Beta 54C of Clockwork Empires has now been posted to the experimental branch on Steam. Amongst other things, this fixes the bug where modules will mysteriously stop working in workshops, which I know has plagued many of you: we finally got a save game where this showed up and were able to puzzle it out. This also includes many fine improvements and bugfixes:

• construction assignments will always be prioritized over other work assignments
• scrollbar track clicks are now more useful (sorry track clickers, we never do it, didn't realize what a sorry state that was in)
• changed more incidences of the term "work crew" to overseer
• reduced thought icon size so at high populations they're not just basically everywhere.
• improved nametag code, incorporated alert icons into nametags
• made interactive objects like rocks and trees have tooltips that are anchored and show up instantly rather than being on the cursor and having a delay. Some new players weren't seeing them at all, so this should improve their visibility.
• all instances of "work crew" have been changed to "overseer" to make difference between LC/MC chars clearer
• updated/improved costs of all gun lockers (can now build "Improvised Muskets" in Carpentry Workshop, can build "Ceramic Tripistols" in Ceramics Workshop)
• you will now be alerted if you build a building with no door
• naturalist now requires musket locker to hunt
• added additional safety checks to Rogue Stahlmarkian start
• hunger emote now more expressive
• building quality display improved
• "Rally" command now works (from Barracks ui)
• "Explore" command now works (from Naturalist ui)
• Naturalist's Office can now do targeted "Survey" and "Hunt" commands
• FIXED: increased range of Naturalist survey for minerals job so they wouldn't get stuck in the middle of the map doing nothing
• FIXED: a number of buildings that displayed the wrong cost in the buildings menu have been fixed
• FIXED: long-standing issue with wrapped text
• FIXED: janky scrollbar movement while the game is unpaused
• FIXED: wacky QoL tooltip offset
• FIXED: workplace limit display not being reset properly on save/load
• FIXED: scientists will now only use equipment inside their own laboratory
• FIXED: added check so traders won't leave and never come back, forever
• FIXED: Pub did not stock booze until ordered to
• FIXED: added check for scripterror when bandit group self-deletes
• FIXED: modules would suddenly stop working until demolished and rebuilt
• FIXED: crash in stamp area designation mode when an interactive object in the area is deleted (such as, say, setting fire to a mushroom)
• FIXED: misc other crashes
• FIXED: discrepancy of carpentry icon in command button vs. module category
• FIXED: Larch farms would grow orange cubes