there are stand alone patches that can be found on this site but the easiest way to keep the game up to date, is by registering your copy and downloading stardock central.
stardock central will download and install all the newest patches for you.

Re your other question.

Yes, there is a mechanism on the SDC site to archive the patch DLs, so you can apply them to future installs/re-installs.

drrider

Simply register the same serial you have for both items (Gold is just a bundle of the two, after all).




To get the download version of the game (or the patch for a retail copy) up and running on an offline machine:

1) Install SDC on an online machine (keep a copy of the SDC installer handy).

2) Log in on SDC, head to the Games section, right click on the game, and choose Archive Application->Download and Archive. If the game is already installed and updated on this machine you can choose Archive Application->Selected Application to pack it up without redownloading.

3) If the game has modules (GalCiv2 does, for example), you'll be prompted to archive them as well. If the media you'll use to transfer the game isn't large enough, you may need to decline and archive each module sparately; otherwise just say yes.

4) When the archive process finishes, you'll find the .sdc file(s) in C:\Program Files\Stardock\Stardock Central\BACKUP (this path is customizable in SDC's settings so it may vary). Copy the .sdc files along with the SDC installer to the portable media of your choice (CDR, DVDR, USB drive, etc).

5) On the offline computer, install SDC, then double-click the .sdc archive files in explorer to unpack them.

6) Run the game; you'll be prompted to activate. Enter the appropriate information and attempt to proceed; it will fail and offer you an option to activate by email. Copy the subject line and mail body it provides and get them back to the connected machine; email them off as directed, and follow the instructions in the reply to complete the activation process.

Thanks,

I will give that a try.

Cheers MarkL

That's the first item in the list, so it shows by default. If you pull it down and pick GC2/DA from the list, does it show your serial in the serial box?

Also, when you go to the Games section on the main screen, does it just continue to search or does it stop and not show your games under Purchased Products?

Well I finally have the patch installed and activated.

I found the process of starting SDC on a non web connected PC quiet hard and the instructions were not really correct.

What I did do though was make a Word document with screen shots to show how it is really done as the instructions are way off the mark for the non web connected PC part of instructions.

I have emailed support to see if they will host the doc as I am sure others will have similar problems on non web PC's.

If anyone wants it send me a PM, I guess you can send them here and I will send a copy. It is about 1.5 meg zipped.

Cheers MarkL