alf->ulf license activation no longer possible for personal licenses

[RedGlow]

Bug description

The documentation (in Converting into a license) instructs to go to https://license.unity3d.com in order to activate a personal license.

The website, though, provides activation procedures only for Pro licenses now:

The linked documentation doesn't really seem to offer any useful information.

Steps to reproduce

• Go to https://license.unity3d.com/manual
• Upload an ULF file
• Try to activate it with a personal license serial number
• Get an error from the website

[webbertakken]

Thank you for your bug report.

Related to game-ci/unity-request-activation-file#97.

A solution is being discussed on our discord in Unity License Activation topic.

[anatawa12]

It looks workaround described in #415 is no longer working.
I could not find <div class="option option-personal clear" style="display: none;"> in the HTML

[GabLeRoux]

@anatawa12 I just confirmed that the workaround still works.

I was able to download an activated license file for a personal license just now.

[anatawa12]

Sorry, I was looking for the element in the first page just after uploading alf, not Activate your license page. I confirmed the workaround is working. Thank you.

[GabLeRoux]

No problem, thanks for contributing to the docs, much appreciated! 🙌

[Tuntenfisch]

Hello, I've just tried the workaround and am getting an "Invalid access token" error.

[Tuntenfisch]

Hello, I've just tried the workaround and am getting an "Invalid access token" error.

Never mind, seems like reopening my web browser fixed this issue.

[GabLeRoux]

I confirm it still works.

The error you're seeing is probably related to your user session on Unity's website. Try logging out and logging in again.

[gautaz]

Hello,

I just tried to generate a license file on https://license.unity3d.com but I don't seem to have the opportunity to select anything related to the "Unity Personal Edition" during the process, here is a capture of the page rendered by my browser:

I have no idea what I did wrong so any help is welcome.

EDIT:
Looking back in the comment threads, I realized that the div supposedly containing this section was hidden with a style="display: none;" attribute.
This seems no longer the case today, can anyone else confirm this?

[GabLeRoux]

Just confirmed that the workaround is still working

[gautaz]

Hello @GabLeRoux, thanks for your time, I've tried again and this time I found the "undisplayed" div.
I must have looked at the wrong place in the DOM the first time I tried.
My apologies for the hassle.

[GabLeRoux]

No worries, glad you got it working 🙌

[aw042]

I can't seem to get it working. I tried my best to find the correct element to alter, but I think they've changed their site. The page now displays "Unity no longer supports manual activation of Personal licenses."

Here is the html I am seeing now:

[GabLeRoux]

It's in the second step after uploading the file

[luuuuyang]

The personal license needs to be returned in UnityHub first!

[iije]

Hi. How do I obtain the alt/ilf file to be use for the upload to get to the second step.

[MidoriaEMM]

it didn't work cause the reason mentioned that "serial has reached the maximum number of activations", i wonder if UNITY has changed that and is there anyone got the same issue?

[flonou]

I've had issues getting the licence file too that I solved by adding the following command line parameter to the unity editor call :
-createManualActivationFile

[MidoriaEMM]

it didn't work cause the reason mentioned that "serial has reached the maximum number of activations", i wonder if UNITY has changed that and is there anyone got the same issue?

in my case that i can get the .alf file from docker image but when i tried to get personal license then i got the error "serial has reached the maximum number of activations", I wonder if it is that i have multiple personal licenses on many PCs that i can't find a way to return them all so there are many references on UNITY's server that cause the issue.

[MidoriaEMM]

it didn't work cause the reason mentioned that "serial has reached the maximum number of activations", i wonder if UNITY has changed that and is there anyone got the same issue?

in my case that i can get the .alf file from docker image but when i tried to get personal license then i got the error "serial has reached the maximum number of activations", I wonder if it is that i have multiple personal licenses on many PCs that i can't find a way to return them all so there are many references on UNITY's server that cause the issue.

Done. Just like what i think, the solution is to regsiter a new unity account to make sure there is no other references on the UNITY's server.(Don't forget to clear the cookie when switch the account)

[mixxit]

To complete activation, you must import the license file to the Unity product you will use on the offline device

This seems to have gone

[MaZhengKe]

Even if I modify the Html element and click the button, the result still fails.

[Cardidi]

Even if I modify the Html element and click the button, the result still fails.

Me either

[Cardidi]

Even if I modify the Html element and click the button, the result still fails.

Me either

I fix this via register a new Unity ID...

[ViacheslavBezditnyi]

Just confirmed that the workaround is still working

I cant see the same structure of page, if here some trick to enable options div?

[Modsgvccgh]

Just confirmed that the workaround is still working

I cant see the same structure of page, if here some trick to enable options div?

you need to be on the second step

[strongDong]

@anatawa12我刚刚确认该解决方法仍然有效。

我刚才能够下载个人许可证的激活文件。

This method is no longer effective.

[eliphatfs]

Same here. serial cannot be FREE type.

[0x9be00ff1]

This method is no longer effective.
"serial serial can not be FREE type."

[nitpum]

@anatawa12 I just confirmed that the workaround still works.

I was able to download an activated license file for a personal license just now.

This method still work

[dncry]

@anatawa12 I just confirmed that the workaround still works.

I was able to download an activated license file for a personal license just now.

not work . error : "serial serial can not be FREE type."

[AndreasStgm]

Can confirm that the workaround on the website still works.