Maximum users on 1 halflife cdkey?

[LordSnailz]

I just bought a copy of HalfLife and installed on my two lan computers - I'm getting an error that the cdkey cannot be shared, I remember back in the dorms days, there were 2 users max. per cdkey for cstrike. My lan computers are connected via a linksys router - adsl connection -

let me know if the rules have changed or it's something with how my router is setup (ie. forwarding ips to a specific computer)

tia!
-ls

 

[minendo]

i thought it was only 1. go buy another copy of the game!

 

[Ronstang]

ONE....is the lonliest number............

 

[Hossenfeffer]

Not sure on the exact rules on it, but considering the cost ($10-15) of such an all-time great game, I don't see a great reason not to purchase an additional copy.

 

[fatbaby]

Well i thought i was able to do that when my friend "jacked" my cdkey and played simultaneously while i was playing online too...Maybe cuz of a netgear rt314?

~fat

 

[LordSnailz]

weird ... I could swear my roommate and I were sharing 1 cdkey ... and so were some of my floormates ... argh ...

btw - any deals half life

-ls

 

[PaNsyBoy8]

i think you can have upto 3 or 4 per key

 

[yllus]

Back a year ago or so, we had a minimum 3 people on one key. The 3 of us would join an online game and run things for a little while, it was fun.

Now I find the key only works for 1 person at a time, so you're out of luck. Sorry.

 

[isekii]

you can use multiple.. but not on the same server...

 

[ViperMagic]

I duno. I have 4 computers on the same CD key in the same game.......

 

[5489]

only 1. but if ur on LAN, i had 4 once.

 

[LordSnailz]

What ver. of cstrike are you using? I hear that the newest ver. only allows 1 user per key ...

 

[Hossenfeffer]

I'll paypal you a dollar to use toward another copy of the game

 

[KennyTheGreat]

i remember when i bought Half life and i let people borrow it
and then they all made copies of my cd

i think we had like 9 guys on 1 cd-key in the same server

now a days u can't be on the same server with 1 key
but u can be on a diff server

 

[MrCodeDude]

One. But if you do some searching and you'll find a working Key Generator (not that I endorse it or anything)
-- mrcodedude

 

[LordSnailz]

argh - I guess the consensus points to 1 users max. ... I'll lurk for a hot deal on this game ... last I heard was it was 30 bucks right?

thks again

 

[DanFungus]

dude, you can have as many as you want, as long as you play on the inernet in DIFFERENT games. If you are playing in the SAME game, buy another copy.

 

[vash]

With the latest Half-Life update, you cannot use the same cdkey from the same IP, at the same time. Before, everyone, behind one IP could use the same cdkey, but that is no longer true.

vash

 

[psteng19]

let me give my input.

before the latest half life patch, i know that you could have at least 4 computers on the same cd key, server independent. you could be on the same server, different server, it wouldn't make a difference.
how do i know this? i have four computers down here in my basement and we all played with the same cd-key and got WON authentication.

AFTER the patch, only 1 cd-key per user, PERIOD.
it doesn't matter if you're on the same server or not. you will not be able to play at all if someone else is using that cd-key at the same time.

i'm using the SMC barricade if it makes any difference.