The v3.01 patch for Galactic Civilizations IV brings adjustments for enhancing gameplay.

The map generation settings for "Sector Layout" and "Hyperlane Frequency" have been tweaked to increase the likelihood of clustered hyperlanes, improving navigation and strategy. Multiplayer functionality has been addressed, fixing a bug that prevented players from loading into games larger than 32MB, as well as resolving an issue that restricted players from joining ongoing multiplayer sessions they were not originally part of. 

v3.01 Changelog 

Map Generation 

• Normal settings for “Sector Layout” and “Hyperlane Frequency” are more likely to cluster and produce Hyperlanes. 
  

Multiplayer

• Fixed a bug where players are unable to load into a multiplayer game larger than 32mb.
  
• Fixed an issue where players are unable to join a multiplayer game they were not originally apart of.