Twilight of the Arnor Beta 4b

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OK, I have good news and bad news.  The bad news is that there aren't any updates to the AI, the tech trees, or the races in this build.  The good news is that Brad is going to be on X-Play tomorrow at 8pm!  He'll be demoing Sins of the Solar Empire.  So he's been in L.A. this week on a media tour instead of working on the game.  We do have some bug fixes and a tweak for you, though.

+ FIXED: Bug in AIFindScoutDestination where the scout's planet destination was setting ulAIColonyAssigned instead of ulAIScoutAssigned
+ FIXED: Stuck turn button bug where an AI scout kept trying to move on to a planet
+ FIXED: Bug in campaign code where it wasn't checking the Dark Avatar directory for campaign files when loading the next mission
+ FIXED: Changed it so that you have to be spending something to use the creative ability
+ FIXED: Changed Creative ability to only give the amount of tech points necessary to complete research on the tech, instead of the entire cost, as it did previously.
+ FIXED: Creativity now ignores negative creativity ability values
+ FIXED: Minor races are no longer affected by Neutral Ground UP Law.
+ FIXED: Terror stars are now moved by Neutral Ground UP law along with the rest of your warships.
+ FIXED: All random events (including mega events) that create minor races should now be disabled when minor races are disabled
+ FIXED: Bug where minor race tab on Foreign Policy screen wasn't enabled if a minor race was created when the minor races are disabled (in case we decide to allow exceptions to the disabled minor race option)
+ FIXED: The Jagged Knife no longer automatically uses the The, so you won't see The The Jagged Knife anymore
+ FIXED: Added new XML tag to TechTree.xml CanUseCreativeAbility, which determines if the tech can be completed using the race's creative ability.  If it is not present, it is assumed to be TRUE.
+ FIXED:  Bug in "minor races get all of a major civ’s tech" event that gave the wrong techs to the minor race
+ FIXED:  Bugs in other events that involve giving one civ all of another civ’s techs
+ FIXED:  When a terror star is in the mobilizing phase (which lasts 10 weeks and doesn’t allow the terror star to move), it was possible to move it if you fleeted it with another ship.
+ FIXED: Bug where UP issue restricting starbase modules affected terror stars
+ FIXED: Bug where UP issue that prevents you from attacking starbases did not exclude terror stars (but there are no issues like that currently implemented, this was mainly for mod compatibility)
+ FIXED: If you don't have a serial number registered and you go to start a Metaverse game, the game will now tell you that you need to register your serial number
+ FIXED: Bug where fleets with warp bubbles did not get correct moves when loading a saved game
+ FIXED:  Crash in planet surface code
 
 
+ TWEAK: Ship Maintenance now excludes freighters and is lowered by 1%.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Yay, thank you. Really hoping the next patch will include AI/tech updates, though. :)
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
unacceptable, i want my money back
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Thanks for the updates.

~ Wyndstar
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Slurple: Too bad...we took your money and Cari spent it on winter boots that keep shorting out my mouse ;)

Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
unacceptable, i want my money back



This is a JOKE....er....Right !!! :NOTSURE: 



Nasty

Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

unacceptable, i want my money back



This is a JOKE....er....Right !!!  



Nasty




It is not a joke, gimme the AI updates. right now. kplzthx
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Hey BoogieBac I think Slurple So Mad He`s Seeing Purple :)
Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Looking forward to 4c then.

I'm not bothered about the AI as it can kick my arse as it is. I just feel some of the technologys are not quite how they should be. Nothing in particular, it's always been like this in the Betas though.

Question, when will you complete the rest of the high rez icons?
Reply #9 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
We have two months until release. Another week for AI/tech updates is fine.

But only one more week.  :HOT: 

But that's just because I'm a bit burned out on the state of the tech trees.
Reply #10 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Slurple: Too bad...we took your money and Cari spent it on winter boots that keep shorting out my mouse



Maybe you should take someone else's money and get a new, boot-proof mouse?

And Slurple: If you're not joking, then you're woefully retarded. These are referred to as "betas" for a reason. If you are joking, then you're not overly funny.
Reply #11 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
You have no idea how much I'm pouting over the continuing absence of the Hyperion Starbase modules. It's quite disgusting, really.
Reply #12 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Thank you for the update. I am always grateful regardless if its a large update or a minor one!


Reply #13 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
What I am really looking forward too is the TOOLS!!! Gimme the tools :)
Reply #14 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Good stuff SD! Wish some of that had been in during my last game. Those Dread Lords are nasty, and now I can keep mega events on with minors off and never see them again! No more Jagged Knife either! Yay!
Reply #15 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Eh, I'm happy. I'm just sort of not getting anything new from playing, and the bugs aren't showing up so much - at least nothing that has not already been identified.
Reply #16 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
+ TWEAK: Ship Maintenance now excludes freighters and is lowered by 1%.


It seems to be having a positive effect. I was able to start and finish the colony rush with the Thalans on a small map without having any serious economic problems, or go into severe dept (more than -500bc) before I started making money again. That, or my strategy to deal with a negative population growth is working very well.
Reply #17 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
How are other people feeling about the money issue? Lowering costs 1% doesn't
seem like much. A lot of complaining about the economic issues in the game.
How is it now?

I am not going to start playing the beta if I spend all my time worrying about money.

Regardless I will start playing when it comes out of beta.
Reply #18 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I was just playing the Dark Avatar campaign in TA and during planetary invasion it seems that the option of traditional invasion is no longer there, researching the first tech only gave me gas warfare for example, sounds like a bug ??
Reply #19 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Thanks for the update. Good thing I didn't spend too much time on my new game last night, since I will start brand new with the update to check how the change in maintenance affects my game.
Reply #20 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
+ FIXED: The Jagged Knife no longer automatically uses the The, so you won't see The The Jagged Knife anymore

What kind of tech is the 'The'? :LOL: ;)
Reply #21 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
It's just before the "Teh" tech which destroys the English language across the galaxy.
Reply #22 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
*rabble rabble rabble*

The GalCivvers Guild of America is on strike! *pickets CariElf's house*
Reply #23 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

How are other people feeling about the money issue? Lowering costs 1% doesn't
seem like much. A lot of complaining about the economic issues in the game.
How is it now?

I am not going to start playing the beta if I spend all my time worrying about money.

Regardless I will start playing when it comes out of beta.


I'm not positive, but I believe ship maintenance was in the realm of 10% of original cost. Maybe it was as low as 6%, I don't remember exactly. In any case, 1% less there is an overall difference in maintenance of between 10 and ~17%, which is definitely enough to make a difference, though it's not going to make a colony rush go green.

Probably the main reason I'm playing the beta is so that I have some input on how it turns out. Then again, I DO like hunting down bugs.
Reply #24 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
What I am really looking forward too is the TOOLS!!! Gimme the tools


If you look around these boards some, I bet there are some "tools".

I guess Cari needed new boots after squishing that spider huh?

I'm glad to see the Creativity tweaks...especially the flag to make tech non-creativitied....er, you know what I mean. Same goes for the "you must be spending in order to be creative", no more working while vacationing at the beach.
Reply #25 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
And this post needs to be moved into the journal section of the site. *ANGRY SNAIL