Salutations, Mayors! We have some sporty amenities arriving today on our latest patch. We've also added a new config option that we hope will make the game perfectly balanced, as all things should be. Here are the patch notes:

Version 0.0.57.5 ALPHA

Features



• Adding Tennis Court, Basketball Court, and Ice Rink amenities.
• Added new statistics: Deaths and Average Age at Death
• Added powerful new cheat code: the_snap

  Improvements

  
  
• Text and icons now have a shadow, improving legibility on bright backgrounds.
• The Amenity Tool UI has been changed.
• Reduced the rate of death.
• Accelerated Start is now the default for new cities.
• There is now more traffic in small cities. CTrafficRate0 defines the traffic in small villages and
• CTrafficRate1M defines the traffic in a city of 1 million people.
• Roads and Expressways now have a lighter color. Expressways are now lighter than roads.
• When loading and saving cities or design files, the menu now keeps it's scroll position better.
• Building design images now have an aspect ratio of 4:3, to better match the Steam Workshop.
• Amenities that are not unlocked are now shown in the Amenity Tool (4), but they are grayed out and cannot be built.

  Bug fixes

  
  
• To prevent flicking and visual glitches, the new culling algorithm has been disabled by default for now.
• Fixed a crash on load.
• Fixed a bug where zoned lots would be visible when the game first loaded, even if the "Show Zoned
• Lots" option was unchecked.
• Fixed an issue in road building where a sloped road was "Too Steep" due to bad splitting.
• Fixing a bug where dead people remained members of their household. Households are now removed when all members are dead.
• Fixed a bug where a person didn't quit their job when they retired.
• The console has been moved to the bottom right.
• Fixed a bug where highlighting of roads, expressways and railroads was not visible when using the
• Query Tool (1>Q) or Transportation Tool (2).
• Fixed a bug where the beach had grass in the building designer.

The Steam Workshop support right now works for the NewCity test branch. We plan to have it implemented in the official release once 0.57 arrives in earnest. Remember to check out this update via the Betas tab. Right-click NewCity in your Steam Library and select Properties. Click the dropdown under the Betas tab and choose the "test - Testing branch". You can opt-out 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. We really appreciate all the feedback and bug reports here on Steam and Discord! Please keep posting your thoughts and touching base with us. Please follow us on Twitter for more upcoming announcements. You Should Have Gone For the Head, Lone Pine Games