This patch focuses mostly on solving the duplicating labels issue and on some optimization for single-player mode. Along with the fixes, this patch adds some new features.
New features:
Building demolishing. It is now possible to demolish own buildings and construct another one on the land spot instead.
Warehouses can be upgraded now to increase storage capacity.
Added commodities trading directly from your own industry property. Now it is not necessary to do commodity transfers via warehouses to sell it to a city.
Research time and money requirements changed (balance improvement).
Mail weight is increased (balance improvement).
Influence of laws is increased (balance improvement).
Building buying and construction prices are increased (balance improvement).
Fixes:
Fix of missed or duplicated train labels.
Multiplayer 'Blame your Destiny' Mission 5M goal fix
Fix of background train activity, when UI was not reflecting actual train actions in time.
Fix of possible error with train movement lags.
Fix of misleading train breakage messages.
General minor FPS, game performance optimization.
Overdraft notification checkbox error
Instant demand/supply in buildings error
Scrap carriages misleading UI error
Buildings layout improvement
The game roadmap is published here, feel free to have a look!
Railroad Corporation - Multiplayer Update
Dearest Business Owners,
It is our outermost pleasure to announce that Railroad Corporation shall be receiving a new Multiplayer Update on this very day. Aforementioned update is exciting because it includes additional multiplayer maps that all hast various sizes and preconditions.
For instance, one of the maps shall be mirrored – meaning each team can compete against one another with identical opportunities and challenges. Another map shall hast randomized settings so that the playable towns and the produce available shall be shuffled upon start, meaning that thou won’t necessarily hast the like opportunities and challenges as thy opponents.
Summon thy friends and issue, fellow content creators or whyfore not thy arch-enemy in the quest towards having the most marvelous establishment of the century.
- Fare thee well from the 19th Century Railroad Corporation squad.
Pssst! To celebrate this update, we are giving away free Steam keys in our Discord. Join here to see how you can enter.
Changelog
NEW MULTIPLAYER MAPS Get ready, because in this update we have added three new multiplayer scenarios, each of which has certain unique features. Face of against your opponent in the True Competition, race to complete a weapons delivery contract in Weapon Baron and pray that the dice roll in your favor in Blame Your Destiny!
TRUE COMPETITION The map in this scenario is mirrored, as well as your office location and cities with resources. Contracts don’t spawn either, to make sure no random events influence the balance of your match. The session can be launched with extra competitive goals to complete, however. The host can set those when setting up a match.
WEAPON BARON Who can produce and transport weapons the fastest?! Face of against your opponent in a race to deliver weapons to a nearby town. The map you\ll be playing on will provide different options to complete your goal, depending on your starting location.
BLAME YOUR DESTINY This is our first randomized multiplayer map! Your office location as well as other cities and resources are completely random each time the multiplayer session is created. Who knows what your next match will be like!
Each of the new scenarios contains sets of editable launch conditions that can be adjusted by the game host. You can edit the difficulty by changing the overdraft-ruleset, add extra objectives and much more!
Railroad Corporation Challenge Update: The Wonderful Forest
Hello everybody,
Since the Early Access launch, we have changed and simplified a lot in Campaign mode. Nevertheless, we always wished for hardcore elements to be present in the game, so that players could use their experience on more challenging tasks. Thankfully, we have received many requests from this community that supported us in taking this direction.
Today, we are sharing with you the first challenge - The Wonderful Forest.
The Wonderful Forest is a separate scenario with more complex tasks. Although it may be too small for a full-fledged campaign, The Wonderful Forest aims to challenge those of you who feel confident enough to test their experience and skills in the management of Railroad Corporation.
The new challenge is available in the "Free Game" mode, in the "Challenges" tab.
Good luck!
Fixes
Fixed an asynchronous error that could cause misleading figures in building contract buffers;
Fixed a new error that could cause loading freeze at 100%;
Fixed a new error that could cause loading freeze due to contract has been deleted;
Fixed a new error related to own buildings filter list;
Fixed a new error with no Laws lobbying department in Sandbox mode;
Fixed a new error with numbering of the generated contracts on the objective list;
Fixed a new error related to moving goods between own warehouses of more than one on a map;
Fixed a new error related to initial money description in Mission 03;
Are you of the competitive type, really good at the game or dying to try out multiplayer? Participate in the Railroad Corporation League!
Information
The Railroad Corporation League (Ladder) is a form of competition where each player is assigned a position (rank). A lower number means a higher rank on the ladder (better position).
The goal of the competition is to move up the Ladder, ultimately to the #1 position (highest rank). Players move up the Ladder (i.e. improve their rank) by winning Ladder games. Players move down the Ladder (i.e. lose their rank) when they lose Ladder games, and when other players move up the Ladder ahead of them.
Rules
After each Ladder game has ended, both players are assigned new positions on the Ladder, depending on their current positions, and the result of the game:
1. If the winning player has a lower rank than the losing player, they are moved up half the distance between their position and the losing player's position. The losing player is moved one position down. (For example, if the winning player was 10th and the losing player was 4th on the ladder, their new positions will be 7th ((10+4)/2) and 5th (4+1) after the game)
2. If the winning player is directly below the losing player, their positions are swapped. (i.e. the winning player is moved one position up, and the losing player — one position down)
3. If the winning player has the higher position, they are moved one position up and the losing player is moved one position down.
4. Challenges can only be issued by below player (10 row above is the max. limit)
Sounds like a fun challenge? Join us on Discord and let us know in the #league channel that you want to claim your spot! Not a member yet? Click here!
- Nyanskii
Railroad Corporation Sandbox Update
Hi everyone,
We are really happy to finally be releasing one of the biggest updates to Railroad Corporation: the sandbox mode! This new update will allow you to fully focus on expanding your train network and growing your corporation, without limitations, timers or objectives. It also means that the game will be more customisable since it lets you experiment and practice in a brand-new gameplay mode.
There are two new sandbox maps with randomisation of city locations and production facilities, and an option to have all locomotives pre-researched from the very beginning. There are also various options for amount of initial capital and overdraft, which lets you set the level of difficulty that you wish to play.
Want to have a first look at the sandbox update? Check out the video below where Iceberg Interactive's Kevin & Shona explore this newly added game mode.
https://youtu.be/ZZJiF3v3dFs
Patch notes: July 18th
Introducing two new sandbox maps with the following adjustable settings
Randomisation of cities location and production facilities
Random seed can be copied for future reuse
Overdraft limits customisation
Amount of initial capital customisation
All locomotives can be researched from the very beginning
Settings that can be enabled/disabled
Contracts spawning
Staff hiring
Finance department for bonds and loans
Real estate purchase
Warehouse global goods market
City laws spawning
Updates to campaign missions
Successfully completed campaign missions can be launched in a free play mode with the default time limits, without limits in a limitless mode or with all objectives disabled
Campaign research and character skills progress will be ignored
Overdraft and initial capital settings can be adjusted for campaign missions in a free mode
Introducing “Government tender competition - Long Play mode”
Added second scenario for already existing multiplayer map
Initial capital increased to $200,000
Target company value increased to 2 million
Already completed research added: John Bull locomotive
Balance adjustments to multiplayer maps
Whisky Refinery has been relocated from Irving to Frisco
Steel Mill has been relocated from Frisco to Irving
Kettering Lumber Mill has been replaced with Whisky Refinery
Lumber Mill was added to Atlanta
Atlanta now consumes Whiskey from the very beginning
Whisky Refinery has been replaced with a Steel Mill in Hawthorne
Tool Factory has been added to Houston
Improvements
Campaign can be started with no deadlines now. Added a special campaign launch option
City growth algorithm along the river is improved
Added players custom notes for locomotives in the left side locomotive list
Added city route point button next to a city title to be able to add multiple similar stations to train’s route
Added camera focus on object when double-clicking on the train list or building list
Added camera focus icon to the selected object dialog
Fixes
Fixed a new error that could cause loading freeze at 100%
Added missing ESC function to some Main Menu dialogs
Fixed an error that could cause camera focus on the land corner
Fixed an error that could cause save file error if in a construction mode
Fixed an error with missing property window once an object is selected
Fixed an error with scrapping the railroad under the train
Fixed an error with horizontal and vertical border scroll
Fixed an error with downgraded office in 5th Mission
Fixed an error with duplicating train number after multiplayer session loaded
Fixed opponent train selection dialog error in a multiplayer session
Fixed an error that caused disabling overdraft mail warnings for both players in a multiplayer session
We hope you enjoy the sandbox update. Keep your feedback coming & stay tuned for more updates!
First of all, we’ve just released a patch that fixes some outstanding issues:
Patch notes: July 4th
• Money balance issue showing it as zero from time to time.
• An error that could cause loading to freeze at 63%, 75% or 100%.
• The memory leak issue of Mission 6.
• Updated localisation.
Secondly, we want to thank you for your support and feedback that’s been sent in so far. We really appreciate your ideas and suggestions, so keep them coming! Many of you have been asking about an Early Access Roadmap in the past few weeks, and today we are happy to finally be able to share our plans with you!
July Update - Sandbox
New sandbox maps (small/medium sized) with extra settings • Random city location with random production buildings (The game generates seeds so you can share the same locations among friends!)
• Either start with just the Best Friend locomotive or start with everything researched.
• Enable/disable: Contracts generation, buy/construct production buildings, lawn spawning on/off, staff etc.
Free Play campaign mission • Enable mission objectives, only disable time limits or disabled objectives completely.
• Research and Portfolio progress made in the actual campaign is ignored in Free Play.
A small update to multiplayer • A separate scenario of the current multiplayer map will be added with an extended goal, larger initial capital and starting with two researched trains. Even though these changes are related to the same map. We think this will make multiplayer sessions more dynamic and will provide you with a new experience while new maps for multiplayer are coming.
August Update - Challenges
Adds the challenges category: unique separate one-map scenarios for true hardcore players • The point of challenges is to make it not easy but possible to pass. With deadlines, money limits etc. This is for players who would like to try a more challenging mode rather than the one in campaign or if Chapter One is completed.
September Update - Multiplayer
• Adds three multiplayer maps with different size and preset conditions. One of the maps will be a mirrored one to try out a similar conditions scenario for each team. Another map will be suitable for random settings, making it similar to the sandbox settings (including initial conditions and cities/production shuffling)
• Additional multiplayer options similar to the sandbox settings, including cities and production shuffling.
Fall Update - Chapter Two
• Chapter Two added: six new campaign missions.
• AI competitor
• Stock market feature
• Steam Workshop integration
Please note that more information will be given about each individual update, the closer we are to its completion.
We invite the community to take part in our Discord Q&A to discuss the roadmap!
We are here to answer your questions. The Q&A is starting now (5PM CET) and running for 2 hours (until 7PM CET). Click here to gain access to our server and join the conversation!
- The Railroad Corporation team
Update 01: Balance & Time Limits
Hi everyone!
One of the most common concerns we received since the release from players is a time limit set in campaign missions. In this quick patch, No.01, we are tweaking these limits so players are not pushed too hard to finish the mission fast, but for those who manage to complete tasks fast enough; there's an experience bonus you can earn.
To see these changes, let the game automatically update through Steam and start a new campaign from the main menu. If you're in the middle of a mission now, the next mission will also reflect these changes.
Of course, there are other critical issues we see and we are working on them already, too. Still, we decided to release this fix to not delay its delivery of what we think will improve gameplay experience right away.
We appreciate all feedback, especially during this Early Access period, and we will take all of your comments and suggestions in consideration to further improve the game.
We have exciting plans for Railroad Corporation in Early Access and we'll have a roadmap to share, soon!
Thank you for your support!
Love,
The Corbie Games team
'Railroad Corporation' is Available Today on Steam Early Access!
Train enthusiasts rejoice! We are thrilled to announce that Railroad Corporation is available in Steam Early Access today!
https://youtu.be/umaJkG3xTQU
Relive the pioneering spirit of the Golden Age of Steam by establishing your own railroad empire across 19th century North America. Race against time, and the competition, to bring settlements together, produce and trade goods and develop new technologies.
Allowing players to play the game in Early Access ensures that we can focus on improving the game in advance of the full release later this year. Since the game is unique in that it incorporates both strategy and tycoon elements, as well as a multiplayer mode, we want to make sure that we listen to the community’s feedback in order to develop the best possible version of the game for the full release.
KEY FEATURES
Establish a profitable Railroad Corporation in Golden Age of Steam
Construct a vast transportation network and trade goods with towns and cities
Engage in political lobbying and research new technologies
Acquire your own buildings and real-estate
Expand your operations with new departments, recruit employees and manage business loans
Buy, control and maintain historically accurate locomotives and rolling stock
Blast, dig and tunnel across the beautiful frontier landscapes of 19th Century America
Compete with a friend in the online multiplayer beta and race to earn $500,000!
We're excited to announce that Railroad Corporation will be available via Steam’s Early Access program from May 27th!
To get an exclusive first look at Railroad Corporation and to understand the unique features of the game, check out the brand-new gameplay video and step on board for a journey into the Golden Age of Steam.
https://youtu.be/-baXiY5fb4E
Featured in the gameplay video:
<*>A wide selection of trains: Choose from a variety of different and historically-accurate locomotives, depending on their maximum pulling mass, speed and mileage, along with their respective upkeep cost.
<*>Geographical impact: Get an idea on how soil type, elevation and geographical features such as rivers can impact your railroad construction.
<*>Realistic Missions: Explore the extensive and historically accurate 19th century missions.
<*>Diverse Companies: Begin working for a company on your journey towards running your own corporation.
<*>Fierce Competition: Learn how the stock market influences the value of your and your competitor’s companies.
<*>Multiplayer mode: Compete against other players in the quest towards building the most successful railroad corporation.
Allowing players to play the game in Early Access ensures that we can focus on improving the game in advance of the full release later this year. Since the game is unique in that it incorporates both strategy and tycoon elements, as well as a multiplayer mode, we want to make sure that we listen to the community’s feedback in order to develop the best possible version of the game for the full release.
If you have ever dreamt of running a locomotive business while simultaneously exploring the beautiful, unspoilt scenery of 19th Century North America, then be sure to wishlist Railroad Corporation and prepare for departure!
Relive the Pioneering Spirit of the Golden Age of Steam with 'Railroad Corporation' Coming to PC in 2019
Together with publisher Iceberg Interactive, we are excited to reveal Railroad Corporation, a tycoon strategy game set in 19th century North America during the Golden Age of Steam. The game is slated to launch in early 2019 for PC. Establish your own railroad, build the lines, buy the rolling stock and prosper in the cities you connect - compete against other railroad tycoons and work your way to the top.
https://youtu.be/2HJzfdVOTmA
Begin your career as an ambitious employee of a 19th century railroad company, in the Golden Age of Steam. Manage the business by obeying the directions of your bosses. Build railroads, tunnels and bridges to towns and cities old and new, and decide how to use the railroad to the best advantage of the company. Marvel at the stunningly beautiful scenery that you must blast, dig and tunnel through – nothing must stop the railroad! If you excel, you will get the chance to set up your own railroad corporation, build up the local economy and earn your fortune in the New World. In order to be the very best, you must involve yourself in every aspect of your railroad empire: making new investment decisions, lobbying politicians, managing the global resources of your business empire, and constantly looking over your shoulder at the competition.
KEY FEATURES
Build and manage your very own 19th Century Railroad Corporation, using track, tunnels, bridges and rolling stock
Historically accurate locomotives and rolling stock to choose from – research and upgrade stock as you become more successful
Blast, dig and tunnel through a beautiful landscape, from town-to-town
Exert your influence on towns and cities, buy real-estate and run a vast business empire
Play alone, against an opponent, or against many fierce competitors
Engage in political lobbying, play the stock market and defend your huge business empire against your enemies
Start planning your railroad today by wishlisting the game today! 🚂
