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fix: make CD key UI prevalidation accept uppercase - #82

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WofWca:fix-cd-key-prevalidation

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@WofWca WofWca commented Jul 16, 2026

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This issue is annoying since Steam provides an uppercase key.

Similar commit in ioquake3:
ioquake/ioq3@b75bee1
(ioquake/ioq3#880).

The engine actually does a case-insensitive comparison:
https://github.com/ec-/Quake3e/blob/ed1064f80fda9cde2e7d33c2d5dce8f8166b12bd/code/qcommon/common.c#L3113-L3140.

I have tested this with the ioq3 engine.
Quake3e seems to have a bug where it doesn't write the CD key file.

This issue is annoying since Steam provides an uppercase key.

Similar commit in ioquake3:
ioquake/ioq3@b75bee1
(ioquake/ioq3#880).

The engine actually does a case-insensitive comparison:
https://github.com/ec-/Quake3e/blob/ed1064f80fda9cde2e7d33c2d5dce8f8166b12bd/code/qcommon/common.c#L3113-L3140.

I have tested this with the ioq3 engine.
Quake3e seems to have a bug where it doesn't write the CD key file.
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ec- merged commit 0cbdff8 into ec-:master Jul 23, 2026
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