Gal Civ 2: Can't Update Ultimate Edition (US) via Impulse app?

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Hi, everyone,

I bought this game (disc version, two CDs) a long time ago, and recently installed it on my Windows 7 machine.

It installs and runs fine. However, when I run the Impulse app to update the game, nothing happens. I click on the icon repeatedly, but nothing. It doesn't even load. Again, the game itself runs fine, but I'm unable to check for updates with impulse.exe.

This is the Event Viewer error:

Faulting application name: Impulse.exe, version: 1.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x4946bb0d
Faulting module name: KERNEL32.dll, version: 6.1.7601.17651, time stamp: 0x4e211318
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x000111c0
Faulting process id: 0x518
Faulting application start time: 0x01ccd64d919fc974
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Impulse\

Impulse.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\syswow64\KERNEL32.dll
Report Id: cf93bd9c-4240-11e1-98aa-00248c7b5743

Any advice would help.

Thanks.
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

It looks like the impulse version you're running is older than death itself. I'm wondering if the issue is you're running a really old impulse so it's dying.

Goto impulsedriven.com and redownload the Impulse (now renamed to Gamestop) application. This should be a later version and will probably be better suited to your needs


Also Ultimate Edition is now available via stardock directly so you don't even have to bother with impulse. just go to www.stardock.com and log in. Your account should list Galciv2 ultimate as a download option

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Direct link to the download page (just because):

http://download.stardock.com/

If you have any trouble with any of the non-Impulse parts, feel free to contact [email protected] for help.

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