Question about SDC and moving PC's

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Hi Everyone,

I regually re-image my PC for performance reasons (SupCom and Crysis make my 8800 GTS cry), can I use an archive of Gal Civ made through SDC from the previous OS and install it on the new OS when logged into SDC using the account it was registered under?

This would help as in australia we have rediculously low bandwith limits (AU$60 for 20 GB), low download speeds from the US and freight of the CD's cost almost as much a TA itself.

Thanks
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
20GB is not a bandwidth limit - it is a space limit.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
You can reinstall from the archive you make as many times as you want. It's unclear to me as to whether you can simply use your old sig.bin file for registration purposes. You may have to reactivate the program, depending on what Stardock looks for when your setup changes.

-HM
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Thanks HM

Activation, I don't have so much of a problem with (I do in principal but that's for another thread).

The point is if I can move the Archive file (.sdc) between machines (complete re-install of MS Windows is basically a different machine as far as software is concerned) it saves me from re downloading them again given my DL limits (technically its not storage either, its a cap on throughput based on number of bytes I have already downloaded).

I can activate over dial up if need be. Activation is mere bytes per time, not hundreds of MB's, so it's not activation that is my issue.

Cheers.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I don't even think you have to reactivate it. I believe you only need to do that to download the updates. But if you've archived the latest version, you won't need updates, and it should work as soon as you restore it.

-HM
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
20GB is not a bandwidth limit - it is a space limit.
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Many ISPs (especially outside the US) have quotas on how much you can download per month. I used to be on a fixed long-range wifi ISP that had a 5GB/mo cap (ugh). Overage is usually capped to a lower speed or just charged at a ridiculous rate.
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Anyone using Hughesnet satellite also has a download limit. Mine is 350 megs/day. :( There is a grace period each day; it is from 3-6 am eastern time. So, to download TA, at 347 megs, I had to wait until 2am, my time, to keep from eating my bandwidth for the day. Totally worth it, but still annoying.