Patch #13 - Build 18977
While we had hoped to get a patch out earlier this week, today's patch has many more fixes than expected! Firstly, we'd like to apologize for not having a hotfix sooner. Making a build can often waste precious development time, as it requires all teams to coordinate on the notes, release, and testing of the game to ensure it passes QA. We made the decision on Monday/Tuesday to hold off on an early hotfix and aim for a Friday patch with more issues that were found after release. On behalf of the team I'd like to thank you for your patience and apologize for all of the issues you have identified and reported. We have more fixes on the way for various issues, and will probably aim for a patch next week if nothing more urgent is required.
Changes & Fixes
- Tracks & Railways
- Fixed blocking signals not working in many instances
- The blue light on blocking signals is now much brighter – We were initially aiming for ‘blinding sun’ levels of brightness, but after a few employees lost their sight, we decided against it
Public Trello + Patch Times
On a few smaller notes, though certainly important in their own right, I'd like to give an update on our Public Trello we talked about at initial release and the dates of the patches we make here on Steam.
- Public Trello - We're in the very final stages of preparing the public Trello board for you guys to have a bit more information on upcoming features. We don't use Trello for project management in the team, so I wouldn't expect to see much dynamic movement over time here. We just wanted to give you a bit of a deeper glimpse at features and what they will entail. If you have any questions about the board when it goes live, please feel free to ask about them in our Discord and we'll do our best to answer them!
- Patch Times - A lot of our patches have been coming out on Friday, which is good for us as it coincides with our work sprints (AGILE term). However, this does come at a cost of not having much time to immediately respond to issues that may arise. We're going to try moving patches to be more often between Monday and Wednesday to give us more time respond to problems and push a hotfix later in that respective week.
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