Well, I don't how if it is possible to get the official french version when you have the english one. But I know how to get the unofficial french version : [quote]You could also try to use the non official french version. You will need to go here http://trans-galactique.forum2jeux.com/ and search a little.[/quote]
[quote]Is there a way to reverse it back to english voices/english texts ?[/quote] I don't know how the translation is handled. But I know a way to get the english version: register the serial id in impulse and use impulse to download the full game. You may need to uninstall sin first. Be warned, this requires a very good internet connexion. You could also try to use the non official french version. You will need to go here <A href="http://trans-galactique.forum2jeu
[quote]That's great and all, but it's kind of a bad price... Live rates at 2008.07.26 00:06:25 UTC 40.00 EUR = 62.7993 USD Euro United States Dollars 1 EUR = 1.56998 USD 1 USD = 0.636950 EUR[/quote] True, but there are always some costs associated with localization of a game. The version sold in France is 100% french: french manual, french packaging, french text, french voice. And I don't know how localization of updates will be handled ....
[quote]As Renius has said, relatively few of us on these forums have actually played the alpha, If its from the following: hughferriss - Nate Simpson (Lead Artist) draginol - Developer or if they have a stardock emblem by their name: frogboy - Brad Wardell CEO of Stardock Kryo[/quote] It should be noted that draginol and frogboy are just the same person ;)
@LoTeK_83 If you want to discuss the topic about delivery method, you should go to this thread https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/317632
Well, there is an unofficial patch made by fans that allows you to play GC2, Da or DL in french. It is available here http://trans-galactique.forum2jeux.com/
[quote]Do I have to get updates through Impulse if I purchase the games on CD?[/quote] Well, you can use SDC. There are updates planned for DA and TotA ... And I don't know at which versions will correspond the CDs you will get.
[quote]Just found out about this Impulse and the auto-update thing[/quote] Currently, the only thing that auto-update is Impulse itself. Since on GC2 savegames weren't compatible between versions, I really doubt that Stardock will implement an auto-update mode on games without letting the user choosing to enable that behavior
thirded as I have been able to get SR2 with tokens but not SR2 reboot.
There may be another problem with Win 2K: Impulse won't run on it and Impulse is the new downloader to be used to download games from Stardock Servers.
From this page http://www.mcvuk.com/press-releases/38261/Galactic-Civilizations-II-Endless-Universe I would think that Kalypso media (who is publishing Sins of a Solar Empire in Europe) is just selling a bundle of GC2 and the 2 expansion packs for the UK market. Unless I have overseen something, a stand alone expansion doesn't require the original game. So the only way that the 2 GC2 expansions works as standalone is only if the base game is also included. BTW, only GC2:DL was availa
[quote]...There will be some updates for Dread Lords users as well...[/quote] isn't really the same than [quote]The 2.0 update will address a lot of the issues and bugs in Dread Lords[/quote] Some stuff may be updated in 2.0 but I don't think you will have a LOT of the issues and bugs in DL addressed.
[quote]Wouldn't be hard to check which files changed, then Zip 'em up or Torrent 'em.[/quote] Perharps. But in that case, Stardock wouldn't be responsible if the patch doesn't correctly work ;)
[quote]Then I was right and Sins DRM is like MassEffect's DRM which effectively destroyed the users ability to resell the game[/quote] Then you should go to the thread https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/317233 and argue with the person that has posted the reply #20 since he wrote: [quote]DRM = Digital Rights Management (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management) Not to be confused with actu
[quote]whats the big deal in not releasing updates on the net anyway?, im sure theres some guy out there who got the game legaly who'll spread patches after downloading them[/quote] To make things easier for the customer than for the pirates To allow spending less time in creating and testing a stand alone patch. It is not the same to rely on a delivery system (Impulse) that is not specific to a given software to be patched than have a specific e
[quote]I wouldn't think Impulse would make it any more secure: people with a valid serial who purchased the game get patches and updates; people who got it illegally don't.[/quote] Wrong. Standalone patches can end on third party/ mirrors sites. When it is the case, people that got it illegally can get them ...
[quote]I've had way too many bad experiences with Steam, Stardock Central[/quote] [quote]So yeah, I have to ask Stardock: Why Impulse? What's wrong with the system in place? [/quote] Impulse is just the new generation of Stardock Central.
[quote]#1 When sins was being made/released, Impulse wasn't even released, it wasn't even being discussed on the forum.[/quote] Then it would have been better for Stardock to tell to the customers to use Stardock Central (before switching to Impulse) instead of creating stand alone patches ...
[quote]The 2.0 update will address a lot of the issues and bugs in Dread Lords[/quote] It isn't my understanding from what is in that thread https://forums.galciv2.com/316924
[quote]Couldn't you, at the least, simply tar up all the data files and executables for the old version and the new, and simply provide us with a list of what was tarred, and the .diff file?[/quote] Which old version? Standalone patchs were made to patch the retail version 1.0 to the latest version. Impulse allows you get only the files that need to be changed.
[quote]You download a game, archive it to a flash drive, take it home, unarchive it and voila.[/quote] Well, it is less simple than that : - Impulse must be installed on Internet connected computer. You must have a supported OS for impulse and the sufficient rights to install Impulse and its pre requisites - you must be able to download and archive the game (no need to install it) on the internet connected computer - you must install Impulse on the o
Well, I would have sworn to have previousy posted the following, but who knows ... [quote]v2.0 will be an update for both Twilight and Dark Avatar players[/quote] Wasn't GC2 2.0 be supposed to be also an update (even if small) for DL as indicated in the following thread https://forums.galciv2.com/311088 : [quote]Then, probably in July or maybe early August we will be releasing Galactic Civilizations II v2.0. This update will affect all versions of GalCiv II but mostly Dark Avatar and Twilight
[quote]also particularly damming if the argument of Impulse being de facto DRM introduced by an anti-DRM ever gets going.[/quote] Well Stardock's philosophy on DRM and copy protection has been since Galciv 1 in 2003: reward people for being customer than pirate. This translate into: no DRM/copy protection on the retail version no draconinan control about the number of times you are installing the game on various computers. const
[quote]i have 100Mb/sec at work, and limited bandwidth at home with expensive charges at home for exceeding this.[/quote] You could use then the download and arcgive feature of impulse. [quote]on top of this, when i come back to play the game in a few years using my favourite mods i want to be able to select the patch the mod was made to work under.[/quote] You should be able to create archive of the current version with impulse. You should try the restore process to
[quote]i do not see how "Impulse" will make it better?[/quote] By downloading only the required files instead of getting a big patch that can be applied on version 1.0 (retail version). Less donwload size and less bandwith usage. And you just have to click "update" instead of going to a specific web page, dowloading the patch and launching the patch to install it. But I guess everybody has its own way to measure which thing is better ;)
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