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Hello,

I purchased Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity earlier today. I haven't been able to play it at all, however...

When I run the game from Steam (which I bought it through), it comes up with the Stardock registration dialog box first. When filling out either of the 2 forms in that dialog and pressing the create/register buttons, nothing happens.

 

I tried registering on the website soon after experiencing this problem. It worked, but now I don't know what to do. It's not recognizing my registration on my computer and I don't know how to tell it to do so.

 

I've tried running the Trinity and Dev executables directly as an administrator. When I run Trinity as administrator, I actually get the splash screen menu, but then when I try to play the game the Stardock thing comes up again.

 

I have Windows 8 (release preview), but that should not cause any compatibility issues to the best of my knowledge. I've been using it for several months now and I haven't had problems with anything else. Plus, they say that Windows 8 works basically the same as Windows 7 (and it does).

 

What should I do?

 

Thanks,

- Andrew

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

I have Windows 8 (release preview)
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There is a known incompatibility with the Windows 8 prerelease versions. As a workaround, download this file: http://sd.stardock.com/sdactivate_legacy.zip

Extract the contents to the folder the game is installed in and overwrite any existing files. You should then be able to complete the registration process.

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

That worked, thank you!

- Andrew

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