Welcome! This is a bit of a foundational update. You will notice in the standard houses (Not the A-Frame or paradise map) the walls and ceilings are now drywall, the floors concrete and the upper floors in the large house fiberboard. Everything you need to lay down floors, paint walls and ceilings is in Products->Construction category.
To paint a wall you will need paint primer found in Products->Construction->Paint. This will allow you to paint a wall. Or you can use wallpaper, tile, etc. For floors you will need to lay down flooring resize and nudge to fit the room. Then you can use wood tiles, tiles, carpet, etc. Using flooring in this way you can create different layouts for a room using different materials. You can also use backsplashes to create backsplashes for a kitchen or to segment out a wall into different colors or wallpaper, tile or materials. Backsplashes can be resized and nudged like flooring. To apply a material instead of a color, you don’t need to use the paint primer.
Sometime placing something can be a little difficult to get precise. Now you can nudge any construction item or product exactly using the ‘Shift’ + ‘Arrow keys’ once the item has been placed, to get a precise placement. And if you need a quick reference, help is just an F1 keypress away.
The changes will require a reset of all maps you have been working on.
Changes:
-The small, medium and large houses have been updated with some issues fixed. The walls and ceilings are by default drywall. The floors on the first floor are concrete. The floors on the second floor are fiberboard. Only the garage floor is modifiable in the medium and large house. The baseboards and crown molding have been removed and can now be found in Products->Construction->Baseboards.
Additions:
-Added a game documentation page to the pause menu. Pressing F1 will also bring up the page when in a map.
-Added new kitchen cabinets. Separated out the kitchen cabinets by model.
-Added new bathroom sinks, bathtub jacuzzi, bathroom cabinet, refrigerator.
-Moved Tile to its own parent category under Products->Tile.
-Added new tiles and tile categories.
-Added a Stone category under Products->Materials with Granite, Limestone, Marble and Terrazzo.
-A-Frame houses can now have their interior floors, walls and door materials changed.
-Lights can now be attached to light switches. When looking at a light switch, press the ‘I’ key then look at a light you would like to attach and press the ‘I’ key again. Any number of lights can be attached to a light switch. Light switches are available in Products->Lighting->Electrical. More light switches and plugs will be available in an upcoming update.
-All construction items and products can be nudged into place for a more precise placement. After an item is placed, use ‘Shift’ + ‘Arrow keys’ to move an item by 1cm at a time.
Basic Construction Items:
-Added new Products->Construction category.
-Added new floor and backsplash/wall items to construction category.
-Added new baseboard and crown molding to Products->Construction->Baseboards category.
-Added transition bar to Products->Construction->Floors.
-Added new paint primer to Products->Construction->Paint category. This allows you to paint drywall, floors and backsplashes. Once a surface is painted with primer, you can paint the primer with a selected color.
-Floor, backsplash/wall, baseboards and crown molding are resizable with arrow keys after placing.
-When placing flooring, wall/backsplashes, baseboards and crown molding, you can nudge them to an exact position easier by using the Left Shift and Arrow Keys. This comes in handy when placing them close to a corner or edge.
Fixes:
-Fixed Reset Surface. Now works on all paintable surfaces.
-Fixed vinyl fence gate not saving its status on save.
-Fixed reticle not toggling correctly.
-Fixed clock not toggling correctly.
-Added back in the toolbar. Fixed not toggling correctly.
-Fixed placement issues with Christmas Wreaths.
-Fixed items being returned to the inventory when locked.
Updates:
-Cleaned up and removed old/un-necessary code.
-Refactored some code.
-Added weather effects to paradise map.
-Walls, floors and ceilings can be locked in the standard and A-Frame houses.
Known Issues:
-The staircase and railings in the large house cannot have their material changed or painted. This will be addressed in an upcoming update.
The next major update will be the Construction Update. Building a house from scratch, from the ground up! The ETA is expected to be about 4 months. There will be several updates along the way to add new products. Some categories are a little thin, so there will be new additions to those as well as many others.
The demo will be updated in a day or two for those wishing to try out the game first.
Thanks and happy gaming from Argon Gaming!