• Support for September Frontier
  
• Fixed random map generation occasionally putting a rock on top of surface deposits, causing it to disappear when a save game is loaded
  
• Added option to carry over or disregard Steam Workshop Id when saving a custom map from an already published map
  
• Fixed victory icons on custom map info panel
  

• Added fish amount option to random map generation
  
• Support for June Frontier
  

• Support for May Frontier
  
• Fixed Mission Panel not updating when a victory building had finished construction
  
• Fixed changing sandbox settings mid-game not affecting building availability correctly
  

Release Notes

• Support for March Frontier
  
• Fixed building connections not being recalculated when standalone road post placed
  
• Fixed bug with not resetting track selection when destroying track
  
• Fixed bug with loading a savegame where camera is out of range and can't be reset
  
• Fixed bug when starting dismantle with building production panel option
  
• If everything else is equal (priority, building type, stored/incoming resource count), resource routing now takes into account a building's production cycle progress
  
• Boat and train will leave immediately if port or station has all resources on export blacklist
  
• Printing Press tech production bonuses now show correctly
  
• Production halted overlay icon shows for under construction building
  
• Fixed incorrect rank messaging on challenge complete window
  
• Under construction boats with custom names won't change name when they're constructed
  
• Stop showing boat tutorial in challenge mode
  
• (Belatedly) turned off festive decorations
  

Release Notes

• Turned festive decorations on! 🎄
  
• Fixed bug when harbour expedition was sourcing resources from directly connected building and resources weren't being delivered
  
• Fixed tile highlights not showing when going between Info and Upgrade panels on the watchtower
  
• Watchtower Upgrade highlights now includes tiles already in your territory
  
• [Tab] will now scroll through building instance panel tabs
  
• Hold [Alt] to delete path connections when clicking 'remove' on a road
  
• Resource storage panel now includes space ports if resource in outgoing or has purchase order
  
• Minor UX improvements to building import and export selection panels
  
• Fixed en route beer being incorrectly counted towards the goals in the beer challenge
  V1.5.16.1
  
• Fixed bug from V1.5.16 where cleared natural resource tiles on randomly generated maps (inc. Frontiers) would cause terrain issues and affect bot movement
  
• Fixed bug with loading savegames before V1.5.16 which contained one way track signals
  

Release Notes

• Fixed map editor not loading correctly
  

Custom Views

Release Notes

• [NEW!] Custom views - default hotkeys are [1]-[9] on keypad. Tap to view, hold to set.
  
• Enabled pumpkin harvest visuals! 🎃
  
• Added Dismantle button to bottom right of in-game UI
  
• Added hotkey for Dismantle mode - default: [G]
  
• Harbours now recalculate queueing locations when a nearby harbour is built in order to avoid conflicts
  
• When placing a fixed entrance height building (usually shaft mine or train station), adjusted tiles should no longer go beyond steepness that prevents road or path placement
  
• Fixed rubble getting being non-removable in non-saved proc-gen game
  
• Fixed fuel consumption stat not being added when building is monument boosted
  
• At the workshop, the second stackbot can now provide research resource as soon as energy resource is consumed instead of waiting for 1st stackbot to return
  
• Fixed cursor locking if cursor was previously constrained when clicking 'Revert' on screen setting confirmation window
  
• Resource icons in space port panels now have correct rollovers
  
• Fixed edge case where upon tree growth, lumberjack bot stayed idle if the stackbot was busy
  
• Adjusted trade ship interval to bypass rebuild hack during ship departure
  
• Alert icon for road post connection now won't show if directly connected by a path to a bot printer building
  
• AI now won't build L2 watchtowers, but will upgrade to them from L1 watchtowers
  
• Map Editor - fixed issue with new proc gen custom map showing up with 'outside territory' lighting
  
• Map Editor - cleaned up UX with 'set starting location' buttons
  

September Frontier

Boats Overview Panel

Mod Support News

Release Notes

• [NEW] Boat list panel - lists all the boats in your colony
  
• Added options to unlock all campaign missions and clear all campaign progress
  
• Spruced up buildings list panel and building entries in resource production, demand and storage panels
  
• Fixed military campaign savegames resetting difficulty to 'normal' when loading a savegame
  
• Fixed data leak in AI players which could cause saving to fail in very long and very large games
  
• Changed vegetable and wheat farmbots to prioritise seeding over harvesting
  
• Fixed issue where upon construction, storage yards with rules already added would not necessarily source resources from the closest buildings
  
• Fixed bug where storage yards could show up twice in the resource demands panel
  
• Resource will no longer self-destruct when arriving at a road post which a newly created transport rule which would affect the resource's journey. If full ban, resource will attempt to turn around and find a destination. If ban except storage rule then resource will search in all directions for a valid storage yard
  
• Fixed issue with water jumping when changing game speed
  
• Fixed issue with harbour's import rules being ignored when sourcing expedition resources via boat routes
  
• Fixed import rules of train station being ignored when direct connection to harbour which is sourcing expedition resources
  
• Added difficulty info to in-game scenario panel
  
• Disabled up/down arrows and added message in resource demand panel about building construction priority
  
• Fixed issue where destroying a building which had en route resources whilst the building panel was up could cause resource en route highlight icons to incorrectly remain visible
  
• Fixed issue with colony ship printing duplicate bots after placing/removing buildings at tick 0
  
• Fixed potential rare issue where building height adjustment could get locked
  
• Changed map editor water so it stays at maximum height to make easier to distinguish underwater tiles
  
• Show challenge complete screen even if no trophy earned
  
• Now only shows challenge complete screen when started as a challenge game (i.e. challenges won't register in campaign mode)
  
• Fixed boat challenge victory condition goal not updating unless panel reopened
  
• Updated Unity version to hopefully fix alt tab crash/freeze issue
  
• Fixed hitting Return or Escape not advancing OK Alert Windows like 'New Version' available
  
• Campaign screen now resizes and adds a scrollbar for squarer resolutions
  
• Fixed an issue where custom maps wouldn't run if an AI player was first in the player list
  
• Fixed up some progress bar alignment issues on construction, dismantling, expedition and military panels
  
• Increased size of resource progress bars a little on construction and upgrade panels
  
• Fixed surface miner bot appearing black when zoomed in very close
  
• Fixed not returning to main menu when trying to load a savegame that couldn't be found
  
• Fixed gold icon incorrectly showing against military times in campaign screen
  

July Frontier

Japanese Localization

Release Notes

• Wheat farmbots now head to the nearest corner of the wheat field to sow/harvest
  
• Wheat farmbots can also now use the gap in the side of the building
  
• Fixed wheat farm and vegetable farm showing incorrect lower production rate when monument boosted
  
• Added Japanese option
  

June Frontier

Balancing

• Sawmills (+10.5%)
  
• Blast furnaces (+12.9%)
  
• Blacksmiths (+21.4%)
  
• Brickyards (+19.9%)
  
• Tanneries (+21.8%)
  
• Paper mills (+18.2%)
  
• Printing presses (+12.1%)
  
• Steel mill (+18%)
  
• Glassworks (+22%)
  
• Fletcher (+22.6%)
  
• Weaponsmith (+21.2%)
  
• Wells (-7.1%)
  
• Vegetable farms (+19.6%)
  
• Cider presses (+10.5%)
  
• Breweries (+21.4%)
  
• Cocoa farms (+109.2%)
  
• Chocolate factories (+27.7%)
  

Release Notes

• Balancing tweaks for production buildings to more accurately match respective production rates, as well as extra stackbots.
  
• Increased stone road and path boost speed by 5%, resulting in 50% speed boost over dirt
  
• Increased brick road and path boost speed by 10%, resulting in 100% speed boost over dirt
  
• Bots will now work in clearance mode when the outgoing resource stack is full
  
• Fixed bug when placing roads and paths over broken terrain which could sometimes cause broken roads and building entrances
  
• Significantly improved issue of being able to zoom through the terrain
  
• Fixed invalid queuing locations being generated for harbours in tight spots which could cause problems when multiple ships using the harbour
  
• Fixed bug from V1.5.10 where a resource might not head to a building for construction if the building's production incoming resource stack is full (e.g. flour mill full of wheat)
  
• Fixed Orchard production rate displaying incorrectly in construction UI
  
• Fixed hang when opening Info panel on Colony Ship in game with territory disabled
  
• Fixed the game not applying saved UI text size option when opening the game
  
• Fixed train station not creating track when placed on edge of map
  

Console News