LAN with one CD?

I'm hoping so, but I don't really have any idea.  Though, since DG and Sins are both Stardock, and you could do it with Sins, you can probably do it with DG as well.

You will be able to play lan with computers that have the same copy installed since you won't need to login to Impulse to do so. (Unless they totally changed it, which I doubt they have.)

Someone will likely track down the post later, but yes. Demigod is confirmed for having open LAN.

The game is very very LAN friendly. 1 copy could take care of a LAN.

Sorry to make a big deal about this, but I want toss out a huge "Thank you" for this because so few others will. It's something I honestly wish would become standard, and it's quite annoying because it's not. I have a group of friends that I play with, it's annoying that we all have to buy a game for just lan. For online play and single player and all the other goodies, fine, I understand, but for lan at least let us have our fun! I remember the days of split screen gaming, which are sadly no more.

Anyway, continue to rock on Stardock.

Aye, so nice when 1 copy will allow everyone at a LAN to play.  I can't count the times I've got into a new game that would be awesome at a LAN party, but it got passed up because most of the 9-10 people there didn't want to buy a game they've never played just to play it at a LAN. 

Perfect way to get people into a game, so maybe they will end up wanting to buy it after the LAN etc...

Forgive my ignorance, but could this be done with digital distribution?

Say, like, I get my friends to download Impulse prior to a LAN, give 'em my login details and tell them to install Demigod... Would this work? Furthermore, if I were to do this, what's in place to stop my friends from abusing this, afterwards? If they like the game, I'd like to encourage them to, y'know, BUY IT. But if they have a completely functional copy on their PC already (well, excluding online multiplayer functionality), I suspect some of them would be less inclined to do so. >_>

People who play Demigod at a LAN are people who like Multiplayer probably so chances are high that if they like it they will buy it for the multiplayer as thats it where Demigod is really fun, and if they didn't like it they won't but it anyways.

Any PC game can be copied with a disc and given out if you only want the single player. Thats piracy for you

You can uninstall Impulse after installing Demigod, and Demigod will still work. So yes, if you install it for some friends, the incentive for them going to buy it afterwards is because it's the right thing to do.

-HM

Well thanks everyone for posting, if they come out and say for certain it'd be nice though.  I totally agree with you Cerulean and Thavian, it should be a standard feature.  Sadly, EA has phased it out in almost all of their games (i'm talking to you battle for middle earth 2). With other, more consumer friendly companies it's still hit or miss though.  I don't think any company really acknowledges LAN play in their business strategy.  With Sins, we've played it LAN a bunch, and more people have bought it out of my friends than would have bought it anyway.  Hopefully DG will keep up tradition, if so Stardock definitely has my money.  And to any LAN enthusiasts out there, let me suggest swat 4.  If you can still find it, and the expansion, you can have 10 player coop LAN with one cd, and it's one of the best made games ever in my opinion.  AI is great and graphics still hold their own.

you forgot to finish your sentence there...it should be

1 copy COULD take care of a LAN...if it wasn't explicitly prohibited by the EULA

I called gamestop to preorder before I knew i could have done so here and they told me they had it in stock (2 days ago). I have the game installed and have been trying to figure out how to make lan work. Any tips? I tried hosting a game but no go. I dont see a multiplayer option that would work outside of Impulse

Is this a feature that will become available after "launch"?

The EULA is basically a standard one that we use on all of our products. The line you've quoted is referring to the practice of sharing a program from a server (without installing it locally) and running it concurrently on multiple machines over the network.

The more germane lines for Demigod are the first two under "YOU MAY", which authorize the installation and use of the program on two machines of your own; two LAN seats per license is the same rule we used with Sins.

There is a Local Network option if you click Multiplayer from the main menu.

ok the answer to my problem was to update the game first

If we chose the digital download option and take the game to a LAN is it possible to just copy the folder amongst the PC's or is there an installation file downloaded?

I plan to go to a LAN this week and just wanted to make sure I had a working copy to show off, maybe even persuade a few to buy it

Let me state for the record: We support LAN play with 1 serial # whether it be via digital distribution or CD version. 

I have to say, having this feature really helps seal the deal in my book. Games that don't allow LAN play with only one serial tend to piss me off (I'm looking at you DoW 2!).

I know we say it to many times and its probably getting old but Stardock you are the best.

To the guy who couldn't find the LAN option, you have to patch the game before it is there.

so that means that it's fine to just copy the directory right? to share at a lan... considering we don't get cd's?

Can you patch before registering a cdkey on a Stardock Impulse account? The reason I ask is in the near future I'm looking at a six person LAN with 3 copies of this, and am trying to figure out how to get everyone to have the same version.

And to clarify, since you said a 2:1 ratio is fine, you guys wouldn't have a problem with this, right?

And to clarify again, this would be a non-commercial LAN between friends at a private residence with no profit incentive.

is anyone else experiencing massive slowdown during lan games? even with computers that can run it perfectly single player?

Since the game isn't officially out yet, who knows?!

There was a slow down bug, but it was supposed to have been fixed in the patch.