Dark Avatar 1.8 released!

[Island Dog]

The 1.8 update has been released, and is available through Stardock Central.

Owners of Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar can now upgrade to version 1.8. For the past month, we've been putting v1.7 through its paces and ultimately decided due to the level of change to release it as v1.8.

The new version includes a ton of new features such as new planetary governors, an event log, a detailed lease screen, a local high score screen, updated AI, improved planetary improvement graphics, memory optimizations, improved performance, and more.

The change log can be found here:

http://forums.galciv2.com/?aid=165444

 

[Sarcasticon]

Very nice, going to upgrade right away...
I hope it also solves the Metaverse problem (impossible to submit any Metaverse games under v1.73 or 1.74)

 

[Tuvok694]

The 1.8 update has been released, and is available through Stardock Central.

Sorry for a possibly stupid question, but how exactly am I supposed to get this patch?
I've been searching these sites related to the game (galciv2.com/ stardock.com/ impulsedriven.com), but could not find any download link.
Patches for other games are usually very easy to find - why is this different with Galactic Civilizations 2?

EDIT: I'm looking for the 1.8 Patch for "Dread Lords", not "Dark Avatar", but the problem remains the same.

 

[Psyringe]

Download Stardock Central, register, click on "My Games", locate the patch and install it.

You have to register to get the patches. Note that GalCiv2 has *no* copy protection - no CD check, no silly questions, no fake drivers that kill your CD drive, no sneaky routines that orevent the game from working when Alcohol 120% is installed on your system, nothing. Making the patches available only to legitimate customers is the only way in which Stardock prevents its goodwill in this regard to be massively exploited.

 

[Aemilius]

Local game high score list? I've been missing that, I'll download immediately!