Patch 1.1.8f1 is now active, and below you’ll find a detailed list of the latest updates and modifications included in this patch. As always, please report any new issues you encounter in the bug report section of the forum so we can investigate further. Be sure to provide as much detail as possible and include a save file if applicable. Thank you to everyone for your reports; your contributions are invaluable for pinpointing various issues.
New Content
- Decorations Menu:
- Access to nearly 300 decorative items.
- 8 Categories:
- Nature (33 items)
- Park (35 items)
- Potted Plants (30 items)
- Residential Props (84 items)
- Industrial Props (49 items)
- Commercial Props (25 items)
- Debris (29 items)
- Decals (13 items)
Gameplay Fixes & Improvements
- Addressed issues concerning homeless citizens:
- Fixed homeless citizens not striving to find housing.
- Fixed homeless citizens with inappropriate household wealth.
- Corrected newly spawned households being misclassified as homeless.
- Raised the cost of shelter in the home-seeking job to reduce homeless numbers.
- Introduced MovingInHouseholdCount to track households searching for properties, and set a cap to prevent excess spawning.
- Resolved issues with the Small Elevated Subway Station indicating missing road connections and utilities when placed on 6 or 8 lane roads.
- Fixed a crash that occurred when replacing a building that had lost renters.
- Fixed noise and air pollution issues caused by road tunnels.
- Fixed buildings on pedestrian street roundabouts incorrectly showing no pedestrian access notifications.
- Addressed sick citizens getting stuck on pedestrian lanes.
- Corrected missing sewage connection notification when placing the Water Tower on combined pipes.
- Fixed the ability to place overlapping buildings.
- Corrected some city service buildings displaying an “Overlapping items” warning erroneously when placed on roundabout grids.
- Prevented buildings from being placed on water by attaching them to areas.
- Improved Passage Park coverage consistency regardless of park orientation.
- Enhanced dog behavior so citizens don’t bring their dogs to work or school unless they are already outside.
- Adjusted construction costs, upkeep, and XP rewards for Subway Stations 01, 02, and 03.
- Removed noise pollution from the Solar Power Station’s Additional Transformer Station upgrade.
UI Fixes & Improvements
- Fixed accessibility of the bottom status bar with a controller in Map Tile Purchase mode.
- Fixed “assign vehicle” selection skipping values on the slider.
- Fixed “Show Unlock Popups” option being available only in developer mode under interface options.
- Fixed UI disappearing when the “Place Multiple” Tool Mode is selected in the Vegetation tab with a controller.
- Corrected parallel offset settings malfunctioning when building roads with a controller.
- Fixed buildings showing wages section despite not having workers.
- Corrected inconsistencies in the trend updates for money and population changes.
- Addressed building upgrades missing bonuses in the Selected Info Panel.
- Fixed building attractiveness tooltip showing incorrect percentages after a building loses all attractiveness, such as due to a fire.
- Fixed Train, Tram, and Subway tutorials marking the ‘placing tracks’ step as completed prematurely.
- Corrected the tutorial welcome window top section being cut off in some languages when text scale is set to 140%.
- Fixed cut-off tutorial prompt panels.
- Restored missing police and fire safety tutorials in the advisor panel.
- Fixed out-of-focus icons during tutorials.
- Corrected the overlapping of the happiness tooltip with Citizen information in the Selected Info Panel when using a controller.
- Fixed missing tooltips in options panel when using a controller.
- Ensured Chirper posts update accurately.
- Fixed overflowing residence names in the Lifepath panel.
- Corrected overflowing text for long keybindings.
- Made long keybinding descriptions more legible.
- Corrected the thumbnail for the eight-lane divided road.
- Added missing pollution-type icons to some building upgrades.
- Fixed unreadable text in some panels on the blue interface color theme.
- Added space for passenger and cargo count in route or line detail in the Selected Info Panel.
- Fixed issue where selecting objects from the Chirper panel would not work if something was already selected when the game was loaded.
- Addressed inconsistencies in how Residential, Commercial, Industrial, and Office areas are highlighted in Infoviews.
- Enhanced Selected Info Panel of stops and stations to immediately show whether transport lines are active or disabled.
- Improved visibility of the oil icon color.
- Changed Infoview panel pie charts to horizontal bar charts for a more compact UI that enhances map legend visibility.
- Added mouse bindings for camera movement actions (both forward and backward), unset by default.
- Included Shift, Alt, and Ctrl keys in the mouse binding action description.
- Enabled scrolling through asset panel pages with the mouse wheel.
- Relocated the Small Water Tower’s UI position to precede the regular Water Tower.
Audio Fixes
- Adjusted audio for the Marquee zone tool and the map tiles tool.
- Fixed Space Rocket sound playing after it disappears from the map when followed.
- Added fire sound effects to buildings that were missing them.
- Added snapping sound effects for building pipes and electricity nets.
- Restored engine sound for the North American Ambulance.
Misc Fixes & Improvements
- Fixed terrain holes from the previous city persisting after starting a new game until terrain holes are spawned.
- Corrected right indicator on the back of NA_Ambulance01.
- Fixed the synchronization of tram direction indicators.
- Reinstalled the missing basketball hoop in the Film Actor Mansion Signature building.
- Adjusted Small Bus Station illumination after upgrading with Extra Platforms and Taxi Stop.
- Added fire visual effects to some building upgrades.
- Corrected rendering of electricity wires over smoke.
- Fixed light glow of the Forest Forwarder vehicle.
- Fixed the light source placement on the Forest Harvester vehicle.
- Changed smoke to water vapor on some industry chimneys.
- Several translation fixes applied.
- Updated game credits.
Modding Changes
- Introduced SettingsUIBindingMimicAttribute for mod syncing with built-in bindings.
- Added invert option to SettingsUIHideByConditionAttribute and SettingsUIDisableByConditionAttribute for inverting conditions.
Paradox Mods
- PDX SDK updated to 1.22.0
- Mods UI version updated to 1.7.0
- New features
- Added time range selector for Most popular mods, defaulting to the past 30 days.
- General
- Spotlight image in Featured is now clickable.
- Added dependency names to modal when subscribing to a mod with dependencies.
- Improved sorting text in Library.
- Warning added when removing a mod that has dependencies.
- Most Popular mods in Featured now show the most popular mods of the past 7 days.
- Bug fixes
- Fixed scrolling issues during sync in rare cases where multiple progress bars appeared.
- Enhanced visibility for error messages in input fields.
- Corrected alignment of the Activate playset button in the playset listing.
- Fixed profile image shifting when following and unfollowing.
- Addressed mods in playset details showing the wrong enabled state after subscribing.
Known Issues & Tips
- Resolving homelessness may take time if the city has numerous homeless households. Constructing new residential buildings may expedite the process.
- Empty buildings are currently invisible despite affecting demand but can still be occupied by residents or businesses.