Hollow Man

Hollow Man

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Reply to Updating without Stardock Central in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Mumblefratz, it's clear that you understand why Stardock does what it does, and you accept that maybe a large part of the problem lies in your own OCD behavior when it comes to software on your PC. So I'm not sure what you want Stardock to do. I'm the same way, but I can live with this decision. The updates are meant to be rewards for those who buy the game, If Brad makes the patches standalone, then there's no longer that incentive for the normal person to purchase. Anyone can si

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Reply to TOA manual updated? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

I think I may have misread his post. [link="https://forums.galciv2.com/310313"]Here[/link] is where he something about not generally covering content changes in a manual, only UI changes, of which there aren't many in Twilight. But then, as you point out, he said something about releasing an update to it in the near future. So my apologies for being confused. -HM

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Reply to Hate this game ... in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]If you truly hate this game and Stardock, I would suggest you quit playing it and ask Brad Wardell for your money back. I'm sure (based on previous post and comments) he would be more than happy to refund all of your Stardock purchases and black list you from future purchases.[/quote] Alas, he apparently hasn't done that since the OS/2 days. :) -HM

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Reply to Unable to purchase in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Here's the bundle (all 3 games): [link="https://store.stardock.com/product.aspx?productid=ESD-TGN-W279"]https://store.stardock.com/product.aspx?productid=ESD-TGN-W279[/link] -HM

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Reply to Hate this game ... in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Babamilo, I don't want to get into a back-and-forth. But here's what I am willng to comment on: Brad clearly loves GalCiv2. Note that he says the rest will "depend on you." He's said elsewhere that he's open to the idea of releasing more content. Furthermore, if it can be proven that there are problems with the game, I'm quite sure he and his team will work hard to fix them. Second, if you can clearly show that placing spies causes a crash, and they can replicate it on thei

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Reply to Unable to purchase in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Um, sorry, try these: [link="https://store.stardock.com/product.aspx?productid=ESD-TGN-W262"]https://store.stardock.com/product.aspx?productid=ESD-TGN-W262[/link] [link="https://store.stardock.com/product.aspx?productid=SSD-TGN-W262"]WWW Link[/link] -HM

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Reply to Unable to purchase in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

This happens sometimes with their site. Try the two bottom links (depending on whether you want the CD or not): [link="https://store.stardock.com/product.aspx?productid=ESD-TGN-W262"]https://store.stardock.com/product.aspx?productid=ESD-TGN-W262[/link] [link="https://store.stardock.com/product.aspx?productid=SSD-TGN-W262"]https://store.stardock.com/product.aspx?productid=SSD-TGN-W262[/link] (ignore the post I made after this) -HM

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Reply to Hate this game ... in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

So Babamilo, how's your "strategy" working for you? Not too good, huh? Well, if your goal is to annoy and complain, then I guess it's working just fine. But if your goal is get your game working, then I respectfully recommend you change your methods. Stardock is not perfect. No developer is. But if you've been using their products as long as you say you have, then you should've come to the conclusion that they do actually care, and will try hard to solve problems as they come up.<b

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Reply to Impulse Download of Twilight Problem in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

According to Zargon in reply #19 it has. If it's not working, you may want to sift through posts here (which will help you edit the registry to make sure the EXE and PATH variables are present and pointing to the correct locations. But it does involve messing w/the registry, so obviously, do so at your own risk. -HM

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Reply to GalCiv2 $9.90 at gogamer.com in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Well kryo, this definitely wasn't a mistaken price (this was an advertised MADNESS sale), but they probably screwed up and got more orders than they expected. Sucks, and I don't think it was cool of them to turn down some orders, but if MottiKhan gets two, that's better than zero! -HM

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Reply to GalCiv2 $9.90 at gogamer.com in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

How utterly bizarre. I've never had problems with them. Of course I've never contacted them either, thus never giving them the opportunity to stupidly think that by sending an email it means, "Cancel my order." I found these two phone numbers: 877-599-7378 949-609-1677 -HM

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Reply to Cant get online :( please help! in Technical Sins Forums

You do not have the latest version of the game. You can use Stardock Central or Impulse to download it, or get the standalone patch here: [link="https://www.sinsofasolarempire.com/update.aspx"]https://www.sinsofasolarempire.com/update.aspx[/link] -HM

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Reply to Newbie Question: Patching GalCiv2 Gold + Twilight in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

They may have created the install so it does both games at the same time, but the end result is the same. They are three separate games, and they get installed in three different folders: C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2 C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Twilight They have three different version numbers (1.5, 1.80g, and 1.91), and there are three separate executables, so you can run whic

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Reply to Multiplayer Problems in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

For hosting a game, your best bet is follow the advice given here by The Monk: [link="http://www.kiclan.com/monk/Networking_and_SINS_by_the_Monk.pdf"]http://www.kiclan.com/monk/Networking_and_SINS_by_the_Monk.pdf[/link] More details are [link="https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/174313"]here[/link], but basically you need to forward TCP ports 6000 and 6112 to your hosting PC's IP address. -HM

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