Distributrains news & patch notes

• Added Resource Graphs functionality
• Added nodebuggl command line flag to disable OpenGL error checking
• Fixed a bug where metal was not refunded for using the remove mode on tracks
• Fixed incorrect event text for one of the PR Campaign options
• Fixed regression where combustion engines would fail to use tanked fuel when the Train Core is empty

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• Added Export Targets option to custom game menu (requires an increasing number of export contract completions per cycle)
• The Snow Town achievement has been replaced by the Ice King achievement
• Added Speedster achievement
• Added Tidal Power Plant
• Fixed broken text for train temperament selectors

• Added new cards: Backup Generators, Fuel Reserves, Random Industries
• Added some statistics which can be viewed in the progress menu
• Music and ambient noise will now play on the main menu
• Music will now play during tutorials
• There is no longer a delay between when the score screen opens and the music pauses
• Fixed a bug where setting the music volume while ingame resulted in a temporarily incorrect gain value
• Fixed a bug where the game could freeze upon closing the game window while music was paused
• Added custom game setting for increasing the housing target by a percentage instead of linearly
• Changed granularity and ranges of the housing target/increment settings in the custom game menu
• Move industry card now has a popup window
• The highest town anger percentage this run is now displayed in the anger meter tooltip
• Window sizes and positions will now be saved when exiting the game without saving
• The default value for the passcode input in the Network window is now the previous value used for hosting
• The Forge and Lumberjack victory conditions now have a marker indicating unusually high difficulty
• Map climate is now affected by placement bias setting
• Fixed inconsistent behaviour when placing signals without dragging
• Fixed a bug where the "Accountability" contract was still visible in the contracts window after continuing from the score screen
• Fixed an issue where truncating a waypoint station from the west/north and placing a new waypoint station at its original location would always result in two stations with the same name
• Improved support for unicode file paths on Windows
• Fixed a design flaw in the network packet resending scheme, exacerbating connection problems while more than one network connection was open
• Fixed a bug where failing to join a network game by using Direct IP with the wrong passcode would result in the host failing to delete the broken connection, causing communications failure upon rejoining due to triggering the previous point in the worst possible way
• Fixed memory error or crash caused by using the order retargeting function and then destroying the newly assigned target structure
• Fixed misaligned graphics for Electrofuel Plant
• Fixed a bug where closing the Orders Window at the wrong time during the first tutorial could crash the game
• Fixed a bug where a custom game could freeze when failing to initialize deposits with some settings
• Fixed a bug where the card extra information button could be triggered by clicking under its button
• Fixed a bug where the main menu had slightly different colours before and after starting a game
• Fixed a bug where the Utopia achievement would not be listed on the score screen after being earned
• Major internal rewrites of text related code to enable future localisations

• Fixed a bug where trains could crash the game when trying to find a path while touching the south (lower-right) edge of the map with their face
• Fixed a bug where the nuclear plant UI would somtimes unnecessarily show the input power as red
• Fixed a bug where storage units would sometimes be built with the wrong orientation

• Added a new unlockable vehicle and its card
• Greatly increased the traction of Jotun, but reduced speed and increased logs consumption
• Slightly reduced fuel consumption of Mamut
• Fixed a bug where the path-following signal placement tool would get blocked by trains in bridges and tunnels
• Added diagnostic output and reduced flashing when a train has too few orders
• Fixed a bug where the nuclear plant UI would not display capacity from storage units for resources other than the ones it handles normally
• Import contracts that are not yet active no longer appear in the incomplete tab
• Renamed incomplete contracts tab due to text overflow

• Fixed a serious bug introduced in the last update where dismantling a train could cause a crash

• Contracts can now be hidden from tabs by right-clicking them
• The incomplete contracts tab now longer shows contracts that do not require the player to do anything
• Dragging vehicles into the top row at the train core will now set the build row to the top row if none was selected
• Improved the behaviour of turntable and train core train lists when the list is being modified while dragging
• Increased maximum output of nuclear power plant
• Added more informative error output on some error conditions when joining a multiplayer game

• Added a new rare power plant card
• Reputation gained from the town is no longer affected by Campaign Promises.
• Fixed a bug where the game would sometimes crash after using a Mining Survey to discover the 25th deposit on a map
• Fixed a bug where the game could crash if destroying a train station while its window was open
• Fixed a bug where loaded vehicles were not counted correctly for nonspecific loading orders
• Fixed a bug where it was possible to click on resource icons in a background window

• Added a new vehicle option for the "Experimental Vehicle Shipment" card
• Added new engine noise for the slower electric engines
• Fixed a bug where the track-following signal placement tool would sometimes go in a different direction than indicated by the arrow when starting from a track intersection
• Adjusted map generator to better preserve the shapes of water biomes, especially oceans (Custom Game only)

• Deposit and port placement is now biased based on the generated heightmap (more and better deposits will be generated on maps with hostile terrain and vice versa)
• Added custom game settings to control the placement bias
• Adjusted difficulty multiplier ramp for Residential Region in custom games
• Fixed a bug where choosing 'X' for the second internet announcement initial had a chance of generating a corrupt ID
• Added command line argument for changing the port when starting the server
• Haste achievement will now require at least 100% victory difficulty
• Added "Demo" custom game preset (Short game with reduced victory difficulty)
• Finished work on high dpi icons

• Added a signal placement mode which places signals along the shortest track path between two points
• Signals now use a small amount of power
• Trains will no longer lose their identity if moved to an empty top slot using drag and drop, or moved to the bottom when they have only one vehicle.
• Fixed bugs where the UI would sometimes become temporarily unresponsive to mouse input, such as after dragging out from the resource selector in the train orders window
• Disabled rail modifiers for tutorials where they are not meant to be used
• Fixed a potential memory error if the player used signals in the first two tutorials
• Hopper descriptions no longer neglect to mention Waste
• Fixed potential memory corruption caused by cloning a train and then destroying the target structure for an order inherited from the original train
• More progress on high dpi icons

• Shunting can now be scheduled after the end of the order list, or upon a train's next visit to the garage
• Fixed a bug where houses could spawn inside bridges
• Fixed an issue where edges of high dpi icons would be noisy on fractional scale factors on some graphics drivers
• Fixed an issue where the player's default temperament option was applied to trains in tutorials
• Fixed incorrect tooltips for default temperament selector popup
• Train sub-windows (orders, shunting, info) are now mutually exclusive and glued to the main window
• More progress on high dpi icons

• Trains now have a temperament option, affecting what detours they are willing to take when the path is blocked

• For trains waiting for a free path, the pathfinding visualiser now clearly marks the tile where the path is blocked

• Adjusted pathfinding penalties for railway structures

• The Orders window now has a Go toggle button

• Fixed the shift modifier not working for landscaping tools

• Fixed a bug where right-clicking the Load/Unload buttons in the Orders window did not work as intended

• Fast combustion engines now have a distinct engine noise

• Added an alternative faster explosives factory process using plastics instead of logs

• Added wooden carriage card and wooden carriages
• Building composite carriages now requires having used the card once
• Increased metal cost and weight of Composite Reefer
• Fixed incorrect shading for tiles on the map
• Number of houses is now displayed in the Town UI

• Windows on the ingame toolbar will now remember position and/or size information when reopened
• All buttons on the loading row of the Train Orders UI can now be right-clicked to add a new order
• Fixed a crash caused by train repathing as a response to buildings getting destroyed while exiting the game
• Changed error handling code to be more stable on some 64-bit Windows systems
• Fixed a memory leak related to desync detection in the networking module
• Fixed metal refund background in the train core's delete area sometimes having the wrong colour
• Changed playlist order for Challenge Mode
• Increased difficulty of the Overdelivery achievement
• Addidional progress on high dpi icons

• Added a new vehicle option for the Experimental Vehicle Shipment card
• Adjusted balancing for Garbodant vehicle
• Petroleum limit warnings for Import cards now use the appropriate icon
• Fixed a bug where one-way signals placed backwards on the unreserved part of the planned path of a train would sometimes cause it to pass the one-way signal from the back side
• Fixed a bug where skipping to a non-loading order targeting an industryless building while a train is loading resulted in that order being skipped
• Changed the internal error handling code to attempt to fix the game instantly crashing on a small permille of Windows systems
• Fixed a crash when changing the latency setting in single player mode
• Reduced the amount of network messages sent by using Industry UI sliders in multiplayer mode
• Added some more high dpi icons

• The "Your Trains" list can now be filtered by order targets
• Trains that are partially inside a garage now have an indicator in train lists
• Fixed an issue where windows would snap to other windows that were glued to the aforementioned window while moving
• Added some more high dpi icons

• Added a small number of high DPI icons

• Fixed a bug where the housing target did not show up in the danger tab
• Fixed potential memory corruption caused by starting a train with insufficient fuel from inside a depot and then attempting to turn it around
• Fixed a bug where the tile information tool displayed the incorrect y coordinate
• Improved logging on unstable Windows systems
• Fixed an issue where glassworks had lower production speed than intended
• Clarified how layers work in the user interface of mines
• Implemented support for high dpi icons in the code

• Added a tool to get tile information (such as elevation)
• Fixed a bug where the Spingaroo could not be used for the Kinetic Fury achievement
• Fixed a bug where train paths were sometimes cut too short when modifying tracks on their reserved paths
• Fixed a bug where trains acted as if the last tile of a bridge or tunnel was electrified and high-speed even it wasn't
• Fixed range indicators not showing up for farm and logging camp test placement tools
• Fixed an extremely rare bug where it was possible to derail a train leaving a bridge or tunnel by destroying the next tile while the train was exactly on the edge of that tile
• Marked executable as preferring discrete GPUs on some Windows systems
• Added command line flag to disable dpi detection

• Added a tutorial to explain some of the mysteries of how Train Stations work
• Slightly reduced the difficulty of the Cementmonger victory condition
• Sliders for setting starting resources in Custom Game now have finer granularity at low numbers
• Fixed a bug where the Ports could interfere with each other during map generation
• Fixed a bug where the text colour of the resource counters on the top bar would be incorrect if loading a game immediately after an error message box was displayed

• Added a new option to the Experimental Vehicle Shipment card
• Extra information windows for structure build cards now contain information about industrial processes
• Increased cost of solar panels
• Max anger is now displayed on the score screen
• Fixed a bug where the train length indicator was offscreen in train lists
• Running cost in watt-hours is now displayed in a tooltip in the train building UI
• Increased chance of log files not being empty in Windows
• UI scale will now be reduced when opening the game on a screen that is too low resolution to display the main menu

• "Powerful Official" card now increases both number of card slots and number of bonus card draws
• Modified industrial processes for Glassworks, Food Factory, Semiconductor Factory, Cement Plant, Explosives Factory, Goods Factory, Plastics Plant for balance reasons
• Wind farm performance now increases slightly with terrain height
• Added graphical hints for Farm and Logging Camp ranges
• Added a new music track
• Fixed rendering issue for LEEKSPUD.MID
• Modified hopper models to make Plastics cargo visible in train lists
• Fixed graphical glitch where trains displayed sweat drops when loading a paused game

• Contract, Cards, and Card Shop windows now have a compact mode toggle on their title bars
• Subwindows now have to be dragged beyond the snap threshold to unstick from the parent window
• Industry windows will no longer spawn partially offscreen
• Experimental vehicles are now unlocked for building after getting them from the card
• Cards classified as rare now appear less frequently in the shop
• Fixed a bug where capacity from wind turbines was misclassified as solar power capacity
• Increased the detail of the farm structure description

• Updated code to allow more diverse locomotive types in the future
• Updated mechanics, graphics and sound design for Truketog
• Added missing tooltips for the Industrial Aid card
• The train dismantling drop area now shows the metal refund amount when hovering a vehicle over it
• VBOs are now disabled on all ATI/AMD drivers on Windows unless the command line argument vbo=1 is present

• Vehicles now have tooltips showing cargo in train lists
• Train turnaround progress is now shown in the UI
• Fixed an animation error in train turnarounds
• Fixed a bug where oil derricks showed up incorrectly in the power monitor
• Reduced chances of drag and drop accidents
• Additional internal sanity checks for save file loads
• Added a patch for a bug where trains could get stuck entering the train core
• VBOs are now disabled by default on more AMD drivers