EA Update 0.1.16 is live – New water buildings & gameplay improvements

Version 0.1.16

This update introduces water management, new jobs, improvements to unit interactions, level generation improvements, and many performance optimizations to make the experience smoother.

New content

New buildings

• Well

• Water tank (small)

• Water tank (medium)

• Water tank (big)

New technologies

• Hydraulics (unlocks well and small tank)

• Advanced hydraulics (unlocks medium tank and global well bonus)

• Expert hydraulics (unlocks big tank and global well bonus)

New jobs

• Water carrier (collects water and fills tanks)

Gameplay improvements

• Added more actions when clicking on a building while having a unit selected (shows all pending tasks available to any citizen).

• Giving instructions to a citizen is now more versatile:

  • Right-clicking a building assigns the highest priority available task.

  • Holding right-click shows all available tasks.

• Improved error messages with more context and hints.

• Improved some road placement behaviours.

• Improved support generation when building on slopes.

• Reworked level generation.

• Improved intro smoothness.

Performance improvements

• Faster and more reliable save and auto save.

• Improved mission selection background processing to reduce lags.

Bug fixes

• Fixed ongoing technology research not properly saving/restoring.

• Fixed a level generation issue where the Town Center could be incorrectly placed.

Thank you for your feedback and support. More improvements and content are coming.