Fistalis

[quote who="Tydorius" reply="28" id="2890650"] But anyway, glad to hear you've got it running on one computer. Is the second computer 64 bit? If so maybe you could just copy the winsxs folder contents from one to the other using your pre-windows permission work around.[/quote] THIS!

Not sure of your exact criteria for the list, games we purchased in the last year? Games we played in the last year? Only games that were released in the last year? etc My criteria.. purchased in the last year or so. E: War of Magic: C The Guild2 renaissance : C+ Arma 2 AO : B+ played for the first time in the last year but did not purchase. Gal civ 2: C CIV V: C- (I don't play alot of n

[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="1" id="2890621"]Hmmm, Rulers of Nations looks good...might have to add that to the large list of discounted Impulse games I have been buying.[/quote] Let me know how it is.. I was tempted by it.. but the lack of depth in troops/wars made me wary. Seems these types of games always get either the peaceful side right or the war side right but never both. for example. Supreme Ruler 2020. war is great.. espionage/diplomacy/politics etc is lackin

[quote who="Riley_Kadin" reply="26" id="2890622"] Well, when I finally managed to cheat my way past Windows and rename the folder, it caused Windows to crash on startup. I rolled it back to my restore point, and it's all fine now... I've also installed Elemental on my other computer and have it updating now... no errors during the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 install on that one, so it looks like it's gonna work.[/quote] Happy to hear that. Although it sucks you couldn't get it work

[quote]As I said, the only difference between the two is Impulse client is not required to run a game.[/quote] Which is a huge difference if you actually read the SSA. Steam pretty much becomes the gate keeper and god of your games. Since the impulse client isn't required to run and install impulse holds no power over you playing your games. And you wanna throw out the term fanboi.. yet you ignore the fact that requiring a 3rd party client is A HUGE difference, seems to me your a

[quote]Then try to reinstall C++ 2005 sp1 . Make a restore point prior to this though, just in case there's an issue with the renaming.[/quote] edit bolded for clarity. This actually sounds like the easiest solution to fix the corrupt VC80. It being corrupt was probably the root cause but I was working under the assumption it wasn't there [e digicons]x_x[/e] That being said i'm certain that resolving that will fix your issue. </p

[quote who="Riley_Kadin" reply="14" id="2889942"] Ugh, I seem to be getting another error when trying to install the C++ 2005 redistributable: "Error 1935.An error occurred during the installation of assembly 'Microsoft.VC80.CRT,type="win32",version="8.0.50727.4053",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",processorArchitecture="amd64". Please refer to Help and Support for more information. That can't be good. EDIT: more specifically, the ATL update.

[quote who="Riley_Kadin" reply="11" id="2889924"] Ah, here's the thing about those suggestions; I'm running 64-bit Vista on an x64 processor, so most x86 versions won't work.[/quote] Same deal just get the X64 versions instead. <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=eb4ebe2d-33c0-4a47-9dd4-b9a6

Not sure really.. but my reliance on google pointed to this for Vista 32 bit users and this issue. *EDIT seems you need to make sure you have the following on vista 32 Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package (x86) <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/de

https://forums.elementalgame.com/396363 Quick search turned up this thread, where a user with the same problem got it resolved.

[quote who="Riley_Kadin" reply="6" id="2889896"] Great, just woke up and ready to take another crack at it. Ok, I'll try the .net framework 4[/quote] Hope it works. If not.. check for service packs you don't have. Many times dependencies can fail due to the OS itself not being updated. Outside of that i'm pretty much out of my element on this one, but i'm sure there's other users here like harpo who are more familiar with this issue.

[quote who="InternetNerd" reply="261" id="2889774"] Funny, you must have gotten a different disk to me, because my disk installed Impulse. Now I get continuous popup and email spam from Stardock trying to flog me games I don't want with no option to turn it off. At least Steam allows me to opt out of all that. And here's an interesting tidbit, when I uninstalled Impulse it left components behind still registered in the registry. Why is Stardock leaving behin

[quote who="Riley_Kadin" reply="2" id="2889584"] This is an HP Pavilion laptop, with a Turion X2 64-bit processor, running Vista 64-bit. I disabled my antivirus and firewall before downloading and installing Elemental. I just got the game yesterday, and the problem manifested itself just as soon as I tried to run it.[/quote] MMkay.. well. I honestly have 0 experience with this particular issue however. <pre class="Fr

A little additional info might be helpful. System specs and windows version? Did elemental previously run or did you just get it? What firewall/antivirus are you running while impulse is downloading/installing elemental?

[quote who="InternetNerd" reply="246" id="2889369"] Quoting Fistalis, reply 238 Quoting InternetNerd, reply 237 No, most of your words are irrelevant to my question. I asked what your logic behind not installing steamworks exclusives but installing reactor exclusives. This has nothing to do with the client software at all. I'm asking why you will not buy a Steamworks exclusive game, but will buy a Reactor exclusive game when it is exact

[quote who="coreimpulse" reply="240" id="2889354"] Quoting Fistalis, reply 225 You wont have to do much effort in researching, since you could be certain 100% that every big AAA, high profile release that is on consoles too will be Steamworks enabled, unless mentioned it's not. I'd say from now on all non-Stardock games released here on Impulse will either be re-released old titles that don't have Steamworks, or some indie games, nothing new.[/quote] I woul

[quote who="InternetNerd" reply="237" id="2889344"] Most of your post is irrelevant to my question. I asked a specific question. You say you don't own any reactor games. Don't you own EWOM? And doesn't it force you to use reactor in order to use the product? There is no alternative. If you purchase EWOM you are forced to use a third part application (reactor) and enter the reactor contract or not use the game. I'm sorry, but

[quote who="InternetNerd" reply="228" id="2889108"] Quoting Fistalis, reply 216 not to mention my refusal to buy anything steamworks integrated. So explain the logic behind your position of not buying Steamworks exclusive games, but buying Reactor exclusive games. It's the same thing.[/quote] Simple consumer choice. I choose not to have a contractual relationship with steam or valve. If publishers and game devs continue to require me to go into a contr

[quote who="Alstein" reply="223" id="2888883"] The Steam version of Mount and Blade can be taken off of Steam DRM by using the CD Key with Talewords direct download of the game, at least for both Mount and Blade games. [/quote] Ya mount and blade is available on steam.. but its not steamworks integrated. (not sure about warband for the MP aspect though). Something I think alot of people misunderstand is the difference between steam and s

[quote]Magicka was published by Paradox and its also Steamworks game...[/quote] ya.. i don't get your point. Paradox isn't using steamworks for all its new releases though. I have no problem if someone wants to release a game with steamworks.. just don't expect me to buy it. As long as my battlegoats don't go to steamworks i'll be happy with paradox(only other paradox game i own is mount and blade). Majority of titles these days are disposable anyway.. its those few titles tha

[quote who="Alstein" reply="215" id="2888666"] 2K has gone on my boycott list these days.[/quote] Along with ubisoft, EA and activision.. not to mention my refusal to buy anything steamworks integrated. I'm pretty much limited to paradox, stardock and a few other lesser known companies to buy from(the list of which gets smaller every time i read the news about another smallish gaming company going under or being bought out by one of the giants).

[quote who="Rebell44" reply="9" id="2888687"] Quoting Fistalis, reply 6 Quoting Rebell44, reply 5 So how are GamersGate, D2D and about half a dozen other such services able to sell Steamworks games? Using Steamworks doesnt mean that such game is Steam exclusive - thats only in case of Valve games (no surprise). It means its exclusive to steamworks API. Meaning no matter where you buy it your FORCED to use steam to play your game. If you read Tyd

[quote who="coreimpulse" reply="7" id="2888671"]Would it be possible to sell the game with the Steamworks component ripped out? After all, the not regular releases will have it enabled. [/quote] Is it possible? sure. Will it happen? doubtful. Some copies of football manager had steam as optional.. so its entirely possible. However i doubt 2k would do anything similar.

[quote who="Rebell44" reply="5" id="2888668"] So how are GamersGate, D2D and about half a dozen other such services able to sell Steamworks games? Using Steamworks doesnt mean that such game is Steam exclusive - thats only in case of Valve games (no surprise).[/quote] It means its exclusive to steamworks API. Meaning no matter where you buy it your FORCED to use steam to play your game. (which is why those game services will eventually collapse by making pe

[quote who="Gwenio1" reply="51" id="2888525"] Quoting Fistalis, reply 50 Real men use dice. No, they are able to simulate the events in the game in their head.[/quote] Naw thats called pretend time.. [e digicons]^_^[/e]