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[quote]Edit: You should try to get 1.05 patch, that is available as an offline download. https://www.sinsofasolarempire.com/update I tried and it still asks for my serial number, I enter it and get the internal error message.[/quote] Hmm, that's a bit strange.. I can't remember what I did (was quite some time back). Send an email to [email protected] with your serial no, and ask them what's up with that. If you provide proof of purchase (

[quote who="TAIK0" reply="13" id="2024389"]I wanted to see what all the different vessals, including Caps where, as well as all the stuff in the tech tress. So once I had the Pirate Planet totally pinned I went and did other things until I had a huge resource boom. Then I just mucked around. Lots of fun in the end working out what does what I still need to check out lots of other buttons ingame, like auto place etc.. Plaiyng TEC seemed to be easier than Advent. I might try to get the hang of

[quote who="TAIK0" reply="7" id="2024316"]Thks for all the help. I just won my first 1v1 SP, took me six hours. In the end I just scouted until I found the pirate planet then started expanding around it. I used a trade beacon to draw them to one planet first, then just took over the planets surrounding the pirates and pinned them in, with heavily fortified planets, didn't even need to have a fleet to kill them in the end, hangers and turrets cleaned then up. Its just a little strange that the

[quote]1. Pirates: Raid after raid after raid after raid. Why? Can you disable this bloody game mecahnic because it really is killing any type of enjoyment I have for this game. I've read up on a number of strategies and still no joy. I've tried scouting for their base and never can find it, so I don't know where they are coming from. I build Cap ship first (Advent) but it can not go up against a fleet of 10+ pirates which is the ave number I get on a raid. This alone is killing the game for

[quote]I installed Sins and Entrenchment and when I went to uninstall, I could uninstall entrenchment just fine (using the Windows XP - Control Panel- Add/Remove Programs method) but when I tried to uninstall Sins nothing would happen.[/quote] That's because Entrenchment is installed on top of sins, and by uninstalling Entrenchment, you've also uninstalled Sins. This is primarily because at the moment there is no way to "roll back" an E

[quote]That makes absolutely no sense. I've played hundreds of PC titles and I've never seen one that hides your saves in a hidden and obscure directory. For reference, the folder is actually C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire[/quote] Actually, as a Windows dev myself, one of the biggest reasons why stuff is saved to this folder (often called the APP_DATA directory by my colleagues) is more likely due to

[quote]But, if you are tied up fighting elsewhere, you have to tie up resources building defenses on whatever planet they are going to attack... [/quote] I've seen the AI put bounty on my head, and then when the pirates attack me, the AI fleet jumps in and attacks the same planet. So, on the whole, I think building planetary defenses where pirates are known to attack makes perfect sense. It will either handle pirates for you "blindly" or if there is a lot going on, delay the pirate at

[quote]What can I do to shorten things up a bit? Are there any mods anyone recommends that will not change the gameplay totally, but speed things along just a little?[/quote] It's OK, the first couple of games are long as it takes a while to get used to it.. once you get more exp, you'll be bashing small maps wi one AI in under 30 min.. :) [quote]I've noticed in a lot of pictures for these mods, a lot of players have a very very shortened UI, giving them a much larger empire

[quote who="Howdidudothat" reply="4" id="2014259"]OK, let me repeat: NO MATTER WHO PAUSES THE GAME, ANYONE CAN UNPAUSE IT.[/quote] Can you pause a thread? [e digicons];)[/e]

I diagree with the OP.. Pirates are fine the way they are.. 1. Make sure you have planetary defenses. 3-5 Repair Bays + 3-5 Hangers arranged in a self protecting manner will last a long time against pirates. If you have another 2-3 frigs + 2-3 LRMs, you can almost ignore the pirate raid completely. And if nothing else, such planetary defenses are useful against other enemies too, so why wouldn't anyone deploy such things? 2. Pirate raids are predictable, both in timing and in

Ha ha! I've never noticed this before, good observation! :) I do know that the AI never (?) scuttles structures. So, factoring this into the strategy, whack AI planets but leave their asteroids. If you've done a good job, then AI is left with a couple of asteroids, some R&D Labs (or something) and no frig factories.. I've noticed that the AI has tons of money/etc, so if it were a human player, then the human would scuttle their labs/etc and build plain old frig factories and rebui

[quote]A used copy of SoaSE does not have the same functionality as a new copy, and that's why a used copy is crippled. Wrong. A used copy of Sins has exactly the same functionality as a new copy - provided that both (used and new) have a valid Impulse and ICO account. Why can't you understand that? It has been stated on this thread countless times. And if the used copy of Sins you bought is incomplete (ie. missing the Impulse account) - well, as they say - caveat emptor and you sh

[quote]So move out of hypothetical in to the real world - What country do you live in? Let us check if in your country ignorance of the law is a valid legal defense (this is the second time I am asking this question). What does it matter whether or not it's a valid legal defense here?[/quote] Geez. Go read the thread starting from post #248 on page 10. epiclulz: "I wonder how many fucking times I've explained this already. Here it comes again: the store had no possi

[quote who="epiclulz" reply="7" id="2005076"] Also, in terms of profit . . they made none from you. That's not what this is about. Don't try to change the subject.[/quote] In the past, when I accused you of changing the topic, you objected greatly and replied in post #222 on page 9 and #238 on page 10. So now, I quote yourself back to you - you are just arbitrarily trying to limit the discussion. Stop trying to dictate the terms of the discussion. Furthermore,

[quote]I would say that it is playable as designed off the CD. I would say it is not crippled. And I would say that you're either lying or delusional. Again, the game cannot be updated, upgraded or played online. It is crippled.[/quote] Crippling? Here's some examples for you: If you used some other famous DRM protection scheme for some other famous game (which I shall not mention here), you can't even play single player if you do not have an Internet connection, l

[quote]I'm pretty sure that ignorance of the law is not a defense in your country - and that is not hypothetical. I don't live in North Korea, and it was my example that was hypothetical.[/quote] So move out of hypothetical in to the real world - What country do you live in? Let us check if in your country ignorance of the law is a valid legal defense (this is the second time I am asking this question).

[quote who="The_Regicide" reply="6" id="2001220"] Quoting Zubaz, reply 5...it's just a mater of time before Godwin's law goes into effect. I think epiclulz believes he was wronged by Stardock. Stardock is from the USA. This is dangerous. The last time someone thought he was wronged by a nation or a religion, Hitler happened. There, the probability is now 1.[/quote] Err, I think you just invoked Quirk's Exception: Intentional invocation of this so-calle

[quote]You have adamantly argued that you are not a troll, and yet when people talk about trolls, you say that they are actually talking about you. Geez, make up your mind, do you want to be a troll or not? That doesn't even make any sense. If people are accusing me of trolling and I acknowledge that they are doing so and post a counter-argument, it means that I'm admitting that I'm a troll? What? [/quote] When people accuse you of being a troll, you demand proof and r

[quote]You posted: Personally, I think it is a bit of a mental excercise to debate against someone who 1. always wants to have the last word, and 2. is always right. You were clearly implying that I shouldn't try to have the last word (translation: I should stop posting) and that I shouldn't try to be right (translation: I should admit that you're right and immediately cease arguing).[/quote] Geez, did I even mention your name? In fact, that post wasn't even targetted

[quote]but as with many used products out there (in general--and as time goes on this will apply to software more and more), a used product is not going to give you the same value as a new one. That's because you have arbitrarily and artificially lowered the value of SoaSE as a used product. You deliberately made that decision. [/quote] So? It is SD/IC's product/software, so it is up to SD/IC to decide the terms/conditions of how the software can be used. Since when di

This is fun! Maybe if we all keep this up, we can reach like post #500 or something! I know epiclulz won't stop, right? Kewl!

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[quote]What friend? People keep telling me about this mysterious friend I supposedly have, but I have no idea who he is. I don't know who previously owned the game, I bought it second hand from a store.[/quote] What store? People keep telling me about this mysterious store that sells second hand copies of SOASE, but I have no idea what store it is. I don't know what store it is, I'm still wondering where one can by it second hand from a store. [quote]I wonder how many

[quote]We were not talking about energy sources for cars, we were talking about warning labels, and the poster simply assumed for the purposes of his argument that cars run on gas. Obviously there need not be a warning label on a car stating that it needs gas to work since everyone knows they need it, just like they know that a refridgerator requires electricity. It's such elementary and common knowledge that there's no need to mention it.[/quote] First, in the beginning of this threa

[quote]By demanding the other person to stop posting, are you not in fact trying to have the last word? By demanding the other person to stop arguing against you, are you not in fact trying to force your way into being right?[/quote] Since when did I ask anyone to stop posting or stop arguing? [quote]You know someone has utterly lost when their only remaining line of defense is accusing the opposition of trolling (without any evidence, naturally) and demanding them to concede