I hate to say this, but the alteration to autofocus actually made the situation worse. The problem wasn't fixed, only one of the side effects. The camera jerking back and forth across the map - which is what was fixed - wasn't the problem. That was only the more annoying side effect of the problem.

The problem is that is still selects ships without being told to do that. And now that it doesn't center the view onto whatever ship it selected, it's even harder to realize that you aren't looking at the ship that has focus. This makes the other side effect - giving orders to the wrong ship - much worse. I have ships flying all over the map and it takes several turns to realize a ship is going the wrong way.

Please, the problem wasn't the view jerking around. The problem was with ships being selected without being told.

I started a new metaverse game and I noticed that my neighbor's race is 'custom race'!

I've been getting this too. It did get me thinking though, that a cool addition in the future would be an option for the computer to cobble together unique races, from a stock of portraits, ai routines etc.

While trading for money, at times the ammount dialog appears showing only "1' or "10" instead of "100". PRessing the up/down buttons, do adjust from 100 , and the AIs yes/no descision is based on 100 as well.

Please, the problem wasn't the view jerking around. The problem was with ships being selected without being told.

I find that the death of auto focus (you can still enable it in the options) solved the problem for me.

I just remember to click on the next ship I want to select or I hit FIND or the Tab Key to select the next ship and hit C to center on it.

I find when I center on it, I am ready for it and it doesn't' jerk me around.

I hit C and zoom in to the auto selected ship. Or I click on the ship to select one I want to move.

Pretty much solves teh problem for me.

Carielf said she was aware of the auto select issue, but that was more complicated to do, and might be an option in the future. But she was able to fix the auto-focus camera centering on the map becasue it was an easier coding issue.

here's a modding bug/feature :
if a tech cost is set to 0, the tech is researched from the start as intended, but all ability points modifiers won't be applied
see Link

IF your manufacturing budget goes to zero because you're too deeply in debt, the manufacturing timeline shows all players as being zeroed out that turn.

Would a dev please sticky this thread as we are trying to keep all bug reports for the betas in this thread so it is easier for you to keep a track of them.

Last night I downloaded and installed the 1.20.009 update for Gal Civ II, since then I can not start a new game OR a saved game … here is a copy of the Debug.err. I know that my sound driver isn’t the latest but the debug output doesn’t seem to be related and everything was working fine before I patched.

Any ideas ?


Debug Message: Version v1.2 Beta 1 last updated on: Fri May 26 19:38:18 2006
Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.*********
System Info
Time: 5/27/2006, 11:22:17
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Machine Name: MAX
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Languages: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
System Model: Dimension 8250
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
Physical Memory: 1022MB RAM
Page File: 250MB used, 2212MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS


Display Info
Display device 1:
Device Name: \\.\DISPLAY1
Card Name: RADEON 9500 PRO / 9700
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip Type: RADEON 9500 PRO / 9700 AGP (0x4E45)
DAC Type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Key Device: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E45&SUBSYS_30021002&REV_00
Display Memory: 128.0 MB
Current Display Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Resolution: 1600,1200
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6599
Driver Date: 1/24/2006 20:52:48
DirectX Acceleration Enabled: Yes



Sound info
Sound device 1:
Description: Creative SB Live! Series
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0006&SUBSYS_10031102&REV_00
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Driver Name: P16X.sys
Provider: Creative Technology Ltd.
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0203
Driver Date: 9/22/2003 13:43:06
Type: WDM
Other Drivers:
Acceleration Level: 3
Cap Flags: 0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0



Debug Message: *********END dxdiag info.*********
Debug Message: Entering WinMain
Debug Message: ******* Starting Game Shell *******
Debug Message: Going Fullscreen
Debug Message: Preparing to change display settings.
Debug Message: Using multilsample setting: D3DMULTISAMPLE_4_SAMPLES
Debug Message: Game Resolution: 1024 x 768
Debug Message: Running fullscreen.
Debug Message: HAL (hw vp): RADEON 9500 PRO / 9700
Debug Message: D3DPRESENT_INTERVAL_DEFAULT
Debug Message: Refresh rate: 60
Debug Message: Bit Depth: 32 bit.
Debug Message: *********Checking D3DDevice Caps***********************
Debug Message: A full-color cursor is supported in hardware at high resolution modes.
Debug Message: RGB in format 6:6:6, Masks reported as ff0000:ff00:ff
Debug Message: Now Fullscreen
Debug Message: Shell initialization complete
Debug Message: ***** Initializing Game *****
Debug Message: Timer Frequency is 0 369e99
Debug Message: Initializing sound card.
Debug Message: initailizing bink
Debug Message: No string tables in C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods/Data/*.str
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\Movies\*.bik
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\Movies\techs\*.bik
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\Gfx\*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\Gfx\Race\*.png
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\sfx\*.wav
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\Music\*.mp3
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\Event Music\*.mp3
Debug Message: Create setup screens.
Debug Message: Clear galaxy settings.
Debug Message: Clear influence.
Debug Message: Clear up laws.
Debug Message: Clear first time events.
Debug Message: Clear wonders and trade goods.
Debug Message: Clear sector mapper.
Debug Message: Set mouse.
Debug Message: Set update timer.
Debug Message: Clear data definitions.
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\Techs\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\ShipComponents\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\ShipDefs\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\PlanetImprovements\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\TerrainColorSchemes\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\PlanetDescriptions\*.xml
*DEBUG ERROR: ***Unable to find required tech ImpossibleTech for PirateShip. ***
*DEBUG ERROR: ***Unable to find required tech ImpossibleTech for Starbase. ***
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Documents and Settings\Eric\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2\ships\*.shipclass
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\Anomalies\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\Events\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\UPIssues\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\Invasions\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\PoliticalParties\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\StarTypes\*.xml
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\StarbaseModules\*.xml
Debug Message: Reading Star Names
Debug Message: Reading Star Names... Done
Debug Message: GalaxyWnd: Cannot find OBJID Scenario_CPU_Option_Title
Debug Message: GalaxyWnd: Cannot find OBJID Scenario_CPU_Option_Checkbox
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\CustomMaps\*.gc2map
Debug Message: No files found matching mask C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\Data\Scenarios\*.gc2scenario
Debug Message: CustomRaceWnd: Cannot find OBJID CustomRace_Description_Text
Debug Message: CustomRaceWnd: Cannot find OBJID CustomRace_Tab_Homeworld
Debug Message: Creating Galaxy
Debug Message: Killing threads.
Debug Message: Kiling civs.
Debug Message: Killing ships.
Debug Message: Killing rallypoints.
Debug Message: Killing misc objects.
Debug Message: Killing stars.
Debug Message: Killing anomalies.
Debug Message: Killing space resources.
Debug Message: Killing colonies and planets.
Debug Message: killing scenario.
Debug Message: Clearing Turn Event Log
Debug Message: Clear galaxy settings.
Debug Message: Clear influence.
Debug Message: Clear up laws.
Debug Message: Clear first time events.
Debug Message: Clear wonders and trade goods.
Debug Message: Clear sector mapper.
Debug Message: Galaxy Size Set: 18 x 18
Debug Message: Creating Random Map
Debug Message: Creating Random Map... Stars
Debug Message: Number of Unplaced Stars: 31.
Debug Message: Creating Random Map... Planets
Debug Message: *************** Failed To Place Planet ***************
Debug Message: *************** Failed To Place Planet ***************
Debug Message: *************** Failed To Place Planet ***************
Debug Message: *************** Failed To Place Planet ***************
Debug Message: *************** Failed To Place Planet ***************
Debug Message: *************** Failed To Place Planet ***************
Debug Message: *************** Failed To Place Planet ***************
Debug Message: *************** Failed To Place Planet ***************
Debug Message: *************** Failed To Place Planet ***************
Debug Message: *************** Failed To Place Planet ***************
Debug Message: Creating Random Map... Anomalies
Debug Message: Num Anomalies: 300
Debug Message: Creating Random Map... Resources
Debug Message: Creating Random Map... Done
Debug Message: Setting Game Options
Debug Message: Creating Civs
Debug Message: Drengin Empire: Intellence -> 42
Debug Message: Arcean Empire: Intellence -> 42
Debug Message: Torian Confederation: Intellence -> 42
Debug Message: Yor Collective: Intellence -> 42
Debug Message: Dominion of Korx: Intellence -> 42
Debug Message: Drath Legion: Intellence -> 42
Debug Message: Thalan Empire: Intellence -> 42
Debug Message: Iconian Refuge: Intellence -> 42
Debug Message: Creating Civs... Done
Debug Message: Updating ZOC.
Debug Message: Updating ZOC.
Debug Message: Galaxy Create... Done
Debug Message: UIBeginGame called with g_ulLocalPlayerID = 0
Debug Message: UIBeginGameHelper: New Game Started
Debug Message: Could not parse file screens\ShipDesignWnd.dxpack for EFDX objects.
Debug Message: ShipDesignScreen: Cannot find OBJID SDesign_Screen_Back

I just have been offered Balanced Vision in exchange for Subspace Rebounder by the Custom Race!

What?

So we ended up trading nothing for nothing.

Hope it still adds up to them being friendly towards me though.

Where to start,

New combat works well both ways in that my ships around or in orbit around planets are definitely tougher. So are theirs, however I still achieved a 8 to 1 kill ratio despite the flaw in the new combat. In that it seems that at a majority of the times when I can not finish off a fleet I am attacking in the first round not all of my ships can fire in the second round or subsequent rounds. However, I have noted that I get to fire exactly the same amount of ships that the enemy fleet has left (which is to say the other 3 or 4 ships in my fleet just sit there and take it up the ole stove pipe if they are getting fired at.)

I noted alot of problems with logistics and minaturization (L&M), in that at no time on any world I was taking over did I see any hyperion logistics or shrinker, frequently on the alien worlds I did not see to many good solid planet building skills either. I won't bother everyone with pictures. Suffice to say I was playing on tough (two steps above normal) so the AI should have been doing a bit better there. Back to L&M, noted that toward the end of the game when I was attacking the Yor, Arcean, Korx and Terrans (the only races left) it seemed that they had Logistics that rivaled mine but didn't have the stuff built on any of their worlds to support it.

Anywho, I will continue to play the beta as it was stable in that it only failed two or three times to desktop, and I was unable to create the problem again after loading a saved game.

Overall I have to say the combat system is not as bad as I thought it would be.

W/R
Suralle Straykat
Kat Lord @ Large

I second the autofocus disappointment. Now we get the game automatically selecting random ships *that aren't even on the screen* for *no reason*. I want to make this clear - the game should NEVER select ANYTHING. Autofocus was irritating because you'd give an order, but the damn game would have randomly selected another ship and *that* ship would get the order, waste it's turn, etc. There is no reason for the game to change what ship is selected. There's a whole TAB button just for that.

Everything else is neat though.

I just posted my first 1.2 beta-1 score to the metaverse after a nice, alliance-victory game on a painful, huge universe. The new combat system seems much more reasonable than the original, and I like nearly all of the changes that have been made.

My bug: the metaverse has detected cheat codes on the game I just uploaded. Link I've never used cheat codes - in fact, I don't even know how to use them in this game. I have not played around with any mods or altered any .xml files, either, so that's not a contributing factor. Bottom line: I didn't cheat, and my metaverse score says I did.

n the 1.2 beta, when designing ships, selecting "Upgrade" now deletes all the "Jewelry" parts as well as the functional parts of the design. In effect, Upgrading is the same as starting New. This is VERY anoying.. so anoying that I have stopped playing the game until this is fixed. I spend a LONG time building up cool looking ship designs and I want to reuse them.. this bug prevents that.

Rob

PirateRob said:

selecting "Upgrade" now deletes all the "Jewelry" parts as well as the functional parts of the design.

I did not experience this problem at all during my 1.2 beta-1 game, and I upgraded my ships throughout the game. Perhaps the check box in the options screen inadvertently became unchecked?

BUG:

click a warship onto sentry mode
Warhip automaticly goes to attack an ally
Screen pops up saying you have to break alliance first
The only thing you can do is hit done
warship instantly goes to attack ally again
screen pops up again

its a neverending loop

this isn't exactly a bug, more of a question, for the ADMINS and DEVS really. Prior to 1.2B i had taken the disruptors3 model, and renamed it S0_DoomRay.X (along with replacing the approptiate icons) so that the doom ray would have a model more to my liking (instead of the plasma2 model).

However, now in 1.2b i find that replacing those models/icons no longer work. So i take it instead of having the weapon point to those models and icons (S0_DoomRay.X, etc...) they now point directly to the plasma2 models...?

MY QUESTION IS: Where in the game files are weapon models associated with a certain weapon??? I can't seem to find that anywhere...

There's a lot to read here, forgive me if I missed it already but I tried searching.

Playing 1.2, beta 1 and random races, I just met Custom Race.

Last night I downloaded and installed the 1.20.009 update for Gal Civ II, since then I can not start a new game OR a saved game … here is a copy of the Debug.err. I know that my sound driver isn’t the latest but the debug output doesn’t seem to be related and everything was working fine before I patched. Any ideas ? Debug Message: Version v1.2 Beta 1 last updated on: Fri May 26 19:38:18 2006 Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.********* System Info Time: 5/27/2006, 11:22:17 DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) Machine Name: MAX Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519) Languages: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation System Model: Dimension 8250 BIOS: Default System BIOS Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz Physical Memory: 1022MB RAM Page File: 250MB used, 2212MB available Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS Display Info Display device 1: Device Name: \\.\DISPLAY1 Card Name: RADEON 9500 PRO / 9700 Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc. Chip Type: RADEON 9500 PRO / 9700 AGP (0x4E45) DAC Type: Internal DAC(400MHz) Key Device: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E45&SUBSYS_30021002&REV_00 Display Memory: 128.0 MB Current Display Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz) Monitor Name: Plug and Play Monitor Monitor Max Resolution: 1600,1200 Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6599 Driver Date: 1/24/2006 20:52:48 DirectX Acceleration Enabled: Yes Sound info Sound device 1: Description: Creative SB Live! Series Default Sound Playback: Yes Default Voice Playback: Yes Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0006&SUBSYS_10031102&REV_00 Manufacturer ID: 1 Product ID: 100 Driver Name: P16X.sys Provider: Creative Technology Ltd. Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0203 Driver Date: 9/22/2003 13:43:06 Type: WDM Other Drivers: Acceleration Level: 3 Cap Flags: 0 Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0 Debug Message: *********END dxdiag info.********* Debug Message: Entering WinMain Debug Message: ******* Starting Game Shell ******* Debug Message: Going Fullscreen Debug Message: Preparing to change display settings. Debug Message: Using multilsample setting: D3DMULTISAMPLE_4_SAMPLES Debug Message: Game Resolution: 1024 x 768 Debug Message: Running fullscreen.

Check your game resolution against your desktop resolution.
It works best if they are the same.

Another bug, I'm not finding it posted yet.

I'm using Logitech wireless keyboard and moues combo, I need to use 'hardware mouse' option. Frequently while playing the mouse will stop responding. Well, actually not quite, instead the *cursor* will lock in place but it's clear that the game is still reading what the mouse is doing.

If I move the mouse around various items will highlight meaning that it's recognizing the mouse is moving over it, but the pointer stays locked where it was. After 5-10 seconds the mouse control is restored and I can continue to play.

I would very much like to see the build times bug fixed before 1.2 is finalised... where for example, you have an empty build queue and you go to build a factory and it says something like "50 weeks". Then you click on, say, Social and it goes to 4. Then you unselect Social and it goes to 8.

Delayed stat updates are a real pain... have to find time to more fully explore. Haven't finished a 1.2 beta game yet.

New issue: -

See images for full details!

War and Peace alerts seem to be mildly incorrect! As per the image you will see that the Drengin have made peace with the Terrans, however the Terrans are not in the current game!





DG

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PLEASE DISREGARD THE ABOVE AS THE TERRANS HAVE JUST PUT IN AN APPEARANCE

When i move the mouse wheel to scroll out the map and then hit #3 for my normal view i get the following screen appear. Please note this only happens once in a while and not every time, however it is annoying.

I wonder about the Tech Tree... 1.11 seemed to have extra techs (mainly along the weapons trees), but 1.2 seems to now be merged in strange ways? Is anyone else a little suspicious of the tech tree?

1.2beta Manufacturing / Research bug:

There is a discrepancy b/w the Manufacturing and Research numbers in 1) the Civilization Manager and 2) the Planet Summary screen. The Planet Summary says (correctly) that I have 56 mp, but the Civilization Manager says that I have only 32 mp and uses this lower value instead. Thus, my Colony Ship will take 3 instead of 2 weeks to build.

This is a fairly important bug in the early game, when we really need to pump out those colony ships fast.

On the colonies screen the hover over the population has it as income.