So i went and bought the retail copy (boxed) of SINs because i've got a brand new machine and thought i'd save time by not having to re-download it ( i previously had bought the download copy) and i had seen the email about Entrenchments, which looked very cool.
So i installed from disc, all went fine. version 1.05
then i followed the link from the email i had been sent and bought Entrenchments
then i installed 'Impulse'
Then Impulse said i needed an update, big one too, to take me to 1.15, so i sat there and downloaded 250mb which wasnt exactly fast at 500k sec.
Then after closing impulse and running the game i clicked on 'Update' game which reopened Impulse ( i wanted to make sure there were no further updates). Impulse said i was installed and no further updates showed, version was 1.15.
Great! now i clicked the link i had been sent when i purchased Entrenchment and it downloaded the following file:
Sins_Bonuspack_105_setup (16.6MB)
i ran this and it installed fine.
i then re-ran the game and again clicked update game to check (this time) that there were no updates for Entrenchment itself. Impulse said my current version was, once again, 1.05 !! and that i needed to redownload the 1.05 - 1.15 update. i did this, then re-ran the bonus pack (entrenchment and same DAMN THING AGAIN!)
Ok, i deleted registry keys and uninstalled and tried again, from scratch, SAME THING AGAIN!
i also tried (after i had updated from 1.05 to 1.15 but BEFORE running Entrenchment), updating the game key that came with my email, same result
The instructions (...) that came with the purchase confirmation email itself were beyond rubbish:
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----- Stardock.net Accounts ----
Name : Deleted
Email : Deleted
Password : Deleted
Product Name : Sins of a Solar Empire (Digital Download)
User Name : deleted
Download : http://www.impulsedriven.com/about.asp (Install Impulse AND use serial above). Download2 is update.
Download 2 : http://dl4.stardock.com/download.aspx?d1=uNJHWSL9GC5v5Lhf1jEku8sLu0vMGvOGBqzVTXi5SYD8QKaIZ5ij2g%3D%3D
Serial number: Key number deleted
Product Name : Stardock Central Component Manager
Download : http://sd.stardock.com/sdcentral_setup.exe
=--------------------------------------------------------------------=
**If there are no serial numbers listed in this email, we have no products
registered to this email address. Email sales@stardock.com with any
questions.
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What the hell is going on here? i am not some clueless monky with no technical knowledge and yet even i could not decipher how the hell i was supposed to get this game working
I am really angry that your product has wasted my entire evening and that i have wasted money repurchasing a game purtely to play an expansion that does not work.
Tim
