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Reply to Copy protection follow-up in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

I am a bit confused on the Copy Protection scheme for GalCiv II. I purchased a copy at retail (newegg) and it arrived just fine. CD had a serial number sticker on it. I loaded the game from the CD, entered the serial number and started it up. Started up just fine. I downloaded the 1.11 patch and the now available pre-purchase files. I ran both of those executables and now the system needs to “phone home” for authorization. Huh?? I have sent two authorization emails (one 2 day

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II, Copy Protection, and Piracy in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Ok, I have a few questions about "activation". I just purchased a copy of the game (retail copy) and I am not happy in the least. I believe I have been "bait and switched" by deceptive marketing tactics. 1) Why do I have to "activate it online?". This is the most insidious form of DRM. It means that if I am in the mountains and my video card dies (did once), I can’t reload, update and play the game because I have no net access. I would *MUCH PREFER* a copy protected CD as t

Reply to Bug Reports in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Your whole download patch process is completely screwy. Please just post some sort of zip file that we can download and patch ourselves. There are all sorts of various paths in the setup process. I keep downloading the 80+ megs. The game is great, but the patch process *sucks*.