some help please

i had to format my computer and when i went to install doom3 i found out i lost my cd-key is there someway to get my cd-key off the cd?

p.s. if posting a thread like this is worng thin i am sorry tim and jim lol

 

the CD KEY is not on the CD. You will have to call the manufacturer to see if you can get a new key.

 

tanks for the anwser but i just found the case would not of guessed it would be hidding under the bed lol

 

with the monsters.. be careful man..

 

ok kodo try to anwser this for me when i tryied to install it would not when it asks for disk2 it will not start loading for disk 2 when i put it in do you know why it would do that? i click on ok for it to start loading and it asks for me to insert it again it will not load from it there is nothing worng with the cd's there only a month or 2 old i ccant take it back for another one because they said i could have made a copy of it or some kind of bs like that is there someway i can just copy the cd's to my hdd and run setup from hdd?

 

anyone?

 

bump

 

I've had some issues as well, doing the manual install instructions provided by their tech support worked for me. Here they are:

To do a manual install, do the following:

1) Create a destination folder (for example, c:\program files\doom 3)
2) Insert CD 1.
3) Copy Doom3.exe from CD 1 (Setup\Data\Doom3.exe) to your destination folder.
4) Create a "base" directory in your destination folder (for example, c:\program files\doom 3\base).
5) Copy pak002.pk4 from CD 1 (Setup\Data\base\pak002.pk4) to the "base" folder.
6) Copy game00.pk4 from CD 1 (Setup\Data\base\game00.pk4) to the "base" folder.
7) Insert CD 2.
8) Copy pak000.pk4 from CD 2 (Setup\Data\base\pak000.pk4) to the "base" folder.
9) Copy pak001.pk4 from CD 2 (Setup\Data\base\pak001.pk4) to the "base" folder.
10) Insert CD 3.
11) Copy pak003.pk4 from CD 3 (Setup\Data\base\pak003.pk4) to the "base" folder.
12) Copy pak004.pk4 from CD 3 (Setup\Data\base\pak004.pk4) to the "base" folder.
13) Go to the base folder and create a text file called "doomkey". NOTE: This file should not have any file extension.
14) Open the doomkey file in notepad.
15) Enter your CD Key exactly as it appears on the CD Key sticker. Use all capital letters and do not include any dashes.
16) Save that file.
17) Doom 3 should now be installed on your computer.

The final layout on the CD drive should look like this:
[destination folder]\Doom3.exe
[destination folder]\base\doomkey
[destination folder]\base\game00.pk4
[destination folder]\base\pak000.pk4
[destination folder]\base\pak001.pk4
[destination folder]\base\pak002.pk4
[destination folder]\base\pak003.pk4
[destination folder]\base\pak004.pk4

If you have problems patching after this, there might be a little more for you to do: http://activision.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/activision.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=13434

 

thanks alot i will go try that now

 

ok i did all it said i even installed the 1.1 patch and nothing its asking for disk one i have it in cd-rom but it wont work should i just try to find a nocd-patch or something of that sort to bypass insurting the cd?

ps mods if i steped out of line please tell me and i will repost it the right way

 

it is now working i downloaded the win98 patch and a no-cd and its working just fine now but i still want to find out why the cds are not working right anyone know of a testing program that will test the cds?

 

It's not really the CD's. It's the copy protection used to validate it's genuine, usually SafeDisc or Securom.

It normally works well, but like anything else it can play up. Some of it has to do with your CD Rom as well.

If you bought the game and it won't recognise the CD, it's up to the manufacturer to either replace or refund it, regardless of what they say.

 

does trying to play it on a 25x32x52x liteon cd-rw matter?

 

No, not at all.

There is nothing wrong with your drive. (liteon's are about the best as far as CD burners are concerned)

The way the protection works means it checks for certain information on the game CD before you can play or install.

If it doesn't detect that information, the setup won't continue or you won't be able to play the game.

As far as the game is concerned, there is no CD in the drive.

The most common reasons are that the CD media isn't reflective enough, and or the drive lens isn't picking up the signal.

Either way, you can put up with it or return it to the manfacturer for replacement. (most manufacturers will replace the disc without any dramas)

You can try it in another drive and it may very well work due to the different laser, but that's not really a fault of either drive.