Hello! I had intended on releasing the next beta version (0.46) in early February (sometime around the 4th -6th), but have recently started revamping some of the foundational systems of the game. One is the grid system, to allow for a smaller grid. Along with this, the size of roads will shrink - this in turn requires a few things in the road and traffic systems to change. These changes are save-file breaking, so I would like to distribute this update in one go, instead of relasing several more updates that break save files. Once this is done, I expect no more updates will change save files in such a way that it is not possible to salvage old saves. This also means it won't be possible to update the game at the expected time - I would rather delay the update than have a very unstable update. The expected release date for the 0.46 update will be the 17th of February. Featurelist (finished items in bold) Smaller grid size. Mid tier industrial buildings. High tech industrial buildings. Upper class commercial buildings. Additional languages implemented (Russian). Additional policy (several new taxes). Revamped policy system to allow faster implementation of the remaining policies. Funding options (such as educational or health care funding). Smaller road tiles. Improved/additional sounds. Building access system finished. (this will be tweaked once the new road system is in) Budget panel. Local economy finished. Music. Econopedia implemented. Improvements to existing systems. The upcoming version will fix a tonne of smaller bugs and include a bunch of QoL improvements suggested by testers (thank you!) as well. The full list of changes will be posted as we get closer to the estimated release date. Smaller grid size in action (roads not adapted to this yet)
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