[vanilla mode] We continue experimenting with a vanilla experience, so the current season will be even more challenging! On the upside, we have restored our chest buffs ;-)
[adjusted chest locations]Quest for chests: Find up to 22 chests placed around Heines, Alaska. By doing so, you will be granted a buff per chest for your seasonal journey.
[balanced] The amount and value of extra gold nuggets from drilling or digging have been reduced(you'll get the same amount of gold and magnetite from other activities).
[added]Nighthawk parcel rent price is set to $0.
[removed]Old Arnold’s parcel rent price has returned to its default value.
[added]Thunder strikes twice with the new Season #28excavator skin (go for it!).
Additional changes and updates:
[fixed] Your character won't be stuck or leave the playable area when exiting vehicles (hopefully!).
[fixed] No more flying through a gas station's roof due to improved collision handling.
[fixed] Money is no longer needed to claim a special Halloween skin (only when the event is active, obviously!).
[fixed] Notifications will display properly when re-enabling the GUI.
[adjusted] Stopped you from running through the Bulldozer or Frankenstein thanks to our chunky colliders.
[adjusted] Some machines received missing sound effects.
[adjusted] Ended Nighthawk's space program by smoothing out collision data (boo-hoo!).
[fixed] No more sliding UI buttons (on the in-game tablet).
[balance] Removed various in-game discount-related exploits.
[fixed] Skipping a day's summary should work properly while playing on the gamepad.
[fixed] Fill-level indicators in duplex jig should fill as intended.
[fixed] Corrected minor translation and formatting issues.
[fixed] We've also sent our brave construction workers to fix garage gates, potholes, and other minor visual glitches.
Thank you for sending us all the reports and suggestions. You're awesome human beings!
Season 27 has come to an end so it is time to announce the winners. Congratulations to everyone who participated and a huge round of applause for all the winners!
[vanilla mode] The current season is a tribute to the original Gold Rush experience; all seasonal bonuses (a.k.a. "buffs") have been temporarily suspended.
[added] Old Arnold's parcel rent price is set to $0.
[removed] River Town's rent price returned to its default value.
[fixed] Skins for Seasons #23 - #26 are now accessible (apologies, Winners!).
[added] A new bee-utiful skin for Season #27 Winners has been added (good luck!).
Additional changes and updates:
[adjusted] Addressed the gold nugget issue in Leaderboard mode to level the playing field for everyone.
[adjusted] Changed the minimal sensitivity level for the mouse to enable fine tuning (from 15% to 5%).
[adjusted] Slightly adjusted lightning levels to address issues with high overcast at night.
[added] Reworked some of the road signs to match those in Alaska's regions.
[fixed] Updated progression logic for achievements "Gold on the Ceiling II" and "III".
[fixed] Improved input handling for the ESC button in Machine Store.
[fixed] Smoothed out collision data near the Old Alaskan Bridge (close to the rails).
[fixed] Reworked visual representation of gold panning (more stages visible).
[fixed] Transport Crate, Water Splitter, and Glacier Creek area received various LOD tweaks.
[fixed] Reworked applying snow details to the excavator and other minor visual glitches.
Thank you for sending us all the reports and suggestions. You're awesome human beings!
[adjusted chest locations]Quest for chests: Find up to 22 chests placed around Heines, Alaska. By doing so you will be granted a buff per chest for your seasonal journey.
[added] River Town rent price is set to $0.
[removed] Pine Valley rent price has been returned to its default value.
Additional changes:
[internal] Refactored some of the existing codebase for the upcoming optimizations.
[visual] Fixed various translation, shading and visual glitches.
Thank you for sending us all the reports and suggestions. You're awesome human beings!