Newcomer Question

Lost Admiral · PoC Visitor Unlicensed Joined: 20 Jan 2009 Posts: 4

Hi, new forum member here and old-time player of the original Ports of Call on the Amiga. (Yes, I had a legitimate, store-bought copy. Still have it, as a matter of fact, but no more Amiga.)

I'm considerably confused by the various downloadable versions of the new PoC that are apparently available, so I would just like to know whether a boxed version is available. I've seen screenshots of what appears to be a boxed version of the game, here. (Not sure if that's a legit website offering the downloads.)

I'm not really interested in downloading any version of the game. I just don't do game downloads, except for patches of course, and perhaps add-ons.

So that's my question - is a boxed version available?

EDIT: I just noticed that the above link does not always work properly, so here is the picture of the boxed version of PoC that I'm referring to:

Christian Todt · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:30 am Post subject:

As far as i know does rdklein prepare an international version of the game on the website, you looked at (the site doesn't look verly legaly to me). But i don't know, when it will be released.

I would recommend you the Platinum license, which i have myself.
you can buy that license from rdk and then legally download the
xxl part (economic part) and the PoC sim 3dII (3d berthing sim) from
his website. As far as i know rdklein also delivers personalized CDs
to Platinum users.

the best is to write him a pm or e-mail.

Greetings,

CT
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rdklein · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:35 pm Post subject:

poc 2008 deluxe international should be out in the stores,
but this is a seperate development made for astragon.

I would sugest to keep on the main line of poc, e.g. poc platinum.

Yes you can burn the downloaded files to a cdrom and reinstall using the license key anytime. Its bound to your name and email not to the computer.

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corne_mo · Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 5:29 am Post subject:

The different versions of PoC:
- poc 2008 Deluxe (the boxed one from Astragon). It's a 3D-only version. See it's dedicated forum for more info.

- poc XXL: Which is the "old" Amiga version, including 2D simulation. See for more info.
And this can be used in combination with:
- PoC Sim3D II. Which is a 3D simulation only.

The second and third version can be bought online only, and need a text file which include license info. You'll get that file by e-mail and can be burned onto the CD-ROM together with the installation files. Whenever you install PoC XXL simply copy the content of the textfile to the clipboard and start PoC. The license will be found automatically.
As long as you don't loose the text file you can install PoC whenever you want.
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rdklein · Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:11 am Post subject:

if you include the setuppocxxl.exe installer in the directory pocxxl/ on the cdrom the license file is automatically installed from the cdrom, you need to name it poc.lic and place it in the root of the cdrom,
also pocsim3dii etc. then is automatically activated after installing (place them in a directory pocsim3dii for example.

The license code is too long to be written on the cdrom label, but the 4-5 digit sn can be written on top, so just inc ase we can resent the license file if something goes wrong.

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rdklein · Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 8:23 am Post subject:

pocsim3dii is combined with pocxxl, pocxxl is the ecenomic part and pocsim3dii the simulation.
We kept is separate as many users have slow computers, and so pocxxl can be run alone using its build in 2d sim.
pocsim3dii cn be used to get the sim part in 3d, and we work on a closer combination so pocsim3dii can be kept open.
pocsim3dii will have some addons like stereo or slave modus for larger systems.

As told the poc 2008 deluxe is a development done for astragon haveing its own life but our main focus is on the pocsim3dii an pocxxl. With a platinum license you can take part on this development.