Game update30 May 2022Version 1.17.4Fixed: The Steam Power Generators could cause buildings to stop producing even when not connected to steam pipes. · Fixed: Could not bind WASD and Arrow keys (other keys still worked for moving the camera if bound via settings)
Fixed: It was not possible to bind the E key. · Updated: The input rebind system will not unbind a key when already in use. Also added button to reset to default binds.
Fixed: Game could crash while setting which items a Belt Branch or Building Port should export. · Added: The game window can now be scaled to any size when played in windowed mode.
Updated: Conveyor Branches now export any incoming item to sides that does not have anything selected - this mimics the old behaviour (before update 1.17) · Updated: Made the edge of Conveyor Branches different colours to further distinguish them in the export panel options. · Updated: Peons navigation changes after there are 15 or more of them in the world. They will be allowed to move through…
Made default FOV 35. Added FOV slider so you can set it to what you like. 60 was default before. · Fixed internal movement speed of Conveyor Belt Branch objects. They were too fast. · Changed Warehouse, Rail-station, and Port inventories to now work the same as the HQ's and no longer have a max stock that any one item type could fill up. · Added list of buildings with workers to Peon panel to q…
Rails now moves even faster and are cheaper to build. · Rail stations can now store more items which makes them useful as warehouses. · Fixed: Rails causing a crash. · Fixed: Belts could stop being connected to buildings in older saves. · It is now easier to select Peons and building belt ports. · Re-balanced the happiness/reputation generated by some items to make them more valuable to create.…
Refactored the conveyor belt system, branches and belt ports. · Fixed problem where building could stop producing item when byproducts of that item was full. · Adjusted space required by Water Pump to be placed. · Esc key can now also be used to deselect.
Added Water Pump building and Water Works research. · Added 3-way conveyor belt Branch object. · Added way to move camera via mouse by holding a key/button. (default: middle mouse or Ctrl) · Added a help panel for referring back to the tutorial and other notes. · Added filtering options to HQ panel. · The Camera Rotate/Move hold-buttons can now be remapped. · Made Fishing cheaper to unlock. · A…
Replaced old tutorial with a new one. This will be active after the update but you can disable it in Settings if you do not want to see the tutorial. · Increased the distance at which objects can be selected. This will allow issuing commands while zoomed-out fully. · Medicine, Rails and Animal Husbandry research are now easier to unlock. · The research panel now sorts entries relative to their…
Added the Peon list panel which can show all Peons in the world or the selected group. · Peons will now look a bit further for new resources (tree, boulder, etc) when they run out in local area. · Peons can now service homes in a larger area around the one a delivery command was created on. · Stone Roads now require raw stone, rather than blocks, making them easier to afford. · Fixed problem wi…
Added a graphical option (default) to make the world somewhat darker from the normal colour scheme. · Buildings no longer require workers to function but adding workers will add a production speed bonus. · Tweaked how happiness works so that homes do not override a better happiness value while consuming a lower end item. · Fixed problem with adding/removing locked building to/from hot-bar.
Belt and road pieces can now be placed on water. The only way to do it before was to create a complete water crossing. · Peons now consider all homes in range, rather than just the one a delivery command was created to, when it must deliver to a house. · Farmed plants are now changed immediately when changing what should be planted rather than waiting for the current crop to be harvested. · Inc…
Updated tutorial. · Increased global speed bonus gained from happiness. · Happiness tooltip now shows the average global production speed bonus. · Changed the Conveyor Belt Branch to be able to connect to and interact with a Building Belt Port. It will collect items from belt port set to be exported and deliver any item in the branch inventory that are not being exported by the belt port.
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