Mayors,
The latest version of NewCity is now live on the Testing branch. Details below:
Version 0.0.54.9 ALPHA
- Accelerated Start - When starting a new game, select "Accelerated Start" to unlock all transportation features and zones from the start of the game.
- Map Seeds - When starting a new game, the map seed is shown and can be edited. The seed can be shared with friends or the fan community. The seed is also shown when clicking on the city name in the top left corner.
- Road Map - Click the road icon on the Infoview Toolbar (bottom of the screen) to see a road map.
- Create maps of custom sizes by setting CCustomLandSize.
- The right mouse button now always pans the camera. In the road tool, hold ctrl while clicking the right mouse button to copy a road type. In the zone tool, hold ctrl while clicking the right mouse button to copy a zone type.
- The performance of the perspective camera has been improved.
- Basic Dorms and the Dorm Tower are now cheaper.
- Citizens now visit the store less often, and amenities more often.
- Fixed a bug where transit time estimates didn't account for walking and waiting.
- The route inspector now states how long citizens are willing to wait to save one dollar.
- Snow no longer covers the land grid.
- Fixing a bug which would cause router threads to get stuck in an infinite loop.
- Fixing a bug where the game would quit if escape was pressed when an error message was showing.
- Fixed a crash related to vehicle physics.
- Fixed some instructional text that was out of date. Factories no longer require density, and the school is unlocked at 1,000 people, not 5,000.
- Various performance improvements.
You can opt in to the Testing branch via the Betas tab, found by right-clicking NewCity in your Steam Library and selecting Properties. Simply click the dropdown under the Betas tab and choose "test - Testing branch." You can return to the current main build via the same dropdown by choosing "NONE - Opt out of all beta programs" instead. Going from one to the other will trigger an update as Steam fetches you the desired branch.
The previous Testing branch patch has been set live on the main branch.
Thank you to everyone who's been playing and submitting feedback and bug reports; we hear you! Keep posting your thoughts in our Steam Discussions, touching base with us on Discord, and Tweeting us videos and screenshots of what you're building. We may not respond to each and every one, but rest assured we're paying attention.
As always, we can't wait to see what you build.
Lone Pine Games