Purchased Guild Wars Trilogy on Steam but Can Only Play the Original

I originally only had the original GW, but I decided to buy the triliogy on steam. But when I downloaded it and was creating a character it would only allow me to choose to play in the original GW game, and not factions or nightfal. I even unistalled my first GW in case that was messing it up. Anybody know what I should do?

I'm not sure how Steam handles your Guild Wars account, but if you right click on it in your My Games menu, they probably have given you an access key for the trilogy.
If it's there, add it to your old account on the Guild Wars login screen (where it says 'Create Account or Add Access Key').

well i found the CD key. sounds like a good idea so ill try it. but i cant access the games right now, first need to try to activate it if i can find out how.

well i found the CD key. sounds like a good idea so ill try it. but i cant access the games right now, first need to try to activate it if i can find out how.

Manibou

do i have to make aa new account? can i not add these two games to my existing account

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well i found the CD key. sounds like a good idea so ill try it. but i cant access the games right now, first need to try to activate it if i can find out how.

zomglolcats

If he has already played the original Guild Wars, then he has an account.
All three games use the same .exe file, so he just needs to open any of them and add the key in the login screen...unless Steam has its own activation thingy.

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do i have to make aa new account? can i not add these two games to my existing account

Manibou

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that you won't need to make a new account^^.

well i found the CD key. sounds like a good idea so ill try it. but i cant access the games right now, first need to try to activate it if i can find out how.

Manibou

prob. a dumb question. but where would i go to enter the activation key, and also might it be under Manage Game Account.... when i right click the game?

pretty sure i did it. just need to check

Ah, I just found this on the Steam support site:

If you have skipped the account creation process during installation, please complete this process:

• Right click this game from the "My Games" tab in Steam
• Select"Managegame account..." to be taken to the NCSoft website
• Complete the stepson this sitetocreatea newNCSoft accountor login to an existing account

So yeah, if you login to your old account through the Manage game account button, I guess it should be activated...and then you can add your cd key to your account when you open the game?

pretty sure i did it. just need to check

Manibou

yea i did it. thanks everyone