Before We Leave

• Fixed some issues with specific land placement in Planet Editor
  
• Tidied up the Planet Editor UI a little
  
• While in Planet Editor, removed some warnings that don't make sense (like Solar Panels warning when they're in darkness)
  
• Changed the order of Oil and Electronics resources to match order of their harvesting buildings
  
• Forests can now be placed on tiles that are completely surrounded by other buildings
  
• Added an image for the Auto-Generated Planet button
  
• Oil Wells no longer animate when paused
  
• Fixed the Planet-wide fertility validation
  
• Fixed an error where the Choose Planet warning icon wouldn't always show the error correctly
  
• Fixed the update blurb text not fitting it's dialog correctly
  
• Fixed chimney smoke coming out of some buildings with the Filtering upgrade
  
• Fixed the sizing of the 'tutorial' dialog for the Planet Editor
  
• Fixed a rare case that could cause the UI to lock up in Planet Editor
  
• Peeps, Animals, Ships and Airships now have preview models when being placed in Planet Editor
  
• When creating a New Game, custom planets with multiple validation failures now list up to 5 of them, rather than just 1
  
• Fixed animation for felling a tree when the Forest is next to a cliff
  
• Fixed an issue when playing a game with a custom planet with in-construction buildings already placed, which meant their resources not be 'known' when you completed the construction
  
• IN PREPARATION FOR FINAL RELEASE, ALL EXISTING CUSTOM PLANET FILES HAVE BEEN DISABLED! This is because planets created with in-development versions of the game may contain unfixable errors that we don't want people trying to use in the full release
  
• In Planet Editor, using the Demolish brush on empty terrain changes it to Ocean
  
• Optimised the rendering of Info Pins
  
• Forests, Mountains etc can now have their exact model switched in the Planet Editor
  
• Fixed an issue that made Epic Achievements stop registering after you had been playing for an hour
  
• Added translations for all altered/new text
  
• Changed the order of technology in the Planet Editor Island panel to match the order you find them in-game
  
• Fixed a few minor UI issues
  
• Fixed an issue that was preventing starting games containing custom planets
  
• Replaced "Ctrl" with "Cmd" in tooltips on Mac
  
• Fixed an issue that could make tooltips get stuck on
  
• Fixed several issues with translated text not fitting the space it had
  
• Fixed tile highlighting in Planet Editor
  
• Ruined bridges no longer show the power pole bit
  
• Remove extra 'Test' scenario that had crept in
  

Deleting Planet Editor Beta Saves

• Fixed position of Peeps in Protective Elevator
  
• Fixed issues causing infinite loading screens. Error dialog that is displayed now has links to Discord and Website for submitting issues
  
• Fixed an issue with saving ruined player-created transmogrifiers
  
• Fixed an issue with the Ctrl-Click menu in terrain placement mode not closing when it should
  
• Added an error info pin if a Shipwright or Port gets trapped in an inland lake in the Planet Editor
  
• Fixed the Seed Hunters scenario having an error on load
  
• Show error tooltip if all of a brush is invalid in Planet Editor
  
• Fixed an error when placing water in land-locked lakes
  
• Selecting buildings in-game when they're on an Island you haven't colonised yet now shows a small card
  
• Fixed some issues with multi-tile buildings not connecting correctly to roads or elevators in Planet Editor
  
• Fixed some issues making building placement invalid when their entrance(s) are facing cliffs or forests in Planet Editor
  
• Fixed removal of a Gremlin House not removing the Gremlins
  
• If you choose not to change the state of a building, the dropdown now flicks back to the current state
  
• You can now place one Ancient Ruin per island - it used to be incorrectly one per planet
  
• In Planet Editor, Ancient Ruins show if they're containing Technology or Minotaur
  
• In-game, if you reveal a tile containing a Port, or an Accommodation building containing Peeps, the Island instantly becomes owned by you
  
• Changed the state-change message to make it clear you will lose configuration, such as resources that have been added to the building
  
• Fixed some issues if you select custom planets then turn on Tutorial in New Game
  
• Ports you don't own can no longer be viewed or used in shipping lanes
  
• Fixed some achievements firing in Planet Editor mode
  
• You can now colonise a second island on your first planet if it's the only other option, even if it's "a bad place for your first colony"
  
• Changed placement + demolition of Crystal Island trigger/seed so that you place/remove both of them as one action
  
• Historical Document dialog shows a number for how many you've earned
  
• Added Ctrl-Z Undo to keybindings
  
• Adding initial islands in Planet Editor dialog now has a seed value
  
• Released the MacOS version to Experimental as well as Windows
  
• Added an option to cycle the specific model used for things like Vegetable Fields
  
• Desalination Plants now operate in a closed off piece of Ocean (but not inland-water)
  
• Prevented placing Astrobaleenium close to existing buildings
  
• Fixed an issue that could make elevators or multitile buildins appear underground when placing them in the Planet Editor
  
• Fixed some issues caused by construction sites behaving like "enter from any side" buildings when placing them, even if the final building won't work that way
  
• Added a different Choose Planet dialog, so you can now see more information about the planet you're selecting
  
• Pressing escape with the Choose Planet or Difficulty Settings dialogs open now goes back to the New Game dialog
  
• Fixed an issue with changing the state of a building that was leading to a error on load
  
• More fixes to prevent inifinite loading issues (They occur when there's an error on load that isn't handled correctly)
  
• In Main Menu, moved Load Game to come just under New Game
  
• Fixed some issues in Planet Editor where the right construction button wouldn't highlight when selecting with hotkeys
  
• Fixed an issue with placing roads in Planet Editor on an island that has no buildings yet
  
• Fixed an issue preventing the grass colour from updating correctly
  
• Updated the road texture under Protective Elevators
  
• Ruined Orchards now have ruined looking trees
  
• When using Ctrl-click to select a building upgrade to place in Planet Editor, sometimes the building model or card wasn't updating correctly
  
• Resource Caches placed in Planet Editor now become owned by the player on starting the game, so that their resources show up in the UI
  
• Corrected texturing of ruined Marketplaces
  
• Fixed an issue with the wharf of ruined Ports/Shipwrights appearing inside the land
  
• Fixed an issue that could leave behind the rocky tile side models when removing a highland tile in certain circumstances
  
• Cleared the 'ruined' flag if you switch to placing an object that can't be ruined (like a Rusty Hulk)
  
• If you close the Island Details panel in Planet Editor with un-applied changes to the resources, it now asks you if you want to proceed
  

macOS

Lockdown in NZ… again

Beta Branch Patch Notes

• Fixed the Apocalypse Soon scenario
  
• Fixed tooltip on the Rainforest weather preset button
  
• The operational state when placing buildings (Operational/Constructing/Destroyed) is now remembered between buildings
  
• Changing the operational state to Destroyed changes the preview model
  
• Changed "Generated Planet" to "Auto-generated Planet"
  
• Fixed some issues with saved planets not remembering their validation data until the game had been closed and reopened
  
• Fixed the reporting of the Ruinied Ship or 50 Red Research validation
  
• Transmogrifier validation now also passes if there is 30 Tools instead
  
• First Planet icon in New Game now shows the correct warning tooltip if the selected planet isn't suitable
  
• In Planet Editor, card for ships/animals/minotaur etc state what kind of thing they are next to their name
  
• Island name now updates when enter is pressed
  
• Fixed an error that was causing incorrect text in notifications in games with custom planets
  
• Fixed tooltip on upgraded road buttons in Planet Editor
  
• In New Game, if you select some custom planets and then change the number of planets, the custom planets move about sensibly
  
• In Planet Editor, resource caches now sensibly connect to roads
  
• If the Crystal Island spawns in ocean tiles that haven't yet been explored, it now displays correctly
  
• Fixed an issue that was causing the game to stay on the loading screen if the loading process failed - it now goes back to the main menu and displays an error dialog
  
• Fill slider now changes in 5% increments
  
• If you build a Whale Charmer without visiting a second planet (because your custom planet is set up to allow it), space whales now start arriving
  

A MacOS version has landed!

Requirements

A MacOS version is coming soon!

The Planet Editor update release date is also coming soon!

Beta Branch patch notes

• This feature isn’t fully implemented yet, but in some cases you can Tab/Shift-Tab between text boxes where it makes sense, both in-game and in the Planet Editor
  
• Made camera position on new game make more sense
  
• Stasis boxes aren't placed on Initial Islands setting, but you can now place them yourselves, and select them without them 'opening'
  
• The Validation Dialog no longer makes the framerate tank
  
• Added the ability to place minotaurs directly, including friendly ones
  
• Fixed tooltip on Coral, new icon is coming
  
• Ancient Ruin buttons now highlight correctly when selected
  
• Fixed displaying of animal names in Planet Editor
  
• Prevented placing inland water within area of crystal island seed
  
• Ancient Ruins can now only be placed one-per-island
  
• Name tag for starting island now shows up even when it doesn't have a custom name. Also has an icon indicating it's the starting island
  
• On placing the Starting Shelter, that island becomes the starting island
  
• Can't have a Starting Shelter and Spaceship Shelter on the same planet
  
• Camera starts over the Starting Shelter when you create a game
  
• Island dialog now has the number of tiles in the island
  
• Added a single-page 'tutorial' for the Planet Editor
  
• If an island is about to go over 600 tiles, we now pop up a warning, given that it could have significant consequences for game speed
  
• Mountains/Rusty Hulk etc now show that they can be accessed from any direction when being placed in Planet Editor
  
• In the Language Selection dropdown, made the tick larger so it's easier to see which language is selected
  
• Fixed titles of various load/save dialogs
  
• Finished adding Tab/Shift-Tab between various text input fields, including Warehouse and Shipping dialogs
  
• Made Achievements stay disabled on loading a game with custom planets
  
• In Planet Editor if you use the demolish 'brush' on an area with no buildings, peeps+animals will be removed instead
  
• Fixed a subtle bug with entity id ordering when creating games with custom planets. All existing saved games with custom planets are technically invalid, but they should continue to operate just fine. Existing saved games will not be fixed by this, even if you resave them
  
• In Planet Editor, pollution radius etc is now displayed for the selected building
  
• Prevented placing 'Constructed Forest' building in the Planet Editor, as it was causing all sorts of weirdness
  
• If you start a game with a Library containing Purple Research, the guardian-related technologies are now correctly unlocked
  
• Fixed an issue that meant that custom planets in any slot except the First Planet would show up as colonised right from the start, but only show a single visible tile!
  
• Automated Astrobaleenium Mines can now be placed on Astrobaleenium directly (as opposed to by upgrading a normal mine)
  
• When starting a new custom planet with Initial Islands turned on, Atoll islands now have default names
  
• Added new icons for a few things
  
• Fixed Upgraded Iron Mines so they connect to Power Lines properly
  
• When placing buildings in the Planet Editor, you can now choose their state - Construction site, Destroyed or Operational
  
• Added some new tooltips:
  
• Population counter in the left hand end of the Top Bar tells you the Idle Peeps/Empty Slots numbers
  
• Construction Resources next to the Population Counter now tell you how many you're creating/using per minute
  
• Previous/Next island buttons tell you the island you'll change to
  
• Mousing over a building (or construction site) shows you what building it is
  
• Anywhere where a number is being rounded to the nearest thousand, the tooltip should now give the actual value
  
• Added more options for custom land/ocean colours
  
• Possibly fixed an issue with unlocked hidden achievements not displaying correctly
  
• In Planet Editor, if you select a Road you get a proper card in the bottom right for it
  
• Fixed which button is highlighted when Good Sphinx is selected for placement
  
• Moved the selection ring for Protective Elevator
  
• Buildings that can be constructed by homeless peeps now indicate this in their building preview card
  
• When placing pollution in the Planet Editor, the brush settings indicate what level of pollution you've selected
  
• Disabled putting resources into Shipwrights/Launch Pads in the Planet Editor, as that was creating a lot of edge cases
  
• You can now place Ships and Airships in the Planet Editor
  
• Fixed an issue where starting your game on a custom planet with only one island wouldn't auto-explore the planet
  
• You can no longer select an autosave of a custom planet for a new game
  
• You can now place road upgrades on Astrobaleenium tiles
  
• Fields etc now default to having their resources full when placed in the Planet Editor
  
• If you place a field in Planet Editor, the island is automatically given the fertility for that field type
  
• Validation for Oil will pass if it's surrounded by roads
  
• Adding resources to a resource cache doesn't make the resource selector dialog vanish anymore
  
• Added a warning to prevent a player from doing their first island colonization on an island with no Red research, when necessary
  
• Added better indicator of why you can't place a Spaceship Shelter on a planet that already has a Shelter
  
• Prevented Peeps from snapping to the centre of their tile when placed
  
• Fixed translation of text when a charmed whale is blocked by and Aegis Shield
  
• Forests no longer attach to roads when marked for demolition
  
• In Planet Editor, created a new category for Guardians
  
• Islands can now handle having multiple Minotaurs. They should also handle having multiple Shelters
  
• Prevented player from placing Whale Charmer or Constructed Shelter in Planet Editor, as they create too many edge cases
  
• Added a validation to check that a non-first planet has a valid landing spot
  
• First Planet and Other Planet validations are displayed separately, and have a Tick when they're all good
  
• Custom planets have a different background colour in the New Game dialog
  
• When selecting custom planets in New Game, we added an extra icon to indicate planets with 'normal' buildings on them, as that can significantly impact play
  

Beta Branch patch notes

• Island Dialog tooltips are updated with more information
  
• Save/Load in the pause menu are now labelled "Save Planet" and "Load Planet"
  
• When in the Save Planet dialog, clicking a game button populates the game name field properly
  
• Escape now closes the Island Dialog
  
• Planets with no islands no longer show up for selection in New Game. Because of the way it was done, only planets that are loaded and saved again with this update will show up
  
• You can set the pollution level from 0% to 100% when placing pollution
  
• You can choose to place Technology Ancient Ruins or Minotaur Ancient Ruins
  
• Stasis boxes can now be selected and demolished - more to do here
  
• Fixed some cases where the brush UI wouldn't be named properly
  
• Protective Clothing technology now states it gives access to the Protective Elevator too
  
• On creating a new game with custom planets, any resources on the planets become Known
  
• Invalid planets (i.e. ones with no islands) are now displayed when choosing planets for a new game, but are disabled
  
• Added an Update notice about the Experimental branch
  
• Disabled Achievements for games with Custom Planets
  
• Fixed some issues when repeated creating/loading new planets into the Planet Editor
  
• Removed most normal-game notifications while in the Planet Editor
  
• Fixed some issues with text not displaying
  
• Brush size 1 always acts as if the Fill/Density is at 100%
  
• Ruined Spaceship validation lists the actual amount of extra technology that's required
  
• End-game whales now arrive more quickly after the Whale Charmer is completed
  
• Crystal Islands and High Ground get normal looking trees if you add them
  
• Added descriptions for the three new Planet Editor keybindings (note that two of them don't actually do anything yet)
  
• Islands with both Iron and Stone highground are described properly in the in-game fertility dropdown
  
• Fixed some crash issues
  
• Upgraded buildings can now be constructed directly in-game, after you've manually upgraded to that level once
  
• First Planet validation requires certain fertilities. Load/save existing planets to revalidate them
  
• Custom planets now rotate in-game
  
• Allow choosing exactly what tree type you want with Ctrl-Click in planet editor, rather than a blanket choice per island
  
• Ctrl-click to select passive Sphinx or Gremlins
  
• Fixed some issues if you have placed peeps on an island other than the starting island
  
• Fixed issues around populating buildings with resource that are normally unknown at the start of the game
  
• Fixed custom planets starting at the same orbit
  
• In New Game, the various validity indicators now have a tooltip saying why
  
• You can now select and remove the Crystal Island Seed
  
• Power poles placed in the Planet Editor connect up properly
  
• Improved validation for Mountains and Rusty Hulks, so that they need an actually useful/accessible empty space next to them
  
• An empty desert tiles is required for first planets, so you can get sand from it
  
• If your chosen first planet is invalid, you're now asked if you're sure you want to continue
  
• Islands that don't have a specific name set in Planet Editor now get renamed on colonization when in-game. Also, Planet Editor now only shows name tags for specifically named islands
  
• Added a validation requiring the first island to have a minimum number of tiles
  
• Fixed clicking New Game without a custom planet in the first planet slot
  
• Ctrl-click on Grass button in Planet Editor will allow placing the flowery tiles only seen in the Seed Hunter scenario
  
• You can now place coral in the ocean
  

• Building forests without a road connection
  
• Building upgraded buildings directly, without having to place the base building and upgrade from there
  
• Technologies in the Tech panel have coloured borders according to the highest research type they need
  
• Large Whales have been changed so that they aren't as instantly destructive - you have one or two passes where they (usually) won't eat much of importance, so you've got some time to react and set up shield defences