We're almost done with 1.3 but we have a new beta that should be available on Stardock Central to all users of Galactic Civilizations II.
Here is what is new in beta 3 over beta 2A.
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Changes for v1.3 Beta 3:
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+ Changed some of the planetary improvement values and costs
+ Tweaked some of the values in starbase modules
+ made entry field selection show up
+ added tech report to trade screen
+ Tweaked text and dialog in teh campaign and in some scenarios
+ fixed save games not showing up in save game window if there were other files with the same extension.
+ Custom window sizes work now
+ fixed error where mod subfolders PlanetDescriptions and TerrainColorScheme didn't work
+ fixed error where Terrain query images + ship component thumbnails did not show up even if they were in the correct mod subfolder
+ Tweaked the minimap where it didn't draw all of the ZOC
+ fixed destination cursors not being visible after loading save game
+ added checks to make sure that dead civs are ignored in the UP
+ Added strings for moralists event
+ fixed typo in Singularity Driver IV's name
+ Removed redunant use of short civ name in battle messages in GNN
+ changed FindShipInSensorRange to use a predicate function
+ Sentry/Guard should work better now
+ Made it so that clicking on a ship will not cancel guard/sentry
+ changed it so that the ship list does not do a full update so often (should help move times)
+ added option to not prompt to pay cost of a module if you have enough money in your treasury
+ Changed missing turn button if a rallypoint is on an uninhabitable or uncolonized planet
+ fixed bug where there was a 1 turn delay before ships would calc a new path after swapping rallypoint destinations from the governor
+ fixed bug with trade screen where dialogs did not hide when switching civs
+ fixed government bonus strings so that they now show the bonuses as implemented.
+ updated ship designs that wasn't using correct ranges
+ Re-did UI so that where clicking on the minimap couldn't accidently click on the find or turn buttons
+ Updated calculation of alliance victory status string
+ tweaked locale code so that it doesn't change so much, which should fix some performance issues and some crashes. Have verification that display and entry of German characters is working, but would like confirmation from other languages also.
+ Changed auto-attack behavior; When a ship is set on auto-attack, it will attempt to find a nearby ship belonging to a civ it is at war with. If it can't find a ship that is not hidden by fow, it will cancel auto-attack to avoid causing the missing turn button bug. To avoid slowdown, it does not attempt to pick the 'best' target, it just picks the first valid target it finds.
+ added additional debug messages to activation code
+ Updated screen on OpponentWnd where the civ name was not using the displayname field.
+ made rallypoint wnd sort rallypoint names alphabetically
+ Terran Alliance should now start with the correct intelligence
+ Addressed playability issue where the last non-custom race you played would be loaded when going to customize the custom race (You may get this the first time before you load the correct custom race config or clear the LastRace string under CustomRace in the Prefs.ini file)
+ Changed Ctrl+B where hitting CTRL+N when playing a Custom Race started a new game using the default Custom Race config
+ Fixed bug where planet quality and number of tiles did not match after choosing Neutral alignment
+ Updated Invasion behavior to avoid invading a planet with a planetary bonus multiple times would cause more tiles to become available every invasion
+ Added tool tip on planet screen
+ Fixed bug where info icons would appear jumbled together at the top of the screen if there were too many. Now, new icons will fall as soon as the existing icons have been cleared.
+ Improved the graphics management system for better compatibility
+ Dead Civs no longer show up with voting power. We realize not counting dead people in voting makes game less realistic... JK.
+ Fixed "Specialized Ships" stat on Foreign Stats/Military page to show correct number of ships
+ Tweaked where starport icons on planets on main map were not updated after using the Civ Manager Governor to change what starports were building
+ Changed behavior where first turn after loading a saved game would show a dip in the manufacturing history graph
+ Updated Combat viewer to change where ship icons in combat viewer did not show the correct amount of damage if the civ had HP bonuses
+ Fixed an API that made the AI like you more than they should
+ Syncronized relations code that caused the AI and Human player relations to be out of sync
+ Hooked planet data to economic engine. Where planet data wasn't refreshing after changing spending sliders
+ Updated UI structs where intelligences were reset without updating difficulty level if you went back to a previous screen
+ Made decomission of planetary improvements never take more than 1 turn.
+ added code to make sure that decomission 'improvements' can't be built on empty or non-functional tiles
+ Our system now suppports tab keysin entry fields
+ added dialog to warn if you're using an invalid race config when playing a metaverse game
+ fixed bug where starting a new game after having started/loaded a game and left the ship list open causes a crash or empty game screen
+ added code to delete shipcfgs from My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\ships (or metaverse\ships) folder that do not have an xml file. This will help keep the folder clean and cut down on save game sizes (and time to save/load)
+ rallypoints will no longer show up in the stacked ship context area, since they now show up in the context area in the bottom left corner of the main screen interface
+ Fixed bug where sometimes, after an alt-tab, freighter ships would not appear to be the correct size.
+ Fixed bug where planet quality penalties were applied in the case of an invasion that ended in a draw
+ fixed crash on foreign report if no race has any ships
+ fixed bug that didn't read in modded conversations or flavor text
+ fixed bug where last custom race wasn't loaded
+ Tweaked it so that tooltips will now show up for the lower row of ships in the Ships in Orbit
+ fixed it so that if you select a ship in the Ships In Orbit area, it will deselect the previous one, even if it's in another row.
+ SizeMods now use only the base capacity of the hull, not the max capacity (the capacity after miniturization is applied)
+ Made changes to font manager to fix the slow-down on foreign language systems.
+ Added option to disable city lights on the dark side of planets
+ fleet upgrade overlays always update properly
UPDATE: 1.3 BETA 3X
+ Tweaked ship weapons/defenses
+ Tweaked more planetary improvements
+ Fixed an infinite loop caused by Beta 3.
+ Changed the way planetary invasions penalties work when a draw (extremely rare)