The new update is a bit bigger and introduce a lot of new functionality and code changes, so I am still very suspicious about releasing it as a public default version.

On the other hand, I would like to let you try it while it is a holiday time, so I've decided to release it on experimental branch today and if you experience any issue, please report it to info@mashinky.com. This option to let you play while still working on the update is the beauty of Early Access, right? :)

You can switch to Experimental in steam client - properties - beta versions - Experimental.

and now lets talk about news:

• Steam Workshop (first iteration)
  
• x64 build (downloads automatically according to your OS)
  
• New terrain type
  
• Silvester mod :)
  
• Tons of other smaller improvements and fixes

...and happy new year to everyone! 🥂🍾

... as I promised, here you can see full changelog:

• Added: x64 Support!
  
• Added: x64 build batches, depots, setup, UI visualization
  
• Added: Plant Acacia
  
• Added: Improved generator of template mod xml
  
• Added: Possibility to mod scenarios
  
• Added: Possibility to mod colors (light, fog, grass, etc. - per season)
  
• Added: Possibility to mod landscape params (fog density, snow height - per season)
  
• Added: Backward compatibility for loading old format colors
  
• Added: New steam workshop templates
  
• Added: Support for more terrain types (modable)
  
• Added: VFS now supports GetAllFiles with masks (like "scenarios/*.mss")
  
• Added: New terrain brush - Contour Cut (used for wild west terrain type)
  
• Added: Freq param to terrain brush Perlin noise, new alg.
  
• Added: Possibility to disable mod
  
• Added: Controls for water colors also in content window
  
• Added: Runtime changing of landscape type in editor
  
• Added: Particles 2 colors interpolation
  
• Added: New landscape type colors
  
• Added: Grass and Rock model defined by landscape type (and can be switched runtime)
  
• Added: It is possible to disable also local not-submited mod
  
• Added: Automatic assignment of Steam workshop mod tags according to mod content
  
• Added: Case insensitivness of xml tags
  
• Added: Particles direction jitter
  
• Added: Particles multiple birth
  
• Added: Particles birth delay
  
• Added: Silvester mod
  
  
• Modified: track cost
  
• Modified: Checkboxes grayed out when disabled
  
• Modified: Extentions window improved
  
• Modified: Steam workshop integration, uploading logs, steam overlay integrated
  
• Modified: Moved scenarios to media folder
  
• Modified: Renamed vagon_types to wagon_types (including inside tags)
  
• Modified: Refactored reloading of mods runtime
  
• Modified: Changed all landscape type xml definitions params to just "params"
  
• Modified: ZIP mods not visible in mod window
  
  
• Fixed: Crash after loading some 512 map
  
• Fixed: Chain signal shows green when dead end ahead
  
• Fixed: Buildings rules summaries
  
• Fixed: Rock mask noised before first terrain edit
  
• Fixed: Crash when start new map and buy engine
  
• Fixed: Reseting map when load game from another game (endless loading)
  
• Fixed: Missing Texts
  
• Fixed: Crash when clicking on reward button in Log Processing quest
  
• Fixed: Skip waypoint when waiting for full load
  
• Fixed: Input box focus visualization
  
• Fixed: Crash when wagon has no power nor capacity
  
• Fixed: Buttons and Checkboxes works better together with window tabs
  
• Fixed: Script GetNumTracks counts fixed when removing track pieces
  
• Fixed: Async loading when using plant falling leafes feature
  
• Fixed: Reset terrain textures when device lost
  
• Fixed: Build batches
  
• Fixed: First use of terrain filter did nothing

Jan

First of all I want to thank you so much for your support this year and wish you a beautiful Christmas and a peaceful holiday!

December was not an easy month for me, I've spent some time in a hospital and slowly recovering from neuroboreliosis with frequent headaches, so I'm in a slip with the Christmas update, but hope it is all over and I am back with the full speed now!

... and I am sure the upcoming update will be worth it ;)

Soon I will announce all the details!

Jan

We are already working on 5th era, but it will take some time, so meantime here you have rather visual update, but also fixes for several bugs.

Main updates:

• Sea reflections
  
• Shadows improvements
  
• "Turn around" button force train to stop, turn around and continue
  
• Town size and number of depot / station / building upgrades visible in map icon
  
• Fixed Green signal issue when upgrading track
  
• Fixed Building tunel "under sea level" issue
  
• Fixed Upgrading / Removing parallel track under the bridge

Added

• Shadow blur pass (bilateral filtering via depth difference)
  
• Sea reflection (bridges, tracks, buildings, trees, vehicles)
  
• Optimized: Sea Reflection (portal reflecting frustum culling)
  
• "Turn around" button in train window force train to stop, turn around and start again
  
• Showing town population and number of building / depot / station upgrades directly in map icons
  
• First version of sea reflections optimization (per tile sea level/portal reflected frustum culling) (WIP)

Modified

• Upgrade tab icon
  
• Icons for upgrade and industry changed in tool bar and main menu
  
• Snow brightness is more subtle

Fixed

• Path-finding Issue
  
• Wrong Green signal (potential train accidents when modifing track)
  
• Trees Shadow in winter (without fallen leaves)
  
• Postponed quests fixed (it happend that they never come back)
  
• Tool bar state reset after load (cinstruction mode, game speed)
  
• Endless loop when loading save file ingame
  
• Valley bottoms raised to allow tunnel under
  
• Loading specific savefile
  
• Upgrading / removing parallel track under the bridge
  
• Bridge half pylons issue
  
• Sea shadow noise
  
• Sea reflections text in setup window

Removed

• Storage full message (until proper msg setup window implemented)

Thats all I can share for now, but we have more currently work in progress ;)

Have a nice day!
Jan

I have a good news for you: From now, you can build signals on bridges! It works including everything like block signals, chain signals, one way signals, automatic signals placement and also under the bridges or building bridge over existing signals.

I've also reimplemented raycasting for this feature, so there is also some improvement for track removal tool and track upgrade tool (cursor snap distance and you can use it on high bridges now).
https://youtu.be/npmC4OfooRQ

There are also many fixes, some of them quite crucial for those of you, who happen to have corrupted save file.

Full change log here:

• Added: Bridge signals
  
• Modified: Ruined church model
  
• Modified: New texts version
  
• Modified: New scripts iteration
  
• Modified: Enabled Turn around on the end of platform
  
• Modified: New grass colors, New grass/snow/rock mask texture
  
• Modified: New raycasting used for removing track, upgrading track, placing signals
  
• Optimized: Loading saved games
  
• Fixed: start with 0 money when quests turned off
  
• Fixed: Invisible locomotives
  
• Fixed: Signals search distance when updating their status
  
• Fixed: "Adding to routelist" cancels other tools
  
• Fixed: Crash after loading saved game or after town grow
  
• Fixed: Removing multiple tracks with one-way signals
  
• Fixed: Terrain editing restrictions around tunnels
  
• Fixed: Crash when loading "Trainspotting" quest vehicles
  
• Fixed: High speed track snow mask

And one huge "THANKS" to all of you guys, since Mashinky has some unbelievable 100% rating on steam! I have clearly the best community I would ever dream of!



Have a nice day!
Jan

Today I have a great news for you!

There were many requests for automatic signal placement with some predefined distances. Today, together with some fixes, this feature finally made it to the build!

Complete changelog:

Automatic signal placement

• Place automatically multiple one-way block signals.
  
• Number specifies the maximum length of train that can fit into each created block.

Fixes

• Achievements captions and triggers
  
• Snow level restored (winter is back)
  
• Station area flickering
  
• Station upgrades removing and placing again
  
• Too large station check

Best,
Jan

After releasing of 4th era, several issues showed up, so we did our best to sort these out.

Aside from fixing bugs, I've managed to optimize some parts of Mashinky's game logic, so the performance on lower spec. pcs and also when the game speed is set to higher value.

Full changelist can be seen here:

Optimizations

• There are 3 areas I've improved performance (On screen news, bit arrays used for various AI and signals alghoritms and computation of train wheels position).

Fixes

• Sometimes old saves didn't get any of new quests
  
• When cloning unavailable trains
  
• Game creates SAVES directory if not exists
  
• Potential fixes for rare corrupted saving bug
  
• Wrong onboard camera directions when train flipped
  
• Removing tool removes also high speed track stations
  
• Rare crash with selecting / removing building
  
• Adding upgrades to more than 256 stations used
  
• Rare issue with era quests
  
• Crash when removing station still present in a route list
  
• Storage full message cool-down prolonged 5->15 minutes, train lost starving message prolonged 1->3 minutes
  
• New localized texts version
  
• Bangle model flipped
  
• Bulldozer sound tuned down by ~9dB
  
• Too much snow on rails and roads

Best,
Jan

4th era is out and here you can see the most important changes, as well as several screenshots and teaser video!

New Industry chain

• 2 new cargo types: Sand and Steel.
  
• New buildings: Sand quarry with 2 upgrades and Steelworks with 3 upgrades.
  
• New building recipes and Factory upgrade to process steel into tokens and goods.
  
• Oil refining process rebalancing including oil wells upgrade to make more oil tokens.

New Quests

• 7+ new quests, 2 old quests improved and modified Era quest.
  
• We've also finished the brand new internal script director so it is possible to add more quests easier.

New Engines and Wagons

• Since we are in an advanced diesel age, there are new 4 fast diesel engines.
  
• Also we've added 4 new unique engines as a quest reward (reskinned old types, but one is really unique & awesome). There is also one new rare quest wagon.
  
• There are new sand / steel wagons but there is also new iron wagon requested by the community.

New Map

• One biggest carefully prepared map called Island
  
• Updated all maps with 4th era industry locations

New Features

• Buildings now have onboard cameras (172 camera positions for all buildings and building upgrades so you can climb up the chimney and look around or even take
  a look inside one or two buildings).
  
• Now you can easily duplicate any train either stopped inside the depot or running
  outside.
  
• Vehicle's (or building's) onboad cameras now have directions and better transition between cameras itself.

Minor improvements

• Many script functions for possibility to make quests even more interesting and novelty (already used for 4th era quests).
  
• Rendering is now capable to cut holes into the ground for specific building parts (used for sand quarry).
  
• Engines and wagons rebalancing.
  
• Enabled new hardcore option: Fuel cost
  
• Interieur and 3d wheels of Porter steam engine.
  
• There is also message when you send train to a depot and it finally reaches
  the destination :)

Fixes

• Many fixes including some pathfinding, autorouting, signals, quests, visuals, post office generating, kph/mph conversions, quest text alignment with buttons and icons.
  
• Also fixed annoying Station full storage message.
  
• Splash window always starts on primary monitor and fixed prefered monitor index (for cases where removed or switched monitors).
  
• and much more...
  
  You can continue from the old save, but better to start
  new game due to additional content in previous eras!
  
  https://youtu.be/RoTECKzmCHU
  
  Best,
  Jan
  
  

just a small heads-up for today. I just wanted to share one of new features prepared for you together with 4th era update:

(either stopped in a depot, or moving outside).

https://youtu.be/MUt3qg9C3qE
It shows you the overall cost and sum of all wagons. When you have enough tokens, you can duplicate any train (and its routelist) by a simple click ;) Finally...

Stay tuned, I will share some more info soon.

Best,
Jan

We are finishing 4th era so let's set the date!
also you can see new industry building on this picture :)




What I am very excited about is that aside to ordinary set of beatifully crafted new fast diesel engines and wagons for 2 new cargo types, this time, together with a buch of new challenging and original quests, we are also finishing some unique engines as a special quest reward!

There are also some new features like switchable cameras also for buildings (similar to vehicles onboard cameras). There are 170+ carefully placed what I call vista points :)

I am so looking forward to let you in, guys, we just need to catch several last bugs and abrade some rough edges ;)

Best,
Jan

4th era is shaping up so I can start sharing some of informations!

It seems that this update will be the biggest one for Mashinky. The reason is that in this update, there will be not only 4th era added (including several new diesel locomotives, wagons for two new cargo types and new industry buildings and industry chain), but we are polishing also some new and very interesting quests for you and also some new or updated quests for earlier eras with very unique and exciting rewards!

Once we finish these, I will share with you even more informations or screenshots.

For today, I will give you some small sneak peek from one of new industry type, which will become even more strategic in next years:



Stay tuned for more info and release date ;)

Best,
Jan