Beta 4 is now available for download! The full change log is at the end of this post.

Devlog

We added the Floorless Coaster from this weeks Art Stream:

Apart from the floorless cars it features a new type of brake, the holding brake, which stops and holds trains on slopes for a customizable amount of time:

Changelog

- added Floorless Coaster
- added holding brakes to some coasters
- added Turkey Legs stall
- added Fruit Juices stall
- added generic shop counter
- added Maple Tree, Elephant Statue
- added demolishing objects that have been placed in the scenario editor no longer give a refund
- added graphics setting for adjusting LOD distance
- changed time to start in Year 1 instead of Year 0
- increased guest count by ~10%
- improved guest distribution over the park
- improved overall performance by up to 15%
- improved performance when hiding scenery
- improved performance when using custom camera mods
- improved tunnels on Water Coaster
- fixed some custom ride music mp3s not loading
- fixed a case where shuttle coaster trains could disappear after saving the game
- fixed a case where guests would enter Transformer ride while it’s in the wrong position

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:

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.