Australian Steam realease?

Goanna · #1 03-30-2011, 07:48 AM

Mine still says 1st April release... One of my squadmates got the disc, installed and went off to Steam to validate...15 minute download and when he fired up his game got a message that it wasn't available till 20th April... he's sent a "please explain" off to Steam

Cheers

Goanna

Codex · #2 03-30-2011, 07:59 AM

I installed it directly from the DVD. If you have steam already installed you should be able to cancel the Steam installation and proceed to install IL-2.

Contrary to what many may have thought from a recent UBI message about "no additional software will be needed", many thought that CoD could run without Steam, CoD can not run without Steam, I think what UBI was trying to say is "All the software you need is on the DVD". So if you don't have Steam installed you need to install that first.

Helrza · #3 03-30-2011, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Codex

I installed it directly from the DVD. If you have steam already installed you should be able to cancel the Steam installation and proceed to install IL-2.

Contrary to what many may have thought from a recent UBI message about "no additional software will be needed", many thought that CoD could run without Steam, CoD can not run without Steam, I think what UBI was trying to say is "All the software you need is on the DVD". So if you don't have Steam installed you need to install that first.

sweet as mate, thanks heaps for that info

ive already installed steam, once i get home from TAFE ill try my hand at installing from the disc

would i be able to hastle u to where i go in steam to install from the cd?

Raggz · #4 03-30-2011, 08:23 AM

This happened to me to. Received my review copy but CD key was invalid for activation. But it worked after a couple of hours. Didn't think much about until i saw this thread. I checked and indeed i received a different CD key from steam.
Looks like there is a problem with some of the cd keys then!

JG52Krupi · #5 03-30-2011, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Raggz

This happend to me to. Received my review copy but CD key was invalid for activation. But it worked after a couple of hours. Didn't think much about untill i saw this thread. I checked and indeed i received a different CD key from steam.

Did you get the new cd key automatically or did you have to email steam?

Purg · #6 03-30-2011, 08:49 AM

Mine's still showing as April 1.

Available: 1 April 2011
This game will unlock in approximately 1 day and 9 hours

Deadstick · #7 03-30-2011, 08:59 AM

I'm in New Zealand, and my Steam account shows:

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Title: IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover
Genre: Simulation
Developer: 1C: Maddox Games
Publisher: Ubisoft
Release Date: 1 Apr 2011
Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish
3rd-party DRM: TAGES Solidshield
3 machine activa machine activation limit

Feathered_IV · #8 03-30-2011, 09:00 AM

April 1st for me too. 1 Day, 9 hours to go...

Do they let you download the files ahead of time? This is my first foray into Steam so I'm not quite sure of the drill.

Codex · #9 03-30-2011, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Helrza

sweet as mate, thanks heaps for that info

ive already installed steam, once i get home from TAFE ill try my hand at installing from the disc

would i be able to hastle u to where i go in steam to install from the cd?

Yeah no probs

Codex · #10 03-30-2011, 09:27 AM

Seems that people who got the DVD version can fly CoD now. I'm can only assume that they found an issue with the CD-Keys that came with hard-copies and decided to run another batch of keys. I know that with Steam if you buy a game and the key doesn't work they can issue you with a new, provided you take a photo of the CD Key on the packaging as proof.

If you got the digital version then I guess your going to have to wait for Steam to unlock the game. When I bought Dead Space 2 as a digital download I had to wait 2 extra days compared to people who got the hard-copy. No big deal for me but I can understand being impatient for CoD