Beta 4 Notes

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Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords
v0.75 BETA 4 Release (November 3, 2005)
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Notes for v0.75 BETA Release
+ LOTS OF STUFF
+ Fleets
+ New Options Screen
+ Fleet Battles
+ Detailed ship battles
+ Metaverse Basics
+ Custom Map support (2 maps included)
+ Custom Scenario support (no scenarios included yet)
+ Technology Research rate (not hooked up yet)
+ New alien portratis
+ New choose your race screen
+ Civilizations have unique traits
+ 3 new types of ship styles
+ Robot girl in
+ Updated technology tree -- LOTS of new techs
+ New Research screen
+ Earth is in
+ New Improvement icons
+ Colonies can focus their production
+ Every race has their own unique star system (Earth, Mars, Jupiter, saturn, etc.)
+ Main screen displays the power bar
+ Rally Points in (though buggy)
+ Mini-map zoom button
+ Approval rating displayed on main screen
+ General UI clean-up across game
+ Rename Object icon (more apparent to rename ships)
+ Planetary Improvement governor in (ship governor NOT in yet)
+ Gov can automate planetary improvement upgrades
+ Gov can automate terraforming
+ Assgn Rally points from star port
+ New music in game (Yes, we are going to add a lot mroe background music)
+ New sound effects
+ Effects based on ethical alignment
+ Starting funds increased
+ GNN news inserted
+ Hot keys in
+ Bar graph in domestic policy
+ Foreign policy screen in
+ Governments in
+ Election window in (But buggy)
+ Goto button on ships
+ LOTS of other things.

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Elemental: Reforged
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Loving Beta 4.. Textures look great! Can't wait for the final release.
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
downloading now! can't wait to see it!
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
Its nice if wasn't so hard to get in the first place and some other "things". but its going well and now when i start with a custom race they respect im not human by saying THE EARTH CREATURES have devolped hyperdrive ETC. one thing that interested me 'bout the beta so far is one of the new techs is Hyperdrive (makes sense that the major civs have it) But what is strange is, i can still use hyperdrive engines without the tech !
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
I am having trouble with the Set Rally Point feature. Once I open it once, every time I click on Earth, the dialog keeps poping up. Really annoying...

Other than that, the game is amazing. I can finally get a feel of what the game will look and play like. You guys have surpasses my expectations...again.
Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Hoo boy, you release 0.77[b].008, I just finish installing it, and now 0.77[b].009 is available. You guys are working late on a Friday!

Actuall, it's still Friday where I am, but it's Saturday where you are ...