Galactic Civilizations IV 1.0

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*** RELEASED ON 4/26/2022 ***

Features

  • Workshop- You can now upload and download ship designs to share with out. Civilizations, Ship Styles and full mods will be coming soon.
  • Apocalypse- This new Galactic Challenge requires you to have completed (and survived) the Everwar. There is no way to stop war once the Apocalypse has started, but you receive 10 Prestige for every civilization you defeat.

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where the opponent slots weren't hiding the names when the slot was empty.
  • Fixed a missing icon on the Subspace Sensors policy.
  • Fixed an issue with starting locations on MP maps.
  • Fixed an issue where some terran ship thumbnails didn't show up on the fleet details window.
  • Fixed an issue where unlocks can overflow on the research complete window.
  • Removed an unused "Go To" icon in the quest window.
  • Fixed the sort buttons in the ship sort list.
  • No language other than English is currently enabled (since that's the only language supported).
  • Fixed an issue where map markers would be shown for asteroid battles (which don't have battle reports).
  • Fixed an issue where the mode buttons would look weird if you had more than 10 of an item (now it just shows a + if you are above 9).
  • Fixed a MP desync when attacking planets.
  • Fixed a MP desync when starting as a civ with the paranoid trait.
  • Fixed a MP desync during battles.
  • Fixed components that provide their ship with an XP bonus (Resistance command ships).
  • Fixed the Prestige culture trait.
  • Fixed the Professionalism policy.
  • Fixed the Veteran civ traits.
  • Fixed an issue when occasionally it would be your turn but you couldn't spend a Culture Point.
  • Shortened some anomaly events so they didn't overflow their textbox.
  • Updated version of the Metaverse that has been switched to the real live data.
  • Fixed a bug where music would stop playing in the late game.
  • Fixed an issue where there difficulty sliders in the game options window weren't visible.
  • Fixed an issue where the AI could survey Ship Graveyards with military ships.
  • Fixed an issue where tooltips wouldn't show up when zooming.
  • Fixed a crash when combining components in the ship designer.

Balance

  • Random levels slightly less common.
  • Huge hulls hp reduced from 512 to 256.
  • Minor civs and hostile entities are disabled in MP Arena mode.
  • DisruptersXe attack increased from 7 to 8.
  • Plasma Xe attack increased from 8 to 9.
  • Phased cannons attack increased from 9 to 10.

UI

  • Improved hit detection when you are zoomed out (hit detection is now based on the strategic icon, not the tile the object is in which can be difficult to hit at high zoom levels).
  • Better tooltips for prestige.
  • Added a Total research output to the research screen, with a breakdown for where all your research is coming from.

Ships

  • New Terran Alliance command ships models

Audio

  • Added additional late game music.
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Reply #1 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Thanks, Derek. 

Any more MP desync issues fixed?

Reply #2 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Does that 'Workshop' feature mean Steam Workshop support (in other words is the game coming to Steam at release?), or is it an in-game mod interface also called Workshop?

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Reply #3 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Quoting Piglet5350, reply 2

Does that 'Workshop' feature mean Steam Workshop support (in other words is the game coming to Steam at release?), or is it an in-game mod interface also called Workshop?

The in game user content sharing is also called the Workshop.

It is all in game, and all supported by Stardock's systems. Meaning that no matter what platform GC4 goes to, players will be able to create and share content with each other.

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Reply #4 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Quoting dg551, reply 1

Thanks, Derek. 

Any more MP desync issues fixed?

Just the three big desyncs mentioned in the post. MP is much more reliable.

Reply #5 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Quoting DerekPaxton, reply 3


Quoting Piglet5350,
reply 2

Does that 'Workshop' feature mean Steam Workshop support (in other words is the game coming to Steam at release?), or is it an in-game mod interface also called Workshop?



The in game user content sharing is also called the Workshop.

It is all in game, and all supported by Stardock's systems. Meaning that no matter what platform GC4 goes to, players will be able to create and share content with each other.

nice, yeah i think that this is a really great idea.

Reply #6 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Is 0.99 compatible with previous saved games?  I have loaded a 0.95 saved game from this morning, and it crashes after about 30 seconds of game play.  I have repeated this 3 times and it has crashed consistently each time.

Reply #7 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

The following screen snapshot from the Epic Games Launcher shows version 1.00 not 0.99.  What is going on?

Reply #8 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Version 1.00.343708 is crashing within the first minute of launching it.  It crashes during the opening video, it crashes while I am modifying my custom civilization.  Is anybody else experiencing this or is it just me?

Reply #9 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Further to my question re compatibility with 0.95 saved games, I have a bigger issue with 0.99 - it won't run - period.  It also crashes when I start a new game.  I have verified the game files from the Epic Games Launcher with no success.  I am now uninstalling and reinstalling.  Note - I have been playing since Alpha 0.30, and have not experienced this problem before.

Hopefully the reinstall will fix this.

 

Reply #11 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Same issue here with 0.99. Crashes to an error screen every time, when first starting the game.

 

Reply #12 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

I'm also seeing the game crash. It seems random, but I can't even start a new game.

Reply #13 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Game then updated to V 1.0, but still crashes to desktop with an error screen every time, upon first loading.

 

Reply #14 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Hotfix pushed, crash should be fixed. Please let me know if anyone else is seeing it.

 

Reply #15 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Loaded as 99.343715.  Seems to working fine now.  Played 18 min., now on turn 19.

Reply #16 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Working fine, now - thanks, Derek

Reply #17 from GalCiv4 Forums Top


Added a Total research output to the research screen, with a breakdown for where all your research is coming from.

 

Derek, can we assign Control cost to enacting/changing of new Policies? That would make it more meaningful late game.

Reply #18 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Loaded an old Terran save and the ship icons are invisible. Any way to update them to use the new ships?

Reply #19 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

    • Apocalypse- This new Galactic Challenge requires you to have completed (and survived) the Everwar. There is no way to stop war once the Apocalypse has started, but you receive 10 Prestige for every civilization you defeat.

Ok, I guess you finally got me: first 1.0 game with Drengin. Against the Tide, Everwar and Apocalypse :D

Reply #20 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

A friend and I started a MP session today, with V 0.99. We loaded a saved game from last week 0.95. We got only part  way through the Terran Alliance turn when the game froze on me and I could not hit the arrow to advance the turn. I could exit to the main menu. We tried this 3 times. I even saved part way through the turn, but the same freeze happened, even after re-loading the new saved game.

I noticed that my Gaze ship had no icon showing - only a black box - in the fleet display at lower left.

In one instance, we had the Terran Alliance symbol at bottom right, next to the turn arrow, but no wording "Terran Alliance".

I can provide a saved game via dropbox.

Reply #21 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

As an update, we started a new MP game with 0.99.  We played a full 3 hours without any disconnects or freezes. It appears that the issue was our old saved game with 0.95. 

Derek, could you please re-introduce Sandbox mode into the MP game. We will give it a playtest. When that is working, then you could then add AI players, thanks.