Good day, fellow engineers!

This update brings you improved building tooltips and onboarding tips, smoother conveyor belt construction, updated UI, and various visual improvements.

Improvements, changes and new features

• Clearer messages and tips when attempting to construct a building that depends on another building that has not yet been constructed (#2039)

• Building tooltips now include power requirements and production rates, where applicable (#2128)

• Power and energy are now displayed using SI units (kW and kWs) (#2151)

• State-based onboarding tips are now displayed in the center of the screen to help players avoid common pitfalls during the early game (#2124)

• Multiple improvements and fixes to conveyor belt construction: (#2146)

  • Improved collision detection with existing buildings

  • Tighter angles are now allowed over short distances

  • Snapping to Conveyor Stackers now follows the logical direction of the belt being constructed (can be flipped using the mouse wheel)

  • Elevators are now automatically created when conveyor ports are directly above or below one another

  • Fixed: 2 m straight segments sometimes fail to construct

  • A snap point on a Conveyor Stacker can only be used once

  • The conveyor port on the Stone Heater has been moved slightly to align with other conveyor ports

  • The conveyor ports on the Nuclear Heater have been moved slightly to align with other conveyor ports

  • When constructing conveyor belts in segments, predictions of the next segment to build are now more accurate, resulting in better visual hints

• Updated the New game/Options views (#2126)

• Updated Swedish and German translation (#2156)

• Improved texture quality on grass, bushes and other ground vegetation (#2136)

• New stair model (#2029)

• Lumber drone station and Grandpa’s saw now emit sawdust when processing wood (#2118)

• Updated Expedition Rig UI (#2103)

• Tall grass, bushes and other ground vegetation are now automatically removed when building over them (#2158)

• Updated Player View UI (inventory and skill points) (#2139)

Bug fixes

• Fixed: Visible cracks in the ground in a few places (#1474)

• Fixed: Radio Lab antenna sometimes rotates into the beam on the Radio Lab’s roof (#1946, #2133)

• Fixed: German text does not fit the size of labels in power circuit status (#2141)

• Fixed: Tasks in workshop queue sometimes says “missing material” even when sufficient material is provided (#2154)

Balancing

• Increased plank production time to better match conveyor belt speeds (from 5 to 8 seconds) (#2131)

• Added banana trees to selected locations (new games only) (#2116)

• Reduced the power requirement of Grandpa's Saw from 12.5 to 10 kW (#2129)

• Increased the power requirement of the Erosion Reverser from 12.5 to 15 kW (#2129)

// Team CCG