Architect & City Foundations Update

04 Aug 2026Developer post

Patch Notes

The Architect now displays production buildings only under the Production tab. City and Mayor tabs no longer show production workplaces.
God Mode now displays production buildings immediately and bypasses production privileges and Trader-rank requirements.
Production-building thumbnails are now pre-rendered assets, eliminating slow runtime preview generation.
Added building names, larger product names, and product icons to the Production panel.
Improved Production panel readability with YoungSerif fonts, larger icons, and better row spacing.
Production buildings can now be placed on suitable clear ground inside the city walls without requiring a predefined workplace slot.
Improved construction validation messages to explain why a building cannot be placed and where it should be built.
Fixed placement previews enlarging or displaying incorrectly when positioned over existing houses.
Disabled lights embedded in placement-preview models, preventing full-screen brightness flashes.
Buildings can now be rotated using Numpad 4, 6, 8, and 2.
Added an illustrated construction control bar showing placement, rotation, validity colors, and cancellation controls.
Pressing Escape during construction now cancels placement and returns to the Architect panel instead of opening the pause menu.
Privilege and construction warnings now appear in front of the Architect panel.
Adjusted construction-popup titles so they no longer overlap the upper frame.

New games now begin directly in the selected hometown’s CityScene instead of opening on the world map.
Added water-level safeguards for low-lying cities such as Danzig, preventing them from loading underwater.

Moved and enlarged the Play panel’s city-selection arrows for clearer visibility and easier interaction.
Removed the dark overlay that appeared while selecting a language.
Switching to Turkish now also translates the main-menu navigation buttons and Credits panel message.
Improved Turkish menu terminology, including the Credits label.
Moved the Windowed Mode label to the right so its first letters remain fully visible.