Go-Go Town! Major Update 1 - Build + Bustle

A New build is up (0.5.56.16968EA)

New Features

• Play space increase: 5 new areas of the map to unlock.
  • Visit your Friendly and professional Real Estate Agent to unlock new construction areas throughout

• Zone Customisation: Players can now modify and create the location and size of industry zones (Fishing, Forestry, Mining, Farming).
  • Added 3 new zones for the player to place (Giving a total of 4 of each zone type).
  • Added New Zone Border Visuals.
  • Added New ‘Zone’ Section in Build Menu.
  • Added New Prop “Mining Shafts”: these link to new mining interiors.
  • Modified prop spawning rules in zones to fit the new dynamic shapes.
  • Player can now freely move props within industry zones (ie, Trees, Shrubs etc).
  • Player can give each zone an Icon to help identify them.
  • Timeclocks can no longer be placed in interior spaces, any timeclocks that were previously placed inside have been placed on top of your zone sign, ready for you to relocate.

• Subways: Help get around town!
  • Added 4 Subway lines, each with 5 placeable stations.
  • Player can give each station an icon to help identify them.

• Car Parks + Vehicle Racks: Store a vehicle for quick and easy access
  • Added Car Park for Road Vehicles.
  • Added Vehicle Rack for off-road vehicles.

• New Exploration Maps
  • Added two new explorable maps, each with hidden content to find within.

• 3 Mining shafts
  • The player can place mining shafts in mine zones, each accessing a unique mining area.

• 6 New Townies
• 1 New Vehicle
• New Player Cosmetics
  • 6 new Hairstyles
  • 1 new Glasses
  • 2 new Hats
  • 1 new Backpack
  • 2 new Dresses
  • 1 new Legs

• New Decorations and Props
  • Freeway Set
    • Highway Barrier
    • Roadworks Barrier
    • White Loop Barrier
    • Road Sign
    • Bridge Road
    • Boom Gate
    • Signposts x 2

  • Gardens Set
    • Outdoor Setting
    • Garden Arch
    • Lamp Post
    • Hanging Street Lights
    • Swing Set

  • Giant Game Pieces Set
    • Chess Pieces x 12
    • Checker Pieces x 4

  • Classical Set
    • Classical Statue
    • Classical Display Plinth
    • Classical Bench
    • Classical Brazier
    • Classical Column

  • Beach Set
    • Deck Chair
    • Tiki Torch
    • Beach Restroom

  • Hedge Archway
    
  • Flowers
    • Marigolds, Sunflowers, Tulips in various colours

• New Terrain Tiles
  • Pink Grass
  • Checker/Chessboard
  • Hedge Maze

• 47 New User Icons
  

• Import Menu
  • Import App has been re-designed to better help you locate items.

• Building Menu
  • Added Terrain Eyedropper - In build mode you can now press Tab/Y to jump to the terrain tile that is currently under the cursor.  
  • Building menu will now wrap back to start upon reaching the end of the list.
  • Building menu ‘groups’ are now uniquely styled to increase clarity.
  • Items are now all stored in correct groups in the Build Menu
  • Fixed prompts in build mode saying you could delete an item when you couldn’t
  • Stopped the drone in build mode from triggering an effect when you perform an invalid delete action
  • Fixed Coop build mode issues where players could place more props than they were given.
  • Fixed flickering when moving the cursor in build mode.
  • Shells will now display the name of the Fitout when hovering over the structure in build mode.
  • Resolved issue where pressing rotate and move at the same time would teleport a prop to 0,0.
  • Resolved an issue where dropping a prop in the same frame as it was deleted could cause issues.

• Customisation Menu
  • Added Seen/Unseen indicators to Customisation Menu.

• Storage
  • Allow players to lock items in Storage Area.
  • Fixed issues with Storage Area not correctly updating worker preferences when moved.
  • Small and Medium storage boxes are now colour-coded based on which zone they are in, and which workers will use it.
  • Fixed issue where storage boxes would spit out all items when locks were removed.

• Misc UI
  • Phone Nag alerts will now dismiss as soon as you open the phone app, instead of having to schedule a challenge, or install an app.
  • New icons for townies when their join requirements can be met.
  • Import Menu : Alphabetically sort items. This is just a quick update to help you find what you’re looking for to tide you over until we give it a helpful redesign.

• Gameplay
  • Adjusted small vehicle collision shape to exclude the rear of the vehicle, should stop players being hit by a vehicle as they run up behind it.
  • Fixed Pill Bug from being ever-so-slightly off-centre
  • Added ‘Unstuck’ Option to pause menu to help you if you get stuck in an area you can’t escape from.

• Autosave Improvements
  • Added on-screen indicator while Autosaving
  • Attempt to not trigger a second autosave on exit when the current save is still valid ( this is to stop churning through autosave slots ).from.

• Misc Bugfixes
  • Fixed issue where player could get stuck if they were actively using a tool when a cinematic was triggered.
  • Fixed issue where Agents were facing the wrong way.
  • Resolved issues with Storage Shuffle sorting by size and not type.
  • Resolved issue where a second player could invite a townie without paying the join fee.
  • Modified seed text on manage menu to say "x Seed Types Available" instead of "x Seeds Available".
  • Game should no longer freeze when quitting

• Key Rebind Bugfixes
  • Fixed issues where using non-QWERTY keyboards could result in incorrect glyphs being displayed
  • Fixed issues binding with various input types.

• AI and Pathfinding
  • Improvements to Maintenance worker pathfinding which should reduce the amount of time they stand idle attempting to navigate to dirty tiles.
  • Fixed issue where workers would pick up and drop items if there was absolutely zero storage in a zone.
  • Resolved issues where AI Pathfinding could take long times on larger levels.
  • Resolved a lot of the worker juggling issues (Note: There are still more to fix, but this should help in the meantime).
  • Resolved issues with AI Pathfinding and diagonals.
  • Maintenance workers should no longer form conga line and all try to grab the same bubble gun/Garbage
  • Maintenance workers will now idle correctly when they have no active tasks
  • Resolved some issues with Worker AI and item desirability not being correctly updated when modifying recipes

• Design and Balance
  • New Recipe for Feed for the Food Processor. Given when the player unlocks the Cow Stall. Currently 1 Wheat = 2 Feed.
  • Added Export Missions for Herbs n Spice, Tomatoes, Feed, and Fluff.
  • Lowered drop rates for Herbs n Spice
  • Adjusted Whispy townie spawn requirement to be when 1 Jack-O'-Lantern is placed instead of 3.
  • Increased the amount of farm plots the player can purchase in the import catalogue.
  • Various new items added to the import catalogue. Some items must be discovered or unlocked in EGO tech app before they appear in the import catalogue.
  • EGO Tech updates to support new content: additions to some unlock packages as well as completely new packages to unlock.
  • Added new Townpedia entries for Subway Stations, Zone Editing and Vehicle Parking.
  • Recipe for Protein in Feed Maker using Large Mushrooms.
  • Added Large mushroom seeds to tech tree.
  • Cactus and Rock Piles from the desert can now be ordered via Import after discovery.
  • Added a bunch of vehicles to Import which will appear after the player has driven that particular type.

• General
  • Added New 'Gull' critter type, which will appear near non-desert sand tiles .
  • Each fishing spot now has a unique shadow.
  • Improved Fog rendering at far distances.