BakaSan

THANK YOU! I can't believe it actually worked. Just THANK YOU!

I am sorry, I've just been looking forward to playing this game for a while now and I am not exactly 100% in the happy department normally ATM; and this game failing just adds more negative aspects to my life. Thank you for trying to help me, but I was hoping for a more official response and mistook the star next to your name as an official BI team member symbol. I suppose the lack of the word "DEVELOPER" next to your name should of been a clue, but when you're feeling frustrated and time is ticking away, you see what you want to see rather than what's there. Once again I'm sorry if I was brash, I'm only 15% through my billing period and I've used 50% of my on and off-peak cap; with nothing to show for it. EDIT: I have already contacted both Bohemia Interactive and STEAM, but am as yet to get any response from them. I wish they had a phone number so I could get this fixed quicker...

Windows 7 Home Premium AMD Phenom 9600 Quad-Core Processor 2.3 GHz 4GB RAM GTX 260 Graphics NVidia Drivers Latest I know my specifications aren't the problem, I have played the demo with no issues. I have the latest video drivers, my specs are MORE than enough to run the game. There is obviously a problem regarding my serial number, other wise the error wouldn't say so. I'm not some noob who doesn't know to check the simple things that would cause the game to fail on my system. I am getting really frustrated about this, it seems that I'm getting the run around here. Do you know what is causing this issue with your games? I have read on other posts that STEAM ends up selling more copies than what they have keys for and that they take a few days to register them with you, so as a result this error pops up. Is this the case? I want to know why I can't play this game and get it fixed ASAP.

Looked good at first, the error messages about Hinds didn't show up, the ticking boxes appeared (two boxed at the end didn't tick if that means anything), the "Bohemia Interactive Presents" screen appeared but about 30 seconds later the "Bad serial number given in setup" error appear and the window closed. This is just ridiculous. I've invested so much time, money and effort into getting this game to work and I am getting nowhere. Why is this error occurring? What is the cause? Are you guys working on a patch for people who have this error? I know that ARMA II people have experienced the same error, I've tried those fixes and got nowhere, is this related only to STEAM purchases? I would like to play this game ASAP. I was so excited when I saw the Hinds DLC and actually had the money to get this bundle, I cleared these past few days to give my full attention to the game, but now I'm grounded and it's so unfair. Why won't this game work?

Should I start through STEAM, or from the install directory for the best results? Edit: I mean after doing the unplug thing...

I am having huge problems with my copy of Take on Helicopters with Hinds DLC that I purchased from steam on Monday. These are the error messages that pop up The first is "Take on Hinds Setup. Can't find TKOH serial number in registry. Please install TKOH and the re-run Hinds setup again." The next is "Take on Hinds Setup. Setup encountered an error. Application may not work properly." Then it goes through the ticking boxes, shows the Bohemia Interactive presents screen then it closes and the last error is "Take On Helicopters. Bad serial number given in Setup." I have run steam as admin, I have reset both steam and my computer, I have verified my cache several times and it always replaces a file; I am at my wits end with this. I can't do a reinstall as I have a slow connection plus only 20 gig on-peak and 40 gig off-peak for my cap. There has to be a simple way to get my game up and running. I am dying to gt into the cockpit, especially the Hind's, so please help me ASAP. P.S. Please don't tell me to re-install, as I have stated above; it will not help. Thank You Baka San

Is it possible to set your start position on the ground, rather than staring mid-air? With the map you can click to change your position, but there doesn't seem to be any options for changing your starting altitude. If there isn't an option to do this in the demos Free Flight mode, is\will this be implemented in the full version? Thank You Baka San