19Kyle72 Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 Just wondering why this amount seems SO steep for my purchasing of the Marines module. That amount has to be more than shipping it priority, so does that mean it's going to be teleported directly into our disc players? Because that'd be cool if that's the answer. I'd only ask if that is the case that it'd be teleported next to my keyboard, so that I could at least enjoy seeing the Star Trek "sparkly" effects when it beams into solidity. That would be a real bonus, in my humble opinion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 Actually you could beam it right onto your hard disk for no extra cost. Just click that digital down load button. You won't see no sparkly effects though...best thing you can do is, as it's down loading, smack yourself in the face with a hammer about five times...that'll get the sparkles kicking....when you stop bleeding hit the install button and presto...CMSF Marines module, no shipping and handling. You can use the money you saved on some Tylenol and bandaids. Mord. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paper Tiger Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 For the answer to your first question, follow this link. http://www.battlefront.com/community/showthread.php?t=82980 But you're going to download it aren't you? No shipping or handling for that 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 Bah. If he's like me he's gotta have the physical package. I am gonna get both...much better to have the game right away and have the disc come later...not like that week and a half I spent running to the mailbox looking for CMBO!...and the heart stopping gasp when I didn't see the CD right away. Mord. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paper Tiger Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 LOL.. snail mail shopping. More stress than it's worth until the blessed package arrives. Yes, I want both too but I live in Indonesia and I'm pretty sure the discs would get nicked by the lovely people who work in the postal service. Of course, Ramadan starts tomorrow so they're all a bit more honest for a month. Could be worth the risk. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19Kyle72 Posted August 31, 2008 Author Share Posted August 31, 2008 Mord's right, I got to have the CD/manual. And the pretty box art. Do you know how many people would KILL to have my near-mint condition of Thief's and Thief II's "triangular" boxes? Having the product here physically is more of a "comfort" in regards to security thing anyway. If my hard drive just ends up dying on me (which has happened to me in the past), and I lose the downloaded version along with all the important documentation, then at the very least I'll have the disc to use. Thanks for the link to the relevant article. It helped to explain a lot of things, but raised an important question that has yet to be answered: will installing the digital version of the Marines module make it so I no longer have to have SF's disc in the player? That would make me a very happy boy. As to your suggestions as to how I can manage making teleporting effects on my own, I have an even simpler solution. I can simply BREATHE next to my wife and she'll whup my @$$ for daring to be alive. ;-D Again, thanks for the feedback, and I hope the "is the CD required" question gets answered soon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmar Bijlsma Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 You have to have the disc in the drive? Let me guess, Paradox version? I have the BFC version so I can't answer your question. Probably you are stuck with the need for the CD in the drive, if I was to hazard a guess. Sorry. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatEtr Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 Teleportation, there was a guy who invented this in the 80s. Not sure whatever happen to him, but this is the last known photograph of him and his contraption. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paper Tiger Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 Not sure whatever happen to him nothing pretty, that's for sure. Had anyone else had been cast as the scientist other than Goldblum, I'd have HATED that movie. Horrific ending! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NefariousKoel Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 You have to have the disc in the drive? Let me guess, Paradox version? I have the BFC version so I can't answer your question. Probably you are stuck with the need for the CD in the drive, if I was to hazard a guess. Sorry. I'd rather have the disk in the drive as a requirement than have to phone home to activate my software. I mean.. what happens when I can't magically teleport some activation confirmation to my new gittup? The doagies would be sad I bought something so useless at that point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 The $10 is not just shipping, but Shipping AND Handling. The thread linked to above has a pretty good explanation. Once the pre-order offer ends, we will also offer a "Download Only" option, which has no S&H. (The Pre-Order offer gives you the Download&Mail option at $25 plus S&H, once it ends Download&Mail will be $35 plus S&H, but you will also get a Download Only option at $25). At the moment, it looks like you won't need the CD in drive for the Paradox version. I am not 100% sure yet. This will apply ONLY to customers who buy the Module. The v1.10 patch that will follow later will still work "as usual". I'd rather have the disk in the drive as a requirement than have to phone home to activate my software. Well, eLicense does neither. "Phoning home" refers to the software doing something (connecting online to a server for example) that you're not aware of. This doesn't happen. When you activate your game, YOU create a one-time connection by clicking on a button; and if you don't like even that, you can also simply navigate online to a webpage to activate the game manually. After the game is activated, there is no "phoning home" by eLicense. Ever. If you want to "free up" your key/activation to be re-used somewhere else, you basically repeat the process, except that it's even faster (usually it's a one-click thing). There is no "transfer/teleport" of an activation, but rather it's activating/de-activating on your PC, and there is no limit as to how often you can do it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piecekeeper Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 Ive got the paradox version of cmsf. Ive ordered the marines too. How does patching up working then? Is the patches separated for the two. Will there be two "icons" on my desktop? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19Kyle72 Posted September 1, 2008 Author Share Posted September 1, 2008 Moon, I'm happy to hear that "thus far" it LOOKS LIKE once the Marines module is installed we won't need the CM:SF from Paradox in the drive. My fingers are crossed that this is true. Thanks for your input on this Moon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 I'm a little late to the conversation, but I just wanted to emphasize that our S&H doesn't scale to the price of the product. That's one of the major reasons we started doing download sales, in fact. We've been planning on doing the Module concept for CM, in particular, for almost 4 or 5 years and knew that having $10-$14 in shipping charges for a $25 product wouldn't sit well with a lot of people. Since we can't reverse the upward trend in postage prices and the cost of fulfillment services, offering a download sales option was a no brainer. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theFightingSeabee Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 Teleportation, there was a guy who invented this in the 80s. Not sure whatever happen to him, but this is the last known photograph of him and his contraption. I don't <bzzzzz> know <bzzzz> what ever <bzzzzzzzzz> happened <bzzzz...smack!> to that guy! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 I don't <bzzzzz> know <bzzzz> what ever <bzzzzzzzzz> happened <bzzzz...smack!> to that guy! SLAP! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matchstick Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 Just be greatful it's "only" $10 to ship your copy. For us in Western Europe they're asking $20 so I won't be buying a copy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 Which is why we're offering the Download Only option (once the game is out) - you can download and you won't have to pay any S&H at all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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