DA 1.50x.072

By the way, is there a changelog? Couldn't find one.

Mine's still showing .068. What gives?

Have you updated SDC? When i opened it SDC updated first then i saw that .072 was out?

Can anyone confirm the FOW bug is fixed with this?...Perhaps it is my bad luck, but I am still having this issue with the new patch...

Abridged changelog:

Fog bug fixed.
AI races won't pick their own party if you've given them one.
Uninhabited planets don't show as defended any more on planet list.
Several crashes fixed.

Did you start a new game or load a 1.5x2 save? I started a new gigantic game and did not see any issues with fog along the rightmost three sectors as was reported.

I have just started a new gigantic myself, and all is good!

Yah, when I opened SDC it updated SDC, and now I just went in again, still reads .068.

I don't see a .072 patch on SDC, but my game now reads 1.5X3. Does that mean I'm updated? I just hit Ctrl-N a number of times and didn't get the fog, so I'm guessing I am.

Same here. I decided to update thinking I might need that one first but .072 still doesn't show up.

What about the off-type defences bug?

Go to the internet section of SDC's settings and flush the XML. That should allow you to see the latest version (I had to do this myself).



Still alive and well to my knowledge, unfortunately.

Actually...yes...I did start a new game...and still the FOW was dogging me...I have reinstalled the game from disk...Perhaps a second go at updating will solve this issue for me...Oh...btw...I started from the very top left sector on gigantic...

Thanks kryo, that worked.

Yep, that did it. Thanks.

For those interested: -

Version 1.5X3 Change Log:
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+ Fixed bug in Minor Race AI where it could start researching a tech without checking to see if it was NULL or not (which could cause a crash).
+ Fixed metaverse exploit.
+ Made it so that the AI will use the political party in its file if it is specified; otherwise, will use its old method.
+ Fixed bug where a defended icon would show up on uninhabited worlds in the planet list.
+ Fixed FOW bug.
+ Added additional checks to FOW code to prevent possible crashes.
+ Fixed crash when loading save games.
+ Added code to prevent a possible crash in United Planets Window if a bink file is not found, etc.
+ Added code to prevent bug in RandomEventWnd if the bink file is not found.
+ Fixed a crash on end of turn bug.
+ Fixed bug Kris found where you could use the F key to create a fleet of 1, and then hitting the F key again on the fleet of 1 would create a ghost image of the ship.

Thats a disappointment. Not that I'm against fixing crashes, but my personal priority is that off type defense bug... its a bit of a game breaker for me.

Well, I'm nto sure if this is the FOW bug or something else, but I just installed the .072 update, and the "issue" I had before didn't go away. If you look at the minimap, there's an area that's a different shade of gray from the fog of war. It extends from the middle top corner about 3/4's of teh way to the left corner, and about half way towards the right corner, and an arc to contect the two ends. I can see thru it, but it never goes away and it is kind of annoying. Is this the FOW bug, or an issue with my video card?

Thanks for the info Drengin, though i'm with Starstriker1, shame the defense issue is not in there. Could we expect a fix for this soon?

thats glare....its supposed to be there.

ps wheres the patch its not on SDC?

Lucky, as kyro said above, go into stardock, select Tools, then settings, then internet, then Refresh xml data, and it should show up after that.

I have not seen that. It's not the FOW bug i saw, which is fixed as I'm playing it now.

Do you have the latest drivers for your video card? I know that was an issue for me sometime ago.

didnt work

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That's the glare effect seen on many interface elements throughout the game. There's a mod by jpinard on the library that removes it from the minimap.

SDC updated but still show 1.5068