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Re: GalCiv II: Computer AI debugging

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From: Brad Wardell
Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 07:04
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<iztok_bitenc@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
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> Hi!
>>> For playing GalCiv1 you need to install Stardock Central. The game
>>> needs DLL (I know for at least one) in order to run. Though you don't
>>> need SC to play GC1.
>>
>> That's not true at all.  ONLY if you purchased it electronically for
>> download.
> I'm sorry, Brad, but from my point of view (and from POV of thousands
> of your customers who only have the downloaded version of GC1) it IS
> true. If I want to transfer my copy of the game to another computer I
> need to install SC there to get that DLL. So please don't say I'm a
> liar, just because I don't know how the boxed version of the game
> works.

You can download GalCiv 1 to machine A. ZIP it, take it to machine B, unzip 
it and play.

Stardock Central doesn't provide any DLLs that GalCiv needs.  It's just a 
download manager.

Brad
--
Brad Wardell
Project Manager: Galactic Civilizations II (www.galciv2.com)
Stardock - http://www.stardock.com

>
> BR,  Iztok
> 
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