Climate
Regions are now in specific climate zones that affect crop growing. Each region is either in a temperate, sub-tropical or tropical zone. Most crops will have a different yield in each zone. Wheat yields better in a tropical climate, but Cocoa will hardly yield at all. Note that in a game without all three regions present, all crops will revert to regular yield in all available climates.
Seasons
Products can now have season-specific consumer demand. Socks will have higher demand in winter and Ice Cream will have much higher demand in summer. Regions are located in either the northern or southern hemisphere, so you can have winter in one region while another is eating a lot of ice cream.
Customizable regions
Regions can now be customized when starting a custom game or multiplayer game. After setting the number of regions, each of them can have custom size, population, climate and name.
Make your own game variant
You can now alter the game database to create your own variant where you customize the existing products or create brand new ones.
This a preview feature - you can create variants for your own use in custom games. A future update will allow you to share the variants in the workshop and use them in multiplayer games.
Other improvements
- The warning icon, shown when lacking supply, is now visible on the world map
- City houses are now slightly transparent to make corporation buildings stand out more
Fixes
- Fixed game corruption when merging with a corporation owning or having issued bonds.
- Fixed some window content not fitting in the window frame or overlapping.