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New beta available v1.904

Improvements:

  • A new animation speed setting has been added: Very Fast x2.5.
  • The flow for the Sell Patents standard project has been improved.
  • The hitbox of Ganymede Colony (081) has been enlarged.

Bugfixes

  • During the AI’s turn, the players are now able to display the AI’s corporation card or their own corporation card
  • The AI now always selects other players as targets for its project cards which steal or destroy resources
  • The AI now selects other players if possible as targets for its project cards which steal or destroy resource productions
  • The AI now pays the MC cost of the actions of Inventor's Guild (006) or Business Network (110)
  • Sabotage (121) and Flooding (188) can now be used to target anybody including the active player
  • The passive effect of Viral Enhancers (074) has been fixed
  • CEO's Favorite Project (149) can now only add a science resource to Search for Life (005) if there's already one such resource of more.
  • Mars University (073) now works as designed
  • Underground City (032) now checks for the energy production instead of the energy resources as a building requirement
  • In Solo Challenge, placing the ocean gained with Flooding (188) next to a tile owned by the human player will no longer softlock the game.
  • The standard project City is no longer available for purchase when no valid placements exist.

Known issues

  • Viral Enhancers (074) doesn't lower by 1 the plant cost of Moss (122) or Nitrophilic Moss (146). The plant is gained immediately after the card is played.
  • Tharsis Republic corporation doesn't allow playing Immigrant City (200) when the player's MC production is at -4.
  • During the tutorial 3, leaving the tutorial before the starting hand has been obtained will softlock the game.
  • During the tutorial 3, the button to navigate through the hand of cards is grayed out and disabled.


How to join the Beta

In the Library tab of your Steam client, browse the left-side list and right-click on Terraforming Mars. Select Properties.

In the new window, visit the Betas tab. In the drop-down menu, select beta - access to build 1.904 and close the window. Steam will download the update.

Note that this beta is limited in its duration. We hope that you enjoy the new features and bugfixes and we're very interested in your feedback. Please share it in this forum thread: https://steamcommunity.com/app/800270/discussions/0/1694969361086324840/

If you wish to opt-out of the beta and continue playing Terraforming Mars with the live version, follow the below steps:
1- Go into Terraforming Mars’ properties
2- Select the “Beta” tab
3- Select the “NONE – Opt out of all beta programs” option
4- Delete the content of this folder:
C:UsersAppDataLocalLowLuckyHammersTerraforming Mars
Make sure that you check all files have been deleted, some of them are set as “hidden” and will need to be revealed to be deleted.

If you experience any bugs, please send a description, your save and/or screenshots with the Contact Us button on this page: https://asmodee.helpshift.com/a/terraforming-mars

See you on the red planet!