Greetings, Esteemed Mayors!
We are delighted to present the latest update for your cities! Patch 1.2.5f1 is here, introducing an array of new parks as previously highlighted in the Anniversary Announcement on the 10th. Moreover, this update comes loaded with numerous fixes! Let’s delve into the details.
This update features several enhancements to improve the management of homelessness:
Homelessness statistic enhancements
- Integration of homelessness data within the Population Info View.
- Homeless households appear and can be selected in the parks’ Selected Info Panel.
- Optimized conditions for citizen relocation to mitigate homelessness.
These modifications facilitate tracking homelessness, locating affected populations within your urban area, and assessing individual situations of homeless citizens. If employment is not an issue among the homeless in your locality, they merely require affordable housing. Conversely, those who are jobless will need employment suitable for their educational qualifications to transition out of homelessness.
In addition, the logic governing young adults leaving their parental homes has improved. Previously, upon reaching adulthood, individuals would move out regardless of available housing, potentially resulting in homelessness.
Now, they will reside with their family until certain criteria are fulfilled:
- Newly matured citizens need employment before moving out.
- They contribute to the family’s finances until sufficient starting funds are available for them, enhancing their chances of leading autonomous lives.
- They assess the availability of housing within the city before moving out.
- If housing in the city is insufficient, they might relocate beyond city limits and commute. Commuters may likely return when housing becomes available.
Updates in Patch 1.2.5f1
Known challenges:
- Adjustments to crime accumulation may necessitate increased police presence and precise district assignments for efficient crime resolution.
- Tax revenues from industrial and office zones have decreased owing to a correction that accounts for wages from untaxed income. Ensure office zones have access to a well-educated workforce if they struggle to be profitable.
New Additions:
- Introduction of Easy and Normal modes.
- Commemorative parks for the 10th anniversary of Cities: Skylines:
- Chirplet Park
- Chirper Park
- Chirper Adventure Park
- Chirper Fun Time Complex
- Activity Playground
- Hilly Playground
- Play Round
- Basketball Center
- Dog Activity Park
- Park Cafe
Enhancements to Gameplay:
- Resolved a crash occurring when loading a save with Region Pack content after the pack is disabled.
- Fixed a crash linked to saves with missing zone types.
- Resolved crashes stemming from missing assets in saves.
- Addressed a crash when selecting an upgrade from the Add Object menu while having an unsupported item selected.
- Fixed a crash when aligning the Landfill or Extractor lot area to the starting node.
- Resolved a crash induced by vehicular collisions with parked track vehicles.
- Mended a rare crash related to unsupported Inkscape SVG CSS style icons.
- Crime-centric adjustments:
- Corrected an issue with crime probability accumulation, ensuring police info view correctly reflects crime levels and police patrols actively operate.
- Resolved police cars ignoring criminals despite being present at a crime scene.
- Corrected Jail & Prison Availability displays to align with actual capacity.
- Homelessness adjustments:
- Introduced homelessness data to the Population info view, highlighting user engagement in encampments.
- Added a sidebar displaying information on homeless citizens, households, and encampments.
- Added a resident section for homeless encampments located in parks and abandoned buildings.
- Integrated a homeless count into Statistics.
- Enhanced citizen relocation logic to minimize instances of homelessness among new adults, allowing them additional time in parental homes for financial readiness and evaluating housing availability.
- Addressed an issue with homeless citizens becoming stuck after demolishing areas in pre-version 1.1.8f1 cities.
- Resolved blank destination fields for homeless citizens.
- Prevented homeless encampments in prominent buildings:
- Ferris Wheel
- Näsinneula
- National Gallery of Arts
- Notre-Dame
- National Diet Building
- Namdaemun
- Botanical Garden
- Fountain Plaza
- Grand Hotel
- Bell Tower of Xi’an
- Adjustments to garbage management:
- Refined garbage accumulation for park buildings.
- Corrected a garbage accumulation bug concerning park employees.
- Resolved incorrect garbage calculations for service buildings.
- Enhanced Garbage City Service buildings’ transport capacity.
- Increased the Landfill’s default Garbage Storage Capacity to enable full load collections when the facility is empty.
- Adjustments to traffic management:
- Advanced citizen pathfinding enabling easier navigation through parks linked to multiple roads.
- Improved traffic flow across intersections by permitting blocked vehicles to prioritize exit.
- Enhanced roadside parking with orientation based on driveway connectivity.
- Accelerated taxi boarding times.
- Resolved firetrucks’ inability to reach certain sub-building upgrades located away from roads.
- Addressed unexpected bus u-turns when leaving a stop, ensuring route consistency.
- Resolved cars randomly disappearing in roundabouts, especially during busy times with multi-lane roundabouts and emergency vehicles.
- Fixed cars decelerating unnecessarily at green lights.
- Addressed transport vehicles incorrectly targeting non-healing facilities and issues with healthcare vehicles selecting citizens already in transit.
- Rectified reversing issues with trucks/equipment entering buildings, they now exit and spawn in the correct orientation.
- Corrected trucks collecting from empty warehouses.
- Rectified overlapping error presentations when forming new polygon areas.
- Resolved perpetual fire effects for Greenhouses in specific farming zones, ensuring they display correctly during fires only on main structures.
- Rectified relocation cost errors when repositioning a City Service building to its original site.
- Corrected relocation action cancellations when attempting to move structures to restricted zones.
- Amended Disaster Response Unit’s vehicle count anomalies.
- Corrected “No pedestrian access” notifications related to the Bell Tower of Xi’an Landmark despite functional road connections.
- Resolved pathfinding issues for NA_ResidentialHigh01_L5_2x4.
- Added omitted underground cables visualizing electricity flow beneath exclusive bus lanes and tram tracks.
- Enabled upgrades for standalone bus lanes with lighting, noting that those without this upgrade won’t transport electricity.
- Applied profitability analysis adjustments for businesses by comparing previous and current monthly profits for precision.
- Adjusted the passenger volume for AirplanePassenger02.
- Lowered cloud cover and precipitation levels by roughly 20% across various maps.
- Enhanced precipitation turbulence for the San Francisco map to ensure spring rainfall surpasses 0.3, balancing lightning probability at 5% and rain requirement to 0.3.
- Tweaked Water Surface values for a more subtle and scaled appearance aligning with landscape and wind norms.
- Opted for a less saturated, darker base color for temperate cliffs and soil.
- Slightly revised aerial views to accentuate a bluish hue.
- Made seasonal visuals brighter with greater contrast.
- Heightened day/night contrast, adjusting the night tint accordingly.
- Minimized terrain far tiling.
- Adjusted floral hues for consistent color between spring and summer.
UI Enhancements:
- Refreshed background images for the main menu.
- Introduced new UI icon styles.
- Enabled selection of Extractors/Landfills via their polygon area.
- Refined Electricity statistics color scheme for improved clarity.
- Enhanced visibility of Forestry Areas and boundaries in dense woods.
- Improved parking lot borders visibility; structure overlays are clearer when overlapping during placement.
- Added unique asset labels for distinctive structures.
- Updated text and resolved translation glitches.
- An alphabetized country list is featured across all languages upon setting up a Paradox Account.
- Executed various controller adjustments.
- Fixed several SFX issues.
- Added confirmation hotkeys:
- Press Enter for action affirmation on pop-ups.
- Navigate with the Left/Right arrows to select buttons.
- Rectified inaccuracies in household members’ statistics graphs, addressing duplicate entries for family counts and education levels.
- Corrected an issue where the landscaping tool altered terrain unsolicitedly after UI interaction during terraforming.
- Fixed the ability to move ruins beyond city limits.
Modding Enhancements:
- Resolved incorrect climate latitude/longitude data application within simulations.
Miscellaneous Enhancements:
- Updated to Unity2022.3.57f1
- Fixed misalignment issues within the Solar Power Plant’s assets.
- Resolved camera collision issues with two High Density Office buildings.
- Corrected issues allowing students to walk through the City Elementary School fence.
Paradox Mods Enhancements and Fixes:
- Updated PDX SDK to version 1.31.0
- Mods UI updated to version 1.9.0
- Integrated support for external GoFundMe links
- Enabled social username setting for users missing one in My Profile
- Display tag usage counts
- Show dependent DLC names
- Bug resolutions:
- Addressed an issue wherein pressing Escape closed Mods UI during a modal.
- Various minor bug fixes implemented.
As always, report any bugs or issues at our Bug Report Forum. Your input helps us enhance and refine the game further!