Hello Foundation fans!
Today we are glad to announce three new features being added to the experimental branch: scalable quests, snoozing and Hospitium pausing.
Scalable Quests
As their name suggests, scalable quests modify conditions, objectives and rewards according to your game progression—following that of Prosperity, i.e. 5 tiers.
To give you a better idea of how scaling works, here’s a quick example from the Estate trader:
| Tier | Resource Objective | Low Reward | Standard Reward | High Reward |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 50 |
| 5 | 300 | 240 | 300 | 600 |
Here, tier 0 (floor) is available from the start, whilst the last tier is activated upon achieving a specific Prosperity threshold. The low, standard and high rewards are linked to negotiation opportunities with traders in this case.
Snoozing
Events now have snooze delays when a player dismisses them. Such delays are added on top of their recurrence factor, which have also been slightly reduced. You can expect snoozed events to add between 50-100% more days before they pop up again.
Hospitium Pausing
The experimental branch also includes a new pause function for Hospitiums. When paused, such locations won’t welcome new guests anymore. Think of it as an added safety valve to better control your food supply as visitors tend to be quite hungry. You can resume Hospitium functionality—thus further guest waves—at any time.
One More Thing: Transport Improvement
Lastly, we have included a tweak to our transport algorithm. From now on, transporters are able to dynamically adjust how many resources they carry before reaching their destination, all synced with workplaces. You will notice an immediate effect on productivity as transport becomes even more responsive.
Let’s try it out!
We hope you enjoy these new inclusions before they’re added to Foundation’s core! Feel free to share your feedback here or on our official Discord channel.
As a reminder, here's how to access the experimental branch:
- Open Steam
- Right-click on Foundation from your library
- Click BETAS
- Choose experimental_scalable_quests from the dropdown. This will initiate an update of your game files.
- Launch the game