v0.7.20 - New Commodity Category, New Machine Flow and Increase Tier Cap

Hi everyone, 😄

Thank you very much for your continued support, reports, and feedback. This update introduces a brand new commodity category with its own processing flow, new machines, and new products. We are also expanding progression and updating Vendor Truck bonuses to make room for the new content.

Here is what is included in this version.

Main Updates

1. New Legume Commodities and Products

We are introducing a new commodity category: Legumes, along with new processed products made from them.

Starting in this update, commodities are now grouped into two categories:

• Vegetables (all previous commodities)

• Legumes (new category), including:

  • Red Bean

  • Red Lentil

  • Soybean

This is the first step toward a more structured content system where different ingredient categories can have unique processing rules and product styles.

2. New Legume Production Flow and New Machines

With the new Legume category, we are also introducing a different production machine flow that must be followed to process legume based ingredients correctly.

To support this, we added three new machines:

1. Pulse Cleaner Machine Cleans legumes by removing outer skin and unwanted residue.

2. Soaking Vat Machine Soaks legumes to improve cleanliness and prepare them for further processing.

3. Thermal Processor Machine Processes legumes through heat based treatments such as boiling, roasting, and other heating methods.

These machines must be placed in the correct order to produce the intended results, then continued into packaging and labelling just like your existing production lines. If the machine composition or order is incorrect, the output may be rejected or the quality grade can be reduced.

3. New Packaging Type: Can Packaging

We are introducing a new packaging type to expand product variety: Can Packaging.

• Can Packaging uses a dedicated machine: Packaging Machine Can.

• Similar to other packaging machines, you must supply Can Packaging into the machine before it can process products.

For now, there are 3 new products that use Can Packaging and legume based ingredients. This packaging system is designed to open the door to more product types in future updates.

4. Tier Cap Increased to Tier 35

With the addition of new commodities, new machines, and new products, we are increasing the maximum Tier, Tier cap is now 35.

This allows progression to continue while we expand content step by step.

5. Vendor Truck Popular and Preferred List Update

We updated the Popular and Preferred product lists for Vendor Truck sales locations.

This update creates space for the new legume based products to be included in Vendor Truck bonuses, so they can participate properly in sales location preferences and reward patterns.

Improvements

1. Commodity Category Filter and Icons

We added new filters and icons to clearly show whether a commodity is Vegetable, or Legume.

This makes it easier to browse and filter commodities. If we add more categories in the future, they will use the same system so content stays organized and searchable.

2. Processing Machine Category Filter and Icons

We also added category filters and icons for processing machines, making it easier to filter machines based on which production flow they belong to, Vegetable or Legume.

This helps players quickly identify the right machines for the right pipeline, especially now that different commodity categories can require different processing chains.

Once again, thank you very much for all your support, reports, and feedback. This update also opens the door for future variant categories, where new ingredient types can be introduced with their own unique machine flow systems.

We are also preparing several additional updates based on the feedback we received from the previous update, and we’ll share more details as soon as they are ready to ship.

If you encounter any issues with the new update, please report them through the in-game Bug Report Menu and/or the Steam Discussions so we can investigate quickly.

See you in the next update! 🥗🚚

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