Preload worked!

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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 from Stardock Forums Top
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 ...
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
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
Galactic Civilizations IV
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
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
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
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
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
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)
Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
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.
Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top
Downloading now....

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

I can dream
Reply #10 from Stardock Forums Top

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

Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top
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.
Reply #12 from Stardock Forums Top
OS:Win XP Home, SP 2
Server: Cali
Purchase: Preorder/Beta
Connection: DSL

Wow. No problems. Knock on wood. SMOOOooth sailing. Kudos.
Reply #13 from Stardock Forums Top
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)
Reply #14 from Stardock Forums Top
Well I must admit this has gone smoother than anticipated.  The new server farm apparently does work. Ah distributed bandwidth.
Reply #15 from Stardock Forums Top
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)
Reply #16 from Stardock Forums Top
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
Reply #17 from Stardock Forums Top
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!
Reply #19 from Stardock Forums Top
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)
Reply #21 from Stardock Forums Top
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.
Reply #22 from Stardock Forums Top
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.
Reply #23 from Stardock Forums Top
No probs here. Between 1,023 and 300KB/s on cable. About 40 min. Smooth as silk. Nice.