Surviving Mars News

City builder Surviving Mars is a space train game now

Three new pieces of user-made Surviving Mars DLC are getting added to the space city-building game next week, including a fresh look for buildings, a new radio station, and the Martian Express - which turns the space game into a sci-fi train game.

The first significant DLC for Surviving Mars since the Below and Beyond expansion in September last year is coming to the management game next week, April 29 - in fact, there are three DLC packs coming, and they're all user-made.

These "content creator packs" are essentially mods made official by Paradox. Martian Express is the highlight, made by modders Lucian 'LukeH' Hada and Sylvain 'Silva' Maupetit, which will add a fully-functioning train system to Surviving Mars. Players can build stations outside of their domes and then use their space locomotives to ferry people and resources across the planet - presumably with all the game's usual dangers and calamities intact. According to the website, even check out a colonist's reason for travelling and watch as they get frustrated if they can't get a seat or miss their train.

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Paradox announce Crusader Kings III: Fate of Iberia and Surviving Mars Content Packs

Paradox Interactive continue building up their strategy games with both Crusader Kings III and Surviving Mars having new upcoming content releases.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/04/paradox-announce-crusader-kings-iii-fate-of-iberia-and-surviving-mars-content-packs

All Aboard the Martian Express! 3 new Content Creator Packs coming soon!

Hello Survivors,

News of highly requested features are arriving with a honk! We've got 3 new Content Creator Packs coming your way on April 28th, available separately, or in a "All New In" bundle! Change up your game dramatically with the Martian Express Pack by veteran modders Lucian "LukeH" Hada and Sylvain "Silva" Maupetit, give your buildings some new flair or listen to 70ish min of new music!

The Martian Express Pack allows you to move your colonists and resources between stations facilitating access to far away domes and remote resource deposits. Other outside manned buildings will also be buildable near stations without needing a dome.

Check out the trailer for the Martian Express Pack:[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

Key features of the Martian Express Pack include:

Welcome commuters! - Build your stations anywhere on the map and help your colonists get to work and back. Click on the info panel to see their reason for travelling and make sure that everyone gets their seat. otherwise, they’ll have to wait for the next train - and be frustrated, nobody likes to miss the train.
New tracks - Click and drag to create tracks that connect your stations. Tracks will be elevated allowing your rovers and drones to pass underneath together with power cables, while pipes can cross over them.
Same train, different cargo - Travelling on the red planet has never been safer (and efficient!). Trains will have 2 wagons to transport colonists and resources at the same time. Don't worry: they'll travel on the same track with no risk of collision. Build your trains in the stations, assign them to the connected tracks and watch them go.

The Martian Express pack will be available for a price of 6.99 USD / 6.99 EUR / 5.19 GBP.

In addition to the Martian Express Pack, two new additional Content Creator Packs for the base game will release:

Future Contemporary Cosmetic Pack
10 terrestrial building skins to give your colony some added flair. The Future Contemporary Pack will be available for a price of 4.99 USD / 4.99 EURO / 3.99 GBP.

Revelation Radio
16 new songs from 4 artists for approximately 70 minutes of music from the comfort of your own dome. Revelation Radio will be available for a price of 3.99 USD / 3.99 EURO / 2.89 GBP.

Starting today, you can wishlist all 3 packs, so go ahead and mark your calendars and we'll see you aboard the Martian Express!

Below & Beyond Content Update #2 - Hotfix 3

Release date: 2022-02-08

Version:
Steam: 1010838
GOG: 1010838
Epic: 1010838
Windows Store: 1010838
Paradox Plaza: 1010838
XBOX: 1010838
MAC: 1010838
Linux: 1010838
PS4: 1010838

Bug Fixes
Fix the game becomes unresponsive when ordering unskilled colonists from the underground
Fix no disasters when starting a new game with mods active (Fixed for save games)
Fix Colonists working in the Sanatorium/School Spire have the "Not working in home dome" status
Fix Recon discovery events are recurring while they should not
Fix loaded cargo isn't shown in the Asteroid Lander payload tooltip on quick bar when it arrived on Asteroid
Fix the Drone Hub and Hub Extenders active range is displayed after more than 2 hubs were converted into Prefabs at the same time
Fix Lander rocket always defaults to auto mode on the Asteroid and user preference is always overridden
Fix the Mystery Log cannot be dismissed on the Asteroid after completing the "Asteroid from outer space" mini-mystery
Fix Fireworks are not displayed even if Show Fireworks option is enabled
Fix the default cargo priority approving waste rock, causing issues with events
Fix the menus being allowed to open on console while having the payload menu open

Known issues/ notes:
No disasters save game bugfix: In existing savegames that have the issue where disasters are not triggered, the disasters will be reset and treated as if a new game has started. This means that it will take the same amount of time for disasters to start occurring as if a new game was started with max disasters settings.

Get Surviving Mars and expansions in the latest Humble Bundle plus a big sale

Want to get a copy of Surviving Mars and plenty of extra content? Check out the Humble Surviving Mars Bundle. Plus, there's a Winter Sale on at Humble.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/01/get-surviving-mars-and-expansions-in-the-latest-humble-bundle-plus-a-big-sale