Unrailed 2: Back on Track News

[p]Heya engineers![/p][p][/p][p]It's time for a new update! And it's another big feature request from the early access survey: the sandbox mode, allowing you to set up your train and basically the entire game up to your wishes! There is more of course, but as always, here's the TLDR-overview for this update first:[/p][p]And now in more detail:[/p][p][/p][h3]Sandbox Mode[/h3][p]Do you want to try out the mathematically best possible train configuration? Do you only want to see slot machine stations? Or play with 8 players, where two players have axes and another 2 players have pickaxes to get even more resources? Now you can with the new sandbox mode! [/p][p][/p][p]Here you can configure your train setup and basically the whole game to your liking![/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Classic Mode[/h3][p]A special case of the new sandbox mode is the classic mode, where we tried to recreate the setup of Unrailed 1 as closely as possible. Perfect if you're feeling a bit nostalgic😉[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Classic Soundtracks 🎵[/h3][p]Due to popular demand, we’ve brought back some of the beloved classic soundtracks from Unrailed 1, now played across multiple biomes! Get ready to groove to a fresh version of “Steampipe Sonata” in Autumn Meadows, jam out to “Desperado Desert” in Cargo Canyon, relive “Endtrailed” in Boxcar Bayou, and vibe with “Anchoovy” on Island Interchange.[/p][p]Also, as a special treat, you can now listen to the complete soundtrack on YouTube. So head there and leave our composers some love ❤️!
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And if you'd like to give us additional support, check out the Steam Soundtrack, which we updated with the new tracks as well![/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][h3]New Cartridges[/h3][p]We've also added FOUR new cartridges to unlock for those of you who already have everything:[/p]

• [p]Meteor: Has a chance to spawn a meteor at the beginning of a map that crashes into the ground and mines resources in a radius[/p]
• [p]Wagon Buff: Buffs wagons close to you[/p]
• [p]Insta-Crit: Has a chance to instantly destroy an enemy on the first hit[/p]
• [p]Grappling Claw (Action Cartridge): Allows you to draw tools and items to you from a distance[/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][h3]New Characters[/h3][p]Two new characters are about to join the roster: Spike the cactus and Bernd the Beaver! Also new - thanks to Tana over on our Discord server - the cardboard hat![/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Free Weekend![/h3][p]Have you always had a couple of friends or family you wanted to introduce to the world of Unrailed? Now's the perfect time to do so - we are doing a free weekend starting on the 28th August at 7pm CET / 10am PT, where you can play Unrailed 2 for, well, free![/p][p][/p][h3]Changelog[/h3][p]Highlights
- New: Classic Mode
- New: Sandbox Mode (defeat 3 bosses to unlock)
- New: 4 Classic soundtracks from Unrailed remade and added for U2
- New: Cactus & Beaver characters & Cardboard hat added
- New: 4 New cartridges
Claw action cartridge to draw distant items
Insta kill NPCs cartridge
Meteor cartridge
Wagon buff cartridge

Networking
- New: Online settings menu to reduce bandwidth (increases ping though) or force relay servers
- Improvement: Dynamic extra bandwidth reduction & congestion avoidance
- Bug fix: Lobby browser should be stable now https://u2.unrailed-online.com/#/sessions and allows to join when the game is running by clicking the play button in the browser
- Bug fix: Web map browser creates also a lobby when you’re in the main menu and clicking the play button in your browser https://u2.unrailed-online.com/#/maps

Balance
- Balance: Ghosted train & fully upgrade a wagon achievement can’t be unlocked in a shop anymore (you must leave it once)
- Balance: Players with tools & buckets don’t get cocooned anymore from the spider boss
- Balance: Magnet pick & claw cartridge and magnet extension can’t pick up from the opposite team in versus anymore
- Balance: Players need to defeat one boss to unlock the Time Mode

Misc
- Improvement: Lobby player count added to the steam rich presence
- Improvement: Buttons that need the privacy policy to be accepted are now hoverable (as they can be clicked)
- Improvement: Default volumes are now all 100%
- Improvement: Better progress bar readability in settings
- Improvement: Cleaner ESC menu
- Improvement: Progress is now shared among all steam users on the device (before the game supported multiple users but it led to confusion)
- Crash fix: Possible crash fix with 8 players
- Bug/Freeze fix: You should now be able to use the keyboard without joining a second player when hovering text fields with the controller. It should probably also fix the freeze issue for some players
- Bug fix: When carrying the cannon cart flag, it was playing the shooting animation even though it’s not shooting
- Bug fix: Cannon cart is sometimes spamming particles in shop
- Bug fix: Lava blob not visible in shop on storage wagon
- Bug fix: Lava blob ropes not visible when its carried
- Bug fix: Wagon remove bubbles sometimes not deleted when scrolling in a replay
- Bug fix: When using the bucket once with a milk wagon, the longer (milk wagon) effect duration stood even when milking directly an animal afterwards
- Bug fix: Auto-track pickup from a mimic as a crafter did not work
- Bug fix: Transformer drops items with box pull extension
- Bug fix: Bot looped with a transformer with box push and pull
- Bug fix: Controller rumble reenables every restart
- Bug fix: There was a locked non-existing cartridge slot in the cartridge shop
- Bug fix: Game sometimes showed the same unlock pop-ups after starting the game
- Bug fix: Selection in highscore menu sometimes flipping down
- Bug fix: When remapping a split input, it wasn’t possible to navigate through the menus anymore
- Bug fix: When remapping a split input and restarting the game, the new mapping got mixed with the default mapping
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[p]Hey everyone![/p][p][/p][p]We just pushed another experimental version update. If you want to be the first to see the new features that will come to Unrailed you are in the right place![/p][p][/p][p]You can access the experimental version via right click on Unrailed -> settings-> Betas.[/p][p]Note that changes are not yet complete and things might change depending on your feedback.[/p][p]You can give us feedback right here or on Discord ( https://discord.gg/unrailed ).[/p][p][/p][p]Changelog v-602-50f4c32:[/p]

• [p]Improvement: Claw cartridge can now also be used to grab the closest commodity of each type [/p]
• [p]Improvement: Claw cartridge can be used by the bot [/p]
• [p]Improvement: Buttons that need the privacy policy to be accepted are now hoverable as they can be clicked which was not before [/p]
• [p]Bug fix: Lobby browser should be stable now https://u2.unrailed-online.com/#/sessions and allows to join when the game is running by clicking the play button in the browser [/p]
• [p]Bug fix: Bot looped with a transformer with box push and pull[/p]
• [p]Bug fix: Web map browser creates also a lobby when you’re in the main menu and clicking the play button in your browser https://u2.unrailed-online.com/#/maps[/p]
• [p]Improvement: Default master volume now 85%, all others at 100%[/p]
• [p]Bug fix: Controller rumble reenables every restart[/p]
• [p]Balance: Magnet pick & claw cartridge and magnet extension can’t pick up from the opposite team in versus anymore[/p]
• [p]Improvement: Better networking compression 2nd try (first try led to disconnections)[/p]

[p]See you on track![/p]

[p]Hi everyone![/p][p]The U.L.T.R.A. Tournament is a community-run Unrailed 2 event featuring some of the game’s best players. With creative rules and unpredictable twists, it’s a fun chance to see top teams adapt under pressure.[/p][p]Watch the recap here:[/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]Note that this is a community event, not officially run by the devs.[/p][p][/p][p]See on on the tracks![/p]

[p]Hi everyone![/p][p]We pushed a small set of fixes to the main branch mostly related to the versus mode for the U.L.T.R.A tournament this saturday (August 23rd): https://www.youtube.com/live/Ii0yCuBtZ78[/p][p][/p][p]Changelog v-597-e243e2f:[/p][p]- Improvement: Warning toast when the system clock is off and you try to play online[/p][p]- Improvement: Warning toast when the game is running slowly (v-598-5e9c346[/p][p]- Crash fix: Potential crash fix related to cartridge rendering[/p][p]
Let us know if you have any issues![/p][p]Happy track placing![/p]

[p]Hey everyone![/p][p][/p][p]We just pushed another experimental version update. If you want to be the first to see the new features that will come to Unrailed you are in the right place![/p][p][/p][p]You can access the experimental version via right click on Unrailed -> settings-> Betas.[/p][p]Note that changes are not yet complete and things might change depending on your feedback.[/p][p]You can give us feedback right here or on Discord ( https://discord.gg/unrailed ).[/p][p][/p][p]Changelog v-591-4cad997:[/p][p]- New: Claw action cartridge to draw distant tools (~ reverse throwing)[/p][p]- New: Insta kill NPCs cartridge[/p][p]- New: Meteor cartridge[/p][p]- New: Wagon buff cartridge[/p][p]- New: Online settings menu to reduce bandwidth (increases ping though) or force relay servers[/p][p]- New: Some recreated classic soundtracks (more on that later)[/p][p]- Improvement: Lobby player count added to the steam rich presence[/p][p]- Balance: Ghosted train & fully upgrade a wagon achievement can’t be unlocked in a shop anymore (you must leave it once)[/p][p]- Balance: Players with tools & buckets don’t get cocooned anymore from the spider boss[/p][p]
[/p][p]See you on track![/p]