Multiple installs?

imitation_legionary · Post by **imitation_legionary** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:15 pm

I'm very interested in Field of Glory, but I'm wondering if I can install it both on my dekstop PC and my netbook?

I actually wouldn't mind buying two copies of the game if it was only one installment, but with all the addons it's going to add up and being able to play on both machines would be great.

Post by **IainMcNeil** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 10:07 am

With FoG you're buying a serial number. This serial number can only be linked to one account but can be set up on 2 machines. Whenver you log in you'll be using that serial so you could not use both at once and all stats and multiplayer games will be linked to both machines.

E.g. you play a turn on machine 1, go to the office and at lunchtime play a turn on machine 2. It automatically transfers the save games for you via the FoG server so you dont need to do anything.

You only need 1 copy for what you are suggesting.

imitation_legionary · Post by **imitation_legionary** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 1:19 pm

Great, just what I wanted!

bloodphoenix · Post by **bloodphoenix** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 4:05 am

I was happy to see this particular message, since it addresses my concern - multiple installs. But my situation is a little more complex. I'll try to make this as simple and easy to follow as possible!

I have a wargamer friend who is currently back home on vacation, but usually is overseas for several months
at a time. He and I and his son played Field of Glory table-top at a recent miniatures convention, after which he spent about a hundred dollars on books for the game, and then bought each of us a copy of the base digital version. This will allow us to play online when he returns to his current job-site (in Iraq) and his son goes to his first posting with the Army. We've really been enjoying the game...you did a great job on it! As soon as I can afford it, I plan on buying several of the expansions, but my life has been stressful lately.

My computer has been hors-de-combat for awhile, so when my gamer buddy did the digital download, he loaded it on my son's computer. That was a mixed blessing...it was better than not being able to play at all, but its a less
than ideal situation, since I can only use it when my son isn't...and more importantly...he's 21 and plans to move out in the next couple months.

Frustrated by the limitations on when I could play, my wargamer-buddy gave me an old "hand-me-down"
lap-top his daughter had replaced. Its old, slow, and will need some work before I can run FoG on it (it doesn't even have wireless capability), but it does give me some options, especially as a mobile gaming platform.

Which is good due to the other factor: I'm presently spending alot of time away from home, staying at the home of another friend I've known for 25 years, who's needed help with a really rough series of health problems (cancer, diabetes, heart disease, kidney failure, and most recently an amputation). (The only way I was available to take care of him was that I'd been laid off, thus my shortage of funds...) He used to repair and custom build computers for a living, and he's currently putting together a desktop PC for me out of gratitude for the home health care I've provided. In the meantime, he's also made one of his computers available to me while I'm staying there.

So...can you guess my concern? Your earlier reply about the purchase serial number made it clear the game could be installed on a desktop and a laptop. But what if a person uses more than two machines? If I uninstall the game from my son's computer, will that still count as one of my installations? Once my new computer is finished, I'll of course install it on there, for use at home. But ideally, I would also like to have it on the desktop computer at the home of my convalescing friend, at least until I can get the laptop whipped into shape. I'm writing this message at his house right now.

I don't want to access it online and download it if its going to mean I then can't install the game on my home computer (when I get it) or my laptop. And for that matter, I don't want the copy on my son's soon-to-be-gone
computer to prevent me from having a copy elsewhere! I love this game, but I'm very short of cash right now, and just can't invest the money for extra copies. What are my options?

My thanks for your patience and consideration,

Post by **pipfromslitherine** » Sun Aug 21, 2011 1:17 am

You won't have any issues installing it on your new machine. It will still be linked to your account, and all your battles and stats.

Hope that helps!

Cheers

Pip

dporridge1 · Post by **dporridge1** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:42 am

Hi...

I am interested in buying the FOG pc software and want to install it on two computers at home so I can play against my son. Do I have to purchase two versions for that or can I just do it with one? Thanks.

Have already bought several of your books and the software seems to be a nice practice to get into it, takes time to paint two armies...

Post by **pipfromslitherine** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 2:50 pm

If you wish to play against each other, you will each need a copy as a given serial can only be registered to a single user. I'm not sure of the hotseat support in FoG, but that could be an alternative approach.

Cheers

Pip

Post by **IainMcNeil** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 4:48 pm

Yes you can play hostseat in FoG.

Multiple installs?

Multiple installs?

Installations per serial number?

Play against son at home