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Reply to Patch 1.05 german version in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

@shaffer "With the upgraded W2K (case 2) even the CD only installation has been working." Sounds to me, that if set up correctly (Hardware, drivers & OS knowing each other) your sytem is capable to run GalCivMultiMedia. "upgraded GalCiv to 1.10A.073 [...] New games abort whenever a (new) expansion pack anomaly are being explored or surveyed." A wrong path in an .ini file? Would be interesting to know what happened, if you FIRST) upgraded Win2000, 2) Installed German ver

Reply to Patch 1.05 german version in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Thank you, shaffer, for your detailed information. I intended to install the multimedia files from the 'german' CD to save the money for such huge downloads (@56k!). and intended also to avoid a mixed language environment. Oh well, this may be not as easy as it could be. :( Learning from your efforts, it seems to be the best for a german user to download and install straightaway the base game & expansion pack. Right? And to wait with the multimedia until it's

Reply to Patch 1.05 german version in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I have also the german version of Gal-Civ... "There won't be a German update." No problem. "you can use your serial # to download the English version if you'd like." Of course I like, this is fine. "use Stardock Central and get the whole thing." ... the [b]whole[/b] thing? Really? With a 56k-modem I'm not looking easily forward to download hundreds of MBs. Is it possible to select somehow the language specific files via Stardock Central? I asum

Reply to Translation of Patches and Library Objects for International Versions in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Finally GalCiv arrived on the german shelves :) Before trying to install first the german version from the CD & then the latest patch, I want to clarify a bit: Are there any unpatched text files which won't be overwritten by the patch (and so remain in german)? I want to avoid a mixed environment & ask: Can I obtain those files from stardock?

Reply to Translation of Patches and Library Objects for International Versions in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

So will it then be possibel to play a 'german' version ALL in english by configuration (to avoid a mixed environment) or, say, in french (for educational purposes)?