IMPROVEMENTS

• Orthographic (aka isometric) mode received some love: now locks to 45-degree angles and top-down view, remains consistent between sessions, and features its own HUD button (F3 hotkey is still there)
  
• Lakes now produce sound
  
• Depot window: Made the configure and sell buttons more visible
  
• Added CAD currency

FIXES

• Fixed renaming vehicle in the reconfigure window had no effect

MODDING

• Unity updated to 2022.3.20

GAMEPLAY

• Holiday cheer removed
  
• Vehicle replacement no longer affect new vehicles
  
• Complete replacement will be automatically removed

IMPROVEMENTS

• Camera bookmarks: Set bookmark: Ctrl + Shift + 0-9, go to bookmark: Shift + 0-9
  
• Added explicit close/hide button to notification history popup

FIXES

• Fixed available money got trimmed in the lab window
  
• Fixed Info tool worked through UI
  
• Fixed infinite loop of vehicle replacement can be created
  
• Fixed error when vehicle was replaced while picking destination
  
• Fixed wrong speed is reported when vehicle window is just opened

MODDING

• Unity updated to 2022.3.19

GAMEPLAY
- Holiday cheer removed
- Vehicle replacement no longer affect new vehicles
- Complete replacement will be automatically removed

FIXES
- Fixed infinite loop of vehicle replacement can be created
- Fixed error when vehicle was replaced while picking destination
- Fixed wrong speed is reported when vehicle window is just opened

How to get on beta branch: https://voxeltycoon.xyz/devlog/beta-branch/

IMPROVEMENTS
- Camera bookmarks: Set bookmark: Ctrl + Shift + 0-9, go to bookmark: Shift + 0-9
- Added explicit close/hide button to notification history popup

FIXES
- Fixed available money got trimmed in the lab window
- Fixed Info tool worked through UI

How to get on beta branch: https://voxeltycoon.xyz/devlog/beta-branch/

Get ready to sparkle 🌟 We've added a tool that lets you decorate your buildings with colorful string lights and vibrant neon tubes. Let's brighten up those short winter days!



Bring holiday cheer to your world! Check the top left of your screen for new controls to toggle night and bring in a festive holiday ambiance. It's the perfect way to showcase your holiday decorations!



Share screenshots with the community! We're super excited to see how you bring the holiday spirit into your tycoon empire. Join us on Discord and be a part of our vibrant community!

Happy building and decorating, tycoons! Let's make this season shine bright! 🚂✨🎊

Today’s update is twofold: refining the bulldozing process for a smoother workflow and significantly boosting late-game performance. We’re keen for you to delve into these enhancements and share your experiences!


We're excited to introduce a more streamlined bulldozing process in this update. Now, upon toggling off the bulldoze tool, the toolbar will automatically revert back to your previously selected tool, saving you from the tedious task of clicking through toolbars to get back to your original tool.



To further ease the bulldozing process, we’ve transitioned the bulldoze hotkey from / to E making it more accessible. Also, when activated, the bulldoze tool will now be highlighted with a red frame, providing clear visual feedback.

Adding a quick-access feature, holding down the E key will temporarily activate the bulldoze tool. Once you release the key, your previous tool selection will be restored, making it a breeze to switch between tools during gameplay.


This update brings noticeable performance improvements, especially in big late-game scenarios. We've also optimized how UI indicators work, particularly when they are hidden, to help make the game run even smoother. The boost in performance can range from just a few extra frames per second to a significant increase of 10-20 FPS. This is part of our ongoing work to improve performance, and we plan to continue making such improvements in future updates to ensure a better gameplay experience.

As always, your feedback is the cornerstone of our development process. Join us in our Discord community to share your experiences, discuss strategies, and connect with fellow gamers. We’re committed to continuous improvement and are excited about the journey ahead with our amazing community 💜

Stay tuned for more updates, and as always, thank you for being part of this exhilarating adventure!

IMPROVEMENTS
- Late game performance improvements: Players with big late-game worlds may experience a noticeable FPS boost.
- Reduced performance impact of indicators (labels), especially when they are hidden.
- Tuned console error and warning message colors for better screenshot compression and enhanced readability.

FIXES
- Fixed an issue where vehicle audio would continue playing during forced pauses, such as opening the Settings window.
- Save slot cards now support clicking through long world names.

MODDING
- Unity updated to 2022.3.10.

Today's mini-update is all about enhancing the bulldozing process. Our aim was to make the workflow smoother and less interrupted. We'd love for you to test it out and share your thoughts with us!

* After toggling off the bulldozer tool, the toolbar will now automatically revert back to your previously selected tool
* You can now temporarily activate the bulldozer tool by holding down the E key. Once you release the key, your previous tool selection will be restored. Please note, we have moved the bulldozer hotkey from / to E for easier access
* To provide clear visual feedback, an active bulldozer tool will now be highlighted with a red frame. This makes it easier to know when you're in demolition mode
* Zoom default bindings has been moved to Shift+A/D
* Fixed the issues where the zoom key bindings were inverted
* Improved consistency when placing mines on the edge of the deposit (thanks c0d3ninja for bringing this to our attention!)
* Modding: Unity updated to 2022.3.7

This intermediate update introduced color scheme support for vehicles, new Custom Rules to tailor your gameplay experience, and a few improvements and enhancements for both players and modders. If you want to delve into the details, you can check out the full changelog, or embark on a journey with us through this post for an engaging introduction.


We're introducing a subtle, yet handy new feature in Voxel Tycoon: color schemes for vehicles. This addition allows for a touch more personalization in your fleet.



From now on, vehicles in Voxel Tycoon can flaunt more than just a single color scheme. When you're about to purchase a vehicle which has alternative color schemes, a new picker will pop up on the vehicle card.



This allows you to select your preferred color scheme right before purchase, adding an extra layer of personalization and differentiation to your fleet. This added touch of customization is yet another step towards making your transportation empire truly unique.



We acknowledge that many mods in the past featured different color schemes for a single vehicle, but they were constrained to present them as separate vehicles. Now, those color schemes can be merged, simplifying the modding process and providing a better overall experience for players.

To further enhance the customization of your fleet, we've added company-specific color schemes for passenger buses and wagons. This allows you to unify your fleet with your company colors, contributing to a more cohesive visual identity for your transportation empire.



These new color schemes are designed to enhance your gameplay experience, providing more customization options and adding more flavor to your fleet. We can't wait to see the vibrant and diverse fleets you will create!

Oh, and our passenger rail cars will now light up beautifully at night!




To augment the transportation of mail, we've added brand new Tier 1 and Tier 2 mail rail cars.





Please note that box cars are no longer suitable for mail.


Have you ever wondered what it would be like to play with resource deposits that never deplete? We know you have, given that the Infinite Resources mod (which we created simply as a modding example) has become the most subscribed mod of all time.

Many players have also expressed interest in a Creative Mode. While we wanted to cater to these requests, it was essential for us to maintain the core essence of the original game. To strike this balance, we are introducing Custom Rules. This new feature provides a streamlined, in-game integrated method for personalizing your gaming experience.

With Custom Rules, you can enable specific experiences to play the game your way. At present, the Custom Rules include game-changing options such as Infinite Resources, Unlimited Money, and Everlasting Demands. These modes let you bypass some of the typical constraints of the game, allowing for a unique, personalized gameplay experience. Settings like Allow turn around, All research completed, and Start with semaphores added to the roster of Custom Rules as well.



Enabled rules will be shown on the Win/Lose screen, so you'll always know what parameters were in play. We've also added a Custom Rules badge to the save slot cards, allowing you to view the rules active for each game, ensuring full transparency and control over your gaming experience.

Furthermore, mods now have the ability to introduce their own Custom Rules as well. This enables mod creators to further enhance and customize the gameplay experience for their users. You can find an example of how to add your own Custom Rules in a mod here.


Recognizing that not everyone sifts through every detail in our changelogs, we wanted to recap some of the most interesting changes we've rolled out in past minor updates. Each of these changes plays a part in our continued efforts to ensure an enjoyable and hassle-free gaming experience for all our players. We appreciate your feedback and are committed to making Voxel Tycoon the best it can be.


We've expanded the character limit for names across the game. Now, you can have longer names for everything that can be renamed, including your company, cities, vehicles, stations, depots, labs, route names, and even save names. This gives you more room to express your creativity and individuality in your gaming world.


In a bid to make Voxel Tycoon more accessible, we've enhanced support for non-QWERTY keyboard layouts. This improvement ensures that the game's user interface will now correctly display the hotkeys corresponding to your keyboard layout, such as A instead of Q on AZERTY.

We've also added the option to choose from pre-defined QWERTY and AZERTY layouts in the controls settings.


In our commitment to enhancing game accessibility, we introduced a feature in the 0.88.2 update that allows you to reduce the contrast in build mode. This feature aims to ensure a comfortable visual experience for all players.

Additionally, we've made it so tooltips no longer disappear when taking a screenshot with Print Screen.

We've also added a Copy many vehicles at once with SHIFT hint to the tooltip for the Copy Vehicle button. We recognize there are many hidden places where the SHIFT key can be used, so we are aiming to expose those functions more clearly through our UI.


In order to provide a smoother experience when dealing with script mod errors, we've replaced the generic Failed to load .dll message box with a more detailed error window. This window offers useful actions such as 'Disable and Reload', and 'Go to Workshop'. When encountering a failed patching, the error message is now much clearer and specifies the problematic patch. We've also enhanced how the game handles missing assets cases, now reporting asset Uri over numerical id.


Lastly, update 0.88.3 brought about improvements specifically for players on M1/M2 machines where we've introduced a potential fix for memory leaks, hangs, and crashes. The issues seem to have been completely resolved for now.


We understand that our pace of development may appear slow to some, but rest assured, this is our deliberate approach to ensure we uphold our vision and maintain the high quality that Voxel Tycoon demands. All of the announced features, including Rails and Roads Rework, Contracts, and vehicle obsolescence, are indeed in active development. We prefer to take our time to polish and perfect these features rather than rushing them.

We want to keep you informed and involved every step of the way. That's why we continually update our roadmap, which provides a clear outline of what to expect in the future of Voxel Tycoon.

We highly value your thoughts and feedback on these new updates, and we would love to hear about your experiences as you dive into them. Please join us in our Discord community where you can share your ideas, ask questions, discuss strategies, and connect with fellow gamers. It's the perfect place to learn more about Voxel Tycoon and contribute to our vibrant community.

Your feedback and support are invaluable to us. You are an integral part of our development process, and your patience and understanding are what enable us to craft Voxel Tycoon into the game we all envision.

So, stay tuned for more updates and improvements. And as always, thank you for being with us on this exciting adventure. See you next time 💜

— Win/Lose screen will display all the enabled Custom Rules (including CHEATS!)
— 'Custom Rules' badge has been added to the save slot cards, letting you inspect the Custom Rules that are active for that particular game
— Fixed store window did not display price changes at non-100% UI scales ( #1044 )
— Modding: To add your own Custom Rules, inherit from the newly introduced CustomRulesMod class ( example )