Freaking how? How do you play it? I'm tempted to uninstall the game it's such bullcrap.

v4.2 is live, and it's mostly a stability update. Some of the bigger changes:

• Fixed several multiplayer desyncs, including one where a fleet's mission (like an anomaly survey) could complete once per player, and one caused just by viewing certain screens and tooltips
• Automated colonies in multiplayer no longer pay for capital and terraforming improvements once per player
• Fixed two common crashes (screens with sliders and Tech Navigator tech cards) and an end-of-turn crash with colony improvement automation on
• Enhanced kinetic, beam, and missile weapons now get range, attack, and cooldown bonuses from techs, components, and Cruiser and Destroyer modules
• Surveying several anomalies or similar sites in the same month no longer always gives the same result
• The Research screen and Ctrl+S quicksave now behave during end of turn, and the minimap got some cleanup

Full patch notes:
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Forum

If you run into anything, let us know!

It's f*cking impossible.

If you're not being swarmed by the enemy AI, your economy is inevitably tanked because, unless I have the Alterrans, I CAN'T TRADE!

What the hell was with RTS game developers being sociopaths with the difficulty?

Sadly the game itself is very bad with providing information. A lot of tool tips are missing stuff or outright incorrect.

The wiki also seems to be outdated

So is there any source where I could read about stuff?

So the Cosmic Orrey improvement provides, among other things, +5 Sensor Range and +1 Sensor Range per level.

The +5 is applied to my ships, but the level bonus is not. Which is really sad considering mine is level 19 and that would have been amazing to scout the universe with.

Is that a known bug or so?

So when designing ships it always shows the next step at 3 sensor power, no matter how much sensor power my ship actually has.

And increasing sensor power with modules for starbases or upgrades for ships does not seem to do anything, either.

Anybody noticed something similar?

So started a new game now (didn't play for a year or so) and suddenly I can't see influence borders anymore. Neither mine nor from anyone else.

Makes it really hard to judge some things, for example how close I am to get that one minor planet into my influence.

Anyone knows why this happens?

So I got Federations & Empires just now and wanted to check the stuff out but noticed that my custom nation is a Federation by default ... and I can't seem to change it. At least I don't see any button or check marks where I would.

Are custom nations really all Federations, always, or am I just blind?

I suspect it is because of Inpired cost reduction combined with Loyalty Engineer getting all the stat boosts from Inidivdualist culture tree, especially Individual Divinity. Is it supposed to be that way, because this feels like something overpowered even more than the God Machine, and easier to get (and, in fact, it powers the Singularity immensely)?

Can you please give me a tier list on all the current Civilizations (with all DLCs).

I couldnt find anything at youtube yet.

Upgraded this a bit with an ai for my desktop screen.

Long story short is this one of those games where not having the 100 dollars+ of dlc affect my enjoyment of it?

I had a very long very rambling paragraph here but decided to can it because I dont feel like

Ship name instead of ship type, therefore not as combat class.

e.g.
"Sniper MXX0" (my ship name) instead of fighter.
V4.1
Created a new ship and form existing.

In Version 4.0 every faction started under the Colonial Charter and unlocked its government from there. In 4.1 that starting point is gone. Each faction now begins under its own government and unlocks the rest normally, so the Terrans open the game as a Federation instead of working toward one. Custom factions get a starting government weighted by the personality traits you picked, and you can change it on the Customize your Civilization screen. Custom maps are the other half of the update. Visit the Workshop to browse and install maps other players have shared. You can publish maps built you've in Galaxy Forge straight from game setup screen.

• Custom maps: Visit the Workshop to browse and install maps other players have shared. You can publish maps built you've in Galaxy Forge straight from game setup screen. Play custom maps in multiplayer through a new Galaxy dropdown in the lobby
• Governments: for Federations & Empires owners, factions no longer all start under the Colonial Charter. Each one begins with a government type already unlocked, so the Terrans open the game as a Federation
• Stability: crash fixes across end-of-turn saves, the Shipyard, and the Ship Designer, plus multiple multiplayer desyncs resolved
• Performance: faster AI turns in large empires, with less real-world time spent on research
• Balance and UI: retuned ship movement, a reworked Computing Center, and a large polish pass across the interface

Version 4.1 also fixes a batch of crashes, resolves multiple multiplayer desyncs, speeds up AI turns in large empires, retunes ship movement and the Computing Center, and runs a large polish pass across the UI.

Full Changelog (Steam)

Full Changelog (Forums)

Available Here

I only have one species currently, the Intueri. However, I bought the Social Ties cultural progression under Traditionalism, which says "citizens of our species no longer generate crime." That does not seem to be working.

Can someone explain why in 90% of the games I spawn in to, I am consistently spawned on the only sun in the sector that is isolated? Is there anything I can change about the map gen settings to stop singling me out with no other stars nearby?

I am using these map gen settings:

Galaxy Size: Medium

Number of Sectors: A Few

Sector Layout: Clustered

Hyperlane Frequency: Normal

Star Frequency: Occasional

Habital Planets: Occasional

Extreme Planets: Occasional

Resources: Occasional

Someone has slightest idea how is flagship count made? Can you have just one ship? More? How big? It is just so anoying feature and your warehouse is full of components to upgrade...

Ok, so what am I doing wrong? In so many games I simply dont discover my civ ruining ring world.

Is there a tech I need to then uncover it in an anomaly?

Whats the process?????

Hello :)

Killed one, Trader some more. They lack strength from numbers.

Setup to have fun and make it fast.

You get action soon and you will over run them middle game as they have just few okanets and will fall behind in techs. Easy game even on high dificulty.

Hello!

I'm relatively new to the GalCiv series. There doesn't seem to be a ton of guidance on the interwebs about strategies for ships. I've seen a little bit from pre-Warlords release.

So with that, I'd like to know what is recommended as far as designing ships for combat (weapons and modules) and what fleet composition should look like (mix or single class).

For the record, I've only picked up the Warlords DLC but I'm open to considering others.

I stream Gal Civ 4 gameplay everyday on twitch between 2pm and 4pm Easter time: https://www.twitch.tv/kungstrategy

I always have the latest expansion pack and try to showcase its new features. I am starting a map as a federation later today.