InfraSpace news & patch notes

Hello everyone!

Thanks to everyone who playtested the update in the last days. I just moved it to the stable branch for everyone to download.

Changelog

• Managed to make a bit of a breakthrough in simulation performance.

  • We observed speedups on the CPU between 17 - 320% in very large cities.

  • It probably depends a lot on your actual city, please don't have too high expectations. Some traffic setups might be unaffected. Test and let us know if it made a difference for you!

  • If your game is GPU-bound (meaning graphics settings make a big impact on the frame rate), then this won’t do much. But, if you’re building large cities and are hitting a CPU limit (fast forward slows down your game), this should help.

• Added a slider for UI volume in the settings (link).

• Fixed a bug where the passenger deck bonus to habitat consumption would not be saved properly (reported by AronJerda on Discord).

• Fixed an issue where the traffic light tutorial would not open the encyclopedia on the correct page.

• Fixed an issue where it was possible to build tiny, 0-length streets, which didn’t do anything except show a red error (reported by yogomove on Discord).

• Updated some translations.

• Fixed an issue where some tutorial messages would be titled like “Tutorial: Tutorial: …” (reported by zytukin on Discord).

• When placing buildings, it takes a couple of frames to switch into drag-building mode. This should reduce the number of times people drag-build by accident (suggested by Bayonette).

• Special shoutout to InfraSpace modder Bayonette, who worked with us on the following 3 improvements. Thanks a bunch!

  • Fixed a bug where some cars could get deleted in traffic jams on the small outgoing roads of buildings, leading to lost resources.

  • Rebalancing so that buildings with integrated roads ask for more deliveries at once (especially buildings like the large storehouse or the mega-buildings used to take in items slower than their connects would allow).

  • Fixed an issue where some objects would not be marked red when selected for lasering.

As always, a note on the state of InfraSpace:

InfraSpace is finished, but still getting maintained. It will receive bugfix updates indefinitely, but no new features. Please report any issues you see with the game. We check back in every couple of months, and when enough issues have accumulated, we release a small update to fix them all at once.

We are currently making our next game, taking a lot of learnings into account! If you're interested, news are available on our website. Thanks, and happy playing!

Hello everyone, and happy holidays!

Today I have a little bit of a surprise for you with a big performance update and some bugfixes. Update 1.55.453 has been uploaded to the testing branch.

I would like to release it to everyone before Christmas, so if there are some brave souls that wanna test their city in the new version, and let me know if you can find any issues, that'd be great! See below.

Changelog

• Managed to make a bit of a breakthrough in simulation performance.

  • We observed speedups on the CPU between 17 - 320% in very large cities.

  • It probably depends a lot on your actual city, please don't have too high expectations. Some traffic setups might be unaffected. Test and let us know if it made a difference for you!

  • If your game is GPU-bound (meaning graphics settings make a big impact on the frame rate), then this won’t do much. But, if you’re building large cities and are hitting a CPU limit (fast forward slows down your game), this should help.

• Added a slider for UI volume in the settings (link).

• Fixed a bug where the passenger deck bonus to habitat consumption would not be saved properly (reported by AronJerda on Discord).

• Fixed an issue where the traffic light tutorial would not open the encyclopedia on the correct page.

• Fixed an issue where it was possible to build tiny, 0-length streets, which didn’t do anything except show a red error (reported by yogomove on Discord).

• Updated some translations.

• Fixed an issue where some tutorial messages would be titled like “Tutorial: Tutorial: …” (reported by zytukin on Discord).

• When placing buildings, it takes a couple of frames to switch into drag-building mode. This should reduce the number of times people drag-build by accident (suggested by Bayonette).

• Special shoutout to InfraSpace modder Bayonette, who worked with us on the following 3 improvements. Thanks a bunch!

  • Fixed a bug where some cars could get deleted in traffic jams on the small outgoing roads of buildings, leading to lost resources.

  • Rebalancing so that buildings with integrated roads ask for more delivieries at once (especially buildings like the large storehouse or the mega-buildings used to take in items slower than their connects would allow).

  • Fixed an issue where some objects would not be marked red when selected for lasering.

Thanks to everyone who reported issues!

How to playtest the update

If you want to help us test this update, you can switch to the playtesting branch by clicking on InfraSpace in Steam -> Properties -> Betas -> change the beta branch to "preview-test". If you find any issues, let us know either in the comments here, on Discord, or via email: [email protected] Thanks a lot for any feedback on the update! (Note: InfraSpace is in maintenance mode and will receive bugfix updates indefinitely, but no new features. We are currently making our next game, taking a lot of learnings into account! If you're interested, news are available on our website.) Thanks and happy playing!

Security Update

A security vulnerability has been discovered in the Unity game engine (info). A ton of games on Steam are affected, so you might see many games updating lately. This update fixes the issue for InfraSpace.

Am I at risk?

Probably not. There are no confirmed cases of the vulnerability being exploited and Valve, Microsoft, Apple, etc. have been taking additional security steps behind the scenes already. Now game developers are updating, too. Also, this vulnerability is only exploitable in combination with other vulnerabilities. Still, it's important for devs to fix these issues to keep players as safe as possible.

What about content updates?

InfraSpace is a finished game and we only fix bugs or bigger issues. We usually wait for a bunch of reports to come in and address them all at once. There are only minor changes on our list at the moment, so the next minor patch is still a while out. If you are looking for new content from us, check out the work on our next game. This update is only about the security fix, so the game should work the exact same. Let us know if there are any issues, thanks. As always, happy playing!

Hello everyone!

This update has been on the testing branch for a while. It's now stable and is released to all players.

• Fixed an issue where the achievement "total industrialisation" took a long time to trigger on very long saves. It has to check if you have produced all resources ever and used to only check 200 time points. If your save was many hours old, it could take a long time for the achievement to trigger.

• Improved the city stats chart to always show the current production on the right edge. This is related to above: With long saves, we only show 200 data points out of all city stats, and the latest changes could be invisible, because they're not part of the 200 shown data points yet.

• Fixed an issue where terraforming production would not be recorded in the city stats charts properly.

If any of you experience problems with this update, let us know.

Thanks, and happy playing!

Hello everyone!

Update 1.52.450 Released for All

This update is stable and is released to all players.

• Fixed a save loading issue regarding pipes

• Fixed a save loading issue regarding gondolas

• Improved achievement handling: It used to be that population achievements only get checked every 5 minutes, leading to some players getting confused as to why their achievement does not trigger. Now it checks every couple of seconds (efficiently).

If any of you experience problems with this update, let us konw.

Update 1.53.451 on the Testing Branch

Update 1.53.451 has been uploaded to the testing branch. If nobody finds any issues with it, it will be released to all players in a couple days.

• Fixed an issue where the achievement "total industrialisation" took a long time to trigger on very long saves. It has to check if you have produced all resources ever and used to only check 200 time points. If your save was many hours old, it could take a long time for the achievement to trigger.

• Improved the city stats chart to always show the current production on the right edge. This is related to above: With long saves, we only show 200 data points out of all city stats, and the latest changes could be invisible, because they're not part of the 200 shown data points yet.

• Fixed an issue where terraforming production would not be recorded in the city stats charts properly.

How to playtest the update

If you want to help us test this update, you can switch to the playtesting branch by clicking on InfraSpace in Steam -> Properties -> Betas -> change the beta branch to "preview-test". If you find any issues, let us know either in the comments here, on Discord, or via email: [email protected] Thanks and happy playing!

Fixes

• Fixed a save loading issue regarding pipes
• Fixed a save loading issue regarding gondolas
• Improved achievement handling: It used to be that population achievements only get checked every 5 minutes, leading to some players getting confused as to why their achievement does not trigger. Now it checks every couple of seconds (efficiently).

How to playtest the update

• Steam Cloud is now cross compatible between windows and mac.

New Mountain Map

• You can't get production bonuses as easily. Because you have so little space, you need to make choices about which buildings you put next to which for the neighbor bonus.
• There are only a couple of flat valleys. Do you mix the residential area and industiral area somewhere? Keep it apart? What about area of effect buildings?
• Traffic is harder to route, especially if you want your roads and rails to fit to the terrain
• Sometimes you need to rebuild and enlarge an intersection for better throughput. With less space, you have to think twice about how exactly you want to do it.

Terrain Placement Rules Changed

• Can place power poles and wind turbines anywhere, no matter how steep
• Wind turbines no longer flatten the nearby terrain (power poles never did)
• However: Solar power plants are now only placeable on 10° slopes (earlier it was the default 20°)

Better Logistics Centers

Save Loading Performance

Better Stats Panel

Small Changes

• Spaceship tab can now be exited with escape
• Train signals tutorial now only triggers when trains are actually unlocked
• Updated Engine Version

Fixes

• Fixed grass not disappearing when building a road on top of it
• Fixed an issue where the "total industrialization" achievement would not trigger in some circumstances (produce all resources)
• Fixed a host of Mac-Steam issues: Achivements not triggering, mods not loading
• Fixed other Mac issues, like mod folder not opening or mod config files export not working
• Fixed different font size in german in some UIs
• After playing the intro cinematic, the world settings UI would show again for a second. Now it doesn't
• Removed old messages about city level up
• Fixed some localization and text issues

Future

One more content update

New Game in the Works

Volcano Map

Localization Update

Mac Crash Fix

Full List of Changes

• Changed the algorithm that distributes workers to jobs
• Fixed superHighways category sometimes needing two clicks to get selected)
• Fixed replace/reverse buttons staying on outside of road/rail categories
• Fixed being able to replace rails w/ roads
• Fixed missing Japanese letters
• Fixed collection/distribution center UI buttons having background text
• Removed car resource from collection/distribution center's resource list
• Fixed logistics visualization not counting pipes as connections
• Fixed an issue where deleting a building in district caused an internal issue
• Fix in encyclopedia entry for districts
• Fixed bridge piers colliders being too short (not colliding after a certain height)
• Fixed buildings w/ multiple producable resources not showing missing road connection when it has only 1 pipe
• Fixed tutorial buttons having "Production" text instead of "Got it"
• Fixed production panel tutorial throwing not assigned error
• Updated localization
• Fixed noAccessToRoad not showing in PowerUpInfoPanel upon having no road connection (for recycling center and soil fertilizer)
• Fixed moving AOE upgrade buildings not applying their upgrade to their neighbors (for recycling center and soil fertilizer)
• Fixed producers out of range of collection centers making deliveries to them
• Fixed gondola connectors throwing NullReferenceException
• Fixed highlighting a save file's name while renaming it throwing an error

• Fix delete save button not working
• Fix reverse road tool bringing back foliage
• Fix UI scale slider jittering the graphics settings
• Fix preview road (road that hasn't been built yet) touching a rail breaking the game
• Fix spaceship view not showing laser
• Replace cursor while replacing/reversing roads
• Fix intersection rings (blue rings) not disappearing after canceling deletion
• Fix deleting all rails of a train line, which has at least a train, throwing an error
• Fix collection/distribution centers not disconnecting upon resource change

Updates now monthly instead of weekly

• Fixed incorrect area coverage and terraforming progress in the terraforming progression panel
• Sharpened the text of all of the UIs and improve the UI of map selection
• Fixed vsync not working properly in graphics settings
• Fixed colliding buildings no longer colliding with nearby roads upon loading
• Fixed terraforming buildings that were terraforming without workers
• Fixed fertilizer drone hub texture looking wrong
• Fixed car colors so that all truck colors match their resource icon

Optimization incoming

• Fixed moving distribution center's consumer buildings not adding(removing) itself to(from) the distribution centers in realtime
• Fixed clicking on a car that's going to a building without a sideroad throwing errors
• Fixed distribution center's UI sometimes throwing errors
• Fixed update InfraSpace 1.23.413 causing some players' saves not to load
• Fixed moving AOE buildings (e.g. parks) that were sorrunded by many habitats sometimes throwing error
• Fixed clicking on Recyling Center and Soil Enrichment not kicking in visualization mode

• Changed terraforming visualization color so you can much more easily see where you might have missed a spot.
• Made 100% terraforming a little more easy to reach.
• Changed train pathfinding to avoid going through stations if they are not the destination. Helps with avoiding congestion.
• Changed goods pathfinding slightly to avoid unnecessary train rides in cases where players did not lay out their city well.
• Fixed research lab's panel to update the selected research properly.

Trains

Nuclear Power Water Rebalance

• Reduced maximum storage of water to 36, so early game it does not take forever to fill buildings
• Reduced consumption of water for nuclear power plants, so they are not stuck waiting for water

Bug fixes

• Fixed factories over delivering to habitats
• Fixed grass growing in buildings and roads after terraforming
• Fixed some race condition errors

UI changes

• Luxury habitats no longer show "fulfil the additional needs to upgrade"
• Fixed train stations and gondolas not showing resources
• Brought back terraforming's "progress total: x%" text
• Improved key binding's UI

Other changes

• rebalanced (increased) a couple of storage limits for resources so we don't have any delivery issues, in particular with the nuclear reactors.
• Added a tutorial for "factory upgrades"

• Factory info panel
• Habitats info panel
• Pipes and tank panel
• Research Lab panel
• Power panels
• Extra descriptions for most buildings
• Link to tutorials and encyclopedia on most buildings/factories info panel
• Text-based upgrades to icons (e.g. "improved wind turbines", self-cleaning panels...)
• Key bindings
• And lots more...

Bugfixing

• Green grass from terraforming not getting removed by roads and buildings anymore
• Train issues
• Steam player Seastar's reports where he can't seem to open the game anymore

A little extra content

• Fixed an issue where some liquid tanks' pipes broke some players' saves.

• Improved factory UI to show bonus production that you get for completing spaceship parts
• Fixed an issue where buildings requested resources even if they didn't have enough space for a full truck load
• Fixed an issue where moving collection / distribution centers did not update their connected buildings visualization immediately
• Fixed trucks being deleted upon re-routing to buildings with integrated roads (like distribution centers)
• Flipped collection / distribution centers' integrated roads (now it's like every other building, it won't affect saves)
• Fixed that deleting a pipe also deletes pipes that lie underneath
• Fixed liquid tanks not updating pipe's network capacity immediately
• Fixed an issue where translations didn't work for mods
• Fix red dots not showing in the dashboard below for newly researched buildings while tutorial's where disabled
• Fixed broken roads/rails/pipes not allowing some save's to load
• Improve achievement tracking & fix population achievements

• Fixed an issue where distribution center would request too many resources from collection center and destroy the superfluous ones