Multiple players on the same CD-Key?

MrRious · Feb 24, 2019

May I be able to play WC3 newest patch with my cousin's CD-Key, even if he already used his? I'm not talking about playing Multiplayer, just WC3.

mmtt · Feb 24, 2019

Yes and you can. Also you can play multiplayer but you cant play at same time with one cd key unless you play on LAN.

Ardenaso · Mar 10, 2019

mmtt said:
Yes and you can. Also you can play multiplayer but you cant play at same time with one cd key unless you play on LAN.

Ahh, so if one can set up only one CD for the whole internet cafe provided it's only for LAN? That's nice.

bizzle · Mar 20, 2019

My buddy used his RoC key to start playing with me and then bought Reforged when he couldn't find his TFT key. The next day he found his TFT key. Is his RoC key linked to his battlenet account from the first day of playing? Or can he give his RoC and TFT keys to his wife to play with us while he plays the version he got from buying Reforged?

mmtt · Mar 20, 2019

Keys are not linked to acount.

DjKniteX · Mar 20, 2019

bizzle said:
My buddy used his RoC key to start playing with me and then bought Reforged when he couldn't find his TFT key. The next day he found his TFT key. Is his RoC key linked to his battlenet account from the first day of playing? Or can he give his RoC and TFT keys to his wife to play with us while he plays the version he got from buying Reforged?

If your buddy put the cd keys on his battle.net account (you can go to classic games; and see cd keys) then yeah it's linked to his bnet account BUT you can still use that cd key; so technically speaking as long as he uses the bnet version of WAR3 (the one that comes with reforged) it will use the email to validate the game and then you can use the spare cd key for his wife.

At least that's my understanding; give it a shot and let me know if it works

bizzle · Mar 21, 2019

I don't think he was able to link his keys to his bnet account. He used his RoC key to play the first night and he "created" a bnet account in-game (seems to be separate from our normal bnet accounts). After he couldn't find his TFT key, he bought Reforged and we played the 2nd day with that. I told him to link his RoC key to his account via the website but he either didn't do it or it gave him an error. Regardless, after all that, he found his TFT key and we were wondering how he'd be able to share that with his wife.

I'll let him know what to try but we've been playing coop and she doesn't seem interested in playing yet.

DjKniteX · Mar 21, 2019

bizzle said:
I don't think he was able to link his keys to his bnet account. He used his RoC key to play the first night and he "created" a bnet account in-game (seems to be separate from our normal bnet accounts). After he couldn't find his TFT key, he bought Reforged and we played the 2nd day with that. I told him to link his RoC key to his account via the website but he either didn't do it or it gave him an error. Regardless, after all that, he found his TFT key and we were wondering how he'd be able to share that with his wife.

I'll let him know what to try but we've been playing coop and she doesn't seem interested in playing yet.

If that is the case; then it should work just fine. Have your buddy play WAR3 with bnet launcher and using bnet account and his wife used the cd keys

Ardenaso · Mar 25, 2019

So... what happens if like for example, I accidentally break my laptop and I'm moving to/buying another. Will I still be able to use the CD key or do I have to buy a new one?

deepstrasz · Mar 25, 2019

Ardenaso said:
So... what happens if like for example, I accidentally break my laptop and I'm moving to/buying another. Will I still be able to use the CD key or do I have to buy a new one?

You can register your CD-Key on any computer provided you have the keys written somewhere to know them and be able to put them on a fresh Warcraft III installation.

DjKniteX · Mar 25, 2019

Ardenaso said:
So... what happens if like for example, I accidentally break my laptop and I'm moving to/buying another. Will I still be able to use the CD key or do I have to buy a new one?

As long as you have a way to access them you will still be able to use them. So I would either) Register with BNET or write them down/take a screenshot and put it someplace safe. Or if you still have the CD Case, I would recommend not to throw them away.

Ardenaso · Mar 27, 2019

I see, thanks! Also, if I pre-order Reforged, will I be able to get a CD key? I didn't have one before.

DjKniteX · Mar 27, 2019

Ardenaso said:
I see, thanks! Also, if I pre-order Reforged, will I be able to get a CD key? I didn't have one before.

As I recall; If you pre-order Reforge now you won't get a CD Key; it will be tied to your Bnet account (When you install it will ask to login to your bnet account or use an exisiting cd key)

deepstrasz · Mar 27, 2019

DjKniteX said:
As I recall; If you pre-order Reforge now you won't get a CD Key; it will be tied to your Bnet account (When you install it will ask to login to your bnet account or use an exisiting cd key)

I think they will give a CD-Key because there's no other way to buy the game right now on their site.

DjKniteX · Mar 27, 2019

deepstrasz said:
I think they will give a CD-Key because there's no other way to buy the game right now on their site.

From what other players reported on reddit/discord that now when you pre-order Reforge; you don't get a key but access to the game via your account. Which makes sense because when I tried to install it about a month ago it asked if I wanted to login to verify that I had Reforge pre-ordered or would use an existing cd key. I opted in for the cd key cause I actually have one.

I guess we will find out when @Ardenaso pre-orders

deepstrasz · Mar 27, 2019

DjKniteX said:
From what other players reported on reddit/discord that now when you pre-order Reforge; you don't get a key but access to the game via your account. Which makes sense because when I tried to install it about a month ago it asked if I wanted to login to verify that I had Reforge pre-ordered or would use an existing cd key. I opted in for the cd key cause I actually have one.

I mean, after the game will be released, not now. What they're doing now is beyond any proper logic unless they make the classic game free after Reforged's release.

DjKniteX · Mar 27, 2019

deepstrasz said:
I mean, after the game will be released, not now. What they're doing now is beyond any proper logic unless they make the classic game free after Reforged's release.

Yeah, they will probably have to go the SC:R route and make Classic free.

Ardenaso · Mar 27, 2019

I pre-ordered Reforged and I didn't get a key, however I was able to update and play, as you said, using the proof I pre-ordered.

Map Designer · Apr 9, 2019

How do I know my cd key? can I find it anywhere in my WC files? (assume cd lost)

deepstrasz · Apr 9, 2019

map designer said:
How do I know my cd key?

Is that a trick question?
If you don't have CDs with those, then I don't know if you can see them on B.net if you registered your game (CD-Keys).

Daffa · May 5, 2019

map designer said:
How do I know my cd key? can I find it anywhere in my WC files? (assume cd lost)

If you attach it to Battle Net website, you can find it under your account settings.

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