Installing the Sins expansions without Internet

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I can finally play Sins again! Between reverting the old graphics card on my parents' computer and getting a decent computer of my own, I should be able to play Sins again, but my computer doesn't have internet, so I was wondering how I might install the Sins expansions on a computer that doesn't have internet. I can get the latest version of Sins from Stardock, but the expansions aren't available from there, only GameStop. I am sure there is probably a way to download the expansions from GameStop to install elsewhere, but I simply don't know how to do that.

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

Okay, exactly what expansions do you have and how did you get them?

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

I have Entrenchment and Diplomacy in the Expansion bundle on GameStop, formerly Impulse.

I am also having problems offline activating Sins.

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

If you are reinstalling them on a new computer that might be difficult. I know impulse did have some method where you could burn the activated game onto a DVD or something and install that way, but who knows if Gamestop has continued to support that feature, and I never had to use it anyways.

If at all possible I think the easiest thing to do would be to temporarily hook up your PC to the internet, perhaps by borrowing a friend's laptop and forming a LAN and using the share internet feature through that.

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

Is there even a way to use wireless on a PC, besides such a sharing option?

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Zeta1127, reply 4
Is there even a way to use wireless on a PC, besides such a sharing option?

There are fairly cheap USB peripherals that let old desktops get wireless.

Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Zeta1127, reply 4
Is there even a way to use wireless on a PC, besides such a sharing option?

Wireless internet on a PC? You can get USB receivers fairly inexpensively, esp. for older wireless G models, if any are still around. My desktop connects to the 'net using one of these USB recievers.

Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top

I will probably end up getting a USB receiver for my computer, because I am playing again on my parents' computer, since I reverted to the old graphics card, but playing on a widescreen monitor in 1920x1080 doesn't work with only 512 MB of RAM.