Twilight of the Arnor Beta 1

Published on October 30, 2007 By CariElf In GalCiv Journals

We are very excited to finally release the Twilight of the Arnor beta! Not all of the final features are included in this beta, so that we can focus on testing specific features. To that end, please do not use mods while beta testing, as we don't want to beta test the mods at this point.

Please post bug reports in the Beta Reports section of the forums. For further instructions on submitting reports, please see this thread:

https://forums.galciv2.com/?forumid=421&aid=166398

Features included in this build:

+ Terran, Drengin, and Arcean tech-trees now specific to their race

+ All other races disabled for Beta 1

+ New Improvement graphics for existing improvements

+ New Race Specific Improvements added

+ New Race Specific Planet Textures made

+ Planet Textures no longer generated...use pre-made textures (only 5 textures for Beta 1)

+ 'Twilight' Title Screen, new Twilight theme music, and updated user-interface graphics

+ Tech-Tree Screen now shows icons for Improvements and Abilities gained from each Tech

+ Special Ship Components Added to assist Fleets and Individual Ships (Stellar Defenders, Hull Points, Fire Coordinator, Warp Bubble Projector, etc.)

+ Immense Galaxies

+ Metaverse disabled for this beta

Comments (Page 3)

Stanley Tarrant

on Oct 30, 2007

I recently had a lightning strike, moving up my plans for upgrades sooner than planned. I ended up going with a QX6600 @ ~2.9GHz on an ASUS P5W-DH, MSI NX8600GT, and a Samsung 244T 24" LCD. The game plays and look great at 1920x1200! But I'd really like to see the game on a 30" LCD at 2550x1600 rez. I've been able to verify that the game seems to use all 4 CPU cores, but to what extent I'm not sure.

scintilion

damn. Try going back 50 years and explaining this computing power to the inventer of the first computers!

Bingjack

on Oct 30, 2007

Playing against only two races is weird. Im not sure I even know how to do it. Curses, I'm a Noob again!

Renfl

on Oct 30, 2007

Wow, all the races are awesome now can't wait until they are all fully updated, love the new updates so far, keep them coming

brycej

on Oct 30, 2007

I like the sector number at the top of the main screen, though I think I would have started at the bottom left. That's what's left from algebra.
Whatever. I like the sector numbers! I think the sectors start with 0, not 1. Makes computer sense to me.

crow_t_robot

on Oct 30, 2007

Yes, you can post AARs and make all the people who didn't pre-order jealous.

Make us do your work will ya!

....ofcourse what evil Drengin wouldn't want to make others envious? Make 'em so jealous they beat their heads on their keyboards! (pain anyone?)

DivineWrath

on Oct 31, 2007

....ofcourse what evil Drengin wouldn't want to make others envious? Make 'em so jealous they beat their heads on their keyboards! (pain anyone?)

Do you mean like this?

Stanley Tarrant

on Oct 31, 2007

That reminds me of the angry German Kid!!!! Reply if you know exactly what I am talking about!!

Draknost

on Oct 31, 2007

Er, the angry German kid scares me.

sam0t

on Oct 31, 2007

For the love of god Stardock, do tell you plan to change the Planet Buildings menu for the better with TA? Alphabetical order and a list with gigazillion different buildings just is not very... elegant?

Maybe separate different building classes with color boxes or something, this was the main annoyance with DA UI, atleast for me.

crow_t_robot

on Oct 31, 2007

That reminds me of the angry German Kid!!!! Reply if you know exactly what I am talking about!!

Well I'm replying anyway, what is the "angry german kid"?

milk mclane

on Oct 31, 2007

i just had an idea!!! carriers are now a viable option in TA, theyd be a ship thaT HAS ALL THE SHIP COMPONENTS LIKE sTELLAR DEFENSE AND THE ONES THAT BOOST URE SHIPS!!!!!!

xNaquada

on Oct 31, 2007

That reminds me of the angry German Kid!!!! Reply if you know exactly what I am talking about!!

+1 for you . LOL.

thehandofzarquon

on Oct 31, 2007

i just had an idea!!! carriers are now a viable option in TA, theyd be a ship thaT HAS ALL THE SHIP COMPONENTS LIKE sTELLAR DEFENSE AND THE ONES THAT BOOST URE SHIPS!!!!!!

Yep, just need a fleet range boosting component and carriers will pretty much be in TA. Without one, I'll have to classify them as pretty much mobile military starbases.

DivineWrath

on Oct 31, 2007

That reminds me of the angry German Kid!!!! Reply if you know exactly what I am talking about!!

I have no idea what you are talking about. Would you mind explaining?

I agree. I never did get around to commenting on it back in DA betas, but I wanted more categories. For example, one for trade good, one for galatic wonders, one for 1 per planet structures (starports, power planets, etc), and maybe one for the player to customize.

i just had an idea!!! carriers are now a viable option in TA, theyd be a ship thaT HAS ALL THE SHIP COMPONENTS LIKE sTELLAR DEFENSE AND THE ONES THAT BOOST URE SHIPS!!!!!!

1. Read your post twice before you post. It'll help you to notice that you pressed cap locks, and made a few gramical errors.
2. These "carriers" you speak of sound more like supports ships to me.

DivineWrath

on Oct 31, 2007

*After a quick google*

Oh... my... god...

I'm so not letting that kid near my computer!

He acts like he's possessed by comical version of Hitler's ghost.

Warning! This may hurt your ears.
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