But what happen if someday internet die? Will i get refund? Will Jesus save us all?

And what happen with my old CD-ROM and floppy disk games which not work anymore because they too old and the companies not exist anymore? Can i buy insurance from you for when it die? HAAAAAAA

I would suggest contacting support, as your Stardock games should be on your Stardock account.

https://store.stardock.com/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=/myaccount/products

For all we know preorders will done be done on Steam, so if you value having it on steam more then getting access to the beta you might not want preorder/cancel your preorder unless they say that it will be transferable. As Island Dog said, for now the only place where you'll be able to download/patch the Rebellion is the Stardock store.

Edit: It would be nice to be able to use the Stardock store or website to download and update Sins instead of Impulse, but it seems that isn't an option for whatever reason.

Sorry my tone might have been too harsh.

Here is my point: I bought my Stardock games through impulse when it was a Stardock company (I do understand that it is a separate company, but it was still the same group). Stardock sells the company to Gamestop and now I have to deal with a company I didn't want to deal with. For various reasons that I'm not getting into here, I simply do not trust Gamestop. 

Because of this sale I have no choice but to continue using a service I don't want to use if I want to play/download/update my games.

I'm sure people will have similar complaints about Steam or Origin etc. but my beef is with Gamestop. I wanted to deal with Stardock, but now they made it impossible for me to do so. 

I hope that is a more clear statement.

In other news, the release on Steam seems to have boosted the ICO online player counts for Diplomacy.  I don't know if the increase is due to brand new players or older players who have renewed interest.  It also increased membership in the Steam group I created to promote ICO and online multiplayer:

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SinsOnline

Bombeross - You can download the latest full version directly from us and in the very near future will be able to get patches that way too. 

It's not silly at all, in fact, that's been the recommendation from Stardock from the very beginning.  If you don't like Impulse, you can always uninstall it and it will have no adverse effects on your game.  As I noted though, if you want the patches, you'll need to hang onto it.  (At least until the new SDC is released to the general public.)

If you don't want those types of answers, don't ask those types of questions. 

They are in my account, but most of them say: Please use Impulse to register your serial number and download this software.

Are there plans to allow us to download these directly from Stardock?  If so, that would be awesome.

OK after reading and trying different things and deleting and reinstalling the game I finally got it to run.

The problem was the instructions on the stardock activation page dont tell you to change the name of the file you have to plug into the stardock folder. (duh)

 In case anyone else is having the same problem as me (basically you arent really computer savvy and didnt notice this because you followed the instructions to the letter)  here is how I got the game running:

1.  After you download and install the game from steam, when you launch it, the startdock activation window will pop up asking you for your email, stardock acct password and the serial number from the game you are trying to register. ( you can get the serial number by right clicking on the game app in your steam library)

2.  If you dont already have a stardock account make one.  (I already had one since I bought Sins vanilla back when it came out)

After I did this the activation program gives an error message and says it cant communicate with the server.  On my computer it gave a message, opened up the folder with the file you need to upload and then tells you to goto this website:

 http://activate.stardock.com/

3.   Once there, goto this section:

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Website Activation

1. The application will write a file to your documents folder. The name of the file is XX.txt where XX is a number. The folder should open automatically, but if not, the file is located at:
   Vista: C:\Users\[Your Name]\Documents\
   XP: C:\Documents and Settings\[Your Name]\My Documents\
2. Copy the file to a an external device (USB Stick, network drive, CD, iPod, etc.) and take it to a computer that DOES have internet access.
3. Click on the Browse button below and locate the txt file. Select it and choose Open. Then click on Submit.

1. In the colored box below will be a link to download the file (or a message if an error occurred). Right click on the link and select "Save As." Save the file somewhere and transfer it back to the PC you wish to activate the product at.

1. Copy and paste the file to the following directory at the computer you wish to activate the product at:
   C:\ProgramData\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\License\trinity.bin
2. Done! You may re-enable your internet at this time.

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4. You dont need to take the file to a computer without internet access like it says in #2, I did it from my pc I was trying to activate the game on. Just find the XX.txt file in the folder it opens for you and submit it in the form.

5. Once you submit the file  underneath the submit button you will see a link where it says 'Click here to Download'. Save this file to your computer some where.

6. *Here* is what was causing my problem.  The next instructions above say to copy & paste the file into this directory:

C:\ProgramData\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\License\trinity.bin

The problem is the downloaded file is actually named 'sig.bin' not 'trinity.bin'.

I know its an easy mistake and most of you probably already knew this but like I said I'm not computer savvy and following the instructions to the letter it doesnt tell you to rename the file.

So basically rename the file you download before you pop it into the directory and the game will launch.

Sorry for wasting a lot of people's time but I know I'm not the only computer Jerry's kid out there and I want more people to actually play and enjoy this game.

Good Luck!

That is great news. I just really wanted to use your service to begin with. I can accept that my other non-Stardock game purchases are lost to Gamestop, as long as I didn't lose Sins. (it was only a couple of games anyways)

Please forgive my rants, but I really had the impression that because my purchases of Sins were through Impulse, that I couldn't transfer them to you guys.

Too bad about the other games, I'll miss my copy of Mass Effect 2 (maybe steam will put it on for cheap soon...)

that is acceptable. now where do i find a page to download the full game and possibly patches manually.

As far as I know all patches are still managed through Impulse (GameStop now) and will be managed in the future through the new StarDock Central. This is a methodology that I fully support as well.

As now, you can already add sins buy on Stardock store or Impulse to Steam : https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2219-YDJV-5557

This is possible because sins don't require Impulse for launch the game, thank to the no DRM policy of Stardock... It is not a transfer but it will allow your to use the Steam interface for sins...

Once the new Stardock central is done and released, simply use the same method for add it on Steam... The SDC will be the way to update all the Stardock games/application...

I have plenty of game buy on GOG that i have add to steam... for usual use, a single interface for everything... since a lot of these games are old ( and DRM free ), the update problem don't exist...

In the case of sins, add it to Steam... use only Impulse when update/patch is released... soon, for people who don't like Gamestop, there will be a new SDC...

I'm good with not having my Sins from impulse transfer over... in fact I just purchased trinity on Steam because it was worth it for me to do so.

What I am concerned about is my pre-order for Rebellion. I got the discount for owning the other Sins titles, but is that key going to work on Steam since the game is being released when Sins is already on Impulse and Steam? If not, how do I cancel my pre-order, because I am willing to give up said discount to avoid purchasing Rebellion twice.