Hello LFS Racers,

As part of the ongoing security updates, We have made a change which is significant in a way while not technically a big change.

The WEB password is now called simply "password" and you can no longer manually set a GAME password.

The GAME password is now called "unlock code" and is set automatically and sent to you in an email when you click a link on your details page.

In the next few days we will start passing through and zeroing any old GAME passwords that have not been updated for the new system.

Question: will this change result a premature update for the LFS game as well?

What got into my mind about this is that those in-game help texts of that game will still mention that soon to be redundant GAME password, and do not mention anything about the new unlock code yet. Those in-game help texts (including English ones) will have to be manually updated by translators and those updates only come to effect into the game when you upload a new (test) patch.

I think it may be a good idea to release a compatible patch for this and the other updates in the current Test Patch with the new translation texts that you mention.

Will unlocking older versions be possible?

Yes, we made this change with full compatibility and minimal technical changes.

Your unlock code is used in the same place you previously entered GAME password.

That continues to be the case if you use a current, past or future version of LFS, but in the future version that field will be named "Unlock code".

I don't guarantee that will always be the case but for now it is and I prefer to keep it that way.

Quote from Scawen :

Hello LFS Racers...

doesn't work. should i just go somewhere else now?

There was a 20 minute break when I zeroed the old passwords on the master server. Testing in a test environment only resulted in a few seconds pause, but the main master server took a lot longer than expected. Maybe that's what you are talking about?

If anything isn't working now, do let me know!

I did change my password as requested. All seems to function normal here. ( from my side )

I think around 3% of people who had already set their new unlock code, got it zeroed again in this evening's process.

Sorry for the inconvenience. I should not need to zero any unlock codes from now on.

Hello scawen, I can't log in to my gmail account so I can't get the code, please help.@scawen

1) Visit details page
2) Click "send email to set new address"

If you can't access your existing email address then you need to wait a week after clicking that link, then you can proceed without access to your old email, to set a new email address.

3) Wait one week and come back to your details page, you will see a link to proceed.

It's the only way we can prevent license thefts. It is very important to make sure your LFS email is up to date.

Please do not ask technical support for help. Geraldine cannot help with this, she would have to email the old address to make sure the existing owner hasn't had their account stolen, then give them a week to reply. We have an automated process in place to do that. She doesn't have the time for this. It is your responsibility to keep your email address up to date.

As far as I understand, I will be able to link a new email address to my account after 1 week without receiving a code to my current email address. Is this correct?

That is correct but you do need to click the link "send email to set new address" to start the 7 day timer, which you should clearly see on your details page.

Okeyy, I started the timer and it shows me the exact date and time, thanks scawen

I never provided my email or personnal details, as a security measure. It worked well with LFS for 17 years.

Now because some noobs do write their personnal details everywhere, I am stuck offline for a week and then have to provide personnal details on my account page, wich I dont rly want to do

Grotesque.