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Before you run off and start downloading last week’s bootlegged theatrical movie release, you really need to understand why that particular download, and others like it, probably are illegal.
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(Caveat: I’m basing this on my knowledge of the current state of Copyright law. Please, realize I’m no lawyer, and this shouldn’t be taken as legal advice. This is mostly just common sense with the high level concepts we’re talking about.)
“Torrent” files are, specifically, a small file of information used by a file-sharing technology known as “bitTorrent”. To be super pedantic about it, because the “.torrent” file itself has only some administrative information in it, there’s nothing wrong with downloading it.
But that, of course, is not what you meant.
The word “torrent” is also frequently, though incorrectly, used to refer to the actual files being shared using bitTorrent. So while you might use the “.torrent” file to initiate a download, most people call the download itself a “torrent” as well. And that’s more than likely what you’re asking.
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But here’s the catch: bitTorrent is nothing more than a technology used to copy files. It’s highly efficient technology, optimized for large files and decentralized storage of downloaded files, but ultimately, it’s nothing more than a way to copy a file to your machine.
In general, copying a file to your machine is certainly not illegal.
Similarly, the technology you might use to copy a file to your machine is not illegal.
In some ways, you could just as well ask “Is it legal to download files from the web?”, to which the answer is (obviously, I hope), of course it’s legal. We do it every time we view a web page.
The problem comes when we consider exactly what kinds of files are being downloaded.
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Downloading copyrighted files without permission is illegal.
It doesn’t matter what technology you happen to use to do it: bitTorrent, FTP [File Transfer Protocol]
While FTP has many advantages – ubiquity being one – it has one major disadvantage: FTP is not encrypted. This means that anyone watching the data stream can see the files being transferred, or, perhaps more disturbingly, the log in and password information for connecting to the remote site.
As a result, SFTP is often preferred for security reasons when available.
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In other words, downloading a copy of a file you don’t have the right to download is illegal, no matter how you do it.
Unfortunately, bitTorrent technology has become confused with illegal file sharing, simply because so much of that illegal activity uses that technology.
So let’s be clear:
- The technology is legal.
- BitTorrent is legal.
- Torrent files are legal.
- Using any technology to download copyrighted material that you don’t have the right to is illegal.
And yes, bitTorrent and bitTorrent-like technology can most definitely be used for totally legal activities. As just one example, many Linux
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Using the confusion for evil
Sadly, people who should know better either don’t, or are purposely using that confusion to further their own agenda.
We’ve heard of ISPs and other facilities blocking or throttling bitTorrent file transfers, or politicians suggesting they do so, “because it’s all illegal”. It’s not. Along with blocking the illegal file sharing that’s going on, doing so blocks the legal and appropriate use of the technology as well.
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Description of Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War Windows
Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War (aka Rise & Fall: Война цивилизаций), a really nice strategy game sold in 2006 for Windows, is available and ready to be played again! Time to play a historical battle (specific/exact), fantasy and real-time video game title.
This is the 2008 free, ad-supported version of the game, supported by the US Air Force.
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Screenshots from MobyGames.com
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Kilarious2019-05-060 point
worked fine for me thanks
XJDHDR2019-05-041 point
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I have uploaded an updated version of my installer. The new install instructions are as follows:
1. Go to: https://sourceforge.net/projects/xjdhdr-random-code/files/Game_related_files/Rise_and_Fall_-_Civilizations_at_War/
2. Download the latest version of the file 'RiseAndFallCivilizationsAtWarPortable-XJDHDR_1.15_Development_Test__English_online.paf.exe' (not 'RiseAndFallCivilizationsAtWarPortable-XJDHDR_1.15_Development_Test__English.paf.exe'
2a. Optionally, also download the file 'Rise_and_Fall_-_Civilizations_at_War.7z'. Make sure this file is in the same place as the EXE downloaded in step 2.
3. Run the EXE you downloaded and follow the instructions given.
I have seen some people give advice to only download the 7z archive and/or extract it who knows where and try to play the game that way. My advice is to not do that. I specifically designed these two files to be used together and I will not provide support for anyone who doesn't install this game the intended way.
@Baked Grenade
Thanks for the report. It seems that, at some point, I gave the installer an incorrect MD5 checksum for the 7z archive, which meant that the installer thought the archive was corrupt, causing the error you saw and the installer to not recognise the archive you manually downloaded. I have just uploaded an updated version of the 7z and installer to fix this.
The only difference between the online and non-online installer is that the online installer gets the game's data files from the 7z archive that either it or you downloaded from SourceForge whereas the non-online one expects you to provide the game's data files yourself. It has nothing to do with the game's multiplayer.
@jask
Can you provide some more details please? What program gave you that 'not enough space' error? Would you be able to give me step-by-step instructions and maybe screenshots/video to reproduce this problem? I don't see any errors like that when I use my installer.
Baked Grenade2019-04-260 point
XJDHDR,
Thank you for the installer. Unfortunately, the installer you linked doesn't seem to function. Here is the error message I get:
The downloaded copy of Rise and Fall; Civilizations at War is not valid and can not be installed. Please try installing again.
Installing again doesn't change anything. I also tried downloading the archive with your provided link, and the installer doesn't recognize that I have it in the same folder. On top of that, I tried placing the archive into the temp folder that the installer creates (it creates the folder before it attempts to download anything), but it just gets deleted before the installer downloads and fails to install again. Simply extracting the game files and running the .exe does not work either.
What was successful was going to your Sourceforge page and using your development build to create the portable folder, then manually extracting the contents of Rise_andFall_-_Civilizations_at_War.7z into a folder named 'Rise and Fall; Civilizations at War' in the App directory it creates. Running 'RiseAndFallCivilizationsAtWarPortable-XJDHDR.exe' in the root install directory then successfully launches the game.
The online installer you posted on SF fails at the download step with the same error I've previously explained. Is the online installer necessary to play Rise and Fall over LAN? Is it necessary for online use of your game files (say I wanted to set this up Hamachi or something), or is it meant to be used with the multiplayer standalone that can be downloaded from moddb?
Once again, thanks for the effort you've put into getting this title up and running on modern pcs.
jask2018-12-310 point
Another problem - unzipping.
XJDHDR, I can't unzip it. It tells me, I haven't enough storage. But, I do. I got around 70 GB free space. The game should need something between 2 and 3 GB.
jask2018-12-31-1 point
XJDHDR, thx for the installer. I was just looking for something like that, 'cause of this error. I'll try. - What did you change to make it running?
SHAHDIN2018-12-281 point
good game
Game2018-08-031 point
The game crash when I save or when it auto-saves.
Pipinghot2018-06-220 point
@XJDHRD Thank you for the updated installer. Read good things about this game but didn't find a good installer that would work for me until yours.
TAMER2018-05-120 point
NICE GAME
admin2018-03-062 points
Thanks @XJDHDR
XJDHDR2018-03-048 points
Sorry for the plug but I have created my own installer for this game which you can get from here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/xjdhdr-random-code/files/Game_related_files/Rise_and_Fall_-_Civilizations_at_War/RiseAndFallCivilizationsAtWarPortable-XJDHDR_1.15_English_online.paf.exe/download
If you don't wish to use the installer's download manager, then download this file as well: https://sourceforge.net/projects/xjdhdr-random-code/files/Game_related_files/Rise_and_Fall_-_Civilizations_at_War/Rise_and_Fall_-_Civilizations_at_War.7z/download
After that, put the installer and this archive in the same folder and then run the installer. If you do that, the installer will extract the game's files straight from the archive and won't need to download anything.
My installer has the following advantages:
- Installer is compatible with Windows XP and up (including Windows 10)
- Game has been patched to bypass the requirement for a connection to an ad server (fixes the 'You have no internet access' error when trying to run the game)
- Packaged to use a PortableApps.com Launcher. This means that all the game's settings and save games are stored in one place, you can store the game on removable storage with your settings and saves also being stored on it and the game doesn't store anything in the registry or outside the game's folder when it isn't running.
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spud king2017-10-24-5 points
Yeah, tells me I can't play because I need to be connected to the internet (I am connected)
Potato2017-10-05-6 points
Cant seem to get this to work.
Game installs fine but error appears telling me 'an internet connection is required to play this game'....
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