Hi, DMNL.

You mention a dialog that came up, but the message isn't appearing in the forum.  Can you post that error message so the user community can help?

~Punter17

Thanks Annatar.  Your comment helped me find out that this site prefers Internet Explorer to Firefox.  The error appears is I use the other browser.

The FF issue on the forums got started in the last update. Our web team is growing and they have a huge stack of projects. Many of them include the Sins and many other Stardock forums. You will see a good deal of change in the coming months I think.

The temp file location is almost always the culprit in the case of the error message you are getting. Annatar is your hero I think. If this is still the case after you change the location of the temp directory do the basic test and uninstall, restart, and install the full version of Impulse again, then restart once again to clear the cache. You will need to set the locations for download again of course. If neither of these work let us know.

Thanks for the hints. I moved the folders to my D: drive which has nearly 10 gigs free and get the same error message. I will try a reinstall now.

Well, I just bought my copy of sins what a fantastic game, but I have to agree with Shadow_of_Light though.If there were only 5 gamers complaining about issues spread across multiple posts then change that to 6 and counting. This is ridiculous. How come this supporting software is so bad. I bought this game because I believe in supporting decent games/software. I live in a 3rd word country with -3 points in internet connectivity. I downloaded the entire 1.1 update via a cellphone(6 long hours worth)only to fail with the "smaller than expected" download problem. I cant justify massive 218Mb(in my case anyway) twice a day. I just want to know if these silly problems are really being attended to. Did I spend my money wisely(downloading this patch is costing me more than the game itself) Why am I supporting damaged software. I'm stuck on a version of this game I could have just copied and now that I paid for it I cant even update it. (1.2% into retry 3 of 218Mb download) or will this post be closed as well now?

Um.....I am a normal user with a problem. Ive read most of the posts I could get to(witch is difficult already) with no feasable answer yet. Is there a way to get the update without installing the game on some public/internet pc. I think I can get away with installing impulse, but not a full game. If so what are the steps I need to take or where can I read about it. If not is there any advice anyone can give me. P.S. This thread is for 1.1 issues and I posted a problem I have with 1.1 so I did not "hijack" anything. Please dont judge so easily.

Many thanks Annatar11 and Seabass it seems sorted now. I reinstalled Impulse to the D: drive and when I checked the preferences the folders were also set to D: by default. The update took about 15 seconds and the game now says its version 1.11 (I think I can hear Moridins teeth grinding).

 

I think its cool you are thinking of those with connection problems as even in the UK I have had to suffer dial up over 100 year old phone lines which meant I wouldnt have considered buying from something like Impulse, I would have just hung around looking like someone at the arcade with no loose change.