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BobBobsen

Player

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Registered: 2019-03-06

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BF Vietnam invalid CD key

Hello,
I've been trying to get this to work for hours now but nothing seems to work. I get the "invalid CD key" error no matter what I do. Here's what I have tried:
- Installing bfvietnam-v1.2 and bfvietnam-v1.21 patches
- Editing hosts file (I get a list of servers, so at least that works)
- Read pretty much every single thread that had "vietnam" in it. Tried all of the suggested solution without any luck
I am running windows 10 with latest updates installed, I read somewhere on forums  that if you're past a certain update the patch won't work?
The game itself works fine, but as soon as I try to join a server I run into the invalid CD key issue. I just wanna play on a LAN server, don't even care if I am unable to join any remote servers. The game was downloaded as a torrent, I would of bought it but Origin has taken it down.

Any help is appreciated!

Arkos

Sedmin

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Registered: 2014-06-06

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Re: BF Vietnam invalid CD key

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Lan game? Do both Clients have the same key? Change the key on one Installation.

If you play on Lan only, block the game.exe to go to Internet. Allo just LAN.

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BobBobsen

Player

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Registered: 2019-03-06

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Re: BF Vietnam invalid CD key

I do not have a CD key. To test I started a server on my own pc on 127.0.0.1, disabled internet and when I tried joining I was still required a valid cd key. I am currently running on v1.21 patch.