Unity 3 is out!

yes it does if we realistically expect mid to high 5 figure numbers of concurrent attempts to get it activated etc

also because the board and website have changed and the cache and database might not be up an ready to it yet to its fullest

 

so... I might have to go WITHOUT unity for a few days??

 

hey, I though it'd come with the army guy project demo :-0.... does it come with free?

 

yeah, if you chose to keep it when you installed Unity

I didn't.

 

bootcamp comes free (with the install)

the army guy project isn't a demo project I think. at least none where you will get sources and assets (so similar to avert fate in the past - demo that shows unity, not to toy with for ya)

 

I chose not to install the bootcamp demo because otherwise Unity is over 1gig installed :0

 

what is monodevelop 2.4 ? :-/

 

http://monodevelop.com/Download/MonoDevelop_2.4_Released


A tweet by @PaladinZilch -

Unity's internet activation server appears to be down. Demand for this new release must be high.

 

I have 1.5 tb of space, so one gig is nothing for me.

And I believe monodevelop are the dll's and such for Mono, which is a .Net alternative that is usable on multiple os's

 

I only have a netbook and a small PC

 

Well, I get close. It starts to load the webpage, but times out after that.

 

it loads the activation screens, but whenever I try to activate... FAIL

 

hmm. Now I don't even get that webpage to appear at all (not even the loading of it).
I get that annoying popup in the activation setup (almost instantly, after selecting internet activation). Operation timed out.

Aka. It's get worse...

UT employees, where is your feedback on the issue?

 

I do believe its something to do wit h a surge of people activating

 

A lot of the time, it doesn't pop up the webpage before timing out, then sometimes it opens the webpage, you enter the info, hit submit, but it takes too long and times out.

EDIT: On another note, what serial number are we supposed to use when manually activating. It just keeps taking me back to the same page without anything different.

 

same.I just tick the free version box, upload my license request and then get told that my request has been denied

 

have you tried the 30 day trial? That's what I chose

 

no. I will try it.

 

which method has worked for people? internet or manual???

 

Yep, i've tried that one too.. but to no working results.

The license part, server wise is a short session, can be done in like 5 seconds processing time.
(so, not too much cpu cycles per session and bandwidth, the server should be able to coop with it. I recall that when 2.6 was launched these problems did not occur)

 

O-o I was talking about the automated internet activation. The link that Samantha gave on the first page doesn't have a free check box. I know the store.unity3d/manual has one, but I would guess that since they have a different page, that link is only for unity 2 licenses.

 

I've done it with internet activation, and choosing 30 day trial. I had to do it like 4 times because it timed out a lot

 

No, currently, just as the internet activation, this does not work!
(for free license anyway)

It gives an error back, that the server denied the activation request.

I don't go for the Pro evaluation, because i might get used to the PRO features too much, and after the 30 days i need to say goodbye to them again. Furthermore, it should work, nomatter what type of license is choosen.

 

The issue is, is that it's saying it's invalid.

 

The product activation thing keeps denying me

 

Here is a screenshot after the manual activation page. (attached)

 

yep, that's we all get now.

maybe UT should check the config of the database server (allowed connections etc) or the webserver setup.. something is possibly wrong.
For host: store.unity3d.com

 

Looks like I got lucky the first time.

I tried activating another copy on my laptop, and ran into the same problems people are having above. The Internet activation times out when using the free button. I downloaded the ILR file, and tried to upload it on the manual activation page, but the server came back and said it was invalid.

 

Well, this sucks TBH. I wanted to play about and get to know the new features tonight. But now I can't.

 

C'mon keep trying mikesgames!

 

more emoticons

That has encouraged me

I will try again...... NOW!

 

O-o got an improper serial number message on the free button through the standard internet activation this time... At least it got further.

 

yeah... this attempt ( i think its my 12th or something like that -double figures though )


and it was .....

a fail.

If I PM'ed my License request to a member of the forum staff, do you think they could activate it for me??

 

no, because if they did, everybody want to be activated like that (and they have to honor the requests).

 

I did the manual activation and I received a "UnityLicense.ilf" file but the "Finish" button is still not clickable. What am I supposed to do with the UnityLicense.ilf file?

 

Click the read liscense button and browse to the ilf file. Then click next and finish.

 

I am gonna try it in as many browsers as i own ( chrome,Explorer firefox)

 

Nevermind I figured it out! Unity 3 is loadin' up! Yay!

For anyone else that wants to know:
"
A) We have recently created a webpage to allow customers who have had difficulty activating online to create the activation file for themselves. The page is:

https://store.unity3d.com/manual/

If you downloaded Unity (the free version)
Click the Free activation tickbox, Otherwise type in your serial number and upload your ILR file, then click Activate Unity. Within a second or two an ILF file should be downloaded to your computer.

When you restart Unity, please go to the Activation window (either it will start up on launch, or choose Help>Enter Serial Number (win) or Unity>Enter Serial Number (osx)). Select Manual Activation, click Next, then click "Read License" and choose the license file you downloaded above. Click Next, and Unity will read the file, and your activation should be complete!
"

 

Thanks! Sorry I saw your response after I posted my response! :/

 

Well, you need not only select free activation, but also provide a license request file (just as for a PRO License).
If you don't it will prompt for it.
Secondly, you're lucky it worked out for you! For most of us it doesn't. Timed out/denied messages all over the place.

Enjoy U3.0

 

The results:

Chrome - FAIL
Explorer - FAIL
Firefox - FAIL

None work for me

 

Ok, well.. i'll try tomorrow, going offline, watching some tv before going to bed (getting late here).

Thanks UT, for a great launch party! *couch*.
(should have anticipated the high traffic and server load)

 

It was anticipated - something should have been done about it

 

Its slow downloading and will probably take a lot of tries before it accepts as I imagine the server is overloaded.

Lots of articles about unity3 release already.
http://www.google.ca/#q=unity3&hl=e...&resnum=4&ved=0CDcQqAIwAw&fp=b2111becdf369161

 

I have made loads of attempts. im now over 20 attempts.

And nothing has changed

im giving up until tomorrow.

Any of you get a solution THAT WORKS, write it entirely in blod, so i know where to look tomorrow

Thanks,
Michael

See you all later.

 

So.... this is Intel only? That's a bummer, I guess I have to stick to Unity 2.

 

Authentication Error


The product activation system has denied activating the product. Please contact Unity support for further assistance.


Saved the license file, clicked free activation, browsed for the file...and this error came up on the next page. Any ideas? Or is it just too much traffic?

Writing in blood might stain this new forum

 

the server likely is just dieing under all your funny uses attempt to activate, activate again activate again etc etc ;-) wouldn't assume that it is made for tens to hundreds of thousands of request per hour

so wait till 50% of earth go to sleep (its 11:30PM in europe, so some will soon drop out)

 

unity 3 did some weird stuff to my fish game :-/

heads up, save your projects before letting it upgrade

is the upgrade reversible?