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Arma 2 (33900)
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Description
Arma 2 exited with "Bad serial number given in setup" error after a few seconds after launch. When I opened "regedit", I saw that field "Key" in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\bohemia interactive studio\arma 2" is empty. Any workarounds suggested for windows version of the Steam and Arma2 had no effect in my case. Arma2: Operation Arrowhead works well.
The only way for me to get it works is: install win-version of steam and arma2 in wine and copy the registry entry "Key" to Proton prefix through Proton regedit. But it resets every time the game updating.
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the Arma 2 launch failure, the Proton prefix registry entry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\bohemia interactive studio\arma 2, and the reported update behavior. Done would mean Arma 2 launches without the bad-serial-number error and the Key value is not lost after a game update.
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Assessment
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100