Did you update the game to 1.04?

If you ask a bit nicer, and keep the hysterics to a minimum, chances are more people will be willing to help.

-HM

In the graphics options, under the resolution selection there's a check box to run the game windowed. It will make it easy to see if anything pops up in the background.

Windows has its own built in firewall type of thing, so it can ask for permission to allow a program you're running to connect to the 'net.

I would say this is the most likely scenario.

I can understand if you're frustrated, and I am sorry about that. But if you would like help from others (remember, most people who post here are just game players like you, and not affiliated with Stardock or Ironclad), yelling about it won't help much. After all, I don't personally have much to lose if your game doesn't work, and I get more satisfaction from helping people that are even tempered. I have to help enough people daily at my office who aren't nice, but at least I'm getting paid for that!

Fortunately there are people like Annatar around, who love helping people even if they're smarmy.

-HM

Kryo sounds right. This is a standard issue.  If you are unable to find the windowed mode option, I have an easy shortcut for you.  Press CTRL+Shift+Tab.  Move your window out of the way and look for that nasty little firewall pop up and confirm that everything ok.  You might get a few of these, depending on your program. After that just CTRL+Shift+Tab yourself back into the game and join us on ICO!

Ah, but he works for Stardock. It pays for him to be nice.

-HM

You're welcome However:



Actually isn't true for the forums I know you're new to the forums, but the community here is a bit different in that even though you won't be disciplined by the moderators for rudeness (unless it becomes a major habit), it's pretty frowned upon by the general community. It's fairly common here to see rude posts get flamed a bit. You should also understand that while it may be your first post and you feel justified in your tone, those of us who've been on the forums for months see this a lot, and we have different tolerances for it. It's worse, usually, when the problem is user-side and they go off ranting about how Sins/IC/SD sucks (and believe me, there were posts way worse than yours about stuff that wasn't their fault ). So, it gets tiring when you keep seeing it over and over to the point where some are pretty much ready to say screw it

Not bashing you, just explaining how the community became shaped

Look I'm not here to drag this on. However your asinine response has just compelled me to answer to your arrogant shit.

Apologize for what? I don't have anything to apologize. Absolutely nothing to apologize. I came here to ask a simple question and your arrogant self came in with a condenscending remark. You come to me with some stereotype that I'm just some uneducated person who dosen't know anything. Well, let me give you a little bit of advice. Just because people ask questions does not make them dumb. As a matter of fact people that ask questions are the ones that acutally have the better opportunity to expand their knowledge on whatever subject they are interested in. Therefore don't patronize me with your stupid quotes. I did not ask for your response.

Again consider why such a game such as Sins of A Solar Empire sold a lot of games and when you go online to play against others it only has 200 people at the maximum? Consider why other RTS games, such as Age of Empires, Starcraft, C&C, Supreme Commander and others have way more members in its forums and more people playing online? Why? Because when people come to the forums, they don't have to worry about arrogant @SSholes such as yourself come in with condenscending remarks.

Hopefully, I learned something? Learn what. You the one that needs to learn something. Leran how to communicate. Get a book on communication and see how you address people. And learn how to take criticism. Just because some guy who comes in maybe a "noob" on a game does not make him dumb.

Get off your high horse before someone your run into has the gall to break the legs of your horse and you come tumbling down.

Well, looks like everyone can play the game  - thats what really matters

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