Wow, figures gamestop would get rid of all the features the old impulse had. If you have the game already installed on your PC I would try going to MyGames, the little tools button, and detect application, and hope you can get a way to input your code once you get it on my games.

I found this on the gamestop forums.

I don't think it would, but I don't know where else to go to, as clearly gamestop isn't taking it anymore. Currently you can download Sins trinity from the stardock site but not the individual parts, we were told that would change when their new app is out of beta and to keep using gamestop for now. Seems those that already registered are fine but I honestly have no idea where to submit new registrations, you'll probably have to email stardock.

Yes I was wondering about that too... I was worried Stardock got bought out by THQ (or perhaps given THQ's current situation vice versa) for a minute there.

I too have been having this problem and I honestly have no idea how to fix it. I followed everyone's directions to the point of the Gamestop Forum post and was then lost. I have been playing the game for awhile now (probably about 2 years) and just recently bought Entrenchment (I'm slow, don't judge) and I have installed it off of the Gamestop App, but whenever I try to use the new DLC features, they aren't there.

Is this because I have to update? And if so, I can't. I get the same error sentence said by Spectre009 and am clueless as I haven't used either of the Stardock Central or Gamestop App prior to this.

Thanks!

P.S. My Sins-Version is 1.193.078

Are you sure you're running the Entrenchment file instead of the normal Sins shortcut. The DLC doesn't get added to the base game, you run it as a separate game basically.

"Send an email to support@stardock.com and we'll straighten things out for you."

This didn't help. All that was replied was an auto-response message and where it led still didn't help.

Alright, thank you.

I'm currently in this boat as well. I've had the original sins since it came out, and entrenchment. Had a major crash with computer (Lost EVERYTHING) and reinstalled the game. Can't update the base game. Finally got entrenchment installed. Had the SDActivate.exe problem... navigated to the root folder for the game, found Activate.exe, copied the file, pasted it right into the same place, then renamed the copy SDActivate.exe.... it worked like a charm. Hope at least that part helps you guys out.

I am having the exact same problem here.  Exactly, I have copied and pasted my reg number into gamestop and stardock and stardock shows invalid reg code....i just want to update my retail box game that has been in a box for 3 years.....what gives

Hello, 

 I have the same problem.

I bought sins of a solar empire game of the year edition . It is the version 1.165, the game was offered with a french magazine "PCjeux" 

the game is registered on stardock, in my account it says that it is for a digital copy of the game and that i need to install gamestop app to download the game.

  I did everything it said:

create an account on stardock, register the game, create an account on gamestop with the same id and password, downloaded  gamestop app but i installed the game with my cd cause i didn't find a way to download with gamestop.

on gamestop it says that there is an update available but i can't update because gamestop says:  "you have not yet entered a product code for this product. registering the product is required to download updates. please register this product with the gamestop app and try again."

I would like but there is no way to register with it.

 I also have stardock central but it's always empty.

  So, what? did i just lost my money and my time with this game? 

I have already send a mail to support@stardock.com, so wait and see.

Edit: the support said that the game doesn't and will never work with gamestop. they gave me link to download a standalone version of the game with the latest update. So, problem solved.