Carrying over from demo version?

[Ken_Hill]

Thanks for the reply! I'll give that a try.

One other question: My girlfriend is also hooked on the game and we will want to play against each other via the Internet. Can we both register with the same serial number? If not, what are our options for playing? Can we do a direct IP connection?

Thanks,
Ken

[Hiro_Antagonist]

Ken_Hill said:
One other question: My girlfriend is also hooked on the game and we will want to play against each other via the Internet. Can we both register with the same serial number? If not, what are our options for playing? Can we do a direct IP connection?

Well, you can play at the same computer using the skirmish/hotseat mode. In fact, I think that's even better than the internet mode because it lets you be more social.

But in order to play online, you'd both need an account, which means you'd both need your own registration key.

We're planning on making the demo playable online for v1.20, but that would be limited (races/maps) compared to a game using only purchased copies.

I hope that helps!

-Hiro_Antagonist

[PhilD]

[b]We're planning on making the demo playable online for v1.20, but that would be limited (races/maps) compared to a game using only purchased copies.

This is excellent news; if I can tell other players, on various Web forums (fora?), that they can check out the demo and try the online game, I'm pretty sure it will be more efficient to draw them into the game.

[Hiro_Antagonist]

That would be great, PhilD!

But I would recommend waiting until that new demo is released, because it's still not 100% certain it's going to happen. (I would say it's 95+% certain though.)

I'm hoping it will, in fact, help bring new players into the game, and even help existing players get more mileage from their purchases.

-Hiro_Antagonist