Galactic Civilizations II 1.1 next week

One more beta this week

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We're still doing QA on Galactic Civilizations II 1.1.  We've been working on a wide variety of things such as increasing performance on lower end systems, improving the computer AI, adding more alien dialog, fixing bugs, and the other usual stuff.

We will be putting up a new beta this week. Then next week we'll officially release 1.1. 

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Woohoo!

I can't wait! The new AI looks splendid.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Question: what is the estimated time for the localized versions (specifically: the German one)?
Ashes of the Singularity II
Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Wasn't it supposed to be out at the end of March? And then be out the week after that? And then be out last week? And then definitely be out this week??

Maybe you should just change it to "When it's Done" to stop getting everyone's hopes up.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I'm actually a big champion of "when it's done", being a fan of id Software and all (the guys who made that date famous).

-HM
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Sounds good. I'd love if smaller UI things were fixed too such as the square in minimap that indicates which part of the world am I looking at really would show the right place. Now it's often misplaced and moves to the right area when I click the world map. There are a few annoying things like that and they really decrease the game experience for me. A few are related to spaceship movement or rather choosing the ships and their destination etc.
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Keep up the good work! I'm looking forward to the final version. The betas have shown some great gameplay improvements.
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Yay! FInally! But don't rush it for us, we can wait!
Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Are you going to fix all the minimap issues? THX!
Reply #9 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Any update is always welcomed whether it be another Beta or the release candidate
Reply #10 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
PS. Any chance of a list of improvements/changes for the upcoming beta please ?
Reply #11 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Wasn't it supposed to be out at the end of March? And then be out the week after that? And then be out last week? And then definitely be out this week??

Maybe you should just change it to "When it's Done" to stop getting everyone's hopes up.


Actually that's quite unfair against them. They've not only released regular betas to the public, but also told us always how the status of the patch is.

Imho we always had plenty of information how the patch is going on, which is much better then the "when it's done excuse you hear of other companies. Or the outright nothingness from some of them. (Anyone knows Egosoft here?)
Reply #12 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
" I'm actually a big champion of "when it's done", being a fan of id Software and all (the guys who made that date famous)."

Date? I assume you mean "quote"... and I always thought that was Blizzard . Id software (at least as far as I am concerned) will be remembered for the endless mandatory Quake patches that fixed problems I didn't have.

9.8MB (a hefty filesize for a 56ker) to fix a problem where certain Indoensian computers, when booted on the winter solistice during a rainstorm during a conjunction of planets with a rare video card, only 2 of which exist on the planet, would crash. Sometimes. You MUST download this patch to play online. Ha ha, sucker.

-_-; But maybe I'm just bitter.
Reply #13 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I'll add that it's better to have a patch & information about it
than no patch or no information...

also I don't agree with vandenburg about egosoft
although they don't have a 'developper journal' like here, they give some information about patches from time to time & release frequent patches...
Reply #14 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Btw, when you say "we" do you mean you and Draginol ? I'm starting to suspect that this whole double identity thing is just an attempt to get on the payroll twice .
Reply #15 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Another Beta. 'Nother Beter.... 'Notherrer...Bter... 'Nowwetherrr beer....

Bring it on, I can handle it, puts me up to 5 beers a night! One per beta!

W/R
Suralle Straykat
Kat Lord @ Large
Reply #16 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
As far as I know id popularized "when it's done" (yes it's a quote, but it's a date too!) when they were repeatedly asked about the release of Quake I (which was eventually June 1996). I'm not quite sure when Blizzard started using it, but it was probably after that.

-HM
Reply #17 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Ya, it was probably after. Anyway, back to the subject of Frogboy's multiple personalities: Maybe if Galciv2 sells enough copies, we can get him some therapy ?

Froginol! (because Dragboy sounds a bit... err... nevermind -_-).
Reply #18 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
#17 SEPHLOCK ROFL ROFL
Reply #19 from GalCiv2 Forums Top


Froginol! (because Dragboy sounds a bit... err... nevermind -_-).



Reply #20 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I sadly admit it took me too long to figure out that both Draginol and Frogboy were Brad.

-HM
Reply #21 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Get it right - don't hurry.

The Earth is slow but the Oxen are patient.
Reply #22 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
thx for the update! would rather have you guys release a quality late patch than an early unfinished one. thx for all the work!!
Reply #23 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Hollow- Oh really? In that case, I have a revelation for you... .brace yourself:

Superman is, in fact, mild mannered Clark Kent.

;0.
Reply #25 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
'Twas the week before 1.1, and nothing was stirring, not even a Drengin Battlecruiser...

Thanks for the hard work guys!