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Preload worked!

February 14, 2006 5:27:27 PM from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
Figured I'd create a post for all of us (some of us?) to say that we successfully managed to preload GalCiv2 and thank all the devs for the hard work they put in.

Data points if it matters:
OS: WinXP SP2 (English)
Server: Chicago
Purchase Method: pre-order directly through Total Gaming Network
Connection Type: Cablemodem
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Reply #1 February 14, 2006 5:56:51 PM
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Same Here
After a few trials it worked fine and very very fast

OS: WinXP SP2
Server: california
Purchase Method: totalgaming account
Connection Type: DSL modem

Now, just have to wait till the 21st ...

I feel like when the first download atempt failed: so close, yet so far ...
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Reply #2 February 14, 2006 7:07:41 PM
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ditto mine also worked after having to reinstall stardock
OS: WinXP SP2
Server: california
Purchase Method: Preordered CD version back when it was in beta version
Connection Type: DSL modem
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Reply #3 February 14, 2006 7:51:51 PM
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Ditto, dl'ed perfect, and even faster than the different beta versions! Awesome!

OS: WinXP SP2 (English)
Server: Chicago
Purchase Method: pre-order directly through Total Gaming Network
Connection Type: Cablemodem
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Reply #4 February 14, 2006 8:24:18 PM
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Has a nice, fast download without a problem. Can't wait until we can "open the present!"

WinXP SP2
Chicago
Pre-Order (DL)
2 MBPS Cable
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Reply #5 February 14, 2006 8:45:14 PM
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Can't install 1.0.005. Get error message.
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Reply #6 February 14, 2006 8:46:19 PM
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Wasn't exactly fast and there was a wierd incident where in the middle of the D/L I was asked to upgrade SDC.

Anyway, took me about 4 hours (no restarts required) but it is all loaded and waiting for the activation files.

OS: WinXP SP2 (English)
Server: Chicago
Purchase Method: pre-order directly through Total Gaming Network
Connection Type: Cablemodem

(Odds are someone will crack it before 2/21 but it will have to be someone smarter than me)
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Reply #7 February 14, 2006 8:47:56 PM
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Download nearly complete and worked incredibly smooth.

Hooray for Stardock!
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Reply #8 February 14, 2006 9:01:00 PM
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Robert, we need a bit more detail than that. Please email kwilas@stardock.com the error log from .\sdcentral\installed\gc2.log. And the login.txt from the sdcentral directory. And any other comments you feel relevant.
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Reply #9 February 14, 2006 9:48:17 PM
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Downloading now....

Now Stardock can take a well deserved break before starting the Nintendo DS version X)

I can dream
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Reply #10 February 14, 2006 10:09:35 PM
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All downloaded fine first time


OS: WinXP SP2
Server: california
Purchase Method: totalgaming account
Connection Type: DSL


Pulled fast, about 2 hours or so for it all

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Reply #11 February 14, 2006 10:16:07 PM
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Took me about 20 minutes and i have the main game installed, going to do the rest over the week so I don't have to suffer having everything downloaded and unabled to play.
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Reply #12 February 14, 2006 10:27:35 PM
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OS:Win XP Home, SP 2
Server: Cali
Purchase: Preorder/Beta
Connection: DSL

Wow. No problems. Knock on wood. SMOOOooth sailing. Kudos.
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Reply #13 February 15, 2006 12:03:39 AM
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Download complete.

OS: WinXP SP2
Server: Chicago
Purchase Method: totalgaming account
Connection Type: DSL

No pain (apart from getting it on the list-see other threads), no woes, no ...whine. What a pity

(My kudos are on the kudos thread)
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Reply #14 February 15, 2006 1:30:56 AM
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Well I must admit this has gone smoother than anticipated.  The new server farm apparently does work. Ah distributed bandwidth.
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Reply #15 February 15, 2006 7:07:25 AM
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Overnight download without any problems.

OS: WinXP SP2 (German)
Server: Chicago
Purchase Method: pre-order (DL) via Total Gaming Network
Connection Type: DSL
SDCVersion: 2.29.370 build 115 (auto-update)
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Reply #16 February 15, 2006 7:58:26 AM
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Beta Tester download > OK

OS: XP
Server: Chicago
Purchase Method: TGN Series 1 (WIll pre-oder boxed set as soon as we can)
Connection Type: DSL 2mbs
SDC Version: Latest from Stardock as of yesterday.

Took around 20 mins. Server speeds varying from 170 - 250 kb/s
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Reply #17 February 15, 2006 8:17:18 AM
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Downloaded perfect for me. No idea what server. I just did it the "dumb user" way and allowed SDC to update itself and then I just started downloading. This was around 8pm EST on the 14th. Average download seemed to be around 300+k. The slowest piece was actually the tutorials.

Nice job!
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Reply #18 February 15, 2006 9:26:12 AM
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Anyone know how big the total download is?

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Reply #19 February 15, 2006 9:35:05 AM
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more or less 1,3 Go and more than that as available disk space since the installation process, on my computer, required about 2Go (temp files, etc)
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Reply #20 February 15, 2006 10:12:29 AM
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Thanks.

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Reply #21 February 15, 2006 11:04:07 AM
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Smoked the whole damn thing averaging over 800k/s. Installed the entirety (incoluding movies, multimedia, and tutorials) of the game in less than 40 minutes. Very very impressive.
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Reply #22 February 15, 2006 1:58:43 PM
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Everything worked out fine!

Renamed the previous Galciv folder to keep the beta and used the "standard" method:

OS: WinXP Professional (English)
Server: California
Purchase Method: Beta Tester via Total Gaming Network
Connection Type: company T1 (please don't tell)
SDCVersion: 2.29.374 build 117 (downloaded after uninstalling the previous version)

Elapsed time: I don't know, fired the download during lunch break... will try out the old beta tonite.
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Reply #23 February 15, 2006 6:19:50 PM
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No probs here. Between 1,023 and 300KB/s on cable. About 40 min. Smooth as silk. Nice.
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Reply #24 February 15, 2006 6:27:34 PM
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Not a hitch here.

WINXP
Pre-order/non-beta
Cable Modem
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Reply #25 February 15, 2006 6:56:50 PM
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Ditto.

XP, non-beta, cable.
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