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Patch Beta 1.5.284!

Another small bugfix patch:

  • Improved resource delivery prioritization which fixes resource starvation
  • Brought back missing intro cutscene subtitles

Happy playing!
Sepehr

Patch Beta 1.4.283!

Hello again everyone!

This small patch fixes the following issues:
  • Power poles should now behave as before the update
  • Fix sometimes getting stuck in build/move mode
  • Visualization mode will now kick in when moving a building


Again thanks for the reports.

Happy playing!
Sepehr

Patch Beta 1.3.281!

Hello everyone!

Thanks for the reports so far.

This small patch fixes the following issues:
  • Resource starvation bug
  • Far side roads getting deleted when their connected road gets updated


Happy playing!
Sepehr

Improvement Update Released!

Hello everyone and welcome to the InfraSpace Improvement Update!

This update has been in the works for 2 months and we're bringing you lots of bugfixes, performance improvements and even some new decoration buildings and small extra features!

Special surprise: We got a small Intro Cinematic!

Intro Cinematic


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In InfraSpace, you start out as a ship stranded in space. If you start a new game, you will now get a small movie to introduce you to the situation. Our 2d artist Adriana has been working on it for a while, so I hope you like it!

New Features


  • “Pixel buildings” so you can highlight parts of your city
  • Color wheel for pixel buildings and trains so you can have them in any color you want
  • Lots of new decoration buildings for your enjoyment, like crashed ufo, ferris wheel, new parks, fences, parking lot, …


We added lots of new decoration buildings, this screenshot only shows a couple:



The new pixel buildings can be used to make any kind of shape ingame:





You can use the color wheel to customize pixel buildings, fences, and trains:



Performance Improvements


Improving the performance of the game has been one of the primary focuses of the Improvement Update. And I think we were quite successful: especially in large saves, your fps could increase by 50% or even 100%, depending on your city layout and city size.

  • Pathfinding Performance has been vastly improved, which is especially relevant for large saves
  • We removed one source of regular stutter (Visualization mode verification ran every 5 seconds)
  • No hanging when placing long roads, especially in large saves
  • Improved terraforming buildings performance


Bugfixes


  • When you place roads they are now built in the shape you expect
  • Fixed terrain decals below roads not being rendered correctly
  • Fixed green grass not appearing in grasslands and forests after terraforming
  • Fixed a bug where you could connect different types of pipes
  • "Road missing" icon no longer appears when a pipe is connected to a building
  • You can now exit move and delete mode with escape
  • The targeting station now has an animation
  • Fixed the price calculation when placing gondolas. Now dependent on distance
  • Fixed height and length of roads not being shown anymore


Even very long and steep roads are now built in the shape you expect them to be:



That's it for this update, let us know how you like it! We hope the Improvement Update improves your InfraSpace experience.
Stay tuned for more news next week!

Until then, happy playing!

Friday Dev News #120 - Improvement Update next week!

Hello everyone!

The Improvement Update releases next Friday, on May 12th!

Here is a small summary of the changes:

[h3]Performance[/h3]
  • Pathfinding Performance has been vastly improved, which is especially relevant for large saves
  • We removed one source of regular stutter (Visualization mode verification ran every 5 seconds)
  • No hanging when placing long roads in really large saves


[h3]Bugs fixed[/h3]
  • When you place roads they are now built in the shape you expect
  • Fixed terrain decals below roads not being rendered correctly
  • Fixed green grass not appearing in grasslands and forests after terraforming


[h3]New features[/h3]
  • "Pixel buildings" so you can highlight parts of your city
  • Color wheel for pixel buildings and trains so you can have them in any color you want
  • Lots of new decoration buildings for your enjoyment, like crashed ufo, ferris wheel, new parks, ...


If you're interested in the details, check out the Friday Dev News posts from the last weeks!




This week's progress

If you're a regular reader of Friday Dev News and are wondering what are the new changes form last week: We were busy getting all the stuff ready for the update! There was a big issue stopping the pathfinding performance integration, but I'm happy to report we just released an update to our playtesters, so it should be all ready for the release next week!

After the Improvement Update?


We are preparing InfraSpace for 1.0 launch and in order to do that we thought it might be good to release another polishing update, basically Improvement Update Part 2. Cause there is still a bunch we want to improve!

Happy playing!