August Beta
Hi all!
If you'd like to take an early look at the upcoming update you can now give it a try.
Please note that this is a potentially unstable version, if you find any issues I'd appreciate if you could post about them in the forums or Discord.
Click below to see a full list of additions and changes:
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Tram
A classic tram is now available as a train style.
It combines a train and one passenger carriage into a single unit, and supports all the customisation options available for the standard train.
Cab Toys
This update adds a new section to the Scenery menu which gives you the choice between a whistle or a bell on your train.
Utility Poles
Utility Poles are a new decoration class which automatically attach wires between each prop you place.
To start with there are two styles: Telephone Pole and a large Electricity Pylon
New Decorations
There's a wide variety of new decorations including 10 new houses, 3 new passengers, and several large buildings like a sports stadium and motel.
Train Highlighting
Certain actions could get awkward when you had a lot of trains. Now when you look at a train (or its carriages) you'll see a little arrow appear on top of it. With a train highlighted, any train-related actions will automatically apply to that train such as:
Other changes:
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Accessing the beta:
If you'd like to take an early look at the upcoming update you can now give it a try.
Please note that this is a potentially unstable version, if you find any issues I'd appreciate if you could post about them in the forums or Discord.
Click below to see a full list of additions and changes:
[expand]
Tram
A classic tram is now available as a train style.
It combines a train and one passenger carriage into a single unit, and supports all the customisation options available for the standard train.
Cab ToysThis update adds a new section to the Scenery menu which gives you the choice between a whistle or a bell on your train.
Utility PolesUtility Poles are a new decoration class which automatically attach wires between each prop you place.
To start with there are two styles: Telephone Pole and a large Electricity Pylon
New Decorations
There's a wide variety of new decorations including 10 new houses, 3 new passengers, and several large buildings like a sports stadium and motel.
Train Highlighting
Certain actions could get awkward when you had a lot of trains. Now when you look at a train (or its carriages) you'll see a little arrow appear on top of it. With a train highlighted, any train-related actions will automatically apply to that train such as:
- Left Mouse click / Press T to drive it without opening the train menu
- Style options in the Scenery menu
- Adding carriages from the Toybox
Other changes:
- Replaced the font used for Latin and Cyrillic languages
- Tracks, Roads & Rivers now create unique crossings when they meet a variant of other type.
- Added pop-ups with key reminders and tips when using certain decorations for the first time
- Added the Hungarian language option back into the menu
- Several UI and quality of life improvements
- Fixed a crash on the tutorial when playing in Korean
- Improved the game's start up time and memory usage
- Optimised and reduced the size of the Sci-Fi DLC
- Fixed an issue when F5 is pressed
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Accessing the beta:
- Right click on Tracks in your Steam games list and click Properties
- Go to the Betas tab and choose the public_beta option from the Beta Participation dropdown menu (you don't need to enter a code)
- Steam will start downloading a new update, and Tracks should have a [public_beta] tag in the games list