Sins of a solar empire - unusually low hardware requirements

1) For those of you who pre-ordered:

If you pre-ordered the game but were NOT in the beta tomorrow afternoonish, Eastern Standard Time, the orders will begin to be processed. There are thousands of pre-orders to be processed so it will take some time. Here's the insta-answer to this question "I haven't received my email yet!" answer: It hasn't been sent to you yet. The pre-orders should complete being processed by 8pm EST. If you haven't received an email, then check your various spam filters. Otherwise, go HERE, type in your email and it should email you all info we have on you.

2) Get Stardock Central

To download the game, you will need Stardock Central. Your email will include instructions on creating a Stardock.net account (that's the account you use to logon to this website and post and such). If you want to get a head start, you can go here.

3) If you had a beta version

If you were one of the beta testers, first, thank you for your help! Sometime tomorrow afternoon v1.01 will appear on Stardock Central. That is the latest version. You will need to uninstall your existing beta first.

4) If you are buying it at a store

Once you install it and have it running, you will need to update to v1.01 to play on-line. Click on the "update game" button on the main menu and you'll be taken to where you can download the v1.01 patch. The patch is only 11 megs so don't worry.

5) If you are downloading the full game

We have leased some mega-super-duper high speed lines for the launch week. It should (better) download really REALLY fast regardless of how many people are buying.

6) If you are going to play multiplayer

If you are behind a router, you will need to make sure that port 6112 forwards to your machine. If you're doing a LAN game just make sure you have Windows Firewall either disabled or set up to allow Sins to work on it. Also: Be aware that if you have a slow machine, that multiplayer runs at the speed of the slowest machine in the game. So while the game will play fine on that 4 year old PC, you may want to think twice about joining a 10-person multiplayer game. It'll run but you won't be popular.

7) If you do have an older machine

Make sure you update your video drivers. Don't do what I did with my ATI 9800 and assume that my drivers were fine. They weren't. Same on audio drivers. Before you report garbled or stuttering or whatever sound, make sure they're up to date.

8) IF you run into a problem

Make sure you read the sticky threads before posting. Odds are, there is a common problem that pops up, we'll post a sticky post with a solution.

9) If you have a good machine

Go to the "Effects" option and turn up the graphics option. Make sure you get the full Sins experience graphically. The defaults are conservative.

10) If all else fails

Take a deep breath. Relax. We WILL take care of you. Whether it be with your order, your PC, getting multiplayer to work, making sure you get the right package, etc. Don't worry. [email protected] can take care of most problems. On launch day, the fastest way to get support will be the forums because we're all hanging out here. But remember to look up the sticky posts
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Yep i remember those days Manbread!

I've downloaded stardock and using it now , don't see any problems... If you preorder it Manbread + collectors edition which is about £35. You can download it digitaly and wait for the box delivery i believe
 
Duff-Man said:
You should have read the text you quoted in your last post :p

They say it will take take time to sort out all the orders, and give a link to get email progress updates.
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The excitement got the better of me , buggers downloading it now grrr :D:D
 
Jeeva said:
I bought it day before yesterday in a drunken spate of debit card draining fun.
Don't think I've got the link yet though- Neil, you mean you're now downloading it? I thought it wasn't released for another 6 hours?
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I'm not downloading it , but some people are even though its not due for release yet... Think its for the people who preordered very early on

Anyhoo

http://www.bkorion.dk/sins/Final-v1.1/sins-final-v1.1-part1.wmv

Part 1 of the final gameplay video
 
Jongo said:
hang on its been released!!?!?!
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The People that preordered over a few weeks ago, (I think before or around Beta 4 begin) already got their CD Serials/Keys for the beta. Those that have only preordered recently don't have Key's yet, you just need to wait for them to email them, they are processing them all now I think, at most you will have to wait a few hours. (I think they said it should all be done by 8PM EST).
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:)
 
Spong92 said:
Just bought it with my Paypal account and got the code and the download link instantly :D Shall be playing this tonight!
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Damn you :mad:


Azagoth said:
So where, apart from Stardock, can we pick this up from?
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Unless you live in the states i don't think its out for awhile in the uk , best bet is to preorder it with the collectors edition. Then you get the download and the collectors box will be delivered to you at some point.
 
gord said:
Im pretty close to ordering, will i be playing tonight? 8pm EST is like five hours behind so thats quite late..

Whats the major selling point?
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Maybe , i ordered it early afternoon and still no key , just an email saying that my order was accepted.. :(

For me..

No Protection
Constant support and updates
Graphically amazing X4 strategy / RTS
Only £22 or so digital download
 
Jongo said:
can anyone post the minimum specs and the reccomended specs? defo will be picking this up just depends if my computer can run it with its dying graphics card :p

also how big is the actual download?

also will there be a download resuming system? because i dunno if i will be able to do it in one night?

Thanks
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Minimum Requirements:

* Windows XP SP2 / Windows Vista
* 1.8 GHz Single-Core Processor
* 512 MB RAM (1 GB for Windows Vista)
* 128 MB DirectX 9 3D Video Card (Radeon 9600 / GeForce FX 6600 and above)
* DirectX 9.0c Compatible Sound Card
* DVD-ROM Drive
* 3 GB Hard Drive Space
* Keyboard and Mouse
* DirectX 9.0c

Recommended Requirements:

* 2.2 GHz Dual- or Quad-Core Processor
* 1 GB RAM (2 GB for Windows Vista)
* 256 MB DirectX 9 3D Video Card (Radeon X1600 / GeForce 7600 and above)

You can run it on a 9800pro , smoothly but gfx turned down :D

Download size - 1GB thereabouts

No idea soz
 
Duff-Man said:
First impressions of the game are that it's on a larger scale than I anticipated, but looks like it's got plenty of scope. The visuals aren't that great even with everything whapped right up, and I can see why it will run well on a lower-end machine. .
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9) If you have a good machine
Go to the "Effects" option and turn up the graphics option. Make sure you get the full Sins experience graphically. The defaults are conservative.

Did you do that , if you did ignore this post :)
 
Duff-Man said:
The serial is IN that email.

Look further down, there's a section that reads like this:



Product Name : Sins of a Solar Empire (Digital Download Preorder)
User Name : ****
Email : ***
Serial Number : *****-*****-*****-*****-*****-*****
Download : [ link ]
Download2 : [ another link ]
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This is what i got

Thank you for your order. Your order has been accepted and is being processed.

Your order number is - XXX XXX blah blah
Your order was submitted on - XXX XXX
 
Is kinda fustrating though and its annoyed a lot of other people , i preordered it early afternoon as to get it early... For people to hit BUY NOW and get it instantly before the people who preordered well

Few swear words :D
 
Well im not waiting any longer going to get it another way , ive payed for the damn thing anyway and should've recieved it ages ago. Once i get my key i will be able to patch e.t.c
 
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