GC2 Endless Universe: FAQ

By kryo Posted October 23, 2008 11:59:43

We've been getting a number of questions lately concerning Kalypso's recent release of GC2: Endless Universe. Here are some of the most common ones, and their answers.

1) What is GC2: Endless Universe?
GC2EU is a standalone retail bundle of the Dark Avatar and Twilight of the Arnor expansions. GC2: Dread Lords is neither included nor required. GC2EU is also translated into a number of languages for the areas that Kalypso covers.

2) The box/press release seems to imply there is new content?
There is no additional content in GC2EU beyond that already present in DA and TA. So if you have already purchased DA and TA direct, you do not need to get GC2EU unless you want a second copy of the game or the translations.

3) Will GC2EU be released in North America?
No, we have no plans to do that or anything similar. Since credit cards are much more common here than internationally, and the translations are not needed, interested GC2 owners should be able to purchase DA and TA directly from Stardock. DA is also available at US/Canada retail as part of GC2 Gold.

4) I can't register GC2EU in Impulse?
As of this writing it is not available to be registered or updated through Impulse. We do plan to have it supported around the final release of TA 2.0. Please note that at present, GC2EU is already at the latest non-beta version, so updating is not yet necessary. Please do not try to register and update GC2EU as regular TA to get the beta update, as it does not include the localization changes and will break your installation.

Update: As of Dec 5 GC2EU is on Impulse, and may be registered and updated normally.

5) What are the system requirements?
GC2EU requires Windows XP/Vista, a Pentium 4 1.5 GHz CPU or better, 512 MB RAM, and a 128MB DirectX 9.0c compatible video card. Please note that Windows 2000 is not officially supported, and the installer will not run on W2k.

If you have any further questions about GC2EU, please post them here and I'll add them to the list.

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I have Endless Universe registered and updated to 2.02 but cannot create Metaverse characters due to a message The serial number you have entered is not valid, or has not been activated so I contacted Support who advise EU is not supported for the Metaverse yet.

Is this correct, if so it might be worth adding to the FAQ in this thread to save your guys answering the same question from everyone...

Apologies if this information was available elsewhere and I failed to see it.

Grrr double post

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I was able to install the game from disc and the update via Impulse. The game updates to version "2.02.010 German". There are also localization updates included. The crashes are gone and while the translation still has it's quirks, I would call it bearable.

Hi, if you are comfortable with the English language version, you *can* switch between languages. However, there is no configuration switch in the game or its config files for this (that I am aware of). This can be configured via the registry, instead. The registry path for the language key is: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, Software\Stardock\Drengin.net\GC2EU.

Changing this was the first thing I did after installing the game from disk, long before the patch came out. I then played without localization related crashes or anything, and even finished my then running game before getting the patch.

I have had only a brief glance at the German language version after the patch. There seem to be issues with the encoding for umlaut characters. But I didn't purchase EU for the German localization, just didn't know that impulse accepts Paypal

This may come a little late but thank you Stardock for supporting the EU release. I highly appreciate the efforts you've shown in supporting your games. You can expect more business from me in the future. Thanks again.

Is there any difference between Ultimate Edition and Endless Universe if I just want to play the normal game without the campaigns? i.e. A normal game in the latest TA expansion.

No, Ultimate basically just adds the base DL engine in. If you're only interested in TA, go with EU.