validating your activation key

[RYUJOOO]

after todays update (115.8) i get stuck in the validating your activation key thing. I have tried deleting the launcher and re downloading it, didnt help. was working fine before the update. Log.txt

[Sainan]

Add DNS Conduit: OS to your Meta State.txt as a workaround for now

[Sainan]

Could you use Stand > Experiments > Run Network Diagnostics and then share the result from your Log.txt?

[yousef157]

Could you use Stand > Experiments > Run Network Diagnostics and then share the result from your Log.txt?

Should DNS Conduit: OS in the Meta State stay or be removed first?

[Sainan]

It shouldn't affect the diagnostics, so it can stay.

[yousef157]

With VPN on:

[08/06/2024 10:55:38 PM] Stand 115.10 reporting for duty!
[08/06/2024 10:55:38 PM] Stealy V-eely Automobiley is starting up.
[08/06/2024 10:55:40 PM] Game Pools Size Multiplier: Scanned pattern in 1.02121 ms and hooked in 42.00742 ms
[08/06/2024 10:55:40 PM] Skipped intro and license. Waiting for socialclub.
[08/06/2024 10:55:42 PM] Scanned Stealy V-eely Automobiley 1.68-3179 for 258 sigs in 2.01920 ms (258 from cache)
[08/06/2024 10:55:42 PM] Waiting for game to initialise scripts.
[08/06/2024 10:55:42 PM] DNS Conduit set to OS.
[08/06/2024 10:55:42 PM] Doing minimal init.
[08/06/2024 10:55:52 PM] Got additional sigs from auth, scanned in 1.02647 ms.
[08/06/2024 10:56:15 PM] Game has finished loading. Did main hooks in 72.04570 ms.
[08/06/2024 10:56:15 PM] You're a [Stand User] now! :D
[08/06/2024 10:56:53 PM] ---- START OF NETWORK DIAGNOSTICS ----
Could not find a DHCP server on the network. Probably a VPN.
DNS on UDP with 1.1.1.1:
- Asking for an IPv4: Did not get a reply.
- Asking for an IPv6: Did not get a reply.
DNS on HTTPS (DoH) with 1.1.1.1:
- Asking for an IPv4: Did not get a reply.
- Asking for an IPv6: Did not get a reply.
[08/06/2024 10:56:53 PM] ---- END OF NETWORK DIAGNOSTICS ----

With VPN off:

[08/06/2024 10:59:16 PM] Stand 115.10 reporting for duty!
[08/06/2024 10:59:16 PM] Stealy V-eely Automobiley is starting up.
[08/06/2024 10:59:17 PM] Game Pools Size Multiplier: Scanned pattern in 1.02402 ms and hooked in 41.09383 ms
[08/06/2024 10:59:17 PM] Skipped intro and license. Waiting for socialclub.
[08/06/2024 10:59:19 PM] Scanned Stealy V-eely Automobiley 1.68-3179 for 258 sigs in 2.02219 ms (258 from cache)
[08/06/2024 10:59:19 PM] Waiting for game to initialise scripts.
[08/06/2024 10:59:20 PM] DNS Conduit set to OS.
[08/06/2024 10:59:20 PM] Doing minimal init.
[08/06/2024 10:59:29 PM] Got additional sigs from auth, scanned in 1.02777 ms.
[08/06/2024 10:59:52 PM] Game has finished loading. Did main hooks in 69.04550 ms.
[08/06/2024 10:59:52 PM] You're a [Stand User] now! :D
[08/06/2024 11:00:31 PM] ---- START OF NETWORK DIAGNOSTICS ----
Could not find a DHCP server on the network. Probably a VPN.
DNS on UDP with 1.1.1.1:
- Asking for an IPv4: OK!
- Asking for an IPv6: OK!
DNS on HTTPS (DoH) with 1.1.1.1:
- Asking for an IPv4: Did not get a reply.
- Asking for an IPv6: Did not get a reply.
[08/06/2024 11:00:31 PM] ---- END OF NETWORK DIAGNOSTICS ----

[Sainan]

So, shouldn't be a problem for you when removing "DNS Conduit: OS" from Meta State with VPN off? As for the VPN on situation... maybe get a better VPN.

[yousef157]

So, shouldn't be a problem for you when removing "DNS Conduit: OS" from Meta State with VPN off? As for the VPN on situation... maybe get a better VPN.

I asked if I should keep the DNS Conduit or not because that workaround did really fix the issue for me. If you would like I can try again without it being in Meta State.

The VPN was Mullvad.

[Sainan]

I mean it should work fine even if you remove that, based on the diagnostic results.

[yousef157]

Removed DNS Conduit... now it fails to validate, again.

With VPN on:

[08/06/2024 11:40:47 PM] Stand 115.10 reporting for duty!
[08/06/2024 11:40:47 PM] Stealy V-eely Automobiley is starting up.
[08/06/2024 11:40:48 PM] Game Pools Size Multiplier: Scanned pattern in 1.01673 ms and hooked in 39.03937 ms
[08/06/2024 11:40:48 PM] Skipped intro and license. Waiting for socialclub.
[08/06/2024 11:40:50 PM] Scanned Stealy V-eely Automobiley 1.68-3179 for 258 sigs in 2.01258 ms (258 from cache)
[08/06/2024 11:40:50 PM] Waiting for game to initialise scripts.
[08/06/2024 11:40:51 PM] Doing minimal init.
[08/06/2024 11:40:55 PM] Failed to send a request to stand.gg: DNS Query Yielded No Results
+ repeated 7 times
[08/06/2024 11:41:30 PM] Game has finished loading. Did main hooks in 83.02886 ms.
[08/06/2024 11:41:32 PM] Failed to send a request to stand.gg: DNS Query Yielded No Results
+ repeated 19 times
[08/06/2024 11:43:00 PM] ---- START OF NETWORK DIAGNOSTICS ----
Could not find a DHCP server on the network. Probably a VPN.
DNS on UDP with 1.1.1.1:
- Asking for an IPv4: Did not get a reply.
- Asking for an IPv6: Did not get a reply.
DNS on HTTPS (DoH) with 1.1.1.1:
- Asking for an IPv4: Did not get a reply.
- Asking for an IPv6: Did not get a reply.
[08/06/2024 11:43:00 PM] ---- END OF NETWORK DIAGNOSTICS ----

However, with VPN off... it validates.

[08/06/2024 11:46:07 PM] Stand 115.10 reporting for duty!
[08/06/2024 11:46:07 PM] Stealy V-eely Automobiley is starting up.
[08/06/2024 11:46:08 PM] Game Pools Size Multiplier: Scanned pattern in 1.01504 ms and hooked in 42.09371 ms
[08/06/2024 11:46:08 PM] Skipped intro and license. Waiting for socialclub.
[08/06/2024 11:46:10 PM] Scanned Stealy V-eely Automobiley 1.68-3179 for 258 sigs in 2.00237 ms (258 from cache)
[08/06/2024 11:46:10 PM] Waiting for game to initialise scripts.
[08/06/2024 11:46:11 PM] Doing minimal init.
[08/06/2024 11:46:20 PM] Got additional sigs from auth, scanned in 1.01405 ms.
[08/06/2024 11:46:43 PM] Game has finished loading. Did main hooks in 70.03325 ms.
[08/06/2024 11:46:43 PM] You're a [Stand User] now! :D
[08/06/2024 11:47:22 PM] ---- START OF NETWORK DIAGNOSTICS ----
Could not find a DHCP server on the network. Probably a VPN.
DNS on UDP with 1.1.1.1:
- Asking for an IPv4: OK!
- Asking for an IPv6: OK!
DNS on HTTPS (DoH) with 1.1.1.1:
- Asking for an IPv4: Did not get a reply.
- Asking for an IPv6: Did not get a reply.
[08/06/2024 11:47:22 PM] ---- END OF NETWORK DIAGNOSTICS ----

Seems to be a VPN issue. Note that I was connected to Germany, Frankfurt... unsure if it's because I'm using WireGuard or not. These two settings could be relevant:

[alessandromrc]

Seems to be a VPN issue. Note that I was connected to Germany, Frankfurt... unsure if it's because I'm using WireGuard or not. These two settings could be relevant:

Doubt those two features are relevant since I use them all the time too... Have you tried updating/reinstalling Mullvad?

Also, are you able to resolve stand.gg when connected by running these commands in the terminal:

ipconfig /flushdns
nslookup stand.gg

After running them, can you share the output of the second command?

PS. Just tried myself and the DNS resolution works fine, will wait for your response.