Think I found the problem using Sysinternal's Process Monitor: 3:32:39.3581954 PM Impulse.exe 5484 QueryOpen C:\ProgramData\Stardock\Impulse\data\public\dem\production\dem.xml FAST IO DISALLOWED 3:32:39.3582445 PM Impulse.exe 5484 CreateFile C:\ProgramData\Stardock\Impulse\data\public\dem\production\dem.xml  
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Getting this error message during installation of the digital download version. The download has completed and the installer is apparently trying to unpack files when this happens. -- [5/2/2009 1:36:09 PM] ---------------------------------------------------- Context: Installer Message: Problem with XML - Application file list not found (dem) Build #: 1260 <p
Wishes based on my pet peeves: * Smarter AI * Floating point calculations so that +10% to makes a (visible) difference * Smoother implementation of speed: appears it's only based on origin and destination, traveling through a web has no effect unless you end your turn in it * I currently find engines useless in most situations, especially at higher tech levels. I'd like to see some kind of fix for that (slow down ships without engines, make engines smaller, something l
Worked like a charm, thanks. Reminds me of the old joke "Windows has detected that your mouse pointer has moved. Your computer will have to restart for this change to take effect." :)
After re-installing Dread Lords, Dark Avatar and Twilight of the Arnor, I can no longer see some of the text in game. For example, the main menu (in game, not the launcher) just has blank buttons. Poking around a bit, I noticed that two fonts in GalCiv2\Fonts, ARLRDBD.TTF and BankGthd.ttf, seem to be broken; previewing them in the Windows font preview program just gives the font title but no glyphs. Impulse was installed using administrator priviliges, the games were installed with