Beta 2 Release

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Beta 2 of Galactic Civilizations II should be available by 8pm EST to those who have PRE-ORDERED the game. But as a bonus (cough cough) you'll also get to beta test the new Stardock.net backend which is being prepped for TotalGaming.net Phase 2 which is due out next week.

You will be amongst the first (okay, the first) people to try out the new backend as you download the beta via Stardock Central.  Which means, naturally, it's probably not going to work right for many of you.  If you are one of the lucky winners of some weird download error, don't worry, we'll be working on this stuff tonight and tomorrow.  With any luck, hopefully it'll download fine for most of you.  The joys of distributed/secure network distribution.  It may not work right yet but it's really cool in theory! <g>.  For those of you it does work correctly for, you should be able to download it at very VERY high speeds (my Comcast connection was bringing it down at 500K per second).

If you do run into problems downloading it, go to the forums and I will be creating a topic there.  Remember, don't expect to see it until 8pm EST.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I uh, already find it out there and it downloaded? Just now that is.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Beta downloaded fine, very fast indeed.

However, activation is not working with "Error activating the product" message.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Hi gang,

Please make certain you have the latest version of Stardock Central for the activation. If you check the version it should say Build 86.

Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Hi gang,

Please make certain you have the latest version of Stardock Central for the activation. If you check the version it should say Build 86.


Thats the one i am using, doesn't work for me
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
If we only have a totalgaming account can we play the beta 2 ? I was able to download it but it will not let me activate I am using build 86.
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
There's a discussion on how to solve the activation issue over at https://www.galciv2.com/Forums.aspx?ForumID=162&AID=78353
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
So far so good. Will see if download worked. My DSL link was varying between 600K and 2.2 mbps.
Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Is downloading ok now
Reply #9 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Averaged about 100 - 120 kb/sec
Reply #10 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Didn't auto-recognize my account from Stardock / Total Gaming Network spontaneously. Have to look up the reg info, so can't test tonight.