Yessssssssss, you've fixed the trade bug ... I love you guys !

This is the list of improvements for 1.96 vs 1.95 as published at http://sdc1.stardock.com/public/gc2/production/Twilight.htm

v1.96

+ NEW: Clicking on Race Logos on the Civ Manager>Timeline>Legend screen will toggle them on/off in the timeline

+ NEW: Added option to change the zoom speed

+ TWEAK: Legend screen only lists the races you know

+ TWEAK: Increased the max value the edge scroll speed could take in the options window

+ FIXED: [070108] caused ship components that you didn’t have the tech requirements for to show up as available in the ship design list
+ This also fixes the problem with the AI not being able to build military ships
+ This also fixes a crash

+ FIXED: Arcean planet improvement "Cathedral of Valor" now gives the 33% planetary defense bonus that it mentions in its description. Still working on a solution for the soldiering bonus.

+ FIXED: PlaceAgentWnd: Next and previous buttons should only show planets that you know about (aren't hidden in the FOW)

+ FIXED: We believe that we have fixed the crash when placing a spy but it's hard to reproduce so it may just not have come up during testing.

+ FIXED: Now if a starbase can't install any modules, the starbase details and intel windows say "No modules available" rather than "0/0"

+ FIXED: Bug that kept the trade route revenue and distance traveled from calculating correctly

+ FIXED: The “auto-attack bug,” where you would have to click on a ship in auto-attack mode after it had won a battle for it to pick another target, also leaving the turn button hidden without proceeding with the turn

+ FIXED: Bug where if an empty string was read from the registry, the function would still return true, which would make it impossible to submit games to the metaverse.

+ FIXED: Bug where some of the functions that create ship nodes were passing in parameters in the wrong order, which could cause crashes and possibly invisible ships, but you might now have funny looking ships if for some reason it fails to find your user designed ship data. Again, we recommend NOT overwriting ship designs.

+ FIXED: Bug where going to the PlaceAgentWnd from the GNN would result in the GNN not coming back

+ FIXED: Disabled AllowMixedVP option as most cards don't seem to handle this well.

+ FIXED: Invalid Call bug when Alt-Tabbing which was caused by the device not being ready to Reset. It could still be caused by other things, but it should be much more rare now.

+ FIXED: Bug where improvements that had ManualDestruct set to 0 were still setting it as true, which allowed you to still destroy and rebuild weather control, etc

We were going to try and do it across the board, but even backporting the Espionage change into DA is going to be a HUGE pain...after much discussion, we decided that porting back to DL is more trouble than what it's worth    Sorry P.P.

Also, please note that not all 2.0 features will be for both TA and DA. The tweaked espionage system, or course, and other changes will be backported, but the majority of the new bigger 2.0 features will be Twilight only.

That said, there are alot of cool changes being made, so stay tuned as to what 2.0 will entail   We think you guys are going to be pretty happy.

I just hope that IF it is at all possible to alter or transfer as is some of the great features found in TA straight into DA (backward proper formatting, that is!)... you guys are gonna do all you can to make it so.

I can't actually pin-point at the exact thingies which would be a good supplement to DA but the new 'Click-Logos' in the Timeline screen to pull any Race lines off the chart would certainly be a welcomed addition, etc.

And... of course, what is written all over the place and into the "Slam_My_Game" thread must somehow make THAT all important cut of version 2.0 fame.

I feel the opportunity is there to even patchup a solution to most of the Editors; example, a DA tech-tree cannot be altered in the current framework or the spreadsheet feature i've asked for the Mapping stuff.

We are investing our trust into you SD for plenty more - if that's even possible.

OH - and real sabotage by spies & counter-measures by Repair Crews - please!

Could you give us at least a small hint when approximately to expect v2.0? What you said sounds great - but no pressure on my side, as with TA please take all the time you need to bring it to a polished state. Rumors are 2.0 will be the last update, is that true?

*cough*

no-tech brokering option

*cough*

Thanks!

Due to the fact that GalCiv 2 has multiple ways to achieve victory, I think that the mine issue is a little trickier than it seems. What if you put some mines in a region and some AI flag ship, which belongs to a race you are at peace with, walks in that sector not knowing of their presence ? War ensemble ?

This means, that the mines will have to be activated ONLY by ships that belong to a race you are at war with. The others can pass freely through the mines, not being aware of their existence.

I disagree on mines....Coding the AI to take advantage of it would seemingly take much development time away from other things.

+++++++++No Tech Brokering --definitely....please... would make proxy wars viable.

+TerrorStar engines (make them a upgrade+research..or make warp drive1 unlock a engine module, and hyperwarp 1 unlock another module), and the upgrade something crazy like 5000-10000 for a one-time small speed bump (say +2,+3). That way they remain just as inefficient and expensive as the terrorstars themselves... (who really has the time to research this stuff... by the time this is left in the tech tree, moving at 1pc on a large, huge,gigantic, immense map is TOTALLY useless, and on a small or tiny map the game is over by then. The only time ive built one(seriously built) was on a medium map.

Is it possible to change the default production rate to 100% at game start? Its always annoyed me @67%. Unless there's a reason,.... not sure, doesent everyone ramp it to 100% in the first turn?

+Sensors IV doesn't have a ship component for any race anymore. Not a big deal for Terran because of their unique, but for other races it would be nice for that to be fixed.

+More UP options to vote on.

Another annoying small problem that's still around - on the Diplomacy Screen - offered cash amounts will sometimes be shown truncated (ie - will show 213 instead of 2135). Should not take much to fix this.

Along with a whole set of doubled (Trim and_or Hull texturing schemas) basic 3D Primaries in highly variable shapes and sizes (we have the usual "Starter Blocks", now we need the Icosahedron & Tetras pyramids and beyond!) - please_S (exponential multiplicator added in).

I really do want to puzzle up my Lego_like ships as i truly would.

What about some Blue or Green Hardpoint arrows?
Blame the DreadLord or Drengin reddishly enhanced coloring schemes for this need, btw.

repeat-Is the ship auto designer bug still around? This is the one where the option to auto design your ships uses more components than what you should be allowed.
Thanks

Have posted this also elsewhere...

1) I'd like to add one additional level before alliance called Partnership.
It would be sharing of astronomical data like stars, planets, and so on. Basically would mean that I see what my partner ships see. Could be stopped with 1 year notice or war obviously.

2) Usually I do spend some time adjusting % of expenditures for technologies to reach my targets. I'd like to have the technology slider adjustable not in % but in turns left before discovery. The program should auto adjust in case of economy changes.

3) see also Minimap on diplomacy