A selection of updates and improvements to AdvertCity.
Changelog:
Improved text layout rules to prevent inadvertent wrapping of header titles.
Improved button layout to avoid wrapping megacorp names when the font is larger than default size.
Fixed a bug with progress bar accuracy when starting a new game.
Fixed a bug with buildings remaining selected after a game ends.
Fixed several packaging-related bugs on OS X.
Various optimisations and codebase improvements.
Enjoy!
AdvertCity Version 9.7.9595.52450
The latest version of AdvertCity includes a variety of bug fixes and optimisations, improving performance and reliability on all platforms.
Some of the biggest changes:
Significant improvements in world generation times, even on older machines.
Improved multi-threaded implementation of parts of the world generation code.
Improvements in font resizing, with UI elements fitting adjusted text sizes better.
Additional help, about and information menus, and menu links to the wiki and other helpful info.
Fixed volume adjustments being lost when starting a new game or loading one.
Fixed errors in water animation.
Fixing library dependencies on older Linux distributions.
Additionally there are a variety of smaller bugfixes and optimisations throughout the code. Enjoy!
AdvertCity Version 9.7.9557.52228
The latest version of AdvertCity, 9.7.9557.52228.
A series of small improvements and optimisations, mostly behind the scenes but with a few especially visible improvements:
World generation time reduced dramatically - generating a new city that previously took over 5 minutes on one of our test machines now runs in under 30 seconds.
Parallel processing used more during city and road layout, better use of multi-core processors.
Game logic performance optimisations throughout - lower system load during normal gameplay.
Improvements to mouse sensitivity menu options - separate horizontal and vertical sensitivity settings, edge-look sensitivity settings and edge-look border width setting.
New setting to toggle vsync on and off, which is now saved between game runs.
Optimisations and improvements to our vector maths library, which yields small speedup improvements to many aspects of the game.
A couple of typo fixes in building descriptions and menus.
If you encounter any bugs, please remember to report them on our issue tracker - and enjoy the game!
AdvertCity Version 9.6.9492.51904
An update to Version 9.6 - a range of improvements and behind-the-scenes optimisations.
AdvertCity Version 9.6.9469.51779
Latest updates for AdvertCity, now version 9.6!
New GUI updates
Improved font rendering, including sharpness of smaller font sizes
Improved settings saving and loading
Bug fixes and optimisations
AdvertCity Version 9.5.9378.51261
A new update for AdvertCity version 9.5!
The primary improvement is several new tutorial steps to help you find your feet at the beginning of the game - including finding your sphere of influence, and seeing who owns what in cyberspace.
However, the tutorial still remains mercifully short! Pay close attention, and explore the world and the interface yourself for best results.
This update also has a couple of bug fixes. If you encounter any remaining bugs, please report them on our issue tracker.
AdvertCity Version 9.5.9337.51036
We're pleased to announce that AdvertCity has been updated to version 9.5, with a variety of improvements thanks to your feedback!
Game settings are now saved locally (independent from savegames, which are synced to Steam Cloud).
Option to hire maximum available employees for a given building.
Additional mouselook sensitivity settings.
Improved music volume control.
Miscellaneous bug fixes.
A variety of performance optimisations.
Enjoy!
VoxelStorm Radio Interview
Listen to VoxelStorm developers interviewed onGameFace Radio, where we discuss what makes you an indie game developer, writing your own engines, and procedural generation - as well as some awesome music from our soundtracks, some of which has never been heard before!
Also some early-bird Beta Tester positions available through the kickstarter! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/voxelstorm/sphereface
Bug fixes & updates - Version 9.1.8932.48834
A selection of bugfixes that should resolve many crash problems and audio issues reported over the last few weeks.
Most notably there was an issue with the AdvertCity & Soundtrack Deluxe Bundle where the game depots were not being downloaded, and only the soundtrack appeared - that should now be resolved.
If you encounter any further downloading issues please don't hesitate to get in touch.
