Anno 1800 won't launch, Uplay claims "unable to activate product" | Forums

[Evers1338]

So here is my issue, I have Anno 1800 since release, played it on and off again and obviously with the release of the Land of Lions DLC I wanted to play again.

But whenever I click "play" I shortly after get greeted by this:


Unable to start the Game

This product cannot be activated right now, please try again later.


Which i honestly do not get, for one this game as been activated for a long time already, so why would it need to be activated again? And also i seem to be the only one affected by this.

So I would really appreciate a suggestion for a fix, as I'd like to play the new DLC.

[Ubi-TheBerry]

So here is my issue, I have Anno 1800 since release, played it on and off again and obviously with the release of the Land of Lions DLC I wanted to play again.

But whenever I click "play" I shortly after get greeted by this:


Unable to start the Game

This product cannot be activated right now, please try again later.


Which i honestly do not get, for one this game as been activated for a long time already, so why would it need to be activated again? And also i seem to be the only one affected by this.

So I would really appreciate a suggestion for a fix, as I'd like to play the new DLC.

Hey there!

Sorry to hear you're having issues!

Have you tried verifying the base game's files at all since encountering this?

The DLC should now be live and accessible.

[Evers1338]

Hey there!

Sorry to hear you're having issues!

Have you tried verifying the base game's files at all since encountering this?

The DLC should now be live and accessible.

Yes.

What was tried so far:

1. Verify Game files
3. Reinstall Anno (+pc restart)
4. Reinstall Uplay (+pc restart)
5. Deinstall Uplay & Anno, clear registry, restart pc, reinstall both on a different drive

Issue continues to exists. the uplay launcher_log shows that this is the cause of the error:
[ 3956] 2020-10-22 23:37:27 [ 3476] ERROR DenuvoGetGameToken.cpp (227) Get activation token server error: ExceededActivations.


To check if this was an issue overall with Uplay and/or Denuvo I also tried the following:

1. Add Trackmania to my games since I did not own that, launched without issues (doesn't use Denuvo).
2. Downloaded For Honor (has never been played on this PC, IP and Internet Connection), launched without issues (uses Denuvo but other Version)
3. Added and Downloaded the Trackmania Demo, launched without issues (uses Denuvo and the same Version of Denuvo as Anno 1800)
4. Downloaded AC Odyssey, launched without issues (uses Denuvo, but this one was purchased on Steam so it might handle differently)

[indar89]

I also got same "unable to activate product" issue over here, after download latest DLC the game just unable to start.
It's fine before the updates.

[Evers1338]

I also got same "unable to activate product" issue over here, after download latest DLC the game just unable to start.
It's fine before the updates.

Well if you find a solution let me know, I couldn't find anything yet.

[MkIV98Supra]

I had this issue today after trying to start far cry 5, same message as you got. I fixed it by uninstalling uplay (steam installed version) and downloaded and installed uplay from the ubisoft site and it worked. I know you said you uninstalled uplay but did you install the steam install version or the one from the ubisoft site?

[Evers1338]

I had this issue today after trying to start far cry 5, same message as you got. I fixed it by uninstalling uplay (steam installed version) and downloaded and installed uplay from the ubisoft site and it worked. I know you said you uninstalled uplay but did you install the steam install version or the one from the ubisoft site?

I use the website one, so that isn't the issue either. I pretty much can guess what the issue is by now though, Uplay thinks I have a Devbuild as the Anno logfiles say this:

[18:55:11][408][ NOTICE] rdgc::CGameClient::Run: Developer build - for internal use only! [Build: 2020-10-14 17:33:10] Anno7 UPlayGoldmaster Win64 Release-Static v9.0.966147.2977 LandOfLions

[agamerh]

I use the website one, so that isn't the issue either. I pretty much can guess what the issue is by now though, Uplay thinks I have a Devbuild as the Anno logfiles say this:

[18:55:11][408][ NOTICE] rdgc::CGameClient::Run: Developer build - for internal use only! [Build: 2020-10-14 17:33:10] Anno7 UPlayGoldmaster Win64 Release-Static v9.0.966147.2977 LandOfLions

I had the same issue. I logged out of uPlay and logged back in and it worked. Hope this helps.

[Evers1338]

I had the same issue. I logged out of uPlay and logged back in and it worked. Hope this helps.

No it doesn't, as said above, all of that (and way way more) has already been tried.

[Chibbie_710]

I am getting the same error as shown above after I played the game I did a break and wanted to game along later. Now I am stuck with that message.