I just noticed that when you select to download that the list doesn't distinguish from 32 or 64 bit from the menu. It lists parts 1-6. Parts 1-3 are 32 and parts 4-6 are 64. It just seems a bit odd to be labelled 1-6.

The game popped up on my radar so I check a few sites in addition to the gog description. I was really awed and I thought... man this is like xcom, privateer, and starflight all in one and more. Awesome!

I noticed this naming on several other titles I happened to redownload after getting patched, so it's not just this game. The files do mention version and 32/64 bit though, same here.

I've tried to DL the game twice using the GOG Downloader, and I keep getting a check sum error. I thought those were transmission errors but the error says to contact Gog. Is this a transmission error?

The Gog downloader is a program that gog used before galaxy. It is suppose to be more reliable that using the download links. I would really like to avoid galaxy. Gog support does not respond to me when I ask questions. My money is welcome here, not me. I will see about a refund.

This is really messed up. Gog, as usual won't talk to me. No refund and a game I can't even get to DL on my computer. GOG sux.

Okay, here's how the downloader works:

You don't have to add your games to the downloader. You use the same list of games that you would use for the regular off-line installers, but after you select the game, look just under the name of the game in the pop-up window with the off-line installers. You'll see a "more" link. If you select that, you'll see "GOG Downloader Links" that let you queue up downloads through the downloader. Selecting a download will automatically start the downloader, queue up the game, and begin downloading.

It's actually not that much different than using the normal off-line installers except for a bit of convenience (necessary files are usually grouped together under a single link); the fact that the installs you get via the downloader do NOT attempt to install Galaxy on your computer; you can pause the download if you need to; and if a download gets interrupted for any reason, you can usually pick up where you left off without having to start over.

Greetings Zandolf, I used both the gog downloader to download the game and also the offline links, both instances worked good for me.

Are you perchance behind a proxy?
Is your internet connection spotty?
Do you have a virus protection that might be over doing it? I saw someone mention that Avast was a problem, try disabling it for the duration of the download.
Do you have access to another computer to try and download from there or a laptop where you can download from another network?

Try changing the downloader settings , Number of concurrent connections, limit the download speed and download location to something that is for sure not protected by various OS or some other applications and settings. Try f.e. C:\Temp\GogDownload or something similar.

I think you should try and get this to work, this game is a gem, this is not the developers fault!

Thank you. I have had my anti-virus program for 15 months, never a problem with GOG. I stopped it and the game did DL. I ran it, it says it can't run because "vcruntime140_1.dll is missing, please run reinstall again".

Then the game ran. I didn't try to play it. Can't right now. I appears to work though. Thanks again!

You can find a solution to that particular error here: https://www.gog.com/forum/stellar_tactics/error_message_on_launch