XWIS requires Serial number

[Plaster]

Where to get the serial number? Is there even one? Strange release.
How come XWIS is even included?

[Nyerguds]

XWIS controls the original IP addresses that Westwood used, so it's simply the default you connect to when you open multiplayer. That's all. But it does have a valid key checking system.

And apparently the Steam release didn't bother generating actual valid serials that xwis accepts.

[Sora]

Originally posted by Nyerguds:

XWIS controls the original IP addresses that Westwood used,

That's misinformation. Its a DNS redirection, EA owns " westwood.com " the DNS is resolving the domain to the XWIS IP address. The games queries " servserv.westwood.com " not an IP for where to go. That DNS request serves XWIS IP address in return, and then once it connects to that IP, XWIS's server will output information in a format the games expect. XWIS is running a emulated WOL server.