The Colonists News

Hi everyone,


A new month means a new Frontier! This map is all about expansion and cow farm production - how quickly can you store hide and sell milk? And don't forget the monuments!

• Added the option to use procedural generation when creating a custom map
  
• Added in-game leaderboard button for campaign and custom maps
  
• Added warning about existing export rules when dismantling a building
  
• Export rules can now be changed during dismantling
  
• Export rules now apply to resources reclaimed from dismantling
  
• Fixed error and potential freeze when loading savegames where a bot printing queue contains a bot for a non-existent building
  
• Fixed surface deposits not being see-through when in priority selection mode on a surface mine
  
• Fixed the game placing an initial field tile when clicking on the no farm fields warning icon
  
• Fixed monument boosts not being removed during dismantling
  
• Fixed incorrect messaging on subpanel when placing non contiguous farm fields
  
• Fixed 'Flora_42_Name' showing up in certain places
  
• Fixed game time using plurals of month and day incorrectly
  
• Printer now doesn't go through animation for bots that no longer need to exist
  

If you'd like to chat about the game or preview new features before they go live, come and join the Discord! https://discord.gg/thecolonists

Thanks, see you next month!

Hi everyone,

V1.5.8 is a small update with January's Frontier and few bug fixes:

• January's Frontier
  
• When setting lumberjack priority tiles different graphics are now shown depending on whether the tile is occupied by a tree or not
  
• Tweaked tree opacity values when setting priority tiles so it's easier to see through to tiles
  
• Fixed bug when stackbot direct building delivery was interrupted by road post placement
  
• Fixed bug on Screen Settings window with setting and saving 'Cursor Constrained'
  
• Fixed Screen Settings window 'applyable' state not always initiating correctly
  
• Fixed edge panning in Windowed mode
  
• Fixed being able to click through an alert window (e.g. closing game menu when showing save game warning)
  
• Fixed warning icon not showing up on fields tab for Vegetable Farm and Wheat Farm
  

Discord: https://discord.gg/thecolonists

Thanks!

Hi everyone,

Here's a small Christmas update to enjoy with your robot friends!


It's that time of year again, spruce up your colonies with some festive decorations - christmas trees, presents and as many snowbots as you can build!


In case you missed it, December's Frontier is active and will run until the end of month. How quickly can you build five small monuments?


Thanks to the terrific work of our community member Shekerd, the game is now available to play in Spanish!

V1.5.7

• Christmas trees, presents and snowbots are back!
  
• Added option to hold [Shift] when adding Whitelist/Blacklist buildings to keep panel open
  
• You can now remove the Colony Ship road post if you have 'free road post placement' setting active
  
• Fixed workshops being dismantled showing up as idle
  
• Fixed water-breaking bug when destroying a harbour or boatyard on water above sea level and game loading issue after that
  
• Recompleted Korean translation (thanks to interp)
  

V1.5.6

• Game is now available in Spanish!
  
• Fixed some UI overlapping on blacklist/whitelist rules panels
  
• Fixed offset of chocolate factory rollover info
  
• Fixed one island entry not displaying beer count correctly on Beer Challenge
  
• Fixed medal times not showing for challenges
  

We'll be back next year with more frontiers and more updates. Thanks as always to the great community for their feedback and testing - you can join our Discord here: https://discord.gg/thecolonists

See you next year!

Hi everyone,

This month we have two new buildings, new resources and November's Frontier!


You have a new way to feed your colonists - chocolate! Build a cocoa farm to harvest the cocoa beans, gather the milk from the cow farm and then combine them at the chocolate factory for a brand new level 3 luxury food!




November's Frontier is live and has a particularly chocolately flavour!

V1.5.5

• NEW Chocolate Factory and Cocoa Farm! Supply your Level 3 Residences with chocolate
  
• Fixed some issues with tooltips not showing up when hovering over farm fields
  
• Fixed watchtower not resetting priority target after being captured
  
• Added help section to research panel
  
• Fixed tooltip staying open when right-clicking to close window whilst hovering over 'all resource' rule on a vehicle transport stop
  
• Fixed right-clicking to close window whilst hovering over resource still opening the resource panel
  
• Added tech icons to construction and upgrade panels
  
• Better messages when farmbot is idle and waiting for something to grow
  
• Steam achievements are reapplied on opening game, in case they didn't didn't register with Steam at time of achievement
  

Mod Support is still under development, find out more in the #modding channel on our Discord server.


Deveolpment has started on one way roads and if you'd like to test this new feature out then head over to our Discord to try them on our development branch later on this month.

Thanks as ever to all the community members for their testing, bug reports and feedback!

Discord: https://discord.gg/thecolonists

Thanks!

Hi everyone,

The 1.5.4 update for The Colonists has gone live!


The leaves are falling and the temperature is dropping, it's that time of the year again - the pumpkin harvest! For the next month the pumpkin farm is available and your colonists can enjoy their mysteriously processed pumpkins.


In case you missed it, Frontiers are a recently added feature where every month a new map is created with different goals to try and complete. October's Frontier has just appeared and has a seasonal theme, check it out!

V1.5.4

• It's Harvest Time - Pumpkins and the Pumpkin Farm are back!
  
• Players now can replay old Frontiers but times won't be recorded
  
• Added tracking information for Challenges in the mission info panel
  
• Increased max train speed by 25%
  
• Added skippable warning to deleting savegame in load game window
  
• Added beer to alcohol category preset
  
• Fixed saved SFX volume not being applied on opening the game
  
• Fixed deconstructing workshops counting as idle
  
• Fixed an instance of possible space port ship freeze
  
• Fixed visual ui bug with resource rules overflowing on boat/station stops
  
• Fixed bug with being able to place train tracks below sea level
  
• Fixed import building selection sometimes including irrelevant building types
  

V1.5.3

• Enabled deconstruction for buildings under construction
  
• Added 'Tiny' option to random map generation options
  
• Fixed shaft mines on random maps occasionally blocking each other
  
• Additional tweaks to proc gen to reduce chances of getting inaccessible shaft mines
  
• Fixed storage yard still demanding resources after dismantling has started
  
• Added overlay to watchtowers under construction to indicate territory gain
  
• Fixed surface mine construction storage only being 4 resources instead of usual 8
  
• Fixed incorrect mission names showing for some campaign missions in info panel
  

Mod Support is currently under development, if you'd like to help test or make mods for the game then come and join us in #modding on our Discord channel.


Next month we've got two brand new buildings arriving! If you can't wait, head over to our Discord to try them on our development branch later on this month.

As always, a huge thanks to everyone for their testing and feedback, it's really appreciated!

Discord: https://discord.gg/thecolonists

See you next month!