin for a good 15 mins already. I thought a was paying £30 for a game, not a riddle![/quote] HAHA , took me 1 hour to solve my £30 riddel lol, i know its not directly SI's fault and yh the games good but what the hell is this mess on the back i mean this is terrible the 0's and 1's are like O and I, i had same problem on Halflife, is it a steam issue lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djvandyke Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 You really screwed up this time. Those activations codes are appalling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurkzZ Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Can someone help me please.I have a retail copy of the game, a disc in my PC. I loaded it in, put in the code and then as ADVISED , I took tthe option to activate through Steam on line. Now I don't have any install files and no desktop icons etc EVEN THOUGH I TICKED YES. I am not logging on to the Internet every time to play FM, and shouldn't have to, so why no icons or files ? Please SEGA or SI advise me how I can sort this , please C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\football manager 2009 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadijk van Kaarhandel Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 These codes are an abortion. If i've 0s Os Is or Ts i'll not be happy. How do SI/Sega feel it's going tonight? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aiston Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 12.7kb/sec :/ jesus from WP link and it downloaded something that is 1.2mb, dodgey. Rapidshare is better 1.7mb/sec Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWCallaghan Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Ok, I must have made a mistake, I have game in box, went to load, put in code, choose steam( that was the mistake!!) and now I have nothing on desktop and can only play when on line ? Dont think this is right, so how do I de activate from Steam and load the game as normal ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaCeR Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Done it \o/LanoXenero the last letter of yours is a "T" that was part of my problem. I thought it was a 1 or an I That´s right, the last one is T Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aiston Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 12.7kb/sec :/ jesus from WP link HAHA , took me 1 hour to solve my £30 riddel lol, i know its not directly SI's fault and yh the games good but what the hell is this mess on the back i mean this is terrible the 0's and 1's are like O and I, i had same problem on Halflife, is it a steam issue lol lol, i hope i guess lucky tomorrow on the code. Would only be a steam issue if you bought halflife recently:P, the origional without shitty steam was perfect lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boaxzel Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Still wondering on a question someone earlyer asked, on steam it says the game unlocks in 1 day? that cant be correct, because its like 2,5 hour to midnight... and yes bought Football manager 2009 not US version crap... explain please, will we get it @ midnight or do we get it in 1 day? do we as steam users get another punishment? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
borogz Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 this is so dodgy, australians can officially purchase the game in 10 minutes when the shops open at 9am, yet i still cant activate my game! i have no official time that the servers will be coming as the the 6am time stated has already past us. I bet SEGA australia has already got a ton of calls asking what the hell is going on. All i want is for someone to say yes..they will be on at blah....it makes more people angry at not knowing what is going on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedaveeyres Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Ok, I must have made a mistake, I have game in box, went to load, put in code, choose steam( that was the mistake!!) and now I have nothing on desktop and can only play when on line ? Dont think this is right, so how do I de activate from Steam and load the game as normal ? You're using Vista? - it's a Vista problem for all games I've installed under it. Browse to C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\football manager 2009 Create a shortcut to the exe on your desktop. Figuring out my 1's, I's, 0's and O's was a pain in the arse for a whole 10 minutes, but the update downloaded at 400k a second and I'm setting up now for a couple of hours before bed that I didn't think I'd get, so thanks guys. Nice one SI. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashOverride Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Guys I have just PM'd Muzchap who is VERY VERY helpful guy from Sega and they are going to send me a link that will translate the code and tell me exactly what's it meant to be! As soon as I know it works i will post it on here for everyone who is like me about to jump out of a window!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekman Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Are the codes able to be copy and pasted?If so, open up word and put it into a different font. Should work... EDIT: Looks to me like... 1 0 O 0 1 I I If not... 1 0 O 0 1 1 I I think its i 000 111 (thats 3 zero's) apparently it also has to be entered in lower case. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWCallaghan Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Quote: Originally Posted by DWCallaghan Can someone help me please. I have a retail copy of the game, a disc in my PC. I loaded it in, put in the code and then as ADVISED , I took tthe option to activate through Steam on line. Now I don't have any install files and no desktop icons etc EVEN THOUGH I TICKED YES. I am not logging on to the Internet every time to play FM, and shouldn't have to, so why no icons or files ? Please SEGA or SI advise me how I can sort this , please C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\football manager 2009 ------- I dont have those files, there is no Program Files\Steam !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedaveeyres Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Search your PC for "fm.exe" - open the folder - shortcut to it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scri76 Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Well, that's a bit disappointing. Though not surprising considering it probably required testing by the same people who failed to notice the Mac right click bug I (and many others) found within like, 5 minutes of playing the game.. Guess I'll be playing it when I get home tomorrow. Completely Agree. Very disappointed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearsy Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Hi. Just thought i would throw in my thoughts behind SI's desire fir you to use Steam. Basically the reason they are so determined to make you use it is so that it ensures that only one game is being used at once. When you play the game through steam, Steam recognises who is logged in and should someone else try and play at the same time, using the same account, it logs you out, ensuring that the game is played only once at a time. While i can appreciate the need for the system, it is ridiculous for SI to expect that me, and my sons each buy a game at £30 each. For SI to say that the only reason to authenticate through Steam is because you get patches quicker is quite frankly, an insult to their customers. The reason is so that they get Steam to monitor your usage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neopherus Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Use the torrent download! It's insane. I got over 500KBs\s. Thank you all for seeding. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilet Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 I know Im gonna get lot of **** about me having a mac now, but isn´t it kind of bad (dont want to talk about fair / unfair, after all, things are never fair) Sigames that they havent made the mac patch ready for download, when releasing the pc version? Its no way im gonna start up a game with the .0.0 version as it was buggy as hell ? Crying myself to sleep tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWCallaghan Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Does anyone know how I can deactivate this steam thing and just have the files on my PC ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smgers Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Anyone activated the code by telephone yet? I'm going to have to do it that way as I've no net access at my flat. Seems like with the trouble people have been having with the code I could be in for a bumper phone bill this month! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwar Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 I bought the game on steam (argh) and have downloaded it - where can I find the Authentication code ? Or will it only be available when the game is live on steam ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Neal Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Extremely disappointed. Took me over an hour of typing in all manner of 0s, Os, os, Ts, Is, 1s... I even resorted to putting Steam on my computer which I never wanted in the first place. What's wrong with selling me a disc and letting me play the damn game? This situation is very far from good enough, SI/SEGA. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigtomk Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Well I have 7 0's or o's in my code plus 1 potenial 1 or I, AFter an hour and half of trying to remember what combinations Ive tried I GIVE UP. I have been an avid FM fan since the first versions and am seriously considering returning my copy and not botheringSega's support number doesnt answer and they dont have the common decency to put a message saying there shut!! Can someone from SI or Sega please tell me how I can get the game installled? Have tried both Steam and Unihoc but cant read my code :-( :-( Have SI got no comment on this? Surely this is highly embarrassing ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pelicanstuff Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 I know Im gonna get lot of **** about me having a mac now, but isn´t it kind of bad (dont want to talk about fair / unfair, after all, things are never fair) Sigames that they havent made the mac patch ready for download, when releasing the pc version? Its no way im gonna start up a game with the .0.0 version as it was buggy as hell ? Crying myself to sleep tonight. If it hasn't finished going past SEGAs QA guys yet, there's bound to be a good reason for that. If I were in your position I would rather have a patch that they were confident in than one that's been rushed out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toli8 Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Hi Guys Need Help !! I click on my desktop FM09 icon and all i keep getting is an error messgae that will not allow me to entre the game ... The Error message reads "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0150002)" Does anyone know why its giving me this error??? been trying for over 3hours to get some direction Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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