Twilight of the Arnor Beta 3D Change Log

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So, I'm not the only one who said, "Hey cool, the beta is 3D today!" am I? :)

The Thalans and the Altarians are not enabled for this beta as was previously scheduled because they are going to be wicked cool and with all the excitement of Christmas we were concerned for your heart condition. This update will also include some of the assets for the Ascension Victory, but it is not yet fully implemented.

As a note, please make sure to e-mail your bug reports to [email protected] unless you actually NEED a response from a support tech (eg, you can't get into the game.).  The support techs are actually going to have to work over the holiday, and if you save them the trouble of having to foward the tickets to me, I'm sure that they'll appreciate it.  Oh, and if you have save games, yes we want them but we want them zipped.  I've had trouble unzipping files compressed with Vista's default zip program, so if you have Vista, please download the trial for WinRar or some other program so that I can actually unzip your file.

Happy holidays everyone!

+ FIXED: Bug where class 0 planets were hard coded to 10 textures

+ FIXED: Crash during end of turn due to temporary fleet created without all the information it needs (fleet that would be created by Orbital Fleet Manager)

+ FIXED: Added code to fix save games that cannot be submitted to the metaverse due to error 12.  This will only work if the original serial number that the game was started with is still in your registry.  If it was changed because you had to re-install and you got a different serial number from SDCentral, this still won't fix it for you. 

+ FIXED: Bug where you couldn't add Terror Stars to fleets

+ FIXED: Re-enabled fix for stuck turn button now that it accounts for space miners on auto-improve

+ FIXED: Techs with the tag InfluenceAbility to use the correct tag, CultureAbility

+ FIXED: The typo for the tech requirement for Interstellar Construction

+ FIXED: The display name for Industrial Replicator Level 2

+ TWEAK: Changed the value for the new end game conditions for compatibility with the metaverse

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Good to hear. I'll check it out real soon.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Good to see that Terror Stars can now join fleets. Anything like this that reduces micro is good.

On the downside... so there's no fix for freighters resetting to their home planet when loading a save game? I know some people (well, me anyway) have avoided even trying the new Korx, until that one is fixed.

WindowBlinds - Free yourself of the default settings, customize your desktop.
Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
From the change log this beta is a bit like opening up your christmas presents to find socks, pants and satsumas. Oh well, guess we got something to look forward to after crimbo.

Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top


The Thalans and the Altarians are not enabled for this beta as was previously scheduled because they are going to be wicked cool and with all the excitement of Christmas we were concerned for your heart condition.


what Heart Condition I though i was OK !!! :p 

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The Thalans and the Altarians are not enabled for this beta as was previously scheduled because they are going to be wicked cool and with all the excitement of Christmas we were concerned for your heart condition.


what Heart Condition I though i was OK !!!  




Yeah, exactly, NOW I have something to worry about!
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
The Thalans and the Altarians are not enabled for this beta as was previously scheduled because they are going to be wicked cool and with all the excitement of Christmas we were concerned for your heart condition.


We are not stupid. Just tell us you're not finished with them.
Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I guess I'm just a little frustrated that some of the oversights (not necessarily bugs, but just things that aren't quite right) are still not corrected: Fleet defense components are all still lumped together under the Terran Alliance tech that provides a similar component, Efficiency Research 2 still not tradeable, and several starbase components still don't have an icon (battle stations in particular), even though some such as the repair component were fixed. I just picked up the beta last night and didn't mention them since I figured they would have been caught at the start of the beta testing cycle.
Reply #9 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

The Thalans and the Altarians are not enabled for this beta as was previously scheduled because they are going to be wicked cool and with all the excitement of Christmas we were concerned for your heart condition.


We are not stupid. Just tell us you're not finished with them.


They don't think you're stupid, they just made the mistake of thinking you had a sense of humor.
Reply #10 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
You know about my heart condition... YOU REALLY DO CARE! AHHGG!( graps chest and hits the floor...and dies.)
Reply #11 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

I'd like to change my vote to RELEASE IT NOW...LOL

Hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday. Theres plenty of content to keep me busy, although I cant wait to get my hand on the fancy tech editor thing to make my own silly games.
Reply #12 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I think it's pretty petty to be bitching that SD isn't putting in enough time on this game to make all your little xmas wishes come true. Yeah, I'm bummed to not see the new races, and the lack of Korx trading fixed, and.. and.. and.... But COME ON! It's a freaking BETA for F's sake! Dates slip, sh*t happens, we all get over it. If the game isn't playable right now under some circumstances, that's really unfortunate, but IT'S A BETA! Let SD have half a holiday, and let's at least hold off the bitching until afterward, okay?
Reply #13 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
That's Über cool!!1!11!
Reply #14 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I guess I'm just a little frustrated that some of the oversights (not necessarily bugs, but just things that aren't quite right) are still not corrected: Fleet defense components are all still lumped together under the Terran Alliance tech that provides a similar component, Efficiency Research 2 still not tradeable, and several starbase components still don't have an icon (battle stations in particular), even though some such as the repair component were fixed. I just picked up the beta last night and didn't mention them since I figured they would have been caught at the start of the beta testing cycle.


Is efficiency supposed to be tradable? Generally though I'd remember it's still in Beta and with a lot of people off for the Holidays getting a substantial update out this week was bound to be pretty tricky.

That said there are a couple of neat fixes in there.



Reply #15 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
guess I'm just a little frustrated that some of the oversights (not necessarily bugs, but just things that aren't quite right) are still not corrected: Fleet defense components are all still lumped together under the Terran Alliance tech that provides a similar component, Efficiency Research 2 still not tradeable, and several starbase components still don't have an icon (battle stations in particular), even though some such as the repair component were fixed. I just picked up the beta last night and didn't mention them since I figured they would have been caught at the start of the beta testing cycle.


Eh, last beta release is scheduled to be "polish of previous editions", so technically they are more worried about new content in each release rather than fixing bugs right away. Sure, if they have time in the race release week to fix bugs I foresee them not kicking back with a bottle of Cuervo and laughing at people who are still complaining about bugs in the beta. Due to the holidays, the races themselves actually got pushed back a bit and a few bug fixes that were worked on got pushed through.

6 & 1/2 dozen, we're playing a beta here, it's doomed to be buggy at times.
Reply #16 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

"Nothing on earth is forcing you to install the beta versions. It can get rough on the bleeding edge. "
-- Kris Kwilas, 'Essays on Mind and Matter'



:LOL:

In the end . . it'll all be worth it. :CONGRAT:
Reply #17 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I think it's pretty petty to be bitching that SD isn't putting in enough time on this game to make all your little xmas wishes come true. Yeah, I'm bummed to not see the new races, and the lack of Korx trading fixed, and.. and.. and.... But COME ON! It's a freaking BETA for F's sake! Dates slip, sh*t happens, we all get over it. If the game isn't playable right now under some circumstances, that's really unfortunate, but IT'S A BETA! Let SD have half a holiday, and let's at least hold off the bitching until afterward, okay?


Seconded, cut them some slack, it's Christmas and people have familly commitments, not to mention they have a really tight schedule considering they are adding content everytime.

Anyway I won't have another chance to play now until Jan 8th by them we should have my too favourites so that's cool by me.


Reply #18 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Cari/Kyro-

Maybe you should put a post in the Support & Bugs section to include the most recent things Cari just said like "[email protected] unless you actually NEED a response from a support tech (eg, you can't get into the game.)" or to use a different zipping utility if you're sending in your game under Vista, or that your games should be zipped, etc.

Brad has a decent sticky posted here:

https://forums.galciv2.com/?forumid=274&aid=128951

but it doesn't include the things you mentioned. A more extensive, informative post might help clear this stuff up a bit more. Or maybe it's there and I just didn't see it...
Reply #19 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I got a strange bug here. When loading from a specific save file, the "end turn" button doesn't work, and ships that still have movement points left will not move. I'll be sending in an e-mail with the save file.
Reply #20 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I wasn't trying to criticize with my last post. I was just saying that I thought those issues would have been mentioned fairly early on in the evaluation of Beta3C, and since they're just changes in a few variables in the objects (at least I believe they would be, I only took basic programming courses, not anything advanced enough to make a fully functional game) I thought they could be easily implemented in the revisions before Beta3D released.

And to correct one error, I meant to say that Efficiency 2 is tradeable, while the rest of the tech line isn't. If that's intentional, I can accept that, but a slightly different fluff would be a nice touch in that case.
Reply #21 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

As you guys can probably imagine, a lot of the team had not taken vacations at all this year.

They were willing to keep working this week to get the new races in and such but I thought it better for them to use their vacation days.

The good news is that internally, the two new races are in, they're just not tested. Over the holidays, I'm going to start implementing the new AI, begin the serious balancing work, and make other changes so that when we get back, we can release a pretty substantial beta.

Reply #22 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

As you guys can probably imagine, a lot of the team had not taken vacations at all this year.


They were willing to keep working this week to get the new races in and such but I thought it better for them to use their vacation days.


The good news is that internally, the two new races are in, they're just not tested. Over the holidays, I'm going to start implementing the new AI, begin the serious balancing work, and make other changes so that when we get back, we can release a pretty substantial beta.



That's awesome and thanks to all.

Brad you're a workaholic :p . You also should take some time off and enjoy the holidays.
Reply #23 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I'm going to second Jinksy and say that you should be sure to take some time off.

I also hope I didn't really cause any offense with my comments earlier. I may have inadvertently let some of my work and holiday frustrations out on my previous posts, so I apologize to anyone I may have gotten mad.

Hopefully once the holidays are over I'll be more constructive in my comments.
Reply #24 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

As you guys can probably imagine, a lot of the team had not taken vacations at all this year.


They were willing to keep working this week to get the new races in and such but I thought it better for them to use their vacation days.


The good news is that internally, the two new races are in, they're just not tested. Over the holidays, I'm going to start implementing the new AI, begin the serious balancing work, and make other changes so that when we get back, we can release a pretty substantial beta.



Yeah it`s been a Busy Year for the whole Team :) They need there time off!!! and so do you Brad you need to Take your`s too!!

enjoy all you deserve it !!as we said already a January release is find !!! or later  ;) 
Reply #25 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Is there a limit to the amount of items that can be added to a ship? I am asking because I was fooling around and making a Colony City Ship and after a certain amount of pieces it looks like anything after that I add (jewelry or functional pieces) it messes up graphically and if I add a few more pieces the new items go invisible yet it still will display some of the hard points. Anybody else seeing this? I am more then happy if I can figure out how to upload the ship design for developers to take a look at.