Hayo Park Managers!
It's time to introduce a new way to entertain your guests! Get ready to create awesome arcades in your parks, complete with a selection of classic Atari® arcade machines! Update 9 for Planet Coaster 2 will be available free on all platforms on April 30th.
Alongside placing and building your own arcades, Update 9 includes the introduction of new flat ride blueprints, and new coaster track variations. We've also included improvements to Guest Feedback on Weather, Staff Zones, Heatmaps and, the ability to toggle coaster lights, alongside bug fixes - all to make your gameplay experience even better!
This update will also bring Planet Coaster 2 support to the ASUS ROG Ally / ROG Xbox Ally!
Please read below for a breakdown of what's in Update 9.
Update 9 Content
Features
Entertainment tab
A new Entertainment tab has been added to the browser.
From here players will be able to access the new Arcades content introduced in Update 9.
Arcade Games
Included in Update 9 are 14 brand new Arcade Machines and a Prize Counter for guests to enjoy!
Guests can win prizes from the machines directly or tickets which can be swapped for prizes at the Prize Counter.
Park Managers can decide how many tickets and prizes their guests can win from their arcades.
All Arcade Machines with the exception of the Atari machines, will come with colour customisation, allowing you to better tailor them to the theme of your park.
The following Arcade games are included in the update:
Atari Pong®
Atari Asteroids®
Atari Centipede®
Claw Machine (Ticket)
Feat of Strength
Alley-Oop
Token Tumble
Fortune Machine
Yeet Ball
Paddle Battle
Video Game Cabinet
Popup Panic
Hoop Throw
Prize Counter
Claw Machine
Large and Small Arcade blueprints
Both in the classic Planet Coaster theme
Flat Ride Blueprints
Aquatic Theme - Behemoth Swing 360
Aquatic Theme - Radius
Mythology Theme - Insanity
Mythology Theme - Star Wheel
Mythology Theme - Whirlpool (For owners of the Thrill-Seekers Ride Pack DLC)
Planet Coaster Theme - 360 Power
Planet Coaster Theme - Chair-O-Plane (For owners of the Vintage Funfair Ride Pack DLC)
Planet Coaster Theme - Grand Carousel (For owners of the Vintage Funfair Ride Pack DLC)
Planet Coaster Theme - Helter Skelter (For owners of the Vintage Funfair Ride Pack DLC)
Planet Coaster Theme - Hyper Spin (For owners of the Vintage Funfair Ride Pack DLC)
Planet Coaster Theme - Monte Leone (For owners of the Vintage Funfair Ride Pack DLC)
Planet Coaster Theme - The Screaminator
Resort Theme - 540 (For owners of the Thrill-Seekers Ride Pack DLC)
Resort Theme - Frenzy Frill
Resort Theme - Full Flight
Resort Theme - Kick-Flip
Viking Theme - Hellion Ring
Viking Theme - Strike (For owners of the Thrill-Seekers Ride Pack DLC)
Viking Theme - Sun Dial
New Flat Rides blueprints for Sorcery and Toybox pack owners
New Sorcery themed blueprints for the owners of the Sorcery Pack
Flying Theatre
Gale Force
New Toybox themed blueprints for the owners of the Toybox Pack
Highroll
Airdrop
WaveSim
Coaster Upgrades
A thick beam track variation has been added for the following coasters:
Valais & Nidwalden Floorless
Valais & Nidwalden Sit Down - Lapbar
Valais & Nidwalden Sit Down - Over Shoulder
Valais & Nidwalden Splashdown
Valais & Nidwalden Standup
Valais & Nidwalden Wave Coaster
Valais & Nidwalden Wing
Tri-tube and bi-tube track variations have been added to the following coasters:
Outamax - Energy Coaster
Outamax - Sit Down - 4 Seater
The following coaster has had the LSM Launch and LSM Hold Track Variations added
Valais & Nidwalden - Wing
Updates
Guest Weather Improvements
More guest thoughts have been added for Dryness
More guest thoughts have been added for Temperature
Heatmap Improvements
Adjusted heatmaps to improve the contrast to better distinguish between paths and buildings
Staff Zone Improvements
Adjusted the highlighting when painting staff zones to conform with the terrain
Toggle Coasters Lights
Coasters that have headlights now have an on/off toggle in their customise panel and an option to set it to night only
Track Triggers
Track triggers can now be applied to a specific train or all trains
Path Updates
Blue Swirly Path now has a second colour picker option: Path - Area 2
Pool Updates
A small pool heater has been added for shallow pools
Career Updates
Reduced the amount of medals required to unlock the next chapter in Career mode;
To unlock chapter 1 requires 1 medal
To unlock chapter 2 requires 9 medals
To unlock chapter 3 requires 15 medals
To unlock chapter 4 requires 25 medals
Career Scenario goals have been updated
Chapter 1
A Shore Thing
General changes:
Loan interest rate reduced to 10%
Loan size reduced to 20k
Starting cash increased to 80k
Power distributor added to increase coverage
Wave machines removed from the small pool
Water filter has now been connected
Bronze Medal Objectives:
Hire 1 janitor has been increased to 2
Pool prestige requirements reduced to 200
Lifeguard coverage reduced to 80%
Gold Medal Objectives:
Have 2 flat rides has been increased to 4
Have 4 pool has been reduced to 3
Platinum Medal Objectives:
Have 3 pools has been increased to 4
Have 5 flat rides reduced to 3
Build a coaster with a minimum drop of 40m reduced to 20m
Have 5 pools with average prestige of 500 reduced to 3 pools with 300 prestige
Have 3000 guests in the park reduced to 2500
Parks and Restoration
General changes:
Adjusted the block sections on the coasters
Coaster pricing can now be edited and are on Bargain by default
Just a Momento now has a Vendor
Bronze Medal Objectives:
Reduced the amount of flat rides required to 2
Silver Medal Objectives:
Reduced the amount of flat rides required to 4
Reduced the amount of Food Shops required to 2
Gold Medal Objectives:
Reduced the amount of flat rides require to 6
Drewst Roda has been adjusted to make it easier to finish building
Ride scenery bonus changed to require 90%
Just the Thicket
Bronze Medal Objectives:
Hire 1 mechanic increased to 2
Increased cash rewards for completing the medal
Silver Medal Objectives:
Increased cash reward for completing the medal
Summit Awesome
General changes:
Starting cash increased to 60k
Rotated the Monorail, it will now build towards the opposite peak instead of into the park
The opposite peak will no longer prevent players building a straight line across the chasm
Bronze Medal Objectives:
Have 4 flat rides reduced to 3
Build a coaster with a minimum drop of 45m reduced to 20m
Silver Medal Objectives:
Build a coaster with a minimum length of 600m reduced to 200m
Have 750 guests in a good mood reduced to 500
Gold Medal Objectives:
Have 3 flat rides reduced to 2
Build a coaster minimum excitement requirement reduced to 3
Build a coaster minimum inversions requirement reduced to 3
Platinum Medal Objectives:
Have 6 flat rides reduced to 5
Speed requirements for the coaster has been reduced to 50mph
Have 4000 guests in the park has been reduced to 3500
Chapter 2
Building the Bifrost
General changes:
All pools now have pool heaters in them, with power distributors to ensure they work
Chapter 3
Garden of Edith
General changes:
Starting cash increased to 100k
Bronze Medal Objectives:
Increased cash rewards for completing the medal
Silver Medal Objectives:
Increased cash rewards for completing the medal
Gold Medal Objectives:
Average maintenance requirements reduced to 60%
Increased cash rewards for completing the medal
Fabled Fjord
General changes:
Reduced the scenery rating requirements
Chapter 4
Lazy River Styx
General Changes:
All pools now have heaters
Thrills'n'Spills
General Changes:
All pools now have heaters
Achievement Updates
Due to the medal changes certain achievements have been updated;
New wording for achievements are listed below
First Drop
Unlock Chapter 1
Unlocked Chapter 1 (For Xbox and Epic Games)
Rolling With It
Unlock Chapter 2
Unlocked Chapter 2 (For Xbox and Epic Games)
Wheel-y Good Time
Unlock Chapter 3
Unlocked Chapter 3 (For Xbox and Epic Games)
Twisting Tracks
Unlock Chapter 4
Unlocked Chapter 4 (For Xbox and Epic Games)
Final Plunge
Unlock Chapter 4's Epilogue
Unlocked Chapter 4's Epilogue (For Xbox and Epic Games)
New requirements to unlock the achievements are listed below
First Drop requires 1 medal
Rolling With It requires 9 medals
Wheel-y Good Time requires 15 medals
Twisting Tracks requires 25 medals
Bug Fixes
We are continuing to review all your feedback and reports and will announce new updates and fixes when they are ready. In the meantime, do please continue to report any bugs on our Issue Tracker.
Audio
Resolved an issue where speakers set to 0% volume would play again on save/load.
Resolved an issue within music panels where preview audio would not stop once the player had pressed the confirm button. - View on Issue Tracker
Career Mode
Resolved an issue where the Cable Car would prevent objection completion in Just The Thicket.
Resolved an issue where notifications were appearing for items outside the park. - View on Issue Tracker
Adjusted goals in Garden of Edith to account for updated maintenance costs.
Added pool heaters to multiple career scenarios that were missing them.
Coasters & Rides
Special flume pieces can now have supports toggled off. - View on Issue Tracker
Vector Rotating Coasters axles adjusted to better conform to tracks.
Resolved an issue where Cable Cars would stop running after being seen by a mechanic. - View on Issue Tracker
Adjusted limit of F&N Thriller Industries Kid Coaster max cars to 8. - View on Issue Tracker
Resolved an issue causing Water Tracked Rides to gain scenery score at a reduced rate. - View on Issue Tracker
Resolved an issue where coasters would be prevented from opening when using load/unload station setups. - View on Issue Tracker
Resolved an issue where tracked rides couldn't reach maximum scenery score.
LSM Maximum Speed raised to 71.5 m/s (160mph/260km/h).
Resolved an issue where the LIM Family Launch Coaster train was named 'Limitless'. - View on Issue Tracker
Localisation
Added missing translation for Snow in Spanish. - View on Issue Tracker
Adjusted spacing when Additional Button Prompts is active in French.
Resolved an issue where the Time of Day could be missing in French and German. - View on Issue Tracker
Online
Resolved an issue when uploading large parks to the servers. - View on Issue Tracker
Park Construction
Resolved an issue preventing staff access to Large Solar Panels by adjusting their path connection point. This will not effect Large Solar Panels placed prior to Update 9. - View on Issue Tracker
Adjusted Pirate theme and Fairytale theme walls to allow corner merging. - View on Issue Tracker
Resolved an issue where textures would disappear when duplicating items. - View on Issue Tracker
Power costs are now correctly updated when ride speed is changed.
Adjusted castle wall textures to have better alignment. - View on Issue Tracker
Resolved an issue where lights were appearing to be turned off. - View on Issue Tracker
Resolved an issue where several Sandstone wall pieces were different colours. - View on Issue Tracker
Adjusted alignment of Stucco Wall - Top pieces. - View on Issue Tracker
Removed unused colour slot on several Stucco assets. - View on Issue Tracker
Adjusted Pirate Flag hitbox sizes. - View on Issue Tracker
Resolved an issue where the colour picker wasn't properly applied to Viking Banner 02. - View on Issue Tracker
Resolved an issue where Rough Concrete assets were missing the colour picker.
Adjusted shop lighting to be less bright at night. - View on Issue Tracker
Resolved an issue where grid height would be set to 0.25 when moving scenery. - View on Issue Tracker
Resolved an issue where the Radiant Wall Heater Mounted was missing its on/off toggle.
UI
Adjusted multi select UI so it no longer stretches across the screen. - View on Issue Tracker
Resolved an issue where Dark Salmon appeared twice in colour picker options. - View on Issue Tracker
Adjusted text to be more visible on coaster heatmaps. - View on Issue Tracker
Resolved an issue where the cursor would become stuck when selecting advanced rotate axis. - View on Issue Tracker
Adjusted colour picker swatches to be in the correct order.
Stability
Resolved an issue where AMD Frame Gen would disable Mouse and Keyboard input.
Resolved an issue where swapping to LSM car type on the Outamax Multiverse Coaster could cause the game to crash. - View on Issue Tracker
Fixed various other crashes.