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Galactic Civilizations II 1.1 has arrived!

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Galactic Civilizations II 1.1 has arrived!

New features, updated AI, and much MUCH more!

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Galactic Civilizations II v1.1 is here!  This free update to Stardock's award-winning PC strategy game includes tons of new features, updates to the computer AI, gameplay tweaks, bug fixes, and more!

Here are some of the major new features:

  • New Option: No tech trading.
  • New Option: Blind exploration (players can't see the spheres of influence on the mini map)
  • New Option: Random intelligence (Players select a general difficulty level and the game can randomize the indvidiaul intelligences of each player.
  • New Option: Random number of players (Players can elect to have the game decide how many players they're going up against)
  • New Option: Random opponents (Players can elect to have the game choose which players they are up against)
  • New OPtion: Random galaxy size (Players can elect to have the game randomly pick a galaxy size)
  • Computer AI *significantly* enhanced.
  • Computer AI updated to work together with other players (including human player) to thwart a common foe.
  • New Alien dialog: (ex: Drengin: "You complete me." ack!). Another Ex: Computer players grovel dialog more satisfying.
  • Fleet Manager Screen added to manage stacks of ships and fleets that are on the same tile more easily
  • Rally points can be moved
  • Lots of UI tweaks
  • Game will tell you when someone else is paying off, manipulating things behind the scenes to go to war with you (but won't tell you precisely who is doing it).
  • Players can choose to upgrade ships and either have the functional components removed by default or have them stay.
  • Unused Social Production now transferred automatically to military production rather than "wasted".
  • Economic System overhauled to be more transparent and intuitive.
  • Production that is the result of abililities is only charged at 50%. (that is, if player is getting 10 more industrial units of production per turn because of starbases, player abilities, etc. they only have to pay for 5 of it).
  • Population growth revamped to put more emphasis on population growth ability and morale.
  • Lots of new hot keys.
  • Metaverse Scoring revamped.
  • Ship Designer revamped to be easier to use, more powerful.
  • Ship Designer now allows players to rotate ship pieces on the fly.
  • Ship Destination markers also display how many weeks until ship arrives there.
  • Selected ship displays an animated line showing where its destination is.
  • Constructors will display what area of effect a starbase would have it one were built in the constructor's current position.
  • Lots of new balancing of technologies, planetary improvements, starbase modules, etc. based on the feedback from players.
  • Lots of new options added to the options screen
  • Better support for modding (full-blown mod UI coming in v1.2).
  • Soundtrack changes
  • Lots of tweaks to improve pacing, balance, etc.
  • Removed a lot of player discovered "exploits"
  • Performance and memory optimizations
  • New hot keys
  • Lots of bug and glitch fixes

Full list of changes here..

Existing customers can upgrade to v1.1 in the Downloads area.  You can also get it via Stardock Central.

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Reply #51 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Hi Frogboy,

Today i play the Game 5 Hours ,NO CRASH!.
I have pure Fun,Its a very good Game.I hope in Future there will be more great Games ,Addons with a Space Scenario like this.

HMM,one Hour later: when i save the Game almost every time Crash with out of memory Error.
I tested ,when i starting a Game in Ver.1.0 or 1.1 beta the Game will have ca. 700 mb ram(300 mb physical
and 350-400 virtual Memory). Time to load a Save <1Min.
In Ver. 1.1 Final : The game will have ca.1850 mb ram( 300 mb physical and 1550 mb Virtual Memory ram).
Time to load a save > 4 MIN!
Is this a Bug? i think 1,55 gb Virtual ram bye Gamestart is very much.
In all games i play with giant galaxy,all options also species,planets i set to max.

Mfg
Hensel
Reply #52 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I have a request! Can you please fix the "undocumented feature" that causes the game to crash while playing a gigantic universe? That "feature" did not seem to be included in the previous versions of GalCiv. Not sure why it had to be included in this one. Truly makes the game unplayable. Currently installed version 1.10.027.

Thank you.
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Reply #53 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Hi Frogboy,

Today i play the Game 5 Hours ,NO CRASH!.
I have pure Fun,Its a very good Game.I hope in Future there will be more great Games ,Addons with a Space Scenario like this.

HMM,one Hour later: when i save the Game almost every time Crash with out of memory Error.
I tested ,when i starting a Game in Ver.1.0 or 1.1 beta the Game will have ca. 700 mb ram(300 mb physical
and 350-400 virtual Memory). Time to load a Save <1Min.
In Ver. 1.1 Final : The game will have ca.1850 mb ram( 300 mb physical and 1550 mb Virtual Memory ram).
Time to load a save > 4 MIN!
Is this a Bug? i think 1,55 gb Virtual ram bye Gamestart is very much.
In all games i play with giant galaxy,all options also species,planets i set to max.
The Game almost never crashed in Ver. 1.0 or 1.1 Beta.

Mfg
Hensel

Reply #54 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
"Fleet Manager Screen added to manage stacks of ships and fleets that are on the same tile more easily"

As I understood it, the goal of the fleet manager was to allow you to easily manage the ships *and* give you all the normal options that a non-stacked ship would have.... and yet I must be blind or stupid because I can't for the life of me figure out how to use the "upgrade" option, easily one of the most important commands for a ship.

I can't imagine that after all this patching and testing I *still* would have to remove a ship from a fleet, and then move it to a different square, just to use the upgrade option.

What am I missing?
Reply #55 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
There must be a way. In my current game, I watched the defenders of a planet I flipped, fly a few squares away and start upgrading on the same square. I don't remember if they were still in a fleet or not.
Reply #56 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
No, a human cannot do it. The AI can because it's simply calling the upgrade function and doesn't need to click a button.
Reply #57 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Hmm, maybe its one of the new hotkeys. I still haven't seen a list. =/
Reply #58 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Version 1.1 looks great. I was wondering if you guys were planning on updating the computer manual in the intro screen. It sure would be nice to have an manual update from 1.0. Thanks for the good work.
Reply #59 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
All the little UI tweaks are really nice, cheers. Although, as others have mentioned, upgrading remains clunky and horrible.
Reply #60 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Crashing to desktop trying to resume a campaign... from 1.x0 - version from installed CD's...

So, some kind of save-game incompatibility? I really don't want to have to replay the first two campaign missions!
Reply #61 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
It is great. but i hope i could change the names of the opponents civ, like in GalCiv 1. Maybe the next update.
Reply #62 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I am really getting #$%&@## off with game developers that are pushing On Line registration to activate a game I purched LEGALLY off the shelf. Requiring On Line registration for activation should be stated clearly on all the game boxes!!! This way I can avoid purchasing such #$%&@## games.

I have no internet connection at home because the cost for broadband cable connection is too high. Only broadband can be seriously considered now days because the #$%&@## huge file sizes of these #$%&@## game patches.

Reply #63 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
After I have installed the upgrade, the savings have gone haywire. Can't save a thing, the only exception is the campaign.

Help!
Reply #64 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Ping, you don't have to have an Internet connection on the machine you are instaling on.

But yea, we do reqiure users register to get the free updates beyond 1.0X. Just follow the indstructions on the dialog that pops up and you can get set up pretty quickly.

By registering, you can later redownload the entire game years from now long after your CDs are lost or damaged or whatever.

Reply #65 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
i like the update but if i leave the game and come back. my mouse locks up. the buttons still work but it will not move the curser. why is this it drives me nuts.the only way i have found to fix it is resarting my computer.