Mayors, The latest version of NewCity is now live on the Testing branch. Details below:

Version 0.0.56.0 ALPHA

• Added the Citipedia - Open it by clicking the Question Mark icon on the toolbar. It will be a dynamic and growing source of information for gameplay mechanics and FAQ style answers. NOTE: The Citipedia is in an early preview state and subject to significant change.
• Added the Newspaper - Once you have your first business, you'll start getting your city's newspaper once per day. It will have articles containing critical info to help you manage your city, as well as some more lighthearted and entertaining pieces. NOTE: The Newspaper is in an early preview state and subject to significant change.
• Added new Lua API constants for the Newspaper, as well as statistics available to modders for creating their own Newspaper articles with unique triggers.
• Added box delete to the Destroy Tool.
• Added a missing contributor to the list in the About Panel.
• Added new building decos for the Residential, Floor, Park, and Vehicle groups.
• Added new building designs for Residential and Retail.
• Added some hidden statistics formerly used for debugging to the Stats Panel.
• Added the ability to set a minimum year and a maximum year for designs in the Building Designer.
• Added the ability to hide lots visually.
• Achievements have migrated to Lua for easy modification.
• Building design can now have more than 50 homes or businesses.
• Changed the way saves are loaded with the Underground View active to prevent bugs with building visibility.
• Changed the amenity category Parks to Recreation to better reflect the variety available.
• Changed the Pavilion building design to require less density.
• Changed the 181 Fremont Skyscraper building design to be density 9, so it's properly considered a skyscraper by the game logic.
• Fixed a bug in how sales tax is applied to unemployment; the effect has been increased
• Fixed a bug in the Mass Transit Router.

You can opt in to the Testing branch via the Betas tab, found by right-clicking NewCity in your Steam Library and selecting Properties. Simply click the dropdown under the Betas tab and choose "test - Testing branch." You can return to the current main build via the same dropdown by choosing "NONE - Opt out of all beta programs" instead. Going from one to the other will trigger an update as Steam fetches you the desired branch. The previous Testing branch patch has been set live on the main branch. Thank you to everyone who's been playing and submitting feedback and bug reports; we hear you! Keep posting your thoughts in our Steam Discussions, touching base with us on Discord, and Tweeting us videos and screenshots of what you're building. We may not respond to each and every one, but rest assured we're paying attention. As always, we can't wait to see what you build. Lone Pine Games

[ 2020-09-07 00:40:17 CET ] [ Original post ]