Hey all,
We are having some technical difficulties with the servers but we wanted to get you another beta. We are still having slowdown issues from the ships, but at least the minimap is much more efficient. Here's the change log for the beta:
+ FIX: Made it so that your allies won't declare war on you in the mega event Allied War where the good races gang up on you.
+ NEW: Added code to save score data for non-metaverse games locally in the My Documents\My Games\GC2DarkAvatar folder
+ TWEAK: Added dialog to warn you if you start/load a metaverse game with a cheater flag
+ NEW: You can now change the social project (if there is stuff in the queue) from the colony list in the civ manager
+ NEW: The popup for adding money to negotiations on the trade screen will now open with the value needed to make the AI accept the offer (or the total amount in your treasury if they won't accept it).
+ FIX: Minimap and line graphs now uses Direct3D for drawing, which should show an increase in framerate.
+ FIX: Updated the QUICKSTART command line parameter code to work with DarkAvatar's settings (Starts a sandbox game with your last settings without needing to go to the menu.)
+ FIX: The minimap scrolling lag on Vista should be resolved, and scrolling in general should be smoother with better frame rates.
+ FIX: On Vista PCs, the debug.err will now be saved in the Documents\My Games\GC2DarkAvatar folder. (This will not work if you run the exe in WInXP compatibility mode.)
+ FIX: If you turn off the Show Damage Animations option, it will now remove the damage animations from fleets.
