Mac NL register help.

Ok, so I have always used NoLimits on my PC's. I just recently acquired a used MacBook from a friend and thought it would be nice to get NL running on it for times when I'm on the go. Only problem, I downloaded NL and now I can't find where to enter the registry key. I already have mine that I use on my PC, so I'm not asking for a key, just where to enter it. New to the Mac OS scene, so I don't know a whole lot about how they function, haha. Tried looking for awhile now and searching the internet didn't show anything. Thanks in advance for any help!

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I would think it would be the same on a Mac as it is with a PC.
When you launch the game for the first time, it will bring up the box to enter the serial code and email address.

It doesn't though. It just says welcome to the demo, please buy the full version. Haha.

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Did you download the demo version by mistake then?
Cause when you purchase the game, you are supposed to get a link in the email that lets you download the full version.
At least that's how I think it was for me.
So many years ago.

Well I have NL for PC, so I don't have the full download file for Mac and there's obviously nowhere to download it without buying it again. I thought you could activate it from the demo version but I guess not. Not sure what to do now... Been years for me too, I don't even think I have the PC dl file anymore, lol.

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Yea, when I got a new PC i just transferred the files over and the game worked fine. Still had to enter the serial code and stuff but otherwise the transfer was smooth.
Not sure what else I can say to help.

Hey, thanks for trying! No one else has said anything yet, haha. You can't transfer files from a PC to Mac though because a PC file is a .exe where a Mac uses .app files. They just aren't compatible. Something I knew from the get-go.

Anyone else have any ideas? Or the full .app, not the demo download? That would be ok to ask for since you'd still need you own reg key right? I do have that, just not the full download .app. I did attempt to download something to run windows .exe files on a Mac but to no success. Has anyone else possibly used this route that knows how to get it running correctly?

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I suppose you could contact Ole Lange about it.
Tell him your situation and he might give you a download link for it.
Worth a shot.

Bootcamp, anyone?

I was actually just looking into that last night. I just need to find a good version of Windows to download/get from a friend, don't have the money to purchase an OS, lol. Again, new to Macs so I wasn't quite sure where to start, lol. Plus my MacBook only has 159GB of space total, 149GB right now. Can I boot and run Windows off a flash drive? I thought that's what I was reading, but wasn't sure if that meant I could boot at anytime off the flash or use the flash drive to install Windows onto a separate partition of the Macs hard drive.

It's in the Help menu in the Editor. 'Enter Key Code'

Originally posted by big_rick_87

It's in the Help menu in the Editor. 'Enter Key Code'

Only in the full version. I only have the full version on my PC which is a .exe file. To download the full version .app to instal on my Mac, I'd have to re-purchase NL.

I tried the same thing not to long ago. Even e-mailed them with no reply. From what I'm guessing is that they sell them as 2 independent releases. But I'll rather continue on NL the PC before buying the same software package twice.

Originally posted by dj-dj

I tried the same thing not to long ago. Even e-mailed them with no reply. From what I'm guessing is that they sell them as 2 independent releases. But I'll rather continue on NL the PC before buying the same software package twice.

Right, PC it is for now. No biggie, just had to check if anyone else ran into my issue. May still try to get Windows running Mac going, but for now I can live without, haha.

Did you purchase the Mac version from NoLimits?

No, I bought it for my PC years back. But seeing as I have paid and you can use your code on up to what, 5 times(?), it shouldn't matter if it's a Mac or PC. It's still within the 5 limit on computers I own personally. But it's all good for now. Like I said, I'll just get Windows to run on my Mac and just go that route! [:)]

There's no limit to the activations, and thank goodness because I've gone through a number of computers over the past several years. Putting on restrictions would just hassle both the users and the team/publisher, and the honor system that's worked well would go away.

One reason I strongly respect the NL team's work is that they make it easy to transfer things between computers, instead of cluttering it up with horrible restrictions. (i.e. Online activations, limitations to number of computers, etc.) In fact, I keep my entire NL folder synced between machines via Dropbox, and the way the NL directory is set up make it super-easy and convenient for downloaded tracks, project updates, etc. to propagate to my other computers. The license agreement clearly permits this, and no one else even uses the computers.

On Windows, you can enter the registration key through Help > Enter Key-Code... Look to see if there's something similar to that in the Mac version of the editor.

I'm pretty sure that NL for Mac uses the same file formats as the Windows version, so you should be able to copy files (tracks, textures, objects, environments, etc.) between them just fine. The easiest way is to use a flash drive formatted in a way that both OS's can read. Obviously, the rest of NL (executables, binary files, etc.) will only be compatible with one OS.

Try WINE, I heard that NL runs on it fairly well, and it should be faster than using a VM/Bootcamp. However, VM's obviously mimic the runtime environment much better, so if WINE causes problems with NL, that's the best option.

Originally posted by coasteragent99

There's no limit to the activations, and thank goodness because I've gone through a number of computers over the past several years. Putting on restrictions would just hassle both the users and the team/publisher, and the honor system that's worked well would go away.

One reason I strongly respect the NL team's work is that they make it easy to transfer things between computers, instead of cluttering it up with horrible restrictions. (i.e. Online activations, limitations to number of computers, etc.) In fact, I keep my entire NL folder synced between machines via Dropbox, and the way the NL directory is set up make it super-easy and convenient for downloaded tracks, project updates, etc. to propagate to my other computers. The license agreement clearly permits this, and no one else even uses the computers.

On Windows, you can enter the registration key through Help > Enter Key-Code... Look to see if there's something similar to that in the Mac version of the editor.

I'm pretty sure that NL for Mac uses the same file formats as the Windows version, so you should be able to copy files (tracks, textures, objects, environments, etc.) between them just fine. The easiest way is to use a flash drive formatted in a way that both OS's can read. Obviously, the rest of NL (executables, binary files, etc.) will only be compatible with one OS.

Try WINE, I heard that NL runs on it fairly well, and it should be faster than using a VM/Bootcamp. However, VM's obviously mimic the runtime environment much better, so if WINE causes problems with NL, that's the best option.

Yeah, they both use the same file types, just not the same application installer file. So I can only get the demo download off the NL site which doesn't have the enter key-code option.

I did try Wine several times with no success. I watched videos on how to set up Wine, tried whatever was explained but still came up with problems. I feel like I got close, but never got it completely working. It was pretty frustrating...