Hello,
We are working on a hot patch for 2.7.1 that includes support for offline DLC access, a new enemy map maker, balance updates, and bug fixes.
To enable the patch, please do the following:
Steam
Select Galactic Civilizations IV from your Steam Library list.
Right-click and select "Properties."
Select the BETAS tab.
From the dropdown, select "Insider" and click Close. (if you don't see this option, restart Steam.)
Steam should pull down the changed files; if you ever want to return, do the same as above but select "default."
Epic
Please note: The opt-in (Insider Build) is an early preview of the next update, and you might experience bugs or other issues.
Important
This insiders build is for English only!
We have adjusted the DLC system such that you don't need to be online to access the content. We'd appreciate any feedback on how the changes work for you.
We are investigating an issue where colony ships may be having their destinations reset. We would appreciate any feedback related to this issue in the comments or on discord.
07.17.24 Changelog
Ships
Fixed issues with the Altarian Corvette and Frigates that caused them to sometimes disappear in the Ship Designer.
Minor change to probe description
Updated Yor Ship designs
Older Pre-existing Yor Ship are still included as "Classic Yor" ships
Improvements
Misc.
07.11.24 Changelog
Core
Gameplay
Balance
Manufacture Population (Yor) cost reduced from 120 to 50
Recruiting Station Colony Growth reduced from 20 to 5 (hat-tip Draver)
Citizen Threshold Mult changed from 1.5 to 1.2 (hat-tip DraveR)
Prisoners now apply the proper bonuses
Updated several Operation Abilities to give multiplier bonuses instead of flat
Events
"Precursor Food Processing Discovery" no longer has duplicated options
Fixed a misspelled tooltip text key for the "Ancient Library Satellite" event
The "New Generation" event now provides the Scientist Citizen when you are playing as Arcean.
Factions
Improvements
Rewrote the "Enforcer Den" Tooltip to include income and research bonuses as well as Enforcer trait specifics
"Freemind Center" now scales Ship Maintenance with Resolve
"Stellar Forge" can no longer be built on a Capital World.
Fixed plural endings on single-use Wonders
Policies
Ships
Removed debug Nanite ship designs that weren't intended to be released
Lowered Laser Beam Attack to 1
Raised Particle Beam Mass from 5 to 6 and Manufacturing Cost from 5 to 7
Fixed "Thug bomber's" tooltip
Species
Techs
Text
Added New Species Types Added to Galactapedia
Cleaned up Ship Design descriptions
Cleaned up Policy Descriptions
Iconian Players no longer receive Yor conversation responses
UI
Fixed the left scroll button not working on trade route subentries
Tech entries no longer turn grey GWG
Added a visual marker to enemies in your territory
Prevent situations where the citizen promotion UI would get stuck beneath the planet window and above the research complete popup.
The Diplomacy tooltip is no longer blank for human players in Multiplayer.
Closed exploit with the Galactic Bazaar. No, I'm not going to tell you what it was!