Sins of a solar empire - unusually low hardware requirements

Neil79 · 4 Feb 2008 at 17:45

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?

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 · 4 Feb 2008 at 17:50

hang on its been released!!?!?!

Caustic · 4 Feb 2008 at 18:00

Looking forward to getting this. I might wait for at least one review tho'. It looks like my ideal game.

Neil79 · 4 Feb 2008 at 18:01

Jongo said:
hang on its been released!!?!?!

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).

Spong92 · 4 Feb 2008 at 18:06

Just bought it with my Paypal account and got the code and the download link instantly

Shall be playing this tonight!

Azagoth · 4 Feb 2008 at 18:11

So where, apart from Stardock, can we pick this up from?

Jongo · 4 Feb 2008 at 18:15

awsome

Neil79 · 4 Feb 2008 at 18:25

Spong92 said:
Just bought it with my Paypal account and got the code and the download link instantly Shall be playing this tonight!

Damn you

Azagoth said:
So where, apart from Stardock, can we pick this up from?

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 · 4 Feb 2008 at 18:32

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?

Neil79 · 4 Feb 2008 at 18:35

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?

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 · 4 Feb 2008 at 18:38

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

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

Duff-Man · 4 Feb 2008 at 18:42

Well I bought online through stardock a couple of hours ago (download only, no hardcopy), and it was available to play as soon as it was downloaded. The download speed was good; 600kb/s ish, and it installed without a hitch. Can't complain.

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. That said I don't really care about the graphics if the gameplay is good

Looks promising.

Neil79 · 4 Feb 2008 at 18:43

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

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

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

Download size - 1GB thereabouts

No idea soz

Neil79 · 4 Feb 2008 at 18:44

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. .

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 · 4 Feb 2008 at 18:45

Neil79 said:
Maybe , i ordered it early afternoon and still no key , just an email saying that my order was accepted..

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 ]

Duff-Man · 4 Feb 2008 at 18:46

Neil79 said:
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

Of course!

The first thing I ever do when I get a new game is whack all the settings to max and see how it runs

Nieldo · 4 Feb 2008 at 18:50

Very tempted to buy this, just sold a load of stuff on ebay so my paypal account currently has £££ in it

.

Might wait for some reviews from sites and users before buying.

one question, how long does a typical game last?

Neil79 · 4 Feb 2008 at 18:51

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 ]

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

speeduk · 4 Feb 2008 at 19:16

Neil79 said:
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

Same here no serial as it said the payment hadnt been taken yet (processed)

Neil79 · 4 Feb 2008 at 19:17

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