ETKEY Repository

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Enemy Territory uses a global unique identifier (GUID) to identify players. This is a code, which is generated from the CD key. Since ET is a free game and comes without any CD key, a different GUID is generated automatically each time you install the game.

On many servers, the GUID is used to identify players to set their admin level. Also some servers (like ours) have a minimum age restriction for GUIDs to prevent players with a newly generated GUID from joining the server.

The etkey file stores the GUID as well as the time when it was created. If you ever lose your etkey file (due to a hard disk crash or an ET re-installation), you will lose your admin levels on the servers you had been registered with,
The etkey file can be located in the Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory/etmain folder. For registered forum users, we added an etkey backup service. Here you can upload your etkey and download it again when you have lost it for some reasons.

The etkey file contains your GUID, you should not give it out to anyone you don't trust. Players who use it have access to your admin levels. Also bans are based on this GUID, so if anyone uses your etkey for cheating and gets busted, you will get banned, too.
*WF* will not use your etkey file in any other way than creating the backup for you. You can delete your etkey file from the repository any time.



Upload your etkey file
Your etkey file can be found in your Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory\etmain folder.

Download your etkey fileTo restore your etkey file, download it and copy it into your Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory\etmain folder.

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