GC2 DA Offline Activation

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Just got around to installing GC2 Gold the other day and I seem to be having problems with the activation.
IIRC Dread Lords required you to run activate.exe, output the file to an email, send it to stardock and await a response.
Activate.exe in my DA Gold edition doesn't seem to do anything.
Am I doing the right thing?

cheers
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
To activate the game on a computer that is not connected, follow these steps:

1) Start the game; you will get a prompt for your serial and email. Provide them and continue.
2) It will fail to activate and ask if you'd like to activate by email. Click Yes.
3) Copy the subject line and big block of letters into a text file, or into your email program, and save it off to portable media (CDR, USB drive, floppy, etc).
4) Take it to a web-connected PC and send an email to activate@stardock.com with that subject line and content.
5) You should receive a reply with a file and some instructions; take the file back to the non-connected PC and you should be set to go.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Um. That didn't seem to work too well.

I think I'd included the serial # in the installation process so I guess I didn't get a prompt.

Tried the update serial # option in the startup window and re-entered it but then after it seemed to start doing something it didn't seem to get any further.

The update game option does let me enter my email address but doesn't seem to have any option but to connect through SDC ... ?
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
If something isn't working with the activation process, then I'd advise contacting support@stardock.com for further help.
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Ok. Done. I'm now in the queue.

One more question ... How do I actually register the serial # with stardock. My account shows my existing GC2 key but there dosn't seem to be any option to add a new key for the gold version?

cheers
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
How do I actually register the serial # with stardock. My account shows my existing GC2 key but there dosn't seem to be any option to add a new key for the gold version?


You can register DA via SDC. If you can't do that, you could probably ask support to add your Gold serial as a DA registration on your account as well.