So v2.0 is next? So its not a slow crawl from v1.96 to v1.97 to v1.98 to v1.99 then finally v2.0?

Anyways, can you provide us with a sneak peak of what there is to come?

Yessssssssss, you've fixed the trade bug ... I love you guys !

Well, I would have sworn to have previousy posted the following, but who knows ... Wasn't GC2 2.0 be supposed to be also an update (even if small) for DL as indicated in the following thread https://forums.galciv2.com/311088 :

This is the list of improvements for 1.96 vs 1.95 as published at http://sdc1.stardock.com/public/gc2/production/Twilight.htm

v1.96

+ NEW: Clicking on Race Logos on the Civ Manager>Timeline>Legend screen will toggle them on/off in the timeline

+ NEW: Added option to change the zoom speed

+ TWEAK: Legend screen only lists the races you know

+ TWEAK: Increased the max value the edge scroll speed could take in the options window

+ FIXED: [070108] caused ship components that you didn’t have the tech requirements for to show up as available in the ship design list
+ This also fixes the problem with the AI not being able to build military ships
+ This also fixes a crash

+ FIXED: Arcean planet improvement "Cathedral of Valor" now gives the 33% planetary defense bonus that it mentions in its description. Still working on a solution for the soldiering bonus.

+ FIXED: PlaceAgentWnd: Next and previous buttons should only show planets that you know about (aren't hidden in the FOW)

+ FIXED: We believe that we have fixed the crash when placing a spy but it's hard to reproduce so it may just not have come up during testing.

+ FIXED: Now if a starbase can't install any modules, the starbase details and intel windows say "No modules available" rather than "0/0"

+ FIXED: Bug that kept the trade route revenue and distance traveled from calculating correctly

+ FIXED: The “auto-attack bug,” where you would have to click on a ship in auto-attack mode after it had won a battle for it to pick another target, also leaving the turn button hidden without proceeding with the turn

+ FIXED: Bug where if an empty string was read from the registry, the function would still return true, which would make it impossible to submit games to the metaverse.

+ FIXED: Bug where some of the functions that create ship nodes were passing in parameters in the wrong order, which could cause crashes and possibly invisible ships, but you might now have funny looking ships if for some reason it fails to find your user designed ship data. Again, we recommend NOT overwriting ship designs.

+ FIXED: Bug where going to the PlaceAgentWnd from the GNN would result in the GNN not coming back

+ FIXED: Disabled AllowMixedVP option as most cards don't seem to handle this well.

+ FIXED: Invalid Call bug when Alt-Tabbing which was caused by the device not being ready to Reset. It could still be caused by other things, but it should be much more rare now.

+ FIXED: Bug where improvements that had ManualDestruct set to 0 were still setting it as true, which allowed you to still destroy and rebuild weather control, etc

Any teasers as to what that may entail? I don't think I've seen anything. Really makes me rethink my current quest to knock out all this current espionage information (spy-weeks for each level, costs of spies, effect of +espionage).

We were going to try and do it across the board, but even backporting the Espionage change into DA is going to be a HUGE pain...after much discussion, we decided that porting back to DL is more trouble than what it's worth    Sorry P.P.

Also, please note that not all 2.0 features will be for both TA and DA. The tweaked espionage system, or course, and other changes will be backported, but the majority of the new bigger 2.0 features will be Twilight only.

That said, there are alot of cool changes being made, so stay tuned as to what 2.0 will entail   We think you guys are going to be pretty happy.

What is the Espionage change?

I just hope that IF it is at all possible to alter or transfer as is some of the great features found in TA straight into DA (backward proper formatting, that is!)... you guys are gonna do all you can to make it so.

I can't actually pin-point at the exact thingies which would be a good supplement to DA but the new 'Click-Logos' in the Timeline screen to pull any Race lines off the chart would certainly be a welcomed addition, etc.

And... of course, what is written all over the place and into the "Slam_My_Game" thread must somehow make THAT all important cut of version 2.0 fame.

I feel the opportunity is there to even patchup a solution to most of the Editors; example, a DA tech-tree cannot be altered in the current framework or the spreadsheet feature i've asked for the Mapping stuff.

We are investing our trust into you SD for plenty more - if that's even possible.

OH - and real sabotage by spies & counter-measures by Repair Crews - please!

Is the ship auto designer bug still around? This is the one where the option to auto design your ships uses more components than what you should be allowed.
Thanks

Could you give us at least a small hint when approximately to expect v2.0? What you said sounds great - but no pressure on my side, as with TA please take all the time you need to bring it to a polished state. Rumors are 2.0 will be the last update, is that true?

What's this? This is terrible news!! Rant, rant, rave, rave. Impulse grrr. My dog ate my homework. Stardock is responsible for high oil prices. Blah, blah, blah...



Thanks again for the effort and know that many value Stardock's after sales support.

Definitely looking forward to 2.0. I've said it before - you guy's rock.

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no-tech brokering option

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Thanks!

Would you mind to add mines to the 2.0 version? It would add to the defence/surprise side and the AI should be able to handle it without major changes.

With mines I mean:
Minelayer module
Minesweeper module
Mine detector module
Tech: Focused Sensors (enables minesweeper and mine detector module that can detect mines from 1-2 squares away)

Also, you need to tweak the ranges because right now they are ineffective and there is no need to develop them.

Due to the fact that GalCiv 2 has multiple ways to achieve victory, I think that the mine issue is a little trickier than it seems. What if you put some mines in a region and some AI flag ship, which belongs to a race you are at peace with, walks in that sector not knowing of their presence ? War ensemble ?

This means, that the mines will have to be activated ONLY by ships that belong to a race you are at war with. The others can pass freely through the mines, not being aware of their existence.

I'm not in the know, but I think it's safe to say that there won't be any major new game rules this late in the development cycle. I think you'd be better off putting in a list of wants for GC III.