Need Help with EF install on Win7 & Steam

Hi folks !

First of all: english is not my motherlanguage, but i'm doing my best.


So, let me discribe the problem:
I've got 2 versions of coh with all addons, one with steam, one without steam. At first, there was the version without steam, i've installed some mods like heeresgruppe nord and so on, but it's a little buggy now, so i bought the second one at steam during midsummer sale for 5$ or so.

So, i'm using the steam version now - and yes, it's up to date.
I've installed EF correctly, i'm sure about that. Running the EF Launcher with admin rights, it's searching for updates, none found, starting the game - okay.
But now, it shows the relic login panel, if i try to login with my relic account, it switches me to desktop, asking for my cd key. NONE of my (!) 6 keys is working but evryone is 100% legal, but for sure, they are in use by my 2 CoH's with 3 Addons = 6 keys. So what the hell do i have to type in there ?

I've read many threads here (install tutorial and so on), used the search function, but i still don't know what to do. Whould be thankfull for help !

If that's the case, means that you always play CoH from Steam in off-line mode or?

Otherwise, if none of your keys worked it will always prompt for that while being online.

Try adding these parameters to the CoH launch options from Steam->library->CoH Tales of Valor's properties:

-dev -mod Eastern_Front -nomovies

Then run Tales of Valor in off-line mode.

Awesome buddy, "-dev -mod Eastern_Front -nomovies"-parameter worked, EF is running now and isn't asking anymore for the cdkey.

Thank you very much !


(I've played CoH from steam, logged into relic online system but played skirmish alone vs. cpu or coop with a friend)