Derail Valley News

Hello everyone,

We just released a small patch to fix a critical saving bug introduced a few days ago.

For players who had items placed in hangers or sticky tapes mounted somewhere outside of trains, the game wasn't able to save progress. The number of affected users should be small, but the issue still warranted the hotfix.



The patch also includes a couple more bug fixes we made in the past two days. You can see the changelog here: https://www.derailvalley.com/changelog


Thanks,
-Your DV Team

Hi everyone!

We have another small update today. It's bug fixes mainly, but also a little bit of fun stuff. We added a new cargo type, Forestry Trailers – which go from the machine factory and harbor to forests and the sawmill. The update also adds a new model for the S282 restoration train parts.



You can see more about what's new here: http://derailvalley.com/changelog


We're now working on the next patch, which, unless an urgent fix gets in the way, will take a bit longer to do but also be a bit bigger. Thanks for reading and see you soon!

-Your DV Team

Hi everyone!

Two patches made it to the game since the last week's release - one last Friday and another just now. Various bug fixes are included in them, now listed together under the title B99.1:

https://www.derailvalley.com/changelog


Next week we'll release another patch with more fixes. We'll likely have a few more in the next months, each with greater complexity, some also adding new industries, cars and cargo types, before we fully move on to the B100 release sometime in 2025.

[h3]B99 Summary[/h3]

The B99 release was awesome! Not only the announcement had more reactions than any other post in DV history, but a few days after it went live we had the record number of simultaneous players on Steam, with 12% more than when Simulator launched! Next year we are committed to break not only that record, but that of all games in the train simulation genre too, which we already got pretty close to.

Our rating is also the highest it's ever been, now only being 0.04% short of 96% on Steam! Thank you for that, and for all your feedback - we're going through it and are adjusting our plans accordingly.

[h3]Labor of Love[/h3]

With that, the Steam Awards have just conveniently started, so we'd be thankful if you'd consider voting Derail Valley as your Labor of Love favorite.

See you next week with another patch!

-Your DV Team

Hi everyone,

Our latest update is now available! It's a large one, so we made a dedicated video to showcase all the main points:

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The update adds 4 new locations, 16 new cargo types, numerous new items, gadgets and their installation process, restoration of abandoned museum locomotives, new shop and shed looks, finished steam powertrain and train brake simulation, and many more improvements to graphics, performance and UX. For more information please see the video above.



The full changelog is available here: derailvalley.com/changelog

Thank you all and we hope you'll enjoy this update!

-Your DV Team

Hello everyone!

This is a quick post to let you know that the next Derail Valley update that we've been working on since the start of the year, B99, will be released on November 21, 2024!



The update will be rather large, introducing a couple of new stations, some train customization features, a new rail vehicle and many more improvements. We'll dive into showcasing the essentials in a long-form video that will be posted on the release date, alongside the screenshot above — unblurred.

Rather than stick to an arbitrary date, we took the time to properly finish this update after we understood better what it really should be. Unfortunately that meant we were somewhat quiet and vague with information in the meantime, – but we're almost there, – now with a definitive date and
Thanks for your patience and support, and we'll see you soon with the release news!

-Slobodan