This update features the following changes:

• Fixed issue where on a loaded game, its possible to have two assets with the same name. This only causes issues when trying to adjust their earthing/grounding and is fixed if the player tries to rename the asset, as uniqueness is then checked, but is now checked by default.
• Linux users will now be using the Vulkan renderer by default, which will fallback to OpenGL Core if it fails (using the Unity automated graphics API). This order was previously reversed but should have better compatibility with newer cards.
• Game save files, progress and settings are now forced to store in "Power Network Tycoon_Data\SavesDir". This change should only affect some Linux users (who may have had issues with Steam Cloud saving). If your game settings or game saves have disappeared, move them from the old directory to the new one.
• Added toggle to disable "View Fault" when is when a fault occurs on the network and the camera jumps to look at it (also slowing down time briefly). This can get annoying with many faults occurring for some players, so toggle added in settings menu. Default is enabled.
• Tap/click sound changed from 50% volume to 30% for UI mouseover
• Other minor tweaks and bug fixes

This update features the following changes:

• Fixed bug related to clicking of the power generator button calling the function to place a generator twice (a bug introduced in the previous patch).
• Added a star system, so stars come out at night and rotate around the island until sunrise
• Updated Polish language localization
• Font spacing offset (kerning) slightly reduced
• Buttons on the bottom bar now briefly grow in size on mouseover to more obviously show when highlighted
• Added hover tip to Connect Load and Menu button on the bottom right UI
• Added hover tip text to expansion buttons (eg choosing rank of an asset from the up arrow on the bottom bar), including for renewables
• The 'animals getting zapped' Alert is less likely to occur and won't in the occur early game
• Added satisfying click sound for mouseover of buttons in the UI (it already existed for checkboxes in some menus). Reduced click sound volume from 100% to 50%.
• Slight change to wind turbine blades mesh

This update features the following changes:

• All renewables can now also be found under the Power Generator expansion button (button above the Power Generator on the bottom bar to show all upgrade levels). This means pressing "1" hotkey can be used for things like placing solar panels (and all other renewable related assets).
• Added an "Are You Sure" type popup when pressing "Restart".
• Other minor bug fixes like showing the correct Power Generator expansion icons.

This update features the following changes:

• Fixed bug related to satisfaction debuffs for loads not connected during extreme weather events. Debuff now will not be added for special loads (such as oil pumps).
• Fixed price of wind turbines to now charge the correct amount shown

• Gameplay starts off slower, with one load asking to be connected at a time until map has atleast 10 loads. This helps new players learn the basics first. Similarly, maintenance costs won't occur until the first 10 loads arrive, to offset the lost revenue from slower load connection. There is no slow start for Hard mode.
• Cyclones can no longer trigger for earlier in the game unless playing in Hard mode.
• You can no longer rename an asset to the same name as another asset. This prevented you from changing selected asset when modifying EPR/GPR.
• "Power Factor" text will now change to the appropriate localization

This update features the following changes:

• The game speed text will say "Paused" when the game is paused, such as in menus
• The "Shift" key has been added as an alternative to the mouse scroll wheel for users without a scrolling mouse (eg touchpad). This will be removed in the future when controls remapping is finalised.
• Added a tutorial popup (forced) if the player hasn't used for [mouse scroll] button or [shift] but has been playing around 2 days, so they know they can rotate/change camera angle more freely. This is trigger by them using [Q] or [E] rotation, which is the more basic camera rotation control binding. Another tutorial popup for using the shortcut [Ctrl] button is now also forced (will show regardless of if said you didn't want to see tutorials, although it's rare to ever trigger these two tutorials without looking like you would greatly benefit from them).
• Added "View Previous" button to the interactive tutorial. This will show you the text from the previous instruction if you missed it.
• Tweaks to how the game determines if the screen is 16:9 or 16:10 to shape UI appropriately.
• Energy Hub Substations graph can now show the Renewables Percentage (eg what percentage is power on the network comes from renewables as a percentage of all power generation).
• Grid battery now shows on a new line for the info for the Energy Hub Substation, stopping the window width changing regularly
• Default UI window scaling is now 125% for steamdeck instead of its previous 150%
• Other minor tweaks and fixes

This update features the following changes:

• Fixed error where if player played the interactive tutorial first, their research panel during normal gameplay modes will show buttons as non-interactable.
• The button for unpausing from the tutorial window is removed if using gamepad (only allowing the "unpause and close" button).
• Changes to Steam Input reconfiguring. Ongoing work to allow reconfiguring of gamepad/Steamdeck controls within Steam's API (shouldn't affect keyboard/mouse users)

This update features the following changes:

• Many gamepad or Steamdeck/handheld related improvements such as
• The navigation between buttons for UI windows is now locked to that window so other buttons on the screen or behind it can't be selected
• The 'reset UI selection' button (right trigger) be default resets to the new application connection button (if shown) to make connection new loads quicker
• Asset info window is better positioned if using gamepad
• Fixed where bringing up onscreen keyboard, it no longer presses the first key it's on (typing a 'q')
• The on-screen keyboard will by default show the numbers/symbols keys when opening a field where numbers are expected or the letters keys when entering names
• UI better fits at 150% window size
• Updated interactive tutorial and loading screen tips to show different text if using gamepad vs keyboard/mouse
• User can now more smoothly transition from using a gamepad to using a keyboard/mouse or vis versa
• Added information for Steam Gamepad reconfiguring
• Other minor UI interaction tweaks
• Added "Save Before Quitting" dialogue if player hasn't yet saved the game or hasn't saved in the last 60 seconds
• Fixed conditions that can make the camera angle rotation wrong, particular when a fault occurs and camera looks goes to fault location
• Gamepad camera movement has been overhauled and is smoother
• Fixed a bug where substations could continue to think they are on secondary networks are the network is repaired to have one network
• User is prompt to name their island after 2nd day rather than first if they haven't saved yet

This update features the following changes:

• Improvements to gamepad navigation when interacting with input fields. Bug fix allowing gamepad to progress through interactive tutorial for panning camera view (eg when Q and E are normally pressed for keyboard). Lowest camera height allowed while using gamepad is now slightly higher, as issue occurred when very close to the ground related to how camera pitching occurs (which also caused a bug when UI zoomed in on a location). Minor other gamepad tweaks which improves the game for gamepad and handheld (Steamdeck) users.
• Added fix to extremely rare bug that stopped placement of assets until game was restarted.
• Made power requirement for an end game objective ~10% less.

This update features the following changes:

• Interactive tutorial is now split into Basic, Advanced and Menu overview. You can do all 3 at once or a combination. The default is Basic only (no renewables, niche shortcuts etc). Small addition to emphasize researching/upgrading.
• A new popup will occur after your first day playing asking you to name your island (save).
• New option added to make the top and bottom UI bars background transparent or hide the UI altogether.
• Added shortcut key 'O' to open to oil market UI.
• The player view/camera now more accurately jumps to look at a point of interest (such as a fault), accounting for different view heights.

This update features the following changes:

• Most environmental assets are now half the size and there are twice as many, allowing for closer match between building size and plant/tree size.
• Added new Park load with 7 different layouts.
• Added 4 new factories. Smoke shows when operational.
• Tutorial system now correctly saves in-game tutorials you have been shown to not show you them again each game session.
• In-game tutorials will be hidden if you have done a similar tutorial exercise during the interactive tutorial.
• Fixes and optimizations to building lights turning off and on.
• Made floating cursor text size slightly larger for long strings of text.
• Steamdeck default window scale is now 125%.
• Restarting or quitting a game now correctly resets the camera pitch angle to its originate state.
• Added to Condition Monitoring UI. A "Non-Emergency Alert" section has been added for heavily loaded assets which are not yet at reduced reliability but may need attention.
• Camera can zoom slightly closer to the ground.
• Game save file information now includes biome and power generator count.
• Energy Hub Substations now produce EMF, which can be measured and can cause EMF sickness to residential load.
• Oil pump loads are now always lagging power factor by default.
• Power generator disturbance ring (yellow) is now larger for higher rank generators. An Energy Hub Substation also has a disturbance ring.

This update features the following changes:

• Fixed bug that forced only one mission to be called (Tech Expo) and less often.
• Added text above buildings for their power factor when placing capacitor banks, making it easier to know where capacitor banks are needed.

This update features the following changes:

• Tilt-shift toggle and Window lights toggle in the settings menu are now saved between game sessions.
• Fix to allow achieving the "Over 9000" achievement.
• Mouseover text box in the earthing modification screen is now not shown when on mouse is over side panels.
• Minor localization changes.

This update features the following changes:

• The Community Notices Menu is now includes a section for Community Issues, which shows further detail of why the community satisfaction is reduced.
• Changes to how community satisfaction is calculated and added new reasons for the community to be upset.
• Significant optimization for better framerate, up to double the previous framerate under certain conditions.
• The Asset Info window now has a cleaner format for the text.
• When loading a saved game, the initially selected asset level is the highest level researched.
• Substations and Power Generators now show correctly using the IR camera when at the lowest LOD mesh setting.
• All assets now visually highlight correctly when on the lowest LOD mesh setting.
• Minor change to the definitions of graphics quality levels and how it changes checkboxes when selected.
• Greatly turned down the doppler effect for ambient sounds.
• More than doubled the number of loading screen tips.
• Increased screen shake values.
• Fixes to many minor bugs or UI cleanup.

This update features the following changes:

• Slow down placement of new Loads if player has failed assets and not in hard mode
• Cyclone related mission will not occur if not allowing extreme weather
• Prevent two UI popups at once that can occur when placing a special Load like an oil pump
• Fix bug where a Load could be placed overlapping with a Wind Turbine or Grid Battery under some circumstances
• Improved visuals for smoke shown while there is fog
• Transition between music tracks is now smoother
• Minor optimizations of Load mesh

This update features the following changes:

• Added seven new missions.
• Players can now rename substations, pole, power generators and energy hub substations.
• Added spinning mesh to symbolise a mission, alert or achievement when UI window opens.
• UI Asset Info Window better locks position to top left when resizing.
• Hidden Asset Customisation Panel, which is under the Tools Menu. It only had Substation EMF Shielding at present, which is accessed in other ways.
• If a player starts building far away from the center of the map during the interactive tutorial, the roads and loads will change their starting position to match. Not used during normal gameplay.
• Swapped the order of the "What" and the "Why" in the interactive tutorial to ensure players can read it all before moving to the next task.
• Added Poles to the Power Study tools, to allow visualisation of all poles and quick upgrading.
• Power Source price changed to "N/A" when at placement limit.
• The Details popup for a fault will show high-level info about the fault and what the player should do, along with the previously shown text.
• The default choice of Substation to connect to for a Capacitor Bank is now the one it will help with the most.
• First Oil storage research is cheaper and quicker. EHS research is more expensive.
• Demo is now longer
• Fixed bug where conditions may stop oil market UI updating and stops showing warnings for oil supply levels.
• Fixed bug with placement of lightning rod being offset
• Fixed bug where game speed said "Normal" but actual game speed may be another value
• Fixed bug where Land Reserve function was being ignored under certain conditions

This update features the following changes:

• LOD (level of detail) added to mesh objects for greatly improved performance, particular for lower graphics settings
• Improved UI for Steamwdeck and other narrow screen displays
• Data storage for graphs now use a multithreading method for better performance
• Asset config UI now shows a preview of the asset's mesh on the left (including earth rods)
• Asset config UI now shows earthing text configuration for Energy Hub Substation (EHS)
• Emergency air drop of oil was previously 10x the normal oil purchase method (by sea). Now only 3x if not on hardmode.
• Fixed how some units of measurement were shown.

This update features the following changes:

• Added graphs for asset data such as temperature and current, now visible in the asset info window
• Screens with a ratio of 16:10 (such as MacBooks) will now default bars size ratio to 75% to fit screen width better
• Added end-game objectives not available or visible at the start of the game
• Significant code rewrite for improved performance when interacting with the world and when generating environmental assets
• Fixed bug where loaded games can wrongly show buildings as having supply issues
• Fixed bug preventing Substations causing EPR under fault when only supplied by Renewables
• Fixed bug where some asset temperatures wouldn't decrease if already failed
• Fixed red highlighting of objects to be more accurate for locations unable to build due to collision
• Fixed bug where resizing UI asset info window would make it move slightly. Now anchored to the top left.
• Fixed bug where input was staggering if using both a gamepad and keyboard/mouse. Added UI if both connected to choose an input device. Improvements to gamepad in-game use.
• Fixed minor localization errors
• Global stats on main menu now more visible
• Default building limit is changed from unlimited to 200 for better performance, but can be changed in the settings menu
• One addition to the games soundtrack
• Demo time increased by one day and allowed first upgrade of Conductors
• Increased output from oil pumps

This update features the following changes:

• Buttons currently flash to give the player an alert, such as a Load needing connection. They are now a more obvious red color.
• Missions button flashes red every 30 seconds realtime when there is a mission active (including ones without timers).
• Popup tip added for Research panel to suggest Conductors as the first upgrade. New players will find it easier to progress if this upgrade is chosen first.
• Added option to get inverter achievement when upgrading instead of just building an inverter

This update features the following changes:

• Fixes to bugs related to phase currents showing as "0" after running out of oil
• Added new alert for demand increase event

This update features the following changes:

• Fixes to bugs related to renewables such as researching inverters and UI
• Fixes to localization
• Lightning and lightning protection now possible with Energy Hub Substations

This update features the following changes:

• Huge update in content to add Renewable Energy. This includes Solar Panels, Wind Turbines and Grid Batteries. These connect to Inverters, which themselves connect to an Energy Hub Substation. Some of these are unlocked through game progression.
• The interactive tutorial has been updated to include an introduction to the new Renewable power assets.
• Shortcut method for placing poles now also attaches the next conductor to the new pole
• Assets or environmental objects now show as red when they are obstructing the placement of a new asset
• Many tweaks to performance, UI and gameplay

This update features the following changes:

• New voice actor narration added to the tutorial videos
• Cursor light is now turned on when at night (previously was only when placing an object)
• Interactive tutorial fix for asset config button not being shown
• Other minor fixes to UI and localization
• Option for disabling advanced load sharing is removed
• Many background modifications to allow for a future solar panel and grid-tie inverter assets (under development!)

This update features the following changes:

• New Interactive Tutorial. 33 guided tutorial steps to understand the basics of gameplay and shortcuts to for quality-of-life improvements.
• Fixes to UI and localization

Phase 2: Early Access Update Over the past few weeks since our last major update, we've been working with players to address key areas to improve gameplay including the following:

• Added land reserve function
• Added street lights to replace individual house lighting
• Added new missions
• Added oil resource management and oil pump jacks
• Added new biome environmental assets
• General improvements with gameplay, visuals, UI and performance

• Added new feature to finish map plays and unlock new content. 'Final Network Audit' from the in-game menu will allow you to get a score for your map and archive it. Archived maps can be viewed from the main menu.
• Tweaks to UI including scaling to better fit different aspect ratios
• Fixes to localization
• Added Steam Achievements. 26 initial achievements added.
• Easy difficulty no longer disables advanced earthing, advanced protection and advanced load sharing (now optional)

This update includes the following changes:

• Added emergency oil air drop feature for instant oil delivery at a high cost
• Fixes to EMF shielding calculations
• EMF shielding UI now has a 'prefab' option for a pre configured shield placement
• Fixes to localization and other minor bug or visual fixes

This update includes the following changes:

• Added Oil Pump Jacks to extract oil for use on your electrical network. They will appear at different locations on the map as oil is discovered. They won't pay the player for electricity used, but will give you oil.
• EPR screen UI cleaned up slightly and "?" symbol most consistent coloring
• Tilt shift blur added, with toggle and slider to adjust in the settings menu
• Performance tweak in renderer
• Doubled distance camera can zoom out

This update includes the following changes:

• All research buttons are now shown in demo, but not all interactable
• Changes to simulations for current passed between Power Generators, Conductors and Substations
• Added random selection of living and dead plants/trees/objects to each map for more variety
• Fixed z axis fighting of expo building on desert map
• Fixed issue that made the first few roads that spawn become surrounded by buildings, stopping roads from expanding neatly.

This update includes the following changes:

• Oil resource management. Big new features around oil use, storage, purchasing and selling. Oil market prices fluctuate and can be affected by the regulator or other events. Upgrades to oil storage available as with other upgrades research.
• Fixed game unpausing when in EMF shield modification screen
• The tick, X, ! and ? symbols no longer cast shadows
• Fixed error where roads loaded may visually overlap (z-fighting)
• Window UI scale and top/bottom UI scale are now saved between play sessions.
• Changes to research times
• Changes to cargo boat timing and docking location
• Improved performance when playing at below normal game speed
• Limits for power generators introduced, increasing with upgrades. 1 on rank 1, 2 on rank 2 and 3 on rank 3.
• Fix to how often payments for power use occurs and changed default to $0.4, with a max of 0.6 for electricity tariff
• Cyclones can now destroy roads
• When choosing the placement of a Substation, it now will glow Loads green and briefly increase then decrease their size
• Default map size changed from 80x80 to 60x60 (but same range of sizes avaliable for customization)
• Various bug fixes and efficiency improvements

This update includes changes to the following:

• Fixed street light locations when road configuration changes
• Fixed a few translations/localizations
• Fixed Mac OS launcher issues (incorrect app launcher name)
• Fixed issue with running two separate networks, not showing alert under certain conditions

This update includes changes to the following:

• Performance increase by replacing building lights with street lights (buildings still have window 'lights' which are glowing yellow material). Street lights use baked lighting and different timer to building lights. Street lights are supplied by substations (currently not drawing power, but will turn off/on depending on if a nearby substation is energised). Lowest graphics setting will use no street lights.
• Two new missions
• Can no longer Ctrl connect (shortcut) a load to a substation that is not energised. Can also now Ctrl connect a load that has power issues (substation failure or disconnection) to a nearby operational substation
• Blinking '?' and '!' now use real time rather than game time, so they will appear to blink even with super slow gameplay mode
• New load placement is slightly slower (~15%)
• Skybox colours tweaked and code slightly more efficient
• Added brownout effect for overheating substations
• Improved code around building count limit and making the city grow (with more advanced buildings rather than building count)
• Fixed bug where alerts won't start under certain conditions of saved games
• Other minor bug fixes

This update includes changes to the following:

• Removed old substation UI instances when adding EMF shield (which could cast shadows after closing UI)
• Fixed bug where IR camera won't show a substation texture if the mouse was over it while IR camera was turned on
• Added 'Modify EMF Shielding' button to asset modification of substation
• Can click a load's name under 'Modify Load' within substation UI to zoom in on load location
• Fixed bug where EPR calculation problems occur when no loads are nearby
• When equipment failure occurs, camera now rotates to look at fault
• Missions without timers will start by showing N/A rather than 00:00
• Fixed bug that occurs when showing substation information in some of the non-english translations
• Loads cannot be destroyed if part of a mission
• Other minor bug fixes

Hey everyone, Over the past few weeks since launching on early access, we've been working with players to address key areas to improve gameplay. Below are a few of the signficant changes since first release.

• Added ability to have multiple generators connected to the network, including both synchronization mechanic for added generators, generator loading sharing and a 'black start' when all generators fail
• Added more tutorials, including video tutorials to clarify gameplay mechancis
• Added new shortcut including holding Ctrl + clicking to place a pole while drawing conductors, change a load between substations and connect a capacitor bank
• Stats tracking between games/maps
• Improvements with gameplay, UI and performance

• Added subtitles to basic training tutorial video (more to come)
• Modified camera viewing angles to allow 20 degrees to 90 degrees when using a mouse
• Changed sparks and deaths associated with GPR/EPR to occur at same speed regardless of gameplay speed
• Added 'Building count limit' to settings menu, allowing players to limit the number of buildings in a city for better gameplay performance. Once at the limit, new load buildings placed are more likely to be higher wealth buildings (replacing one recently destroyed), allowing the city to still grow
• Upgraded skybox to be more detailed with morning, day, sunset and night materials
• Other minor bug fixes

• By popular request for a 'pause' button, there is an added 'Super Slow' as a gameplay speed. Previously, gameplay speed was 5x (fast), 1x (normal), (1/5)x (slow) but now included (1/50)x (super slow)
• Changed tutorial video format from H.264 to instead be webm with video as VP8 and audio as Vorbis, which should stop stuttering as recommended by Unity
• Smoke appears when destroying assets (eg Poles)
• Other minor bug fixes

• New tutorial video for Ground Potential Rise (GPR)
• Tutorial videos now show within a screenshot of a 3D environment rather than the 3D environtment itself for better performance on lower spec machines
• Tutorial videos can be accessed from the main main and now also during gameplay
• Tutorial videos show in the top right 'tips' list with other tutorials
• Tutorial videos button added when an associated text tutorial is shown
• Tutorial videos that stream online (all except basic training) now can be either played within the game application or online (Youtube)
• Play/Pause button added
• Fixes to EPR moving between assets
• Other minor bug fixes

• Additional generators connected to the network now require synchronization (new mechanic, UI etc)
• Black Start mechanic and UI added for events when all generators fail
• Added UI for altering load sharing between generators
• Fixed load not connecting when on the outter ring of the substations range
• Changed criteria for failing heatwave and coldsnap missions to be around loads losing supply rather than equipment failure
• Added option to disable power generator load shedding loads when losing reliability
• Other minor bug fixes
• Added new advanced training video for the associated new features for multiple generators on the same network

- Added support for more than one generator inclusive of mesh network calculation improvements - Improvements in multithread calculations to improve performance - Stringing of conductors will de-select itself if tried to setup connection incorrectly 2 consective time, in case player wasn't aware it was selected - Fixes to resolution and windowed mode selection in settings menu, confusing screen resolution with windowed game window resolution - Scroll bars scroll much faster for menus - 'Funds' visibility added to EPR/GPR menu - UI button 'press' now makes buttons red and 'selected' makes them green. Also now clearer for unselected buttons. - Improved grid snap of power generators - Watching the tutorial video hides a few tutorial popups from showing - Added tips and shortcuts tutorial video (https://youtu.be/ohD43edcAHU) - Holding Ctrl or left trigger (gamepad) while string conductors allows for placing a rank 1 pole at the same time - Penalties don't occur if less than $2M GDP on the map - Full refund on assets sold at the start of the game - Added mouse hover tip for 'stats' on load colour definitions - Fix to procedurally generated map preview showing old map under certain senarios - Improvements with German localization - Other minor bug fixes [previewyoutube=ohD43edcAHU;leftthumb][/previewyoutube][previewyoutube=P2Lp9QToGQ0;rightthumb][/previewyoutube]

- Map 1 water level is now higher with related map changes (looks better for small map sizes) - Added stats tracking, showing inital gameplay achievements on the home screen - Other minor bug fixes - Added support for Mac OS and Linux

- Improved end game framerate, where many calculations occur at in parallel - Fix to repair button within Power Study - Minor change to variation of building loads at end game, adding lower wealth loads and neighbourhoods based on building wealth - Loading screen now shows up (and main menu hides) before loading starts for improved UI experience - Minor change to main menu German translations - Other minor fixes

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Welcome to the official Steam Next Fest live stream event for Power Network Tycoon, a groundbreaking simulation game that combines the complexity of power engineering with the immersive world of city building. Developed by a professional power engineer turned solo game developer, this game brings to life the challenges and rewards of designing and managing a power network using real-world IEEE engineering standards.