Prey CD Key

[necrophcodr]

I've got Prey on Steam, but since I'm currently using Linux the most, I was wondering how to get the CD Key that Prey seems to require.
After installing the linux version using the steam data, I'm now stuck without the required product/cd key. Any idea where I can find this, or how to extract it?

[Coffee]

The game isn't developped to work on Steam

[necrophcodr]

Originally posted by «░▒▓█ ☁☽ɛvanɛϟcɛncɛ ☾☁█▓▒░»:

The game isn't developped to work on Steam

What are you talking about? The game is ON steam.

[One Armed Man]

You can view the CD key in Steam and then write it down and put it in the game. There is also a little text file with the key that you can copy over to the linux install but I don't remember where that is at the moment. A little Google searching will tell you. I've done it before and works fine. Same with Doom 3.

[robo]

Originally posted by mastersrp:

Originally posted by «░▒▓█ ☁☽ɛvanɛϟcɛncɛ ☾☁█▓▒░»:

The game isn't developped to work on Steam

What are you talking about? The game is ON steam.

He mean that Prey was developed before Steamworks was developed and implemented. Therefore it was released before many games started coming on Steam.

Back when Prey was released Steam was just a updating platform for a few games. Not much games was released then after Prey was released did many games started requiring steam to play. Prey is one of a few games that can be activated, but NOT required, on steam.

[Mist17]

There is a linux patch on the 3d realms site for prey, not sure if that will work

[TAW|REA]

Originally posted by necrophcodr:

After installing the linux version using the steam data, I'm now stuck without the required product/cd key. Any idea where I can find this, or how to extract it?

Yeah, that is a pretty annoying situation. Eventhough I activated the game via retail CD Key on Steam, Steam does not show me the CD Key any longer. Today I downloaded the game files by using SteamCMD, I completed the Linux installation by using the Linux installer; I stuck in the CD key section.

But there is still a way to fix the CD Key problem. The CD key of the game is located in /Program Files/Steam/steamapps/common/Prey/base directory. Copy preykey from there, paste it in ~/.prey/base directory. You are ready to go.

[cyanic]

Usually Steam is set up so that if it can automatically insert CD keys, it would do so and you wouldn't see the CD Key box.

[TAW|REA]

Originally posted by cyanic:

Usually Steam is set up so that if it can automatically insert CD keys, it would do so and you wouldn't see the CD Key box.

Preciesly, but when you managed to install the game on Linux, the game asks for CD key during the first run. Exporting preykey to the directory that I mentioned solves the issue.

[Spizy Chicken]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000BHQZAQ/ref=dp_olp_0?ie=UTF8&condition=all