Before installing Twilight of the Arnor Read This

Published on April 30, 2008 By CariElf In Galactic Civilizations II

Today is Release Day! Yay! I know that you've all been waiting for this day for a long time, but hopefully you'll think that the end result is worth it. We're very happy with it here. Twilight is now available for download! If you have any problems after following these tips, you can hop on irc.stardock.com and we'll try to help you. Anyway, I have a few tips to make sure that that you don't have problems installing the full version of Twilight.

First, update Dark Avatar and Dread Lords if you haven't been keeping them up to date. That way, you won't load up Twilight only to get an annoying pop up.

Second, un-install the beta of Twilight if you have it installed. Check to make sure that the folder and all its contents were removed. This will ensure that you get a clean install should avoid any problems of files not being fully updated, etc.

Third, if you decide to play Dark Avatar or Dread Lords while you wait, make sure that you exit the game before attempting to update any of the modules. Otherwise, the installer may go to update a file only to find that it's been locked by the game and can't be removed.

Fourth, make sure that you remove or rename your My Documents\My Games\GC2TwilightArnor folder so that Twilight can start with a new one. This will avoid any problems due to the custom race xml files not being updated, ship files with old information, etc. Save games from the beta should still load, but you may want to start a new game anyway to be on the safe side.

If you are installing from SDC and you run into problems, go to Tools->Internet Settings and refresh the XML data, then restart SDC. Whether you're installing from SDC or Impulse, make sure that you have the latest version. You can also try switching servers. All updates get posted on US-1 first and then the data has to sync to US-2, so if you start downloading immediately after we post it, your best bet is to be on US-1, but later in the day, US-2 might have less traffic if everyone is trying US-1. If it doesn't show up, you may also need to un-check the Show Pre-Release versions option.

Comments (Page 2)

amer312

on Apr 30, 2008

My download got to 50.2% then stopped. And re-started at 0%!!

I could scream!

*Takes a deep breath*

Lycenae

on Apr 30, 2008

Thanks for the help. Looks like the uninstall/reinstall worked.

Frogboy

on Apr 30, 2008

If you don't do a clean install of Twilight, you'll probably be sorry.

Leo3088

on Apr 30, 2008

I keep getting a message telling me I need to have Administrator Rights to uninstall Twilight on the Arnor. Is this something with Stardock Central or am I dealing with a wacky issue with my laptop.

Glavius

on Apr 30, 2008

I keep getting a message telling me I need to have Administrator Rights to uninstall Twilight on the Arnor. Is this something with Stardock Central or am I dealing with a wacky issue with my laptop.

If your running vista try this. Right click on your stardock central link and select "Run as Administrator" that could help. If your installing through the cd open the cd and find setup.exe (might be install.exe I've got the digital version so I'm not sure) and try running it as an administrator as well.

If neither of those help I'd need more information (you should probably create your own thread).

Leo3088

on Apr 30, 2008

Thanks, that was all I needed. How the heck do they expect you to know all this. I hate Vista/Microsoft/Bill Gates.

Enjoy the Karma

Achronous

on Apr 30, 2008

With Impulse you don't need to do that. Since SDC is older it needs administrator rights in order to do its job. I've actually set mine so that normal click makes it run under admin

saves me an extra click.

Sethar

on Apr 30, 2008

If I purchase a digital download of the expansion, is there an easy way to backup the downloaded file for future re-installation? Or, once its active on my Stardock account will it just re-DL the whole thing if I ever have to reformat?

Asharak

on Apr 30, 2008

Well, it will re-download the whole thing if necessary but there is an easy way to back up your files. I don't know how you do it in Impulse (don't have it) but in Stardock Central you just right-click on the item you want to back up and there's an "Archive Application" option. It creates a single file that you can then burn to a CD/DVD, if you wish. If you need to reinstall, start SDC, go to File --> Restore Archive and point it to that file.

- Ash

CariElf

on Apr 30, 2008

You can archive your installation and then copy the archive files to a CD or DVD for a quick re-install, but you can always download it from us again. If you'd like to archive your files, it's as simple as right clicking on the application logo in Impulse and choosing Archive Application.

CommanderGizmo

on Apr 30, 2008

This works in Impulse too. Right clicking on things tends to be the only way to get access to the advanced options such as archiving.

Franco fx

on Apr 30, 2008

Well....Impulse did not offer an uninstall option for the beta after updating.

No matter it seems to have installed fine. I did read this in time to rename the options folder

MindFlaw

on Apr 30, 2008

Hopefully installing after deleting everything works.

I had the download up for the last 30minutes or so downloading at almost 600kb/sec
The install went to 100% 4-5 times and kept restarting.

Besterp12

on Apr 30, 2008

Poping in to thank you for this post. When I first tried to update, the installer kept downloading the file over and over. It took me a while to notice that becase I'm used to starting downloads then ignoring them for a while. I kept looking back and kept seeing that it wasn't done yet, but that it was going at 1800KB/s. I was thinking it was a large file until the next time I looked the percentage had gone down. Then I pulled up the site and saw this post in the side bar. So if you had several downloads from my IP, sorry.

All fixed now. I should have thought to at least uninstall it on my own.

Puglord

on Apr 30, 2008

Does the archiving set itself up as an ISO image burn to disk, or does it back itself up in an encrypted Impulse format, meaning that Impulse needs to be installed first? I kinda like being able to burn archives to an old skool CD install state, for when I go for a 'spring clean' and wipe the whole hard drive.

There also doesn't seem to be any mention of the download size of Arnor or bundled pack. Anyone able to tell me the size of the downloads? Thanks.

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