OOTP Developments Forums - View Single Post - OOTP 26 Important Info about the Beta Launch

Matt Arnold · 03-11-2025, 10:02 AM

Alright everyone, the day is here! Today in a few hours, probably shortly after noon ET, we will release the Public Beta of OOTP 26 to all of you friendly people who have pre-ordered. In order for things to go smoothly, please read on.

The Perfect Team 26 launch plan & info can be found here: https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=360989

1) Locate your serial number, you will need it. You can find it in the confirmation email of your purchase in the Fastspring webstore. The serial number looks like this: XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX.

If you cannot find the confirmation email, no problem. Fastspring/QLM has an after-purchase-support page, where you can find all your orders and receipts online. Please open the after-sales-support page here. There is a button that emails you your serial number.

2) We will send you an email to the email account you used for ordering once the game is ready to go (probably around noon ET). The email will include the link to the setup files (one each for PC & Mac). You should, to be sure, check your spam folders too when looking for the email. Also, if you unsubscribed our newsletter in the past couple of years, you will not receive an email because you are blocked from our list. If that is the case, please check this forum, we will have a sticky post containing the links.

3) After you have downloaded and installed the game (if you may get a Windows Defender warning when running the installer, click the "More Info" link and then the button to run the app anyway), the main screen will have the buttons "Purchase" and "Enter License Key" enabled. Click on the latter button, and then enter your license key into the box which comes up. You can use copy & paste, pasting on the PC works by hitting CTRL + V, on the Mac it's Cmd(Apple) + V. Again, the serial looks like this: XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX ... the complete string is needed! Make sure you have no white spaces at the beginning or end.

4) It may take a few tries to activate the game, the servers will probably be rather busy. Unfortunately, this is out of our control, so you may have to be a bit patient. If you are having consistent trouble, please try disabling your firewall / virus scanner for the activation process.

5) If you still have problems activating the game, please read the following article in our knowledge base: Activation Problems - Help Desk

6) Please do not post bugs on this general forum! Post bug reports here: OOTP 26/PT 26 - Technical Support and follow the bug reporting guidelines!

We will monitor the forums for any reported issues, and will likely have some more beta updates to fix them. The official launch version will release Friday around 9AM ET to everyone.

Have fun with OOTP 26! We are proud of this version, and hope that everyone has a lot of fun with it. Thank you so much for your support!

Cheers!
Matt & The OOTP Developments Team

03-11-2025, 10:02 AM	#1
Matt Arnold OOTP Developer Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Here and there Posts: 15,463	OOTP 26 Important Info about the Beta Launch Alright everyone, the day is here! Today in a few hours, probably shortly after noon ET, we will release the Public Beta of OOTP 26 to all of you friendly people who have pre-ordered. In order for things to go smoothly, please read on. The Perfect Team 26 launch plan & info can be found here: https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=360989 1) Locate your serial number, you will need it. You can find it in the confirmation email of your purchase in the Fastspring webstore. The serial number looks like this: XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX. If you cannot find the confirmation email, no problem. Fastspring/QLM has an after-purchase-support page, where you can find all your orders and receipts online. Please open the after-sales-support page here. There is a button that emails you your serial number. 2) We will send you an email to the email account you used for ordering once the game is ready to go (probably around noon ET). The email will include the link to the setup files (one each for PC & Mac). You should, to be sure, check your spam folders too when looking for the email. Also, if you unsubscribed our newsletter in the past couple of years, you will not receive an email because you are blocked from our list. If that is the case, please check this forum, we will have a sticky post containing the links. 3) After you have downloaded and installed the game (if you may get a Windows Defender warning when running the installer, click the "More Info" link and then the button to run the app anyway), the main screen will have the buttons "Purchase" and "Enter License Key" enabled. Click on the latter button, and then enter your license key into the box which comes up. You can use copy & paste, pasting on the PC works by hitting CTRL + V, on the Mac it's Cmd(Apple) + V. Again, the serial looks like this: XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX ... the complete string is needed! Make sure you have no white spaces at the beginning or end. 4) It may take a few tries to activate the game, the servers will probably be rather busy. Unfortunately, this is out of our control, so you may have to be a bit patient. If you are having consistent trouble, please try disabling your firewall / virus scanner for the activation process. 5) If you still have problems activating the game, please read the following article in our knowledge base: Activation Problems - Help Desk 6) Please do not post bugs on this general forum! Post bug reports here: OOTP 26/PT 26 - Technical Support and follow the bug reporting guidelines! We will monitor the forums for any reported issues, and will likely have some more beta updates to fix them. The official launch version will release Friday around 9AM ET to everyone. Have fun with OOTP 26! We are proud of this version, and hope that everyone has a lot of fun with it. Thank you so much for your support! Cheers! Matt & The OOTP Developments Team Last edited by Matt Arnold; 03-11-2025 at 10:29 AM.