The Colonists News

Hi everyone,

It's time to enjoy the annual pumpkin harvest along with a handy new custom views feature. Oh, and there's still to take part in October's pumpkin-selling frontier!


You can now save camera locations in your game and return to them instantly with a key press. You have nine slots to use with default hotkeys of [1]->[9] on the keyboard keypad. Hold to set the view and tap to go to it!

• [NEW!] Custom views - default hotkeys are [1]-[9] on keypad. Tap to view, hold to set.
  
• Enabled pumpkin harvest visuals! 🎃
  
• Added Dismantle button to bottom right of in-game UI
  
• Added hotkey for Dismantle mode - default: [G]
  
• Harbours now recalculate queueing locations when a nearby harbour is built in order to avoid conflicts
  
• When placing a fixed entrance height building (usually shaft mine or train station), adjusted tiles should no longer go beyond steepness that prevents road or path placement
  
• Fixed rubble getting being non-removable in non-saved proc-gen game
  
• Fixed fuel consumption stat not being added when building is monument boosted
  
• At the workshop, the second stackbot can now provide research resource as soon as energy resource is consumed instead of waiting for 1st stackbot to return
  
• Fixed cursor locking if cursor was previously constrained when clicking 'Revert' on screen setting confirmation window
  
• Resource icons in space port panels now have correct rollovers
  
• Fixed edge case where upon tree growth, lumberjack bot stayed idle if the stackbot was busy
  
• Adjusted trade ship interval to bypass rebuild hack during ship departure
  
• Alert icon for road post connection now won't show if directly connected by a path to a bot printer building
  
• AI now won't build L2 watchtowers, but will upgrade to them from L1 watchtowers
  
• Map Editor - fixed issue with new proc gen custom map showing up with 'outside territory' lighting
  
• Map Editor - cleaned up UX with 'set starting location' buttons
  

Thank you to all the players who submitted bug reports and suggestions!

Discord: https://discord.gg/thecolonists

Hi everyone,

This month's update has a new frontier, a new boats panel along with some improvements and fixes.


This month you get a small headstart in the desert where the race is to produce beer and bread as well as squeezing a medium monument in. Good luck!


There's a new panel available in the top left of the screen where you can view all of your boats and their current status.


Mod support is nearly there and will be entering a beta this next month. Follow progress on Discord (https://discord.gg/thecolonists) or look out for more news on that soon.

• [NEW] Boat list panel - lists all the boats in your colony
  
• Added options to unlock all campaign missions and clear all campaign progress
  
• Spruced up buildings list panel and building entries in resource production, demand and storage panels
  
• Fixed military campaign savegames resetting difficulty to 'normal' when loading a savegame
  
• Fixed data leak in AI players which could cause saving to fail in very long and very large games
  
• Changed vegetable and wheat farmbots to prioritise seeding over harvesting
  
• Fixed issue where upon construction, storage yards with rules already added would not necessarily source resources from the closest buildings
  
• Fixed bug where storage yards could show up twice in the resource demands panel
  
• Resource will no longer self-destruct when arriving at a road post which a newly created transport rule which would affect the resource's journey. If full ban, resource will attempt to turn around and find a destination. If ban except storage rule then resource will search in all directions for a valid storage yard
  
• Fixed issue with water jumping when changing game speed
  
• Fixed issue with harbour's import rules being ignored when sourcing expedition resources via boat routes
  
• Fixed import rules of train station being ignored when direct connection to harbour which is sourcing expedition resources
  
• Added difficulty info to in-game scenario panel
  
• Disabled up/down arrows and added message in resource demand panel about building construction priority
  
• Fixed issue where destroying a building which had en route resources whilst the building panel was up could cause resource en route highlight icons to incorrectly remain visible
  
• Fixed issue with colony ship printing duplicate bots after placing/removing buildings at tick 0
  
• Fixed potential rare issue where building height adjustment could get locked
  
• Changed map editor water so it stays at maximum height to make easier to distinguish underwater tiles
  
• Show challenge complete screen even if no trophy earned
  
• Now only shows challenge complete screen when started as a challenge game (i.e. challenges won't register in campaign mode)
  
• Fixed boat challenge victory condition goal not updating unless panel reopened
  
• Updated Unity version to hopefully fix alt tab crash/freeze issue
  
• Fixed hitting Return or Escape not advancing OK Alert Windows like 'New Version' available
  
• Campaign screen now resizes and adds a scrollbar for squarer resolutions
  
• Fixed an issue where custom maps wouldn't run if an AI player was first in the player list
  
• Fixed up some progress bar alignment issues on construction, dismantling, expedition and military panels
  
• Increased size of resource progress bars a little on construction and upgrade panels
  
• Fixed surface miner bot appearing black when zoomed in very close
  
• Fixed not returning to main menu when trying to load a savegame that couldn't be found
  
• Fixed gold icon incorrectly showing against military times in campaign screen
  

Massive thanks to everyone who's posted or sent their feedback and bug reports, it helps a huge amount. See you next month!

Discord: https://discord.gg/thecolonists

Hi everyone,

A small update this month, unless you like to build your robot colonies in Japanese!


There's some water to be crossed in this month's frontier, or is it better to go over land? Play July's frontier and see where your best time ranks on the leaderboard.


Thanks to our amazing community translators you can now play The Colonists in Japanese!

(Also, keep your eyes out for the Japanese launch of the console version this month)

• Wheat farmbots now head to the nearest corner of the wheat field to sow/harvest
  
• Wheat farmbots can also now use the gap in the side of the building
  
• Fixed wheat farm and vegetable farm showing incorrect lower production rate when monument boosted
  
• Added Japanese option
  

Back with more updates and mod support news next month!

Discord: https://discord.gg/thecolonists

Thanks!

Hi everyone,

V1.5.12 has just gone live, here's what's new:


The June frontier brings something a little different this month - all L1 and L2 techs are preresearched so it's a turbo-charged race to build the Large Monument!


The production processes of buildings have been tweaked behind the scenes to more accurately match production and consumption rates between buildings. Most are small changes, the biggest change comes on the cocoa farm which was way too low!

• Sawmills (+10.5%)
  
• Blast furnaces (+12.9%)
  
• Blacksmiths (+21.4%)
  
• Brickyards (+19.9%)
  
• Tanneries (+21.8%)
  
• Paper mills (+18.2%)
  
• Printing presses (+12.1%)
  
• Steel mill (+18%)
  
• Glassworks (+22%)
  
• Fletcher (+22.6%)
  
• Weaponsmith (+21.2%)
  
• Wells (-7.1%)
  
• Vegetable farms (+19.6%)
  
• Cider presses (+10.5%)
  
• Breweries (+21.4%)
  
• Cocoa farms (+109.2%)
  
• Chocolate factories (+27.7%)
  

Extra stackbots have been added to many of these buildings as well as to the medium and large storage yards. Also the speed boosts of stone roads/paths and brick roads/paths have been increased by 5 and 10% respectively.

• Balancing tweaks for production buildings to more accurately match respective production rates, as well as extra stackbots.
  
• Increased stone road and path boost speed by 5%, resulting in 50% speed boost over dirt
  
• Increased brick road and path boost speed by 10%, resulting in 100% speed boost over dirt
  
• Bots will now work in clearance mode when the outgoing resource stack is full
  
• Fixed bug when placing roads and paths over broken terrain which could sometimes cause broken roads and building entrances
  
• Significantly improved issue of being able to zoom through the terrain
  
• Fixed invalid queuing locations being generated for harbours in tight spots which could cause problems when multiple ships using the harbour
  
• Fixed bug from V1.5.10 where a resource might not head to a building for construction if the building's production incoming resource stack is full (e.g. flour mill full of wheat)
  
• Fixed Orchard production rate displaying incorrectly in construction UI
  
• Fixed hang when opening Info panel on Colony Ship in game with territory disabled
  
• Fixed the game not applying saved UI text size option when opening the game
  
• Fixed train station not creating track when placed on edge of map
  

In case you missed it, The Colonists is now available to play on console! Find all the info here: https://steamcommunity.com/games/677340/announcements/detail/3085505759883522690

Once again, a big thanks to everyone providing feedback, suggestions and bug reports, see you all next month!

Discord: https://discord.gg/thecolonists

[h2]The Colonists is available on PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch right now![/h2]

The Auroch Digital team, Code by Fire, and Mode 7 are happy to announce that The Colonists is now available on consoles!

Grab your copy here:

• Xbox PlayStation Switch

You’ll be able to build your dream settlement and chase productivity zen from the comfort of your sofa, or even on the go!

The console edition of The Colonists will include both peaceful and military campaign modes, as well as challenge trophies, and sandbox mode.

[h2]Here's a reminder of what's new in The Colonists Console Edition?[/h2]
The Auroch Digital team have worked hard to make The Colonists just as awesome on consoles as it is on PC so they've added:

• New Controls: Re-designed controls from the ground up to feel natural and fun on consoles
  
• Controller Optimized UI: Re-imagined user interface to be more accessible for players of all types
  
• New Robot Hats: Some little cute touches here and there including some snazzy new robot hats (TeaBot's hat is our favourite ☕)
  

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