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1.04 Beta 1: May 9
New Features:
+ More Stars and Planets in the galaxy
+ All AI players more intelligent in tactical combat
+ Some AI players are more concerned with relationship building (having a strong military not quite as important)
+ Military Power calculated to take defensive ships more into account
+ AI more intelligent in dealing with tribute demands from other AI players
+ Dead Cheese: Can no longer blockade stars with ships (they'll pop up beyond your blockade).
+ pop up dialog for when trying to select a military project when all orbit slots are full.
+ AI Players manage money better
+ Lots of misc. game tweaks
+ Scoring changed to provide slightly higher scores in general.

Tweaks / Fixes:
- Crash bug from NULL tech issue fixed
- Crash bug (lockup) due to unfinished battle animation hopefully fixed
- fixed some spelling errors/typos
- alliance sumamry fixed
- new home colony is assigned when ship is traded
- First colony ship having infinite range fixed
- AI ships no longer show range on minimap unless debug version
- when constructors are planted, their directives are canceled now
- checked in fix for events coming up for defected planets
- home stars get re-assigned when ships are traded
- AI ship range will not show up on minimap in release versions
- if a constructor is on sector sweep, etc, it cancels all actions when turned into starbase
- fixed it so that you can't purchase multiple social and military projects (but they don't get lost)
- fixed starship move calculations
-f ixed crash in extended ship data window
- fixed crash if save game has bad colony ID
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
With the AI players handling starship combat better, I may have to step down a notch on the AI settings :) I've really got to finish my current game and upgrade! Should be soon, I've got a starship catapult finished, and I'm stockpiling constructors, AAMs and Excaliburs in that sector. It will be a brute force ending :)

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
I want 1.04! but I can't get at the betas (no Drengin.net) Oh the pain!!! (:(

Please, please, please Stardockians consider moving 1.04 out of beta before leaving for E3! ;)
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
LordTheRon, You beat me this time announcing yet another upgrade. Now go and finish that super score you promised The European Alliance ;)
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
I refreshed my stardock central at 8:30 pm Eastern, and there is no 1.04 beta.
Was it removed?

~SDC~
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
You have to be a Dregin.net subscriber to access beta patches. They should be available to all users through SDC in a few days though.
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
Yeah baby! Thanks Stardock.


~SDC~
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
I have a drengin.net subscription but I don't see the option to download the new patches. Stardock Central software entry for Galciv shows 5/9/2003 in the "updated" field, but no "action".

~SDC~
Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
Do you have show pre release checked?
Reply #10 from Stardock Forums Top
I take it that only works with the Drengin.net option? 'Cause it didn't do anything for me.

~SDC~
Reply #12 from Stardock Forums Top
I'm betting the 'fixed starship move calculation' stops the deal where if you had 6 range left but enemy was 7 away you could click to attack him and you'd get that attack after moving 6 (instead of being out of moves before attacking). Anyone confirm that?

Looks like a good patch, looking forward to when it comes to 'regular' SDC for download. :)
Reply #13 from Stardock Forums Top
Am in the middle of a gigantic game I need to finish before I update but any idea how the new military calculation works taking defense into account. It would certainly help as I always get attacked by the AI now early as I refuse to build crap like the star fighter. Am also intrigued by the AI now taking relationships into account. That would also be a nice step as well. Keep up the good work guys, it is appreciated.

~SDC~
Reply #14 from Stardock Forums Top
I'm confused about the relation between drengin.net and SDC ... I thought that one did not need a sub to drengin.net to have access to the betas (but maybe I'm just confused).
Reply #15 from Stardock Forums Top
My relations have been relatively easy to maintain thusfar. Hopefully this hasn't become TOO easy. I'm working on an intelligent Gigantic game at the moment. Me, being neutral helps of course, but I went from wary to warm with the Yor pretty quickly.


~SDC~
Reply #16 from Stardock Forums Top
There's a seperate sticky thread on this, but if a release is marked as "beta" then only Drengin.net subscribers can get to it (because of security measures on stardocks servers).

The various incremintal releases (for example 1.03A.57) can be downloaded through the SDC by anyone who has bought Galactic Civilizations.

The "stand alone" releases are hyperlinked ON the GalCiv.com website in the downloads section and do not require the SDC program. These are consider very stable releases which have gone through various quality control procedures (of which we are all a part hehehe ;)). You will still need your registration number to download them of course.

So... basically if you are not a Drengin.net subscriber you have to wait until Stardock removes the beta tag from 1.04 (another great perk for the subscribers!)

I hope they do this soon though for 1.04... FOR THE LOVE OF GOD I NEED MY FIX!!! I WANT 1.04! NO I *NEED* IT! PLEASE! PLEASE! BRAD! CARI! SCOTT! ALEX! SOMEBODY!!!
(geeze can you tell I have become completely addicted to this game yet? LOL )
Reply #17 from Stardock Forums Top
"fixed starship move calculation" means that some bonuses weren't being immediately calculated at the end of a turn and so ships that were in fleets weren't getting the bonuses until they were taken out of the fleet.