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Pre-load and release information

Post by CBJ » Mon, 11. Nov 13, 17:19

So, it's time to give people some information about installing and activating your game on Steam.

• If you have ordered a Steam edition of the game and already have your Steam key, then, as many of you have already found out, you can start pre-loading now. We still have a few things to upload, such as videos and voice recordings that are still being finalised, so the pre-load will continue to update over the next few days. The final update when the switch is flicked to release the game should be just a few MB.

• Talking of flicking the switch, our plan is to do so at midday 12:00 GMT/UTC on the 15th. You'll have to work out your own timezone differences for that! I know nobody will take any notice of this, but please be aware that that is an estimate and there are various factors, not all under our control, that could lead to it changing.

• For those of you who have ordered a boxed edition, if you receive your game before the release date then you can also pre-load the game by activating your Steam key - you'll find it in the box - using the Steam client. You cannot, however, pre-install the game using the DVD before release.

Notice to those who have bought the DVD but who cannot, or do not wish to, pre-load the game directly from Steam:
Once the game is released the Steam client will need to download and add approximately 1.5GB of data in addition to what is on the DVD before you can play. Again, this additional data consists mainly of videos and voice recordings which were not ready at the time the DVD was manufactured. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

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Post by Vandragorax » Mon, 11. Nov 13, 17:22

Great info thanks, perhaps this needs to be stickied for people to (hopefully) pay more attention to it? :)

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Post by Legionnaire » Mon, 11. Nov 13, 17:23

*Does a happy dance*

Thank you for this info, now to hope i can get some effective pain relief from my doctor for a long weekend of playing. current medication is no longer cutting it unfortunately.

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Post by veronique » Mon, 11. Nov 13, 17:26

Thanks CBJ, do you know if the non-CE boxed edition comes with a manual?

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Post by BlueSabor » Mon, 11. Nov 13, 17:28

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Post by marshb » Mon, 11. Nov 13, 17:29

Thanks for the info and heres to egosoft having a smooth launch day. Cheers!

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Post by Fraxture » Mon, 11. Nov 13, 17:35

Wooty Woots Woot!!!

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Post by BurnIt! » Mon, 11. Nov 13, 17:39

veronique wrote:Thanks CBJ, do you know if the non-CE boxed edition comes with a manual?
Yes, the regular boxed edition also comes with a manual.
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Post by Mauzi! » Mon, 11. Nov 13, 17:45

Thank you for this info, makes me feel warm and fuzzy already !

And 1.5GB extra download for my boxed version doesn't sound too bad at all, provided that steam is working properly despite the run. ;)

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Re: Pre-load and release information

Post by wizaerd » Mon, 11. Nov 13, 18:03

CBJ wrote: • Talking of flicking the switch, our plan is to do so at midday 12:00 GMT/UTC on the 15th. You'll have to work out your own timezone differences for that! I know nobody will take any notice of this, but please be aware that that is an estimate and there are various factors, not all under our control, that could lead to it changing.
If I'm reading this correctly, 12:00 UTC is 5AM for me in Arizona... (please let this be true...) woot woot...

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Post by giskard » Mon, 11. Nov 13, 18:25

All exactly as I was expecting... I also expect backlash from people with disks who own disks because they hate downloading from steam. To be honest why they include disks in the box version when they end up downloading from steam anyway is a mystery to me.

Times.

12:00 GMT is midday in the UK.

And is.

13:00 in France and Germany I believe.
04:00 (4 am) on the West Coast of the USA.
07:00 (7 am) on the East Coast of the USA.

And i believe its 11pm the day before in parts of Australia.

For the record, some times Steam is an hour late with releases but I have never known them to be early.
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Post by Saquavin » Mon, 11. Nov 13, 18:37

http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/

13:00 for me.
Time to think about friday afternoon : I will not go to work :D (fortunately I'm my own boss)
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Post by Legionnaire » Mon, 11. Nov 13, 18:39

giskard wrote:All exactly as I was expecting... I also expect backlash from people with disks who own disks because they hate downloading from steam. To be honest why they include disks in the box version when they end up downloading from steam anyway is a mystery to me.

Because if you know how to do it, you can install to steam from disk, without having to download everything.

And here's how it is done.

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_art ... -FSQM-0382


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Post by Mauzi! » Mon, 11. Nov 13, 18:43

Saquavin wrote:Time to think about friday afternoon : I will not go to work :D
That's when your doc diagnoses you the wide-spread X illness, which leaves you incapable of working for days and nights !

That's one of those space epidemics that randomly occurs every few years whenever Egosoft provides a new virulent game. ;)

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Post by Nosscar » Mon, 11. Nov 13, 18:47

Here guys, put your country in here to convert for your time. best site I have found for this.

http://www.worldtimeserver.com/convert_ ... &h=12&mn=0
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Post by Saquavin » Mon, 11. Nov 13, 18:48

Mauzi! wrote: That's one of those space epidemics that randomly occurs every few years whenever Egosoft provides a new virulent game. ;)
I have never missed a job day for a game release...
But THIS !

Will be awesome ;)

COBRASTEVE wrote:...
You skipped mine ! Shame ;)

PS : what time for you ? :oops:

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Post by Nosscar » Mon, 11. Nov 13, 18:57

Saquavin wrote:
COBRASTEVE wrote:...
You skipped mine ! Shame ;)

PS : what time for you ? :oops:
Yes sorry, yours went up as I was still looking. I am in the UK. So same as Germany (GMT) so 12:00 mid day for me.
If it gets delivered early, as my posty doesn't come until after 2pm.
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Post by Kazzel » Mon, 11. Nov 13, 19:08

Now we just need to know when they are able to send out the boxed CE version !!!

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Post by shea » Mon, 11. Nov 13, 19:21

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