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Is this a joke?!?!?1

March 7, 2006 12:13:55 PM from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
I bought the game from Bestbuy because EBGames still didn't have it two weeks after I purchased it. So, I had to download the CE content and the first patch on-line. Fine, it all worked well, and I enjoyed the game for almost two weeks. I download the full patch today, 1.0X 3/6 build...... and now I have to register the game??? huh... why? My PC will never see the on-line service, it will never be connected to the net, it is a game only machine. Now I have to register the game, huh... that isn't good.

Why did the first build and patch work so well, but now I need to do this? Ugh. I read the forums and found trouble ticket discussing this, but ugh, come on.. this sucks. My internet has been spotty at home for weeks, so I have to cut and paste from one computer to the next and wait.. this sucks.
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Reply #1 March 7, 2006 12:20:26 PM
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I've been playing for over a week and I haven't had to "register" yet.

I bought the game at Best Buy, because I didn't feel like driving to the mall to check EBGames, went home and installed it. It asked for my serial number, which was printed legibly on a sticker on the CD case, but said it was "optional". I entered it anyway. The game installed and I went to patch. Ug, patches, huh? It asked for my serial number again. I entered it, and everything has been patching fine ever since.

It certainly doesn't "suck" from my point of view.
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Reply #2 March 7, 2006 12:30:26 PM
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My experience has been identical to MinionJoe's, all I've done is put the serial in when I installed the game and when I first hit the website to d/l patches. No registration has ever been required of me. So yes, it is a joke. A joke you're pulling, or you're clicking something wrong.
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Reply #3 March 7, 2006 12:34:28 PM
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Problem is.. this PC isn't connected to the net... never will be, and all my other computers are MAC's.. until this game came out... I haven't used a PC since 1995. I have to do everything 3rd party through my MAC's.. makes it complicated, and to top it off, my net access at home has been terrible..


I hate you Adelphia.. I hate YOU!!!

I wish I was joking.
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Reply #4 March 7, 2006 12:39:24 PM
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What is so bad about registering your game? Explain it to me.
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Reply #5 March 7, 2006 12:46:49 PM
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If it's not connected, then you can't patch anyway. The serial number is only required to patch the game.
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Reply #6 March 7, 2006 12:47:34 PM
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Do you have the registration number in the back of the CD? I believe that the registration is just to give you access to future patches and expansions from the SDC. I registered my game in SDC once and I have downloaded everything without having to register the game again. I know how you feel about internet, I am having to change to roadrunner because my dial-up is driving me to interneticide. Crazy slowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!
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Reply #7 March 7, 2006 12:50:43 PM
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thing is... I can download on my mac... the one I am posting from.. since I use this as my net access... and my other mac's that are networked at home, but the PC has no net connection at all. SO everytime I download the patch, I will have to go through this process of registering or not? that is what I want to know.
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Reply #8 March 7, 2006 1:07:28 PM
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No, once you have the game registered in SDC, you can download and paste on your PC. I do it all the time from my computer at work and the one I have at home, but I don't know about MAC, have to ask the devs about it.
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Reply #9 March 7, 2006 1:27:00 PM
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The peeps at Stardock are on top of it...

Let me make something clear.. I LOVE THIS GAME... and I haven't experienced 1/100th of the problems discussed, and the few little things I've noticed, I could deal with...

I did have a few CTD's, but I autosave every two turns, and it only happened twice...

I noticed the 0 movement for donated ships.. but only when I donate them in fleets.. if I do one ship at a time, there isn't a problem.


But overall.. I totally love this game.

So there.
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Reply #10 March 7, 2006 1:48:21 PM
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You should be able to archive the game on one PC using Stardock Central and restore it on another if you need to get a copy to a machine without internet access.

Wireless cards are pretty cheap nowadays, though.
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Reply #11 March 7, 2006 2:30:04 PM
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greenreaper.. no doubt...

My way to keep the pc virus/trojan/etc free is to not connect it to the net. Back in the day I lost a senior thesis due to some weird virus etc..... whatever, anyways. Thanks for the support, you guys rock.


Mike H with support rocks, props to him.


-N
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