A Few Questions
 

1.) Is the demo coming out before the full game release?

2.) Can the game be run in a window as well as full screen?

3.) Can the sound/music be turned off?

Thanks in advance!

Re: A Few Questions
 

1) Maybe. The developers are still working on it.

2) I have only run it in full, I would need to check.

3) Yes you can turn both off.

Re: A Few Questions
 

2) yes, you can;
the game shows you all video modes supported by your graphics card/driver, as soon as you select a mode with equal or less resolution than your desktop setting it lets you switch to windowed mode.

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Windowed mode works really well, BTW. It is my preferred style with this particular game. You see, sometimes one is supposed to be doing work-things but there's this game . . . and, err . . . that means you need to step in and out of it quickly. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Re: A Few Questions
 

Thanks for the answers everyone. Being able to run in a window and with sound off helps with the, err, work issue. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

I have another question now, is there an advantage to pre-ordering the game versus just waiting until later?

Re: A Few Questions
 

It's cheaper when you pre-order I think, it assures that you get you copy right away.

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Anyone care to verify that the price is cheaper by pre-ordering?

Is it possible to turn off the end game date/penalty and just play until you've explored everything? One thing I found a little weid in SAIS is that you could die and get a better score than if you survived but made it back to your home planet late.

Re: A Few Questions
 

The late return penalty can't be "turned off", but it's easy to make a mod with a much longer time limit if you really want to.

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This information might not be correct (although I'm not in a position to say for sure either way).

There certainly was a $5 discount for early orders, back when the projected gold date was September 15th, but I recall that the cut-off date for the discount was August 15th. Even if the cut-off date was extended by the same extra month that the game took to complete, it would still have ended a fortnight ago.

So at this stage, I suspect the advantage to pre-ordering is getting the game shipped out to you just as quickly as possible!

Re: A Few Questions
 

This is not an issue in WW:RtIS.
If everything goes normally, you'll have enough time to visit every star systems. With some gadgets, you'll even beback some years early http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Stefan