1.02.049 is here!

Anybody got a list of what's new? I don't have my serial number handy and want to know what is in the patch.

~SDC~

From the history (and now I'm really off to play
Bob this is the Stardock Central patch btw, not the 'website patch'.

1.02 April 15, 2003

-turns autolaunch off after invasion/defect/trade star

-fixed bug where game always opened planet data screen with sol, even if it had been invaded/traded

-fixed slider cras on trade screen introduced in 1.02.40.

-fixed a bug where fleets had flaky hit detection if they were moving off screen

-ships on auto attack get dest cancelled after peace treaty now

-sector sweep, etc, cancelled when you trade a ship

-minimap refreshes when ship moves even when zoomed now

- AI improved in trading

- AI Starbase tactics improved

- AI battle tactics improved

- AI at "Intelligent" level or higher harder

- AI at "sub-normal" or lower is now easier

- Fundamentally better AI overall (not harder, but more intelligent).

~SDC~

Dangit, I want to see starbase AI in action... there goes the day.

~SDC~

Too bad they didn't fix the wasted resource thing. That is my #1 problem with the game.

~SDC~

Hmm...I was under the mistaken impression that duplicate wonders was going to be fixed in this revision.

Time to restart another gigantic map game LOL

Duplicate wonders are also fixed, just forgot to list it.

Forgot to list it? Like you have anything better to think about!



As always, a big thanks.

Were people really having trouble with the AI on the lower levels? My first game was Beginner on a Small galaxy and I dominated the entire game. It wasn't even close. And I was focusing on tech rather than military, attacked no one, no one attacked me, and I won a cultural victory.

Bumped it up to normal and had my @$$ handed to me by the Drengin. Next game (normal) eeked out an alliance victory with the Torians and Altarians -- barely! Next game (still normal) won relatively easily via military. I'll bump it up to bright next and see what happens.

Wow. Only 3 hours, 15 minutes, 17 seconds 'till I'm off work. 15 seconds.


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Forgot to add: these changes sound fantastic. Especially the slider crash on the trade screen since that hit me twice in the same game before I wised up enough to avoid it.

Glad to see the starbase and battle tactics are improved. But did the AI really need to be improved in trading? It was already pretty darn good!

There were some cheese tactics that were problematic that we took care of. Such as having planets that you give away with starbases around to make them defect and so on.

~SDC~

So you fixed the problem with the defecting planets! You really ARE listening to our gripes

Looking forward to seeing if the AI starbase and battle tactics have improved.

I can never really finish a game because it tends to randomley crash and sometimes the game crashes when I pick a option on a random event. I havent had a chance to check out the patch yet but I hope to see some of this fixed up, I love the game and I think you guys are probley the greatest developers ever. actully supporting a game after release a wonderfull concept and the #1 reasion I decided to buy the game. I hope you keep up the good work.

Is the trade goods issue fixed Frogster? That is.. if you finish a trade good now, is it no longer make-able by other races? And can you trade them to selected races that can not trade them to anyone else? Thanks for the patch!!

fleabitfox

How do I know which version of 1.02 I have? I just checked stardock and it says I have 1.02 and 1.02 is available.

Go to Tools, Settings -> Show application revisions.

~SDC~

Simple disdain...if it's showing you something available to download, you don't have it yet.

Cheers

They need to make the ships on auto-attack and auto retreat actually retreat when they are at teen hps :/

~SDC~

I thought auto retreat just made the ships try to avoide battle.

I also notices that they nerfed the culture palace. +50% instead of +100% culture bonus.

So.. anyone who is playing the patched version notice if the other races can build trade items after you complete them?

fleabitfox

It hasent happned to me at all in the 4 games I tryed to play. (for some reasion my game likes to crash everytime I get an event) looks like they naild it this time.

It should be fixed now.

woohoo!

~SDC~