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[quote]Revisions of books are published too [/quote] And free of charge for books owners?
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[quote]Software companies write games just like authors write books.[/quote] Since games are patched and not books, you must concentrate only on the retail version of the game and not on the patched version of the game (after all, your CD contains only the retail version) when using your analogy.
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[quote]How's that any different than the support the original user might need installing the legal copy on a new system? This "new owners incur expenses that old owners don't" thing doesn't really make sense to me.[/quote] [quote]Installing issues usually ouccur only once per user.[/quote] True. If you have installation issues on a previous computer for a legal copy, you know/remember how it was resolved. If you have again installation issue on a new computer for the sam
[quote]There is no guarantee that will work in the future, in fact Stardock history has proven it won't.[/quote] Have you something specific in mind?
Now that it is correctly installed, are you able to play CotN and its expansion?
Have you the latest version of Impulse (ie 3.02.305) ? Have you tried to click on the blue orb > preference > Advance settings > folders > reset data? You can also try to install the full impulse setup http://www.impulsedriven.com/impulse_setup_full.exe to ensure you have a correct install.
[quote] Using something like Impulse is the only way to ensure that doesn't happen.[/quote] Or use an activation system like in GC2 since version 1.1 . Why isn't it implemented in SoaSE?
[quote]Great interview. Looking forward to part 2.[/quote] Me too, especially with the last sentence : Come back tomorrow for part two of the interview, in which Wardell and I discuss Stardock and Gas Powered Games' upcoming title Demigod, as well as his company's mysterious 4X fantasy title.
the stand alone install of Impulse is here http://www.impulsedriven.com/impulse_setup_full.exe But you need to be able to connect your computer at least once. You could always contact [email protected] if you have problem.
They must first find someone who will distribute it in Europe.
You will need to install a stand alone version of impulse first in order to install the archived game. And as you have guessed, there are some registries settings that are needed for the game ;)
[quote]What a bunch of apologists. Almost every other game allows you to resell them, even the ones with strict DRM. At least the game is cheap so I won't feel bad about tossing it. I knew I should have bought Gal Civs.[/quote] But Stardock is the only publisher that allows you to donwload the whole game any time you want once you have registred it. Sadly, there is an associated cost: no second hand game support [quote]I bought a used copy, but the person before me h
[quote]In my mind none of the GC2 games are finished. They all crash, they all have plenty of small stupid bugs, and overall they all lack polish. If Brad actually believed number 2, he would have put resources into cleaning these games up before releasing them. (or at least really play tested them to realize he had problems)[/quote] Well, you should read the GC2 post moterm published in 2006 and available here http
[quote]4 is interesting. I support Impulse (I know it doesn't force itself to load to play the game), but here's a question: If playing the game involves MP, then clearly the game needs to be on its latest update to play, generally. But if the updates are only found on a platform such as Impulse, then isn't Impulse indirectly forcing itself to be loaded in order to play the game? Or do you mean that it shouldn't be forced to load, and kept running while the game is played? Or am I just confus
[quote]Yeah, being able to download it any time you want is going a little far.[/quote] But it is current Stardock policy ;) . And it is a drawback: no support for second hand game.
[quote]Then 3 is just silly. You get what you pay for, and it should be good (at least according to nr 2).[/quote] Well, user feeback can help to increase the value of game by spotting what needs tweaks or improvements, cloosing not obvious loppholes, ....
[quote]7. Gamers shall have the right to re-download the latest versions of the games they own at any time.[/quote] I am very unsure about this one when you see the kind of complaints generated with Stardock policy on second hand games ...
I am wondering too. The latest Stardock post about not-MoM is http://draginol.impulsedriven.net/article/322138/The_future_of_Galactic_Civilizations
I think it is because Paypal doesn't support delayed payment: when you preorder with a credit card, it is charged when they are giving you your serial id and not when you are doing the preorder. But that is impossible with paypal.
[quote]Yes if you could please clarify on what you meant when you said a year of free updates that would be great. I don't think I've ever played a game that offered updates up until a year, then started charging them unless it was an actual expansion.[/quote] Well Galactic Civilization 2 (DL, DA and TotA) and Sins of a Solar empire are good examples of what Stardock has in mind ...
[quote]Will there be an NDA of sorts[/quote] If it is like previous betas on Stardock games and Stardock published games, the answer is no NDA.
[quote]This is the policy as I understand it.[/quote] And there is also an important problem with transfering registration key: how to be sure that it is a transfer acknowledged by the vendor and not someone trying to steal the serial Id from another user ...
[quote]P.S. You still need to autorize game even with those old stadalone patches, as far as I remember. It won't let you run the game otherwise.[/quote] GC2 has activation. But I don't think that Sins of a Solar Empire has it....
[quote]If those files are downloadable somewhere, i would be gratefull having a link.[/quote] Look at reply #6. You may find some usable informations.
[quote]with the french edition of the game of course[/quote] Why of course? The game is available since february 2008 in english ;) And nothing in your profile shows that you could be playing the official french version.
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