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So, you can actually run out of activations....


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Bought Black Shark back in 2009. Ive gone through the activations with the original serial number and one subsequent serial number. I was trying to install it once again just so I can activate my DCS world Black Skark II and it seems that the 2nd serial number that I received was out of activations. So I asked for a new serial number and received the following reply from Andrey Filin.

 

here is a new serial number for BS1 download version:

XX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX

it is the second time we gave you BS1 key from DCS E-shop.

This time it's the last time.

 

So don't forget to properly deactivate your DCS software/modules or you'll lose your purchases. OUCH!!!

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On the plus side, BS2 keys regenerate activations at 1 per month for the rase cases when you get down to 0.

 

It regenerates one single activation a month after you reach zero. After that no more activations are generated until you use that one.

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Or, you could just pick up BS2 in the sale

 

Ya, as I said in the original post, I was just installing BS1 so

I could activate my BS2 update module. Purchased BS2 back in 2012, just doing a reinstall...

 

At any rate, I like playing old games too. I have several computers running different OS's from a 5160 running DOS 3.x to my gaming rig running Windows 7. EF2000, USNF, Flanker, F-15 Strike Eagle, Falcon 4, and many others I have running on vintage hardware with original floppies/CD's/DVD's etc. None of these programs give me any fuss when I need to reinstall them.

 

The newer modules do regenerate an activation after you use up your initial set of activations, but the old standalone games , and Andrey Filin reiterated this in a follow-up post, if I use up this last set of activations on the original BS1, It's done.

 

Hey, Vinyl is making a comeback. Maybe boxed games with printed manuals aren't too far off either. Eh, probably never see another game released with a 3-ring-binder manual like Falcon 4.

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It regenerates one single activation a month after you reach zero. After that no more activations are generated until you use that one.

 

True, forgot it's only the one. Fixed.

 

 

Ya, as I said in the original post, I was just installing BS1 so

I could activate my BS2 update module. Purchased BS2 back in 2012, just doing a reinstall...

Yeah, I'm just pointing out that getting full fat BS2 for cheap in a sale rather than using the BS1+BS2 Upgrade install will make life a lot easier.

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