The Universim News

• The cinematic shot during the rocket launch in the Barn Event is no longer getting stuck. The Nugget that refused to go in the rocket has now been gently persuaded to go along with their cohorts
  
• The big ships in the Alien Invasion Event are no longer stuck due to UFOs trying their hardest to target Exiles
  
• Alien Invasion Ships spawning inside the HUGE planet is now fixed. If issue happened to you, all you need to do is reload your game.
  
• Pollution is now in the correct language
  
• Twin possibility was not showcasing the value but a tag
  
• Subtitles are now present for all languages
  
• Placing an Epicenter at the start of the game will no longer spawn multiple messages on the left side of the screen
  
• The Nugget Display Actor error that was causing your Nuggets to die of hunger and thirst has now been resolved, and they should work normally after reloading the save file
  
• Linux and Mac issue that states user32.dll not found is most likely fixed. We’re relying on your feedback to let us know if this is still a reoccurring issue, as we have a limited number of machines with those OS’s available to test.
  
• We told the Narrator to stop repeating, “This is quite a beautiful planet. Try not to ruin it,” though we have seen reports of it still happening, so we are still investigating the issue
  
• The “fly to” button is not active when trying to return from the moon.
  
• Fixing “This is quite a beautiful planet. Try not to ruin it” repeating line of dialogue.
  
• When flying to the moon, the roads are not being generated correctly, causing the game to crash.
  
• A dead Nugget appeared in a shot-down UFO, causing an issue for players.
  

• Performance Optimization.
  
• The Rotating Stabilizer perk locks a portion of Research.
  
• An additional indication for The Red Barn and Red Hooded Nuggets is that because of the lack of interaction with them, some fans think that they’re bugged out.
  
• And all other game-breaking issues are going to take priority.
  
• Floating in air Red Barn
  
• Trade Ships getting stuck in the middle of the trade and adding time
  
• Big Bird quest not completing
  
• Tesla Quest ( Battery parts do not have smoke )
  
• Mac / Linux visual issues
  

• We told UFOs that Nuggets dislike heights, so now they will no longer be dropped on mountains
  
• UFOs are now more than happy to leave planets instead of hanging around forever
  
• UFOs will now only target existing buildings instead of focusing on already destroyed buildings
  
• Nuggets not walk around inside UFOs or live underground if that UFO is destroyed
  
• UFOs are not allowed to drain Nuggets’ health and stats when abducted
  
• Laser beams from UFOs will no longer get stuck during a save/load
  
• Pressing ESC while opening a mystery box will no longer crash the game
  

• Ministers are now forbidden to assign Nuggets when the Nugget list is open
  
• Frozen Nuggets will no longer be assigned to buildings by ministers
  
• Ministers will no longer crash the game by attempting to put dead Nuggets to work
  

• Using Telekinesis will no longer cause military unit drivers to get stuck in the air when you pick them up
  
• Nuggets will no longer fall underground when Telekinesis is used from the Nugget UI panel
  
• Creator Powers no longer work through the Nugget list on Nuggets picked off the ground?
  
• Creator Powers menu will no longer trigger before the game loads
  

• The narrator will no longer constantly tell you not to ruin a beautiful planet
  
• A number of misspelled words are now spelled correctly
  

• Imprisoned Nuggets are immune to your Creator Powers through the building panels and Nugget list icons
  
• Nuggets will no longer hide in buildings when being arrested
  
• Nuggets will no longer leave the planet when being arrested on their way to the Cosmodrome
  
• Important quest Nuggets will no longer be auto assigned to work in different buildings
  
• Nuggets will now dress a little more appropriately
  
• Nuggets will now look like their portraits
  
• Nuggets will be on the correct path after being removed from the bridge or hyperlube
  
• Nuggets will only appear once on the Nugget list
  
• Dead Nuggets will not appear on the Nugget list when loading the game
  
• Believer count will now be updated when loading a planet
  
• Dead Nuggets will no longer be eligible to win elections
  
• Citizens will still believe in you regardless of what planet you’re on
  
• Nugget list will display the correct planet name
  
• Infection areas will no longer crash the game
  
• Nugget names are now displayed properly
  

• Defense Towers now require Nuggets in order to work properly
  
• Garages now need Nuggets to operate it
  
• Vehicles will no longer spawn if there is no garage
  
• Buttons on the radar inside the military buildings are now interactable
  
• Game will no longer crash when an upgrade is performed from the all buildings panel
  
• Garages will now only provide the correct number of vehicles
  
• Building near an Exile Village will now only decrease the relationship one time
  
• Headstones will no longer clip through the Cemetery
  
• Paused buildings are now recognized and will not be built until unpaused
  
• Rehabilitation Centers and Prisons now have their effectiveness capped at 100%
  
• Destroyed helicopters will be cleared from the Heliport
  
• Combat vehicles will no longer attempt to access removed hangars
  
• Exile barracks will no longer contribute to the happiness and crime levels of your civilization
  
• Recreation buildings, such as Parks and Local businesses, will now work as intended
  

• During Autumn, the leaves will actually change colors
  
• Breaking camera effect while hitting objects is fixed
  
• Biomes will no longer be blurry
  

• The Recall button is looking better than ever
  
• Expedition Camp will no longer ghost underground when placed above the Sarlacc’s hole
  
• Food notifications will now disappear when recalling the expedition
  

• Droughts will now add or remove lakes depending on the circumstances
  
• Events now have the correct messages
  
• Mmamazon is now only able to deliver locally, meaning Exiles will no longer be receiving packages
  
• Quests will now succeed or fail appropriately based on whether you’ve succeeded or failed
  

• Removed gamepad related icon from the Nugget creation menu
  
• All hyperlinks are now highlighted
  
• 4k resolution is now available
  
• Shortcut keys now properly match the category position of each God Power category
  
• Nonexistent tutorials will truly no longer exist and will not crash the game
  
• Correct icons will now show up in tutorials
  
• Opening the buildings or Nuggets list will now ensure that building panels’ Nugget icons’ Creator Powers wheel are closed
  
• Opening the resource statistics panel now ensures that the building panels’ Nugget icons’ Creator Power wheel are closed
  

• Fixed the Twitch connectivity issue
  
• Twitch viewers may now take away Creator Points
  

• Roads will now be restored when you’ve removed an obstructing building
  
• Resource piles will now be pickable
  

• Now you can use Telekinesis on combat vehicle drivers through the Nugget list
  
• Creator Powers will no longer highlight builder bots, as they are immune
  

• Exile military vehicles will no longer attack nearby player buildings unless they are hostile
  
• Player defense towers and military vehicles will no longer attack nearby exiles unless the exiles are hostile
  
• Added a confirmation message when player places a building too close to exiles and made their relationship decrease if player confirms placing the building
  
• Exiles will now make better decisions on which settlements to attack based on the relationship system rather than proximity
  

• Nuggets will now change clothes during Era changes
  
• Nuggets now lose their jobs when entering prison
  
• Sick and injured Nuggets can now be thrown into hospitals
  
• Nuggets lose their jobs when thrown into a hospital
  
• Frozen Nuggets will be automatically unassigned from a job
  

• Allowed the additional color applied to the seasons fog colors of the sky haze shader to be set through the atmosphere
  
• Additional color applied to the seasons fog colors is the color of the currently loaded planet’s sky
  
• Increased the effect of the planet’s sky color on the fog color
  
• Set up the logic for mixing the sky, the hot and cold colors in the sky haze shader
  
• Made the season transition visual effects based on temperature smoother
  
• Dead animals will no longer pollute lakes
  
• Improved the influence of pollution and atmosphere on the temperatures of the planet
  

• Clicking on the wolf attack icon now brings you to the wolves
  
• Improved rewards for certain quests
  

• Narration tracks will now behave properly
  
• Narration has a better subtitle system
  

• Improved Legendary building panels
  
• Added Assign All Nuggets to all panels that have more than two Nuggets
  
• Newly built residential buildings will switch their era when the era is changed
  
• Nuggets can now use tables and chairs in the Modern Eatery building
  
• Removed Plastic requirements for the Modern Defense Towers
  
• Stone and Wood Refineries and Engineer buildings no longer require education
  
• Defense Tower range increased significantly
  

• Space Boxes now take higher priority than other tasks, except necessary priorities, ensuring for quicker research on the Space Box
  

• Very old files will now be automatically deleted in the Steam cloud storage
  
• Added missing icons to expedition panel and exile trading panel
  
• Added tooltip descriptions
  
• The “not researching anything” message will display the exact perks that are still not researched
  
• Improved Emissive and Bloom effects
  
• Updated shadow settings
  
• Improved optimization of shadows
  
• Improved optimization of higher gameplay speed
  
• Improved optimization related to status icons
  
• Reworked UI associated with the building placement to include the Crime and Happiness factors
  
• Added an efficiency indicator for placing reservoirs
  
• Added Tooltip for the disaster icon in the forecast tower panel
  
• Camera inertia has a new setting that allows a secondary option to the controls
  
• Improved the news message system order, ensuring that news messages no longer cover up other UI elements and are now rendered properly
  
• The UI Controller has new logic implemented that will remember the order of panels that were opened/gained focus, and ensures that pressing the ESC key will close the last panel that was opened/gained focus
  
• Improved Full Screen setting mode
  
• Added an option to the size of subtitles
  
• Reworked research panel layout
  

• Improved balance for Tanks and Helicopters
  
• Improved combat panel performance
  
• Refactored infected area and related code to prevent further errors
  
• Optimized performance for Nuggets and animals
  
• Improved optimization of the game for lower end machines
  
• Improved optimization of the animations in the game
  
• Rewrote all descriptions for research perks to make them more consistent and clear
  
• Added a pulsating warning to the water resource icon when water is getting too low for Nuggets to drink
  
• Extended the atmosphere system to improve the overall look and feel of the atmosphere on different alien planets and temperatures
  
• Improve balance for hunters and animal farming
  
• Rebalanced the Crime and Happiness system
  
• Rebalanced the Discovery Point cost for Research perks
  

• New Twitch command: attack. This allows the audience to specify a Nugget to attack
  
• Added a Warning pop up (one per session) when the user sets Creation Nugget Twitch command to more than 0 points
  
• Twitch command FillReservoir and FillBattery commands are now working correctly
  
• Added missing logic for the #SpawnMeteors command
  
• Added Earthquake command to the list of Twitch commands
  

• Builder bot can now be sent through the space port
  
• Ensured the planet’s radius is taken into account when setting flying creatures’ orbital heights so they do not fly underground
  

• A brand new questline featuring a new type of Nugget, a new type of building, and new cutscenes
  
• A new Easter Egg
  
• Aliens
  
• Planet Cracker
  
• New buildings
  
• New planets
  
• 30 new Research perks, bringing the total amount to 210
  
• 80 new perk icons
  
• New Ministers
  
• Improved Localizations
  
• New models and textures for the Modern Eatery, Modern Fishing Hut, Modern University
  
• New Quests
  
• New Alien animals
  
• New Alient planet Trees
  
• New stone types
  
• New narration lines
  
• Credits Screen
  
• New Modern, Space Age Soundtracks
  

After a good few years in Early Access, The Universim from Crytivo is finally set to hit the big 1.0 with some fun new features.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/god-sim-city-builder-the-universim-releases-10-on-january-22-2024