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Patch 0.8.x - New Steel-Space Tech Tree!

0.8.0
- Steel-Space tech tree has been expanded and rebuilt
- New Building: Radar Factory
- New Building: Project V-2 (Expansion Pack 1)
- New Building: ICBM Factory (Expansion Pack 1)
- New Building: Atomic Bomb Factory
- New Building: Nuclear Missile Factory
- New Building: Dynamite Factory
- New Building: Liquid Propellant Factory
- New Building: Gas Propellant Factory
- New Building: Project Vostok (Expansion Pack 1)
- New Building: Space Force Command (Expansion Pack 1)
- New Building: Space Colony Inc
- The following buildings' input has been adjusted, please see build menu for the new input requirement: Semiconductor Fab, Artillery Factory, Missile Factory, Satellite Factory, Spaceship Factory, Air Shuttle Inc, Shipyard, Submarine Factory, Aircraft Factory, Helicopter Factory, Zeppelin Factory, Console Factory, Linux Distribution, Satelink Inc, Web Browser, Music Producer, Book Publisher
- New Policy: Adjacent Bonus Square - Adjacent bonus is 50% more effective, but tile modifiers scale from -15% to +15% (square map only)
- New Policy: Resource Booster Square - Resource boosters provide 25% more boost but their science input and power usage also increase by 25%
- New Policy: Steel Furnace Modernization - Steel mills and stainless steel plants have 2x capacity but uses 2x power
- New Policy: Iron Steel Zone - Resource booster provide a output bonus equivalent to adjacent bonus to adjacent steel mills or stainless steel plants for each working iron mine it is boosting
- You can only change your name once every 24h
- Improve performance of player trade and chat
- Update translations - thanks to the hard work of community translators

0.8.1
- Add Missing Policy: Fuel Dynamite - Dynamite factories use your current fuel instead of oil
- Fix a bug where tile modifiers do not show correct gradient color
There are 84 resources, 118 factories, 44 policies, 11 maps and 38 achievements available in this version

0.8.2
- Bugfix: St. Petersburg's map bonus has been changed to: Project Vostok has 2x capacity
- Bugfix: Toulouse's map bonus has been changed to: Rocket factories have 2x capacity
There are 84 resources, 118 factories, 44 policies, 11 maps and 38 achievements available in this version

0.8.3
- Fix a bug where Chinese chat channel sometimes fails to update when new messages come in
There are 84 resources, 118 factories, 44 policies, 11 maps and 38 achievements available in this version

There are 84 resources, 118 factories, 43 policies, 11 maps and 38 achievements available in this version
Web: https://play.industryidle.com/
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1574000/Industry_Idle/
Google Play: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.fishpondstudio.industryidle
AppStore: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/industry-idle-factory-tycoon/id1554773046

Patch 0.7.7

- Balance: Resource Explorer's upgrade cost reduced by 50%, research cost reduced by 50%
- You can now block a user's chat messages - the block will be in effect in the current game session and you cannot undo it unless you restart the game. If you encounter abusive behaviors in chat, please report to moderators.
- Add timestamps to chat messages
- Fix a bug where building hotkey can sometimes cause ghost buildings
- Add a hotkey [5] for adding routes in warehouses
- Improve UI performance when chat/trade window is open
There are 76 resources, 107 factories, 39 policies, 11 maps and 38 achievements available in this version
There are 76 resources, 107 factories, 39 policies, 11 maps and 38 achievements available in this version
Web: https://play.industryidle.com/
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1574000/Industry_Idle/
Google Play: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.fishpondstudio.industryidle
AppStore: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/industry-idle-factory-tycoon/id1554773046

Patch 0.7.6

- Now if you build a building that is not a mine on top of a deposit, the resource icon will appear on the bottom left instead of being hidden
- Now if you show the tile modifier on map, the deposit icon will show on the bottom left as well
- Statistics Bureau now show Science and Culture input/output. If you turn on theoretical value, wind turbines will assume 80% capacity and solar panels will assume 50% capacity when calculating science output
- Fix a bug where Stockholm's city bonus not working properly
- Fix a bug sometimes offline earning is not awarded even though the game is connected to the internet
There are 76 resources, 107 factories, 39 policies, 11 maps and 38 achievements available in this version
Web: https://play.industryidle.com/
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1574000/Industry_Idle/
Google Play: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.fishpondstudio.industryidle
AppStore: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/industry-idle-factory-tycoon/id1554773046

Patch 0.7.5

- Massive performance improvement if you hide resource movement. For a very large base, FPS improves from 8-10FPS to easily 60 FPS on my Skylake i5 CPU
- Resource boosters' science and power input no longer scales with the upgrade multiplier and Swiss production multiplier. e.g. A level 10 resource booster with x2 Swiss production multiplier used to require 400 science/s - after it only requires 100 science/s
- Resource boosters' science and power input now scales to the total number you own - the more resource boosters you own, the more input each requires
- Theoretical value in Statistics Bureau now assume resource boosters are always on
- You can now choose to use scientific notation for numbers larger than 1Qa (1e15)
- Tile modifier overlay now shows on the deposit tile
- Fix a bug where building upgrade cost divider also affect building/research cost
- Fix a bug where cancelling a construction on location warning does not give refund
- Fix a bug where leaderboard shows incorrect title
- Update German and Chinese translation
There are 76 resources, 107 factories, 39 policies, 11 maps and 38 achievements available in this version
Web: https://play.industryidle.com/
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1574000/Industry_Idle/
Google Play: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.fishpondstudio.industryidle
AppStore: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/industry-idle-factory-tycoon/id1554773046

Patch 0.7.4

0.7.4
- New Swiss Upgrade: building upgrade cost divider - divide building construction and upgrade cost by this divider
- New Achievement: Software Giant - Build a level 10 Software Company, level 10 Operating System Inc, level 10 Database Company and level 10 Web Browser on the same map
- New Achievement: Space Race - Build a level 10 Rocket Factory, level 10 Satellite Factory, level 10 Spaceship Factory and level 10 Space Station Factory on the same map
- New Achievement: To The Moon - Build a level 40 Bitcoin Farm and level 40 Dogecoin Farm. Own 1B Bitcoin and 1B Dogecoin
- New Achievement: It's All Green - Have 50 production lines and no production deficit at all
- New Achievement: Deep In Red - Have 50 production lines that has production deficit
- Leaderboard page now has a dropdown menu and shows top 50
- Swiss Shop now shows your all time swiss money earned
- Redesigned part of Research Lab / Policy Center UI to make the culture/science conversion more clear
- You can now turn off science & culture conversion in Research Lab / Policy Center
- All maps that has oil deposit only now have Oil Refinery unlocked when you start
- Resource boosters no longer has upgrade multiplier (the x1 you get for every 10 level)
There are 76 resources, 107 factories, 39 policies, 11 maps and 38 achievements available in this version
Web: https://play.industryidle.com/
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1574000/Industry_Idle/
Google Play: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.fishpondstudio.industryidle
AppStore: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/industry-idle-factory-tycoon/id1554773046