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Praet0rian
2003-12-23, 03:59 PM
I've played planetside before. I checked out a 7 day free trial a while ago. But just recently I saw that there was a 30 day free trial going on so I thought i'd download the game files and check it out.....after an extremely long 15 hour download I installed the game and continued to setup my station.com username and password.....after doing that I got an e-mail, confirming my registration. So I then tried to log into planetside but it says I don't have an account. So I click on create new account and it asks me for my activation code (yep the little bar code on the cd case :) )....of which I thought I would have gotten after downloading or installing the game or something to that effect....I believe it said I should have gotten an e-mail with it. But I didn't however.....and I know this for almost a fact. So here I am with a full install of planetside waiting to play for 30 days for free and I can't becuse I never got an activation code.....so what am I supposed to do?? :confused:

by the way....I have windows XP installed.....because apparently you need it in order to play this trial.

Rbstr
2003-12-23, 04:05 PM
I don't know how to get the XP free trial, a guy named teraherz has the instructions linked in his sig though

Praet0rian
2003-12-23, 08:31 PM
So what should I do? I really would like to play :confused:

NoSurrender
2003-12-23, 09:01 PM
go talk to gamespot because theyre in charge of giving CD keys. Most of us here bought it...

dscytherulez
2003-12-23, 10:09 PM
Yup, sorry, bought mine...I suggest emailing whoever you downloaded it through and talk to them.

Rbstr
2003-12-23, 10:52 PM
or Call ps tech suport they do all of the account type stuff.

Ait'al
2003-12-24, 02:04 AM
look in the readme files or reinstall and look for something you missed and click everthing in hte installation that it says you can read. then try starting the game and looking for an about thing that tells you hte game version etc. Most games that use cd keys have that individual versions cd key in that stuff or in something in the area of wher they about thihng would be, like help section or options or something. Look or it its probably in the game somewhere. Look for it in hte startup or one of the screen you can activate. Theres also a single player trainer thing try to go in it and look at what it lets you do. or go as far as you can in hte game and look for it, like in hte updates window thingy at the openning of the game if it can go that far. they usualy put it someplace obvious to people who have been using computers a long time(or have been playing pc games for 15 years would think most obvious). Its probably in somehtng during the instalation. like the end where theres usually a check box after instalation for readme. It may be one with the specific info for your dled version.

ekardnam
2003-12-24, 07:11 PM
I can't figure it out either. Clear as f****** mud mate. :doh:
I've looked everywhere for 30 trial activation intstructions - looks like a scam.

dscytherulez
2003-12-24, 08:43 PM
Its not a scam, it was authorized by both Sony and Microsoft...

NoSurrender
2003-12-25, 03:08 PM
wow accusing huge corporations of scamming with a free trial. Wow. I dont think im allowed to say the words id love to say.

Ait'al
2003-12-25, 06:51 PM
Its not a scam, it was authorized by both Sony and Microsoft...
:rofl:

wow accusing huge corporations of scamming with a free trial. Wow. I dont think im allowed to say the words id love to say.

Whats that haha!?
how do you think AOL does it 8)

Doop
2003-12-25, 07:48 PM
Edit: I meant to post a new topic, not reply. Sorry.

NoSurrender
2003-12-26, 04:26 PM
Hey AOL isnt a scam its just a steaming turd ment to look like a nice scam. Now when you figure out that the govt is scamming hobos into drinking go call a psych ward.

Sentrosi
2003-12-26, 10:38 PM
C'mon people, help the guy out. No need to kick the guy while he's lying down.
Unfortuanately, the best thing to do is give gamespot a call/email.

duende29
2003-12-26, 11:50 PM
People, you need to learn to read... Haven't you even checked the actual page that gives you the link to download... Here, I will post it so you can notice it

(Important Note: You will be required to enter a valid credit card number and have Windows XP installed to play the free trial. After the 30-day trial period ends, and unless you cancel your trial subscription before the end of the 30-day trial period, Sony Online Entertainment� will begin to charge your credit card on a monthly basis.)

See? All you have to do is "READ".

_-Gunslinger-_
2003-12-28, 01:44 AM
Ya no shit. IF you put in a Credit card number theyre more likely than not gonna charge you for something. Only stupid people fall for these types of "scams". You know the ones that STATE the fact of thier underhandedness?

Ait'al
2003-12-28, 04:07 AM
Adn pyro, yes AOL scams people. they do it all the time. They flat out steal and have been known to do it about as long as theyve existed. They are taken to court all the time because the ignore people who say to cancel there subscription and then they take out thousands of dollars and hope the person doesnt notice till a reasonable time to say tehy racked it up! they are taken to court constantly for stealy all the money they can form people bank acounts! They mad eht scam of getting people to buy things and ignoring htem so they cant stop them from charging them famous! Theyre the reason theres a specific law against it now!

Mark100
2003-12-29, 02:05 AM
had the same problem and im glad i found this thread. but one question still left...where can i enter my cc-information?
all i can do is starting the launchpad..

After successfully entering the Account Key, you will then be presented with the various subscription methods that you may use to play PlanetSide.

I dont come to the subscription methods because i dont have the account key.
i dont get the account key because i didnt enter my cc-information in the subscription methods.

Mission impossible ?

SwitchFlip
2003-12-29, 10:23 PM
I downloaded the 30 day trial and I received an email with a subsription code, do what everyone else says and email soe or gamespot, and the trial comes with Core Combat w00t and it took you 15 hours to download? crazy!! took me like 2 hours i was everage about 1.5mbs a second everynce in a while it would jump to 2mg per second aint that awsome?

BaGGy
2004-01-05, 07:55 PM
Its a free 30 day trial and a free copy of the game, basically you just have to buy 1 month then you get both. If you didnt like the game, then you cancel the subscription.

Ait'al
2004-01-06, 01:34 PM
ONce again




Quote:



Enter your e-mail address, click the "Play PlanetSide" button, and you'll be instructed on how to use our GameSpot Secure Delivery Network to receive your download. Shortly thereafter, you'll receive an e-mail with your unique registration code. This code allows you to access the trial version of PlanetSide

Once you receive your PlanetSide registration code, you can create
an account at www.station.com (http://www.station.com/) to play the game!



Go the planetside.com click on there thing about the 30 day trial and put in your email like it says. IF its not on hte first page there its one page deeper. If you typed it in before you should have gotten this email already, look for it.



Infact this is the page you will end up at: http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/mi...side/index.html

You type the regristration code in the place where you got stuck before on there website.