Second attempt to post and be visible-pardon.

I uninstalled/reinstalled my game and Stardock Central (after uninstalling through control panel/add remove programs and deleting whatever was left over).

I downloaded 1.0X then the program which edits your registry to get the bonus content from the Stardock site. Then I upgraded to 1.1 through Stardock Central.

Did I have to do all that, or does 1.1 contain the bonus content and 1.0X as well? Perhaps I should just uninstall/reinstall and get the auto update alone from Stardock Cental?

I ask because although the game seems to be playing well I have some weirdness going on. I deselected all victory conditions so that only conquest was possible. However, I bribed my way to forming an alliance with 4 races (intelligent level and I saw this as my being able to survive through the early game, lol) and when I conquered the fifth I got an alliance victory (no big deal I just reloaded a save and kicked a race from an alliance with me). Needless to say this may mean I have an easy time of it since the former tech leader could have wiped me out but instead sold me his weapons techs, heck, sold me all his techs, for cash. It was a lot of cash but it enabled me to research other things.

Of interest to me is that I could sell pretty much useless techs to the minor races for some nice money (useless to me at that point).

Anyway, it seems like Civ 2 in reverse. In Gal Civ 2 I can ally fairly easily, then get the allied races to sell me their techs for cash. I'm not complaining. I could have a freaked out version installed. It "is" at intelligent level and I looked at the opponents carefully, they are all intelligent so the game is "tough". I heard at higher levels there is no AI change but the AI gets more economic bonuses and the like. So I was wondering if my version is okay, since I can con the races to ally with me then sell me their techs, or if I need to reinstall, etc. Or if I'm missing something else.

Thanks in advance!