Galactic Civilizations III Beta 1 Patch Notes

Posted on Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Galactic Civilizations III Beta 1 Patch Notes

For more on Beta 1, click here.

New Features

Updated ideology system adds lots of new ideologies with unique benefits
New Terran tech tree, for balanced gameplay
New Altarian tech tree, for better access to mysticism, defense and influence
New Drengin tech tree, for when you just want to kill something
New Iridium tech tree, for earlier access to economic and production abilities
Added shipyard construction queue
Added black holes. Black holes are impassable but the only source of antimatter
Added the approval system. Now your people judge how you are doing, which affects their productivity and growth
Added terraforming, to optimize your worlds and open up new areas to build improvements and give adjacency bonuses
Added improvement upgrading
Planet generation finalized: Planet traits finalized, planet features finalized, planet light map is now working with population
Ships can now be upgraded
Added huge ships to give players more weapons in the late game
Added 30 more colonization events
Added the antimatter resource. This is needed for some of the advanced missile and point defense augments
Elerium resource can now be harvested. Elerium is used for advanced beam weapons and shield augments
Durantium resource can now be harvested. Durantium is used for advanced kinetic weapons and armor

Balance

Complete rebalance
Map generation pass: Better randomization, more clumping, and players start further from each other

Tons of new art (starbases, icons, lighting and ships all look much better)
Rendering system finalized
Lighting finalized
Added a new starbase screen
Added the ship and fleet detail screens
Updated planet screen
Added lots of tooltips (even more will be coming)
Added the faction power list so you can see how well you are doing compared to other players
Added a "Research Unlocked" popup screen that displays the results of the tech you gained, and what it does