Mayors,
Our first major update for NewCity, the Architect Update, is now live on the Testing branch. Details below:
The Architect Update - Version 0.0.55.1 ALPHA
- Major improvements to the Building Designer. Custom building decorations can be added to data/decos.lua. The Building Designer now features undo and redo.
- In the Building Designer, structures and decorations can now be individually selected. Once selected, they can be duplicated or deleted, and their parameters can be manipulated using the numerical inputs. Their type can be changed by clicking the pointer icons in the Structure Tool (2) or Decoration Tool (3).
- Structures and decorations can now be moved vertically (off the ground), by holding shift while dragging the green handle up or down. New decorations can be rotated and scaled (but legacy decorations cannot). The Building Designer now features a variety of new decorations, including modular pipes and catwalks. There are new building designs, and many designs have been updated.
- In the Building Designer, snap to grid can now be disabled with TAB, when the Structure Tool (2) or Decoration Tool (3) is open. With the Structure Tool (2) open, Change slope of structure roofs by holding shift and dragging on the green handle up or down.
- Gambrel roofs added.
- Graduate School - The "Tech Hub" achievement, which is unlocked with a Density 7 office building and a Technology score of 50, grants the Graduate School amenity, which provides college degrees and can be placed multiple times. It is the only unlimited source of college degrees.
- Buildings can now be marked as historical. Click "Mark Historical" after selecting a building with the Query Tool (1>Q). Historical buildings will not be destroyed by other buildings or roads, or due to abandonment, but they can still be bulldozed directly.
- The Options Panel is now organized into tabs.
- In the Zone Tool (3), overzone protection is now the TAB hotkey. Park zones are now the B hotkey. Density control no longer has a hotkey.
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