Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar v1.5X Update

Stardock has released a new patch for "Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar" updating the recent epansion to version 1.5X. The patch can be downloaded and installed via Stardock Central, which can be downloaded from the game's website if you don't have it.

"Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar gets its AI updated, new play balancing tweaks, memory reduction and more.

In terms of the AI, we read through strategies posted on the forums and took notes as to how the top players were playing the game and then updated the AI to take advantage or thwart some of those strategies to various degrees. Players should find the game significantly more challenging at higher levels (tough on up).

We reduced the memory use of the game by implementing a "garbage collection" feature in which obsolete ship designs the AI creates are removed from memory. This can reduce memory usage significantly in long games which in turn improves performance.

We also made changes to defense in that they're cheaper and use less space to encourage more usage of defense modules on ships.

Many other minor tweaks were made based on player feedback."

You can find the full changelist on the official site.