RimWorld News

Hi there, we've got another update for you today! This update cleans up some rough edges in Steam Deck, and expands the number of game modes that can use Ideology functionality.

The update should be compatible with all saves and mods.

If the update cause problems and you have a bug to report, or you want to help us test, please join the Official RimWorld Development Discord! Thank you to all of our testers for your feedback.

Have a great week!

- Tia

[h2]Steam Deck Improvements[/h2]
- Fixed multiple cases where on Steam Deck some keyboard shortcuts were mentioned
- Commands now show "button A" glyph instead of "A" label on Steam Deck.
- When architect search bar is focused on a Steam Deck and the on-screen keyboard is visible, move gizmos up so that they're still visible.
- Added "Keyboard mode" option on Steam Deck in case someone connects a keyboard to the SteamDeck.

[h2]Ideology Improvements[/h2]
- Drum and dance parties can be held in the "Ideology system inactive" mode. Party hard!
- Relics system now works in "Ideology system inactive" mode. You can do the relic chase, quests, build the reliquaries, and so on.
- Colonists no longer get upset for delaying a ritual.
- Colorized some ideoligion-related text in ritual trigger letter.
- Negative thoughts related to not having enough scarification scars do not apply at very low expectations or lower.
- "No slaves in colony" thought does not apply at "Very low" expectations or below.
- Ritual opportunity letters are skipped for most rituals for the first 10 days of play.
- Adjusted reliquary description.
- Adjusted inspect pane and stat readout for relics in classic mode.

[h2]Misc[/h2]
- Updated player creative content.
- Changed the nutrients needed for lavish vegetarian and lavish carnivore meals to 1.25 (previously 2.5).

[h2]Fixes[/h2]
- Fix: Dismissing on-screen keyboard on SteamDeck doesn't unfocus the text field.
- Fix: Not all precepts are added to memes during fluid ideoligion development.
- Fix: Malformed letters are sent to the player regarding ritual obligations that should not send letters.
- Fix: Multiple funerals generating for ideoligions.
- Fix: Word of serenity does not work on catatonic breakdown.
- Some minor fixes to how ideoligions are generated.

ustralians can now legally purchase RimWorld once again, with the Australian Classification Board overturning its initial "Refused Classification" rating following an application review...
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Hello everyone! We have great news for our Australian players - RimWorld is once again available for purchase on Steam in Australia. This means Australians have access to the RimWorld Steam store page and can gift and receive Steam keys for the game. (It also means you can read this news update. 😉) Everything should be back to normal!

For context: Back in February, the Australian Classification Board classified RimWorld as “Refused Classification (RC)” which banned the game from sale in Australia. This news was sudden and a surprise to everyone.

We appealed to the Classification Review Board and they agreed to review the game’s rating on April 20. We assembled a lot of useful evidence and had a great legal team to help us. Our community was also amazing and helped us by providing examples of games on Steam that had similar cases to us, like Disco Elysium and Fallout. The review concluded with a happy ending - RimWorld’s classification changed from “Refused Classification (RC)” to “R 18+ (Restricted)”, and now we're back on Steam!

So a big thanks to everyone for your support, that was a wild couple of months!

- Tia

The Australian Classification Board will review its ban on RimWorld later this month, the board has announced. In late February the ACB served RimWorld a 'Refused Classification' rating, meaning it can no longer be sold in Australia. After nine years of availability on Steam, the colony sim was region blocked in Australia in early March...
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