Devlog Update 183

Art Stream

Come join us on Garrets Twitch channel on Wednesday (February 28th) at 1pm PDT to chat while watching some new Parkitect art being created.

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It’s been a long time since we added any new shops, so here are two: a Turkey Legs stall and a Juice Stall selling nice refreshing fruit juices.

Devlog Update 182

Maintenance month continues, so again not a lot to show this week.
We’ve updated to the latest version of Unity and also updated all of our other third-party assets. There were a few small hiccups here and there but overall it went pretty smoothly.

Water coaster channels can be properly embedded into the terrain and lakes now without creating tunnels:

And Gabby got a new Maple Tree:

Devlog Update 181

I’m doing maintenance tasks and preparations for upcoming features currently, so there’s not a whole lot to say about that. I also did some optimizations for very big parks that can improve performance by up to 15% and fixed some stuttering.

Luuk is working on the generic shop counter that sandbox players have been asking for a long time:

It allows selling any products that are available in the other normal shops that have been researched.

Devlog Update 180 + Beta 3

Beta 3 is now available for download! The full change log is at the end of this post.

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The Magic Carpet ride from this months Art Stream went into the game:

And Gabby finished another nice tree:

Changelog

- added Magic Carpet
- added First Aid Room
- added LSM launches for Steel Coaster, Giga Coaster, Wing Coaster
- added new track pieces for combinations of curves and slopes (e.g. going into a slope on a curve piece)
- added Fantasy props and building pieces, two trees, Spooky lamps, string lights, Giraffe statue, Turtle topiary
- added shopkeepers who aren’t needed anymore get fired automatically
- added ghost trains keep running while the game is paused
- added tracked rides can crash when trains collide
- added ride breakdown types
- added ride crash consequences
- added tab to shop/attraction info windows showing tasks related to it
- added filters for certain thoughts to overall thoughts list
- added search to savegames list
- added more sound effects
- adjusted effects of rain and temperature on how interested guests are in rides/food
- improved shadow quality, especially on coaster tracks
- fixed Ferris Wheel animation
- fixed not being able to replace fences of raised flat rides
- fixed weird pathfinding if station entrance/exit is placed in-line with station platform
- fixed supports not adapting to terrain changes anymore
- fixed a crash in the track builder when going from an inverted section into a vertical segment
- fixed being able to place flat rides outside the park bounds since Beta 1
- fixed a case where boats could get misaligned inside the station/pushed outside the station after loading savegame
- fixed guests did not use transport rides if the park is closing
- fixed guest stat visualizations sometimes not working when zoomed out