Jan 30, 2014. Unfortunately even if the game is availible on Steam, it'll still treat that particular copy like it's not a Steam game at all unless you bought it from Steam or have the key. Although you still get the overlay and it'll show up on your status. And hey, the new Humble Bundle has Civ III and IV, so if you have a buck. Mar 29, 2014. Mar 30, 2014 @ 3:31am. Originally posted by Xabtiz: I recently recieved a pre-owned copy of Sid Meier's Civilization V as a gift. I was so exited, that I logged into Steam, and began to install it immediately. However, due to the fact that it is pre-owned, the product activation code was invalid. Is there any way. Jun 13, 2013. At the weekend had my new pc delivered went to install all 4 hearts of iron 3 releases said needed to activate with new activation codes all were. I purchased the original game on a cd attempted to buy and expansion pack but when I enter the key steam says I have to have the original game activated, I added it to steam and played it some but it still doesnt consider the game as being activated? Showing 1-6 of 6 comments. ![]() Hello, I just bought Civ 5 through Humble Bundle and the key and installation for the core game went just fine, but Steam won't let me add the DLC key with an error message popping up saying that the original game is not activated. It is installed and runs just fine, so how do I fix this problem and get steam to add my DLC? Any help or ideas would be much appreciated. Also, I have restarted Steam and my PC and I have checked in the game for a way to enter the key and I have so far found nothing. ![]() Originally posted by:From what I have read, you need to activate Brave New World first then you should be able to activate DLC Pack: @stevethebarbarian If you want buy it for someone you should be aware about region locks in this bundle. I can confirm this workaround. ![]() I had the same problem and I activated the 2 expansion packs and then tried the DLC code and it worked. Also except for Civ 3, all my purchases had my country code after the name and are most likely locked for gifting. I am worried if I can't play them outside my country.
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