Galactic Civilizations III v4.2

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*** Released ***

Fixes

  • Typo Fixes
  • Fixed an initialization bug

Balance

  • Planet class 26 added
  • General balance of planets classes moved down some.
  • Players can start slightly closer together.
  • Starbase particle beam support weapon no longer requires Elerium
  • Starbase Stinger missile support weapon no longer requires anti-matter
  • Starbase Shield Generator support module no l,onger requires Elerium
  • Starbase Point defense support module no longer requires Elerium
  • Starbase Titanium plate module no longer requires Durantium
  • Starbase perimeter Scanner no longer requires Durantium
  • Starbase sector scanner Durantium cost reduced from 2 to 1
  • Starbase modules resource cost reduced by 1
  • Starbase Archeology module benefits increased
  • Starbase level 1 economic modules no longer require special resources
  • Content approval threshold reduced from 45% to 40%
  • Starting year increased from 2242 to 2243 for Retribution
  • Tiny map habitable planet count increased from 32 to 36
  • Small map habitable planet count increased from 40 to 48
  • Medium map habitable planet count increased from 100 to 120
  • Large map habitable planet count increased from 200 to 250
  • Huge map habitable planet count increased from 300 to 320
  • Gigantic map habitable planet count increased from 400 to 450
  • Immense map habitable planet count increased from 500 to 550
  • Planetary Improvement tech increases admin points +1
  • Colonial Engineering tech increases admin points +1
  • Artificial Gravity tech increases admin points +1
  • Interstellar Resupply tech increases admin points +1
  • Xeno Commerce tech increases admin points +1
  • Xeno Entertainment tech increases admin points +1
  • Retribution: Star distance reduced from 7 tiles to 5 tiles.
  • Default player count per map size increased:
    • Small: 3 to 5
    • Medium: 6 to 9
    • Large: 8 to 11
    • Huge: 12 to 17
    • Gigantic: 16 to 21
  • Colony ships cost more
  • Prototype hyperdrive requires anti-matter instead of Promethion
  • Slight bump to improvement costs.
  • Tiny hull receives +2 speed buff
  • Small hull receives +1 speed buff
  • Cargo hull cost increased.
  • Capital world now provides +5 Credits per turn.
  • Capital production bonus increased from 2 to 3.

AI

  • AI more generous in tech trading
  • Fixed bug that could cause an AI player to rush a ship when it didn't want to.
  • AI will no longer overwrite its current improvement project.
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Any ETA on when this will move out of opt-in?

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting Davabled, reply 1

Any ETA on when this will move out of opt-in?

Hopefully soon.  We need to make sure it's heavily tested with various DLCs disabled.

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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

After the 4.2 update, the fonts were completely lost in the Russian version of the game. Attempts to restore the display of Russian fonts by deleting individual files in the Programdata folder did not yield results, as did the implementation of other tips offered by the support earlier. You should also not suggest checking for non-ASCII fonts in folder names, it has been checked for a long time. In this case, a typical example of the crookedness of developers who managed to break a working game

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Reply #4 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting Scracheder, reply 3

After the 4.2 update, the fonts were completely lost in the Russian version of the game. Attempts to restore the display of Russian fonts by deleting individual files in the Programdata folder did not yield results, as did the implementation of other tips offered by the support earlier. You should also not suggest checking for non-ASCII fonts in folder names, it has been checked for a long time. In this case, a typical example of the crookedness of developers who managed to break a working game

We have an opt-in that should address this issue.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/226860/discussions/1/3065249074202919852/ 

Please do let us know if this resolves it for you.

Reply #6 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Some thoughts on V4.2:

Significant reduction of game drag in the 300 turns.

The AI is still parading precious ships like the Prime Minister, Prince and Princess (with escorts) into dangerous areas.

The proximity of civilization starting points certainly ramps up desperate research, creating and cashing in scientists for 'epiphanies', risking war to snatch up Precurser Archives and going broke for Pragmatic choices to get the chance to use the 50 turns of Peace to prepare for a knock down drag out.

The AI is still sneaky as ever - using ships to bait you out of position to attack planets and installations with their 'unseen' ships.  

 Full disclosure: Ludacris size, Abundant resources, planets etc., 14 civs (counting mine).

Well done! Love it, though it would be cool to have about 130 turns before meeting other civs.

Luceo Non Uro

 

 

 

Reply #8 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting lavalx, reply 5

And what about users, which bought game in the EpicGamesStore?

Did you buy GC3 or the GC4 alpha on epic? This is a GC3 update.

Reply #9 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting Scracheder, reply 7

I bought the game from EpicGameStores, and your Steam update does not solve the problem

See post #8. 

Reply #10 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Odd, my open beta shows as being 4.1 now instead of 4.2 like it was before the last patch…

Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top

Mine still shows v4.1. The opt-in shows "...v4.2 Russian Fix".

 

How can I get v4.2?

Thanks...