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GALCIV: First Official Update Released!

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GALCIV: First Official Update Released!

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The first update (or "patch" as people tend to call these things in the game industry) to Galactic Civilizations is now available.

Whether you purchased the game at retail or directly, just download Stardock Central from the downloads section and you should be able to see 1.01A.

Changes:
+ Some random events come later in the game.
+ Technology Trade United Planets issue nerfed
+ AI considers technology trade values more at lower intelligence levels
+ Crash bug in diplomacy screen hopefully fixed
+ Terraformer can be built
+ SDNet.lib updated for those who have had trouble submitting scores. Make sure you register with the metaverse.
+ Duplicate building of wonders / trade goods fixed
+ Added 2 new random events
+ Anti-Cheat methods beefed up
+ Metaverse submits difficulty level

There will be another update later in the week so unless any of these things look compellign to you, don't feel obligated to get it.

Though based on the posts, some of the changes to random events and the trade all tech UP issue will probably be good news to some.
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Reply #27 from Stardock Forums Top
it shows i have 1.01 installed, but still downloading the full 84.5MB file....about half way done actually...
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Reply #28 from Stardock Forums Top
Yea, it's 1.01a.30 that is the latest.

I tell ya, it drives me mad trying to understand what is causing that.

Fifth, could you do me one favor:

Try going to the download area here and redownload SDCentral and then check. I'd really appreciate it if you could post back if that fixes it.

~SDC~
Reply #30 from Stardock Forums Top
Perhaps there is an issue with a configuration file not auto-updating itself correctly?

I had a similar problem with the forums at home and at work not showing the same forum buttons. I had to delete the discussion.ini file to force it to update and see all the forums available.

~SDC~
Reply #31 from Stardock Forums Top
I'm not sure. But it's causing me to lose my hair. ;)

~SDC~
Reply #32 from Stardock Forums Top
Brad, I had to point my SDC build 3 at the Atlanta server then restart it so I could upgrade to build 4. THEN, I could see the update.

~SDC~
Reply #34 from Stardock Forums Top
I might as well chime in here and say that I also got the update from the Atlanta server.
I also have build 4 of Stardock Central.

~SDC~
Reply #35 from Stardock Forums Top
I re-downloaded SDCentral and installed it (didn't uninstall, just installed over), hasn't changed anything. It installed the update when I ran it, restarted SDCentral. I didn't see the update. So I did the Refresh data. No dice.

One thing I should mention is that on Atlanta it says Updated 3/30/2003, and it shows the history for the update.. but it doesn't let me get to the actual update.
Reply #36 from Stardock Forums Top
Err, to clarify.. the first update I'm talking about is SDCentral updating itself, not GalCiv.
Reply #37 from Stardock Forums Top
Try now, I just re-did the sync thing. (crosses fingers).



~SDC~
Reply #38 from Stardock Forums Top
I got the update installed and running.

It seems like the trade/tech AI adjustment was overboard. Playing on normal AI levels, the AI now values their techs bigtime when dealing with the me. They want like 3 of my techs for one of theirs. Kind of ridiculous, but they seem to be trading them around more with each other...

olaf
Reply #39 from Stardock Forums Top
Okay ive uninstalled and reinstalled sdc. The version that it now shows for gal civ is 0.9.033. hmm, dont unnderstand that but it was just version 1.01.029 as installed. Proof of what was installed is on the metaverse :)

~SDC~
Reply #40 from Stardock Forums Top
I too refreshed several times and I see no update. Something is not right.
Reply #41 from Stardock Forums Top
Fifth, does it show the latest available for download being 1.01a?

olaf: No changes were made in tech values.

~SDC~
Reply #42 from Stardock Forums Top
Im in Stardock right now and Im showing I have I guess version 1.01.029 of the game with no updates available.

My SD version is 0.99c.151 build 4.

Reply #44 from Stardock Forums Top
Tekkor, if you go to Tools>Settings>Connections, what do you see? US ATlanta or California? If it's Cali, change to Atlanta, hit Ok, and quit out and restart Stardock Central. Any difference?

~SDC~
Reply #45 from Stardock Forums Top
Damn. Okay, I'm out of my league then on this. I'm not familiar enough with the workings of SDCEntral and the backend to try anything else. :(

We'll have it solved probably within th enext 12 to 16 hours.

~SDC~
Reply #47 from Stardock Forums Top
I downloaded SDC after I heard about the update, updated, tried the suggested, and still do not see the patch.

M

~SDC~
Reply #48 from Stardock Forums Top
Oh well. I should probably be sleeping soon instead of playing another game... but it's soo addicting =)

Thanks for trying though Frogboy
Reply #49 from Stardock Forums Top
I've tried switching between the two servers, restarting and refreshing multiple times. None of it make this new patch appear.

Reply #50 from Stardock Forums Top
Is there a way to clear (so to speak) SDC so it doesn't try to resume the 85M download. I cancelled after hearing problems with MM not working anyore.