Hello everyone, 

We are working on an update that introduces new "species" types to customize your civilization further. We also added a search bar to help you find star systems, fleets, and Starbases. Finally, we've made changes to the galaxy generation system to improve the player experience. 

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 

• Open the Epic Launcher 

• Select "Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova - Insider's Edition" 

• Install and play! 

 
Please note: The opt-in (Insider Build) is an early preview of the next update, and you might experience bugs or other issues. 

Highlights 

• Species: All civilizations now have a "species" type – you can now play as spiders, zombies, plants, or radiotrophes (feed off radioactive materials). Each species has different bonuses and traits. Owners of the DLC can create their species, share their creations in the Workshop, and get access to exclusive species.   

• Search Bar: Added a search bar to the Main Game window for Fleet, Planet, and Starbase tabs in the main UI.   This feature is useful mid to late-game when you have hundreds of fleets, planets, and starbases and need to find the right one quickly. It also rewards players who write custom names for their fleets, planets, and starbases to find special elements easier to find.   

• Enhanced Map Generation: Updated the game to provide more interesting maps and better player placement. Sectors are closer together for more exciting gameplay. We have also balanced the Research costs and adjusted them based on the map size. 

Change Log 

Art 

• Created new Ship/Fleet task icons.  

Core 

• Fixed crashes associated with Chinese characters.  

• Fixed potential crashes related to translated strings.  

• Fixed MP desyncs. 

Gameplay 

AI 

• AI can no longer build multiple one-of-a-kind improvements.  

• Add checks to prevent the AI from going negative on resources.  

Citizens 

• Citizens provide slightly more Manufacturing and Research help. 

• Human default approval decreased from 50% to 40%. 

• Human default expectations lowered from 0 to -5. 

• Home World Citizens no longer turn into irradiated nymph scientists when playing as Krynn.   

Events 

• Updated Event that Mentions "Vast" Antimatter to Give 10 Antimatter.    

• Fixed choices in Colonize Events that removed tiles.  

• Fixed the crime mod in the Water Reclamation event.  

• The leaders granted by the Cryosleep event now use random names.   

Improvements 

• Colony Capital Maintenance was reduced from 5 to 4.  

• Civ Capital now provides +1 Manufacturing and +1 Research. 

• The Wealth District bonus was increased from 4% to 5%.  

Map Generation 

• Increased maximum player counts on single Sector Maps.  

• The largest Sector size increased from a radius of 300 tiles to 360 tiles.  

• Map generation was updated to provide more exciting maps and better player placement.  

• Map generation will now increase the size of the sector if there's only 1 sector (for single-sector play)  

• Tiny maps made slightly larger.  

• The Tiny sector size was reduced from 48 to 32.  

• The minimum distance between Sectors was reduced from 8 to 2.    

• Research costs were adjusted based on the size of the map. 

• The number of Sectors was greatly increased for all settings above binary.  

• Updated maximum player counts based on map settings to ensure better placement.  

• Research costs are now adjusted based on the map size!!!  

Misc 

• "Ancient Ability" now gets Research benefits from all Relics.  

• "Arnor Embers" have been prevented from being wasted.  

• Clarified that you must be at war with your target for the Sabotage and Poison Enemy modules gained from Anomalies.   

• The game will potentially provide two or more designs for the player to choose from if they are equally good.  

• Exploration Treaties relations requirement has been relaxed.  

• Maximum Exploration Treaties increased from 1 to 4.  

• Military power counts substantially less towards Prestige Victory.  

• The Heart of the Empire policy capital world wealth bonus increased from 10% to 25%.  

• Asteroid Mines' default production increased from 0.1 to 0.25. 

• Earth default minerals/tech/wealth increased from 3/3/3 to 4/4/4.  

• Asteroid Factory tech production boost increased from 0.20 to 0.25. 

• Pirate Faction starts with fewer ships. 

• Updated Manufacture Populace Project & Executive Order to work with all Cybernetic Species. 

Traits 

• Updated Courageous Civilization Trait Tiers to affect Planetary Defense.   

• Updated Xenophobic Text to match 150% Research Benefit.  

Text/Localization 

• Increased the Chinese font size to match other languages.  

• Fixed missing text on the Trade Screen.  

• Fixed typo and removed redundant text from tooltips in the Hate Speech event.  

• Updated Peacekeeper and Cryosleep events text. 

• Removed references to a "Haunted Trait."  

Performance 

• Optimization of late-game turn calculations to significantly reduce turn times late-game on big maps. 

• Fixed excessively slow tooltip rendering. 

UI 

• A search bar for Fleet, Planet, and Station tabs was added to the Main Game window.  

• The mouse wheel scroll speed was reduced slightly to make it easier to do precision zoom-in and zoom-out. 

• "Starting new turn" notice now consistently appears when it should.  

• Fixed the shipyard obsolete button from overlapping the "favorite" button. 

• Improved end-of-turn calculations to improve the responsiveness of UI when turns are occurring.  

• Create a popup dialog for the Obsolete Button displayed on the Shipyard Screen. 

• The tech library for Terrans, Drengin, Yor, Festron, and Krynn now all have appropriate hot spots on tooltips. 

• Altarian highlight text is now gold. 

• Fixed invisible text from displaying for Phalenoid, Inteuri, and Mimots.