So the long waited Dev build 005 is here! Unfortunately I had to cut out the new levels from this release as they were not ready, but hey, 005 build comes with many new features and fixes!
FYI, Level 6, 7 and 8 will be released with Dev Build 006 (ETA late January)
I will be working until 24th, so if any hot fixes are needed, it will be addressed. After that, I will be on a leave until January 10.
Happy Holiday Season!
Note: I will be opening up a new section of bug reports for the dev build. Please report bugs there.
New Features and Improvements
- Annual reporting.
- Property damage and repairs (job for handymen, can be repaired at 70% original capacity).
- Earthquake.
- Room overlay texture pattern.
- Pause Feature.
- Support for FXAA, SMAA and TXAA (deprecated MSAA)
- Can cancel employment by right clicking before dropping new staff.
- Deferred decals (Much faster and better looking).
- Screen space contact shadows (improves shadow bias)
- Annual reporting UI polished.
- New Spa water graphics with bubble FX.
- MSVO option added.
- Additional messages and mails.
- New camera zoom style.
- Hardware accelerated mouse cursor.
- Optimized guest rendering performance.
Changes and Fixes
- Drunk guests will not queue for any rooms. Instead, they will roam around drunk until sober.
- Rat click sometimes not registering.
- Relocating or deleting tables after dining leaves the dishes floating.
- Guests spawning at the tavern gate instead of end of the entry way.
- MSAA text overlay for in game options panel removed.
- Removed news slider (Will not be added back, removed permanently)
- Removed Infrastructure panel (Will be added back at a later stage)
- Fixed bench selection panel bug.
- Furnitures can be placed next to gates on Level 5.
- Removed staff podium furniture.
- Staff area settings and level not getting saved.
- Fixed zoning overlay not turning off after cancelling during pause.
- Fixed not being able to zoom in and out mid building rooms.
- Changed zoning color shading style (faster and cleaner).
- Improved room zoning performance.
- Added incoming mail soundFX.
- Mails not showing when paused.
- Staff info panel accessible during relocation.
- Time speed setting back to normal after closing in game menu.
- Ability to control camera in game menu.
- staff members picked up during pause not showing drop animation.
- Magazine subscription save file support.
- Relocating chessboard when a guest is waiting for opponent causing duplicate seating.
- Number of uses not reflecting for certain furnitures.
- Smaller and faster game executable.
Known Issues
- Room building may fail when paused (cancel and retry)
- Fighting (Brawling) is temporarily disabled.
- Wait/Leave option is temporarily disabled.