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Galciv2 has glitched itself to death.

July 22, 2006 2:33:41 PM from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
I reinstalled well trying to fix another bug(details in another post). And now it has glitched up. I cant play the game. It asks me to activate my game and it wont take my serial. Heres the debug:

Application start: 2006-7-22 18.29.23

Downloading test internet data...

Download: success

Test internet data - success

Mode 1, short info

Submitting activation request...

Download: success

Activation result: 12

Error activating the product

Please check the serial number that you have entered and ensure that it is associated with the email you used. Try to activate the product again. If you are using Stardock Central you can right-click on the product and attempt to activate without reinstalling. Please include this log file when contacting support@stardock.com.
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Reply #1 July 22, 2006 3:51:13 PM
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you dont even need the serial to install this game try installing without it
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Reply #2 July 22, 2006 4:24:00 PM
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Delete the file "sig.bin" in your games installation directory and try it again.
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Reply #3 July 22, 2006 10:39:56 PM
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Delete the file "sig.bin" in your games installation directory and try it again.


Huh? wheres that?
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Reply #4 July 22, 2006 11:08:32 PM
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Huh? wheres that?


Urgh... You didn't delete the sig.bin file? Then galciv2 isn't glitched, you've made a mistake.

c:\program files\stardock\totalgaming\galciv2\sig.bin

Delete that and reinstall again.
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Reply #5 July 23, 2006 12:52:39 AM
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Actully i dont HAVE a sig.bin file.
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Reply #6 July 23, 2006 6:00:22 AM
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Go to SDC and let SDC download and install the game. They have a record of you SNs etc.
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Reply #7 July 23, 2006 9:17:59 AM
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Actully i dont HAVE a sig.bin file.


Wrong. If you didn't have a sig.bin, the game wouldn't let you patch it, ever. It doesn't show up on search either, so you need to root around for it.

That or let SDC do it. But next time you try and reinstall, remove that first.
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Reply #8 July 23, 2006 7:08:25 PM
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I never downloaded the game. I bought it in a store.
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Reply #9 July 25, 2006 12:27:18 AM
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Doesn't matter. If you've ever downloaded a patch, you have a sig.bin. I bought it in a store, but have a sig.bin
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Reply #10 July 25, 2006 3:15:38 AM
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Wrong. If you didn't have a sig.bin, the game wouldn't let you patch it, ever.

I am sorry, but you are wrong. I have tried the following:
- disconnet my computer from the internet
- rename the sig.bin file
- launch the 1.2 retail update

I got a message stating that an activation was required, but I clicked OK and the update has continued. Sure the game needs the activation before starting, but the game allow to patch even if the sig.bin isn't here.

And this is perfectly normal since the patch NEEDS to be applied in order to have the activation process started (there was no activation on the 1.0 retail update) and the generation of the e-mail for activation on offline computer.
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Reply #11 July 25, 2006 3:23:46 AM
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Doesn't matter. If you've ever downloaded a patch, you have a sig.bin. I bought it in a store, but have a sig.bin

I am sorry but the sig.bin file contains information specifics to your computer and is generated by Stardock on their servers. And the computer downloading the patch may not be the computer where the game is installed.
And you have a sig.bin because:
- you have downloaded a 1.10 retail update patch or later since those updates require activation
- your computer is linked to internet and have done the update smoothly
- or you have updated your game through SDC and it takes care itself of activating the product after having updated it

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Reply #12 July 25, 2006 3:36:12 AM
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It asks me to activate my game and it wont take my serial.

Stupid question, but have you looked at the sticky thread about problem when activating? https://forums.galciv2.com/?forumid=162&aid=122873

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Reply #13 July 25, 2006 10:25:31 AM
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AFAIK, no sig.bin only allows you to patch to 1.0x, or 1.1 now 1.2 is out. If he's been patching to the most recent version, he will have a sig.bin somewhere. If not, then that's why it isn't working. Reinstall via download forces it to activate.
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Reply #14 July 25, 2006 11:02:34 AM
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If he's been patching to the most recent version, he will have a sig.bin somewhere

Well, that is precisely his problem: he has patched to 1.2 but the activation process has failed.

If you are using Stardock Central you can right-click on the product and attempt to activate without reinstalling

So there is no need to redownload the whole 1.2 GB


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