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A new update for DA is avaible on SDC. I guess it is supposed to fix the crashing savegames bug. It does not seem to work with old saves.
A list of changes should be up soon.
EDIT: Here it is.

Thanks Stardock!

I wonder how they do that in between the TA betas. Frogboy must have "tied the developers to their desks".
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

I have to keep two copies of the code at once, and as I found the bugs in Twilight, I fixed them in Dark Avatar, and got the update up as soon as I could.

 

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Question- why do the heightmaps change with every update?

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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Version refresh only. They aren't actually changed, so you don't need to bother updating them.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Version refresh only. They aren't actually changed, so you don't need to bother updating them.
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Okay kryo, if we don't bother updating them, then what happens if they eventually are updated beyond a version refresh?
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It's not likely they will be, since they're just a bunch of RAW maps. And TA is using a different system that's much more efficient and won't need them anyway.
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TA is using a different system that's much more efficient
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i know! i'm thinking once a few more AI players are available, i'll be ready to attemps an immense map--and be able to handle it on my computer! (which isn't super old, but it's no gaming rig).

however, i thought TA still used the heightmaps to determine where to place usable tiles? (and if that's the case, i've noticed their placement can be, er, a little odd at times - tiles ending up mostly or completely in ocean).
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however, i thought TA still used the heightmaps to determine where to place usable tiles? (and if that's the case, i've noticed their placement can be, er, a little odd at times - tiles ending up mostly or completely in ocean).
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It uses a limited set of smaller ones for that purpose, but since they're linked with the textures, they're of necessity included in the game itself.