Plan B: Terraform News

Here is the last v0.8 update (but for possible hot fixes).

In addition to the sand graphic and other various improvements and bug fixes, two major bugs from the previous v0.8.3 have been fixed : the trucks loading too slowly, and the game freezing when building a rail end over a pentagon (in a specific direction). Very sorry for those bugs!

We are now going to focus on the v0.9, which will bring a lot of new content and a simple story.
v0.9 will be incompatible with previous saves (starting with the next beta update), so I've created a "v0.8.4 backup" steam branch. This way you will always be able to continue to play with older games.


[h3]Plan B - v0.8.4 build 921[/h3]

Improvements:
- Sand on shores
- Changed items Max Count UI
- GeForce Now activated
- Dynamite can dig in negative altitudes
- Ships in transports help page
- New help page about Backup Supply Option
- Reduce tiny ponds (holes) at the world generation

Balance:
- Smooth terrain tool softer
- Ships loading/unloading drones priority improvement
- Level 2 requires more factories

Bugs fixes:
- Fixed trucks loading speed
- Fixed crash crash buliding rail end over an heptagon
- Fixed camera view area (sometimes the ground was disappearing)
- Fixed input key change bug
- Fixed city supply / waste centers panels colors
- Fixed mineral ground color with the non default mineral options
- Fixed corrupted saves making the save page UI going crazy

Minor:
- Add an error message if we try to load a new save with an old game build

As long as water is not too deep, roads and rails will now automatically become bridges when above water. And as they are now created procedurally, it also fixes their visual glitches (near pentagons).


[h3]Plan B - v0.8.3 build 912[/h3]

Major Improvements:
- Automatic rails and roads bridges

Improvements:
- FX: Trees moving with wind
- FX: desert wind and particles, forest leaves
- Sun in the skybox
- Reduce warnings size (grouped)

Balance:
- Initial water quantity (world creation option) balance.
- Water apparition a bit more slowly
- Faster trains loading/unloading acceleration
- Colors change on overlay selection and lines
- Pumping stations still works over a bit of water

Bugs fixes:
- Fixed visual glitches of roads and rails near pentagons or on strong elevations
- Fixed lua mods loading: only load "mod.lua" file, which must include the others (it was loading all .lua files)
- Fixed city cars not visible in pause
- Fixed sound effect in pause
- Alt tab doesn't freeze enhanced view anymore
- Fixed road pathfinding and pentagons/heptagons

Minor:
- fixed mineral creation in dev mod
- Retake of dead city models
- Display active mods in home screen
- Wiki updated
- Rail stop model changed
- Modding: recipes duration can be modified
- Modding: option refund not free

This update brings some nice little vehicles flying over cities to make them more lively, a new skybox (no more of the low resolution one), and a lot of bug fixes and improvements, mostly from player feedbacks and suggestions (thanks again for your help!).


[h3]Plan B - v0.8.2 build 905[/h3]

Improvements:
- Added flying cars in cities (visual effect)
- New skybox (infinite resolution)
- Help pages updated
- More items & recipe visibles in choice popup

Balance:
- Give more assembly plants and factory at new game start

Bugs fix:
- Fixed dynamite recipe (requires oxygen)
- Fixed freeze with corrupted dump item
- Fixed freeze at loading with corrupted dam pump item
- Fixed some issues with depot or lines having a bad item assigned (potentially creating corrupted depots or dumps)
- Fixed some errors when selecting a recipe
- Fixed depots & containers altitude update with water altitude change
- Fix links opening steam instead of browser
- Fixed some corruption cases
- Fixed city duplication in creative mod
- Fixed city enhancedview color
- Fixed keyboard (including WASD) locked when pressing Return on a item count limit or city name
- Fixed credits ending
- Fixed boats coming out of water at game load

Minor:
- Added a tooltip for the item count limit
- Updated localisation
- Set backup depot text bigger
- Some hidden stuff for v0.9

Here is a small update, mostly to fix various issues from v0.8.0. Especially one, very bad, that was happening sometimes after destroying an item in a new world. I'm very sorry for everyone that experienced it.

(Edit) The Steam Workshop has also been activated.

[h3]Plan B - v0.8.1 build 889[/h3]

Improvements:
- Ships: add sounds, smoother movement

Bugs fix:
- Fixed the "destroy item" bug
- Fixed water freeze for in games played more than 80 hours (simulation time)
- Ships: fix destination change and deletion bug ; remove buoy build fx
- Fixed resources of depot destroyed when change of item
- Fixed invisible water on reload
- Fixed water glitch on dam deletion on ground

Minor:
- Fixed +1 pop achievement for mods with different nb of cities
- Fixed refund of cross ways
- Warnings about water stay longer
- Ships try to reroute less often
- Modding: Default mod modifications commented ; change upload confirmation text
- New hint about recycling
- Add link to workshop
- Escape close console
- Fixed "Full" on assembly plants with full inputs.
- Fixed UI issue when planet name too long

v0.8 is a major update for the planet's environment. Enjoy the new world generation with vast oceans and container ships to cross them. Open paths with the new dynamite and terrain tools. Get a better overview of your industry with a new zoom that show the atmospheric currents and cloud simulation, and an enhanced and unified view. Visualize ground humidity and choose between the five available trees, each with their own temperature and humidity requirements.
Five musics have also been added, and the original soundtrack will be available in a few days (for $5).

I suggest to start a new world to enjoy the new generation, but you can continue your old save. However, it will add a lot of water. If you wish to avoid such change, you can activate the "v0.7.5" beta (in the "beta" menu of the steam properties of the game) to keep playing the old version.
Edit: if you have installed a bepinex mod, you might have to remove it, as it could make the loading freeze.

The game will have a 20% discount during the Summer Sale, and then its price will increase from $12 to $14. It was the same with v0.7 and will be the same with v0.9: the idea is that you pay only for what is already done, rather than for promises.


Here is the full changelog:


[h3]Plan B - v0.8.0 build 879[/h3]

Major Improvements:

• New world generation with larger ocean, better mountains shapes, improved city and mineral fields locations and size. And faster to generate.
  
• Container ship! transport 336 containers.
  
• New terrain modification items: Dynamite, Pile of dirt, Level and Smooth.
  
• Dynamic clouds (fully visible in the new max zoom out view) that shows moving clouds, shows dark side of the planet with city and industry lights.
  
• Unified enhanced view (keep Alt or Tab pressed) to show terrain altitude, ground humidity, highligted minerals.
  
• Modding in Steam Workshop. Basic lua modding: add or modify items, recipes, levels. Change 3D models, textures, sounds and musics. Creative mod as mod example.
  
• Palm trees, cactus and tropical trees. New life condition, new infos in description & tooltip
  
• Five new musics.
  

Improvements:

• Water, rain and evaporation simulation improved. Water appears more progressively.
  
• Improved drag (dragging over forests, starting drag while building)
  
• move minerals when using terrain modification tools on them, instead of destroying them
  

Balance:

• if more than 0.5 water (50m), prevent building roads/rails and stop vehicles.
  
• Much more water than before (to fill the large oceans)
  
• Max minerals per hexagon increased from 450 to 800. Less minerals fields but biggest fields far away from cities (much more total minerals than before).
  
• Forests life conditions heavy rebalance.
  
• depot buildable when a bit of water (if not too deep)
  
• MK3 depot moved from level 16 to 15.
  
• landmark tower unlocked at level 3
  

Bugs fix:

• Fixed bug that was changing items of depots
  
• Fixed crash with depot & factories popup
  
• Fixed artefacts in zoomed out view
  
• Fixed some display issue with water in contact with dam walls.
  
• Drones/container position at vehicles loading fixed
  

Minor:

• Lot of tooltips or descriptions improved.
  
• modify status bar infos (water in ground, temperature)
  
• display info on viability when planting trees
  
• big translation update from and to crowdin. Don't hesitate to help improving the translations!
  

HOTFIX on 2024-07-01 :

Plan B - v0.8.0 build 881 HOT FIX

• Fixed loading freeze when a default mod was created, and fix issues when removing a mod
  
• Fixed freeze with some corrupted containers dump items
  
• Fixed some refresh of normal texture