Steam News11 March 201610y ago

Early Access Update #6 - Build 0.74b

Welcome back Engineers! New User Interface We've completely redone the User Interface. The tool wheel has been removed and new icons have been integrated throughout the UI, complete with tooltips.

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Full Poly Bridge update

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What changed

5 fixes15 additions3 changes2 removals

UI and audio
Gameplay
Store
Workshop
Performance
Fixes

addedNew User InterfaceWe've completely redone the User Interface. The tool wheel has been removed and new icons have been integrated throughout the UI, complete with tooltips. As a result, the Tutorial has had a complete overhaul and expansion. New features are explained as well as a few existing concepts. Access it from the World Map, we highly recommend you give it a play through.

addedSuspensions Reincarnated: Tracing ToolSuspensions have been replaced with a new stronger Cable, old-cable has been renamed to Rope, perfect when used in conjunction with the new Tracing Tool. As requested by the community, we’ve added a Tracing Tool to make it easy to draw perfect arcs and curves and snap onto them while placing bridge parts.

addedBoats and PlanesNew boats have been added to the Sandbox including the Houseboat, Yacht, Cargo Ship, and Hoverboat. We've also introduced planes: the Biplane, Helicopter, and Blimp.

changedSoundtrackThe full soundtrack by Adrian Talens (@AdrianTalens) has been completed and is available as DLC on the Store Page . Includes 18 tracks of gentle fingerstyle guitar music. "Imagine going on the most relaxing road trip, let this soundtrack perfectly accompany you on your happy travels."

addedNew FeaturesAdded Camera Angle presets

addedNew FeaturesRedo function added

Poly Bridge changes

addedWe've completely redone the User Interface. The tool wheel has been removed and new icons have been integrated throughout the UI, complete with tooltips. As a result, the Tutorial has had a complete overhaul and expansion. New features are explained as well as a few existing concepts. Access it from the World Map, we highly recommend you give it a play through.

addedSuspensions have been replaced with a new stronger Cable, old-cable has been renamed to Rope, perfect when used in conjunction with the new Tracing Tool. As requested by the community, we’ve added a Tracing Tool to make it easy to draw perfect arcs and curves and snap onto them while placing bridge parts.

addedNew boats have been added to the Sandbox including the Houseboat, Yacht, Cargo Ship, and Hoverboat. We've also introduced planes: the Biplane, Helicopter, and Blimp.

changedThe full soundtrack by Adrian Talens (@AdrianTalens) has been completed and is available as DLC on the Store Page . Includes 18 tracks of gentle fingerstyle guitar music. "Imagine going on the most relaxing road trip, let this soundtrack perfectly accompany you on your happy travels."

addedAdded Camera Angle presets

Welcome back Engineers!

New User Interface

We've completely redone the User Interface. The tool wheel has been removed and new icons have been integrated throughout the UI, complete with tooltips. As a result, the Tutorial has had a complete overhaul and expansion. New features are explained as well as a few existing concepts. Access it from the World Map, we highly recommend you give it a play through.

Suspensions Reincarnated: Tracing Tool

Suspensions have been replaced with a new stronger Cable, old-cable has been renamed to Rope, perfect when used in conjunction with the new Tracing Tool. As requested by the community, we’ve added a Tracing Tool to make it easy to draw perfect arcs and curves and snap onto them while placing bridge parts.

Boats and Planes

New boats have been added to the Sandbox including the Houseboat, Yacht, Cargo Ship, and Hoverboat. We've also introduced planes: the Biplane, Helicopter, and Blimp.

Soundtrack

The full soundtrack by Adrian Talens (@AdrianTalens) has been completed and is available as DLC on the Store Page . Includes 18 tracks of gentle fingerstyle guitar music. "Imagine going on the most relaxing road trip, let this soundtrack perfectly accompany you on your happy travels."

New Features

Ropes now sag appropriately
Added Camera Angle presets
Redo function added
Split Joint Pop-Up
1 New Level (Snow Drift: Monster Jumps)
Draw Tooltip (Cost, Length, Angle)
Arc/Tracing Tool added
New Boats: Houseboat, Yacht, Cargo Ship
New Planes: Biplane, Helicopter, and Blimp

Bug Fixes

Steel and Rope collide with Boats and Planes again
Spaces now allowed when searching Workshop in-game
Camera no longer breaks when you rotate it really fast
Fixed a startup crash that was affecting some users
Fixed a problem with Boats breaking Roads too early in Sandbox
Many other small bug fixes

Improvements

Cable renamed to Rope
New ‘Cable’ material to replace removed Suspensions
Removed Cowboy’s speech on the first campaign level
Steam Achievement icons added
Vehicle/Material intros have been hidden for now
Grid Crosshatching at 1m and 5m added
Speed Controls adjusted and added to key config
Added Cut, Copy, Paste, Flip Vertical and Horizontal to key config
Upgraded game engine to Unity 5.3.3

Next Update

We’re hard at work on a complete rewrite of the Sandbox: with checkpoint flags, events branching, and a whole new interface.

Suggestions

Please help us improve the game by reporting bugs and relating your feedback and suggestions. You can do so via the in-game Feedback tool, on our Steam Forums , on our subreddit, or by email.

Every bridge needs support, thank you for supporting us during Early Access!

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