Tracks - The Train Set Game News

Hello all,

I'm excited to introduce you to Tracks - The Train Set Game: Suburban Pack, a free DLC arriving on 29 May!



Jump back into Tracks - The Train Set Game with this completely free DLC: the Suburban pack! Expand your toybox with over 30 new items to use in your worlds.

Unlock a world of suburbia, with new buildings, passengers, animals and vehicles. Why not build a town square, with the new pub, cinema, cafe, school and bus stop? Perhaps create a local play park, with the new slide, swing set and ice cream van? Tracks' already expansive toy sandbox has just got bigger.



Add Tracks - The Train Set Game: Suburban Pack to your Steam wishlist:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1278630



This is just one of multiple DLC packs we have lined up for you all. And you won't have to wait long to hear more about them! While not all of the DLC packs will be free, we are over the moon to be able to deliver this one to you all free of charge.

While the Suburban Pack is designed more so as an extension of the themes already found in the base game, future DLC will expand your toybox in some more out-there and perhaps surprising ways. We think you'll love what we've got coming up. Stay tuned!

[h3]Snow upgrade[/h3]Enabling snow will now blanket the entire level with a lovely coat:




Environment made by TGC-Cris

[h3]Also:[/h3]

• Added Hungarian as a language option
  
• The train shouldn't fall through the tracks as often
  
• Optimisations to terrain blocks and rivers
  
• Removed some unnecessary files from the game
  

[h3]Discord:[/h3]
Click the image or use https://discord.gg/dQgMHTC to join and ask questions/keep up with development.

Hey all,

Firstly thank you to everyone for the positive response we've had since launch!
I'm so glad people are enjoying the game and I'm taking on board all the thoughts and feedback from the forums and discord.

There'll be some tastier content coming soon but for now this patch is just a quick one to fix some bugs.

• You don't need to be looking towards the train whistle to use it any more
  
• Fixed the progress screen getting stuck on when loading very large saves
  
• Fixed various issues with the object recolour/resize menu
  
• Fixed Small and Tall Houses becoming a Medium House after being loaded
  
• Fixed the build cursor and decoration highlighting being visible from the train
  
• Fixed trains not being able to travel over Crossings via the road
  
• Fixed the train picker indicator being invisible in certain versions
  
• Fixed Passenger Spawners causing issues if they are placed too quickly
  
• Optimisations

• You can now change the train's speed with left/right triggers
  
• Fixed tutorial keywords being in English even if another language was selected
  
• Fixed various issues with Toy Box search and navigation
  
• Fixed recolour/resize menu continuing to change from a gamepad stick after the menu had closed
  
• Fixed the train menu not scrolling through the list if there were more than 6 trains
  
• Fixed needing to reselect the previously highlighted train menu option before using it
  

Hello all!

The day has finally come for Tracks to leave Early Access (and also launch on Xbox One and Windows 10)
A huge thank you to everyone who bought, played and gave feedback at any point in the last 2 years.
The game is bigger and better than I ever imagined it would be and that is down to all of you supporting the game and letting me create something great.

I'm not ready to announce anything as far as post-launch content goes, but know there will definitely be updates full of lovely stuff just like you've gotten used to.

There is a new official Discord server for Tracks right here. Join if you'd like to chat about the game or keep up with development.




Random buildings are gone.
Well, you can still have them if you want. But there is a new colour picker tool available when placing paintable items. This applies to any object which had random colour variations:

• Houses
  
• Apartment block and Skyscraper
  
• Vehicles
  
  

Extra objects which can now be recoloured:

• Flower pot
  
• Circus tents
  
• Camping tent
  
• Hydrant
  
• Tractor
  
• Cafe tables
  
• Picnic table
  
• Bench
  
• Light Arch
  
• House Lights
  
• Fireworks
  
• Fairy Tree
  
• Fountain
  
• Bushes
  
• Hedge
  
• Pine tree
  
• Christmas tree

Press G (Scenery menu) while placing a paintable item (indicated by an eye dropper icon in the Toy box) to bring up the colour picker.

• Similar to recolourable decorations, you can now open the Scenery menu when placing a terrain block to change the size of it

• Progress and current track layout are now automatically saved when you finish each stage
  
• Several new stages in Modern Apartment
  
• Whole new set of stages in Bedroom

This update introduces a massive rendering overhaul which should dramatically improve framerates in large creations. There are a lot of components to this and it has been in the works for a while so if you notice anything strange (e.g. things not looking right, wrong colours, ghostly objects which you can't delete) let me know!

Also:

• The game should now start up faster when you launch it
  
• Improved save game load times by up to 50%
  
• Potentially big framerate improvements on any environment with furniture
  
• Various improvements to model and material performance
  
• Reduced the download/install size

It has been a real long time since I added a new piece. There's a long story but getting this one working properly should make it a lot easier to add new pieces going forward.




New Options:

• Invert Look - Inverts vertical movement for both the mouse and controller sticks
  
• Cursor Scale - Adjusts the size of the mouse cursor

Also:

• General improvements to Toy box visibility and layout
  
• The size slider in the Toy box now adjusts more than just the icon size
  
• Various improvements to the tutorial including better text size, styling and wording
  
• Improved cursor style
  
• Audio options and Toy box zoom size are now saved between sessions

• Removed the 'beta' tag from controller support
  
• Massively improved toy box navigation and scrolling behaviour
  
• You can now use the D-Pad to navigate the Scenery menu, with snapping options moved into the column of buttons.
  
• New tutorial style better suited to gamepads
  
• Tutorial now uses rich text formatting like the Keyboard/Mouse tutorial
  
• Fixed the tutorial showing one point twice and leaving out another
  
• Colour wheel value is now set with the right stick instead of the X/Y buttons
  
• Fixed pressing X on the Scenery menu deleting the object you were placing
  
• Fixed movement speed varying based vertical look angle
  
• Fixed the restricted objects warning in Passenger Mode causing the Toy Box to get stuck
  
• Fixed the warning about your track being cleared not being navigable

• Added 3 new pieces of music
  
• Fixed track pieces sometimes disappearing from save files
  
• Fixed Field of View options not saving if only one of them was set
  
• Removed the Experimental category from the Toy Box, added Terrain and Signs categories
  
• Fixed save game discovery getting stuck if you only had passenger mode saves
  
• Removed the Experimental category from the Toy Box, added Terrain and Signs categories
  
• Like 50 nice improvements which have been lost to the cyberweb because my list got deleted when Steam introduced the new announcement system
  
• Added columns for several Track Support pieces
  
• Improvements to every terrain material and block mesh (resizing coming soon)
  
• Improved visual effects for a lot of decorations, passengers, sockets, train rerouting
  
• Tweaked the train's acceleration on slopes to make climbing while reversing easier
  
• Fixed tunnels causing a permanently black train view if used with 2+ carriages
  
• Fixed tunnels letting the train enter even if it isn't linked to another tunnel
  
• Fixed a double placement bug caused by quickly clicking on new decorations
  
• Various improvements to the mechanics and visuals of deposit/collection towers, and removed them from the experimental category

• Spanish
  
• French
  
• Italian

If you notice any mistakes or issues with these translations please let me know in the forums!




ːromopolis_houseː Signs

• Traffic Signal
  
• Semaphore
  
• Crossing
  
• Level Crossing
  
• Railway Crossing
  
• Light Signals
  
• Stop
  
• Pedestrian Crossing
  
• Rail Crossing
  
• Cattle
  
• Workers

ːromopolis_houseː Signal Box
ːromopolis_houseː Mountain
ːromopolis_houseː Campfire

Thank you to everyone who tried the last beta version, there is a new optional update available on the beta branch. For details on the last beta update you can get a full rundown from the previous announcement.

Tracks will leave early access on Steam and officially launch on Xbox One and Windows 10 on November 14th, but you can get a preview of the (almost finished) version right here!


To access the beta version of the 1.0 update, please do the following:

• Load up Steam and head to your library
  
• Right click on Tracks – The Train Set Game and then select "Properties"
  
• Head to the Beta tab and in the drop down select "1.0beta" (no password needed)
  
• This will then download the new update for you
  

• There is now an official Discord server for Tracks right here.
  Join if you'd like to chat about the game or keep up with development.

• Similar to recolourable decorations, you can now open the Scenery menu when placing a terrain block to change the size of it

• Progress and current track layout are now automatically saved when you finish each stage
  
• Several new stages in Modern Apartment
  
• Whole new set of stages in Bedroom

• Added 3 new pieces of music
  
• Fixed track pieces sometimes disappearing from save files
  
• Fixed Field of View options not saving if only one of them was set
  
• Removed the Experimental category from the Toy Box, added Terrain and Signs categories
  
• Fixed save game discovery getting stuck if you only had passenger mode saves

ːromopolis_houseː Signs

• Traffic Signal
  
• Semaphore
  
• Crossing
  
• Level Crossing
  
• Railway Crossing
  
• Light Signals
  
• Stop
  
• Pedestrian Crossing
  
• Rail Crossing
  
• Cattle
  
• Workers

ːromopolis_houseː Signal Box
ːromopolis_houseː Mountain
ːromopolis_houseː Campfire