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Wondering about graphics, improvement upgrades!

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Hi there,

Does anyone know off hand if the "old" graphics for planetary improvements (Ind Sectors, Mfg Centers, Starbases, et cetera) will also be upgraded?  I'm playing at 1920x1200 and the persistence of the old improvement graphics is the most annoying thing in the beta at present (aside from AIs who fill planets with Stock Markets and build powerplants before industry--even at high levels--and the glowing panel of the "evil" robot assistant that doesn't rotate with the rest of the model). 

Is it safe to assume tha there will be new graphics for the remaining "old" improvements too?

I do also wonder if it will eventually be possible to upgrade items on your planets across the empire--that is, if you have Extreme Stadiums, and you get Healing Pools tech, you can set all planets to make that upgrade (which is significant)?  That way you could easily pass from one tech tree to another without micromanagement.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Does anyone know off hand if the "old" graphics for planetary improvements (Ind Sectors, Mfg Centers, Starbases, et cetera) will also be upgraded?
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Is it safe to assume tha there will be new graphics for the remaining "old" improvements too?
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There should be both new images, and updated images for structures in TA. So if a structure looks the same, then look closer and maybe you'll notice that it is now a better quality image.

I do also wonder if it will eventually be possible to upgrade items on your planets across the empire--that is, if you have Extreme Stadiums, and you get Healing Pools tech, you can set all planets to make that upgrade (which is significant)?...
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I tried asking for something like that, but TA is currently feature locked at this time. They don't have the time left to add in anything else. They are currently focusing their efforts on race balancing issues and AI updates.

Ask again a month after the game is released. They should have time then to worry about what to place into version 2.0.

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Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
There should be both new images, and updated images for structures in TA. So if a structure looks the same, then look closer and maybe you'll notice that it is now a better quality image.
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If those are "updated images" they are so little improved as to be completely imperceptible. I've gone back to DA and there is no difference of any sort in the images. You can see it exceptionally strongly at higher resolutions; the basic factories, for example, look magnificent, and next to Industrial Sectors make the latter look like you've smeared your screen with Crisco. So I must disagree, at least right now--there are a few points where images have been revamped less than others, but many have not been touched at all.


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