GC2:GC2-Gold Compatibility?

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Picked up GC2-Gold the other day and it only seems to have a single registration key.
Does this mean that I have to uninstall my existing GC2 (with a different key) before installing?

Also a (non-sdc) downloadable GC2:DA patch in the near future would be nice ...
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Picked up GC2-Gold the other day and it only seems to have a single registration key.
Does this mean that I have to uninstall my existing GC2 (with a different key) before installing?


Yes, you can't install Dark Avatar seperately overtop your old game with the Gold edition, they both get installed at the same time. So your previous copy will have to go. Incidentally, the single code is a bit deceptive. Although it's not listed, Dark Avatar has it's own serial which you can only get from Stardock after you've registered the game. I ran into a problem where the patch update wouldn't recognize my disk code and discovered that it waslooking for the Dark Avatar one instead. Fortunately I had requested my serial from Stardock at that time or I would not have known this.

Also a (non-sdc) downloadable GC2:DA patch in the near future would be nice ...


It sounds like you can forget about that one, at least for quite some time. I'm guessing it's now part of their anti-piracy policies to only let you go through Stardock. Once their done with making thier money from the game we might see something, but not until then.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
You only need the one serial number with the Gold Edition. It will work for both GC2 and Dark Avatar.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

You only need the one serial number with the Gold Edition. It will work for both GC2 and Dark Avatar.


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Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
You only need the one serial number with the Gold Edition. It will work for both GC2 and Dark Avatar.


It didn't when I first installed the game. I had to enter in the Dark Avatar code, my on-disk serial number wasn't being recognized when I had to activate the patch.
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Except you can't post to MetaVerse

This was fixed last week. If you're still having issues, please email support@stardock.com.

It didn't when I first installed the game. I had to enter in the Dark Avatar code, my on-disk serial number wasn't being recognized when I had to activate the patch.

Please email support, they should be able to get you fixed up.

Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Please email support, they should be able to get you fixed up.



Thanks but I did get it working after I entered the Dark Avatar code I recieved via email.
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top


Picked up GC2-Gold the other day and it only seems to have a single registration key.
Does this mean that I have to uninstall my existing GC2 (with a different key) before installing?


Yes,
you can't install Dark Avatar seperately overtop your old game with the
Gold edition, they both get installed at the same time. So your
previous copy will have to go. Incidentally, the single code is a bit
deceptive. Although it's not listed, Dark Avatar has it's own serial
which you can only get from Stardock after you've registered the game.
I ran into a problem where the patch update wouldn't recognize my disk
code and discovered that it waslooking for the Dark Avatar one instead.
Fortunately I had requested my serial from Stardock at that time or I
would not have known this.

Also a (non-sdc) downloadable GC2:DA patch in the near future would be nice ...


It
sounds like you can forget about that one, at least for quite some
time. I'm guessing it's now part of their anti-piracy policies to only
let you go through Stardock. Once their done with making thier money
from the game we might see something, but not until then.




Cheers.

I hope you're wrong about the second part though. Stardock's support is what attracted me to Gc1 + Exp and now GC2 + Exp. If they don't offer a separate downloadable update then that, effectively, disappears as I don't install anything on any machine I have connected to the internet, hence eliminating sdc as an option.