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Steam News28 March 201214y ago

Tropico 4 Update Released

Gameplay Fixes: - Buffed hotel profits and tourism - Edicts with monthly/yearly upkeep are no longer free - Fixed favored trade partner foreign relations bonus - Private investment offers will not appear for disabled bu

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  • Balance
  • UI and audio
fixedGameplay Fixes: - Buffed hotel profits and tourism - Edicts with monthly/yearly upkeep are no longer free - Fixed favored trade partner foreign relations bonus - Private investment offers will not appear for disabled buildings - Foreign aid given now matches the amount displayed in the notification - Fixed some cases where citizes walk to their destination instead of taking a car - Oil cost increase depends on the map's start year - Weather Station chance of success depends on the workers' skill - Weather Station properly displays and charges operation costs - Fire Station area of effect on the Cat-In-Tree work mode increased - Fixed Mine upgrades - Radar Dishes on Clear the Airwaves work mode block subversive activities more efficiently - Fixed housing quality boost of Climate Control upgrade
fixedUser Interface Fixes: - Added option to open the almanac from a choice dialog - Added setting for controlling scroll speed - Mouse rollover of people in the Almanac displays their names - Correctly display resources under embargo in the almanac - Food-producing buildings now display exports in the info panel - More information added to some building info panels - Added controls for navigation to the top and bottom of the highscore list - Fixed incorrect display of army count in some cases - Fixed some wrong texts in respect and relation modifiers in the Almanac - Fixed work mode names text sometimes being cut off - Fixed a bug preventing users from removing certain building shortcuts - Various other user interface fixes and improvements
fixedOther Fixes: - Fixed a rare issue causing the game to freeze shortly after loading a saved game - Fixed performance problems in some rare circumstances - Fixed hotkeys that didn't always work for some buildings - Fixed battleships moving backwards - Fixed ship sounds - Game is no longer paused when visiting user-submitted islands - Challenge Editor: multiple fixes and improvements - Tropicans now enjoy even longer walks on the beach - Added Steam Cloud support

Tropico 4 changes

fixedGameplay Fixes: - Buffed hotel profits and tourism - Edicts with monthly/yearly upkeep are no longer free - Fixed favored trade partner foreign relations bonus - Private investment offers will not appear for disabled buildings - Foreign aid given now matches the amount displayed in the notification - Fixed some cases where citizes walk to their destination instead of taking a car - Oil cost increase depends on the map's start year - Weather Station chance of success depends on the workers' skill - Weather Station properly displays and charges operation costs - Fire Station area of effect on the Cat-In-Tree work mode increased - Fixed Mine upgrades - Radar Dishes on Clear the Airwaves work mode block subversive activities more efficiently - Fixed housing quality boost of Climate Control upgrade
fixedUser Interface Fixes: - Added option to open the almanac from a choice dialog - Added setting for controlling scroll speed - Mouse rollover of people in the Almanac displays their names - Correctly display resources under embargo in the almanac - Food-producing buildings now display exports in the info panel - More information added to some building info panels - Added controls for navigation to the top and bottom of the highscore list - Fixed incorrect display of army count in some cases - Fixed some wrong texts in respect and relation modifiers in the Almanac - Fixed work mode names text sometimes being cut off - Fixed a bug preventing users from removing certain building shortcuts - Various other user interface fixes and improvements
fixedOther Fixes: - Fixed a rare issue causing the game to freeze shortly after loading a saved game - Fixed performance problems in some rare circumstances - Fixed hotkeys that didn't always work for some buildings - Fixed battleships moving backwards - Fixed ship sounds - Game is no longer paused when visiting user-submitted islands - Challenge Editor: multiple fixes and improvements - Tropicans now enjoy even longer walks on the beach - Added Steam Cloud support

Gameplay Fixes: - Buffed hotel profits and tourism - Edicts with monthly/yearly upkeep are no longer free - Fixed favored trade partner foreign relations bonus - Private investment offers will not appear for disabled buildings - Foreign aid given now matches the amount displayed in the notification - Fixed some cases where citizes walk to their destination instead of taking a car - Oil cost increase depends on the map's start year - Weather Station chance of success depends on the workers' skill - Weather Station properly displays and charges operation costs - Fire Station area of effect on the Cat-In-Tree work mode increased - Fixed Mine upgrades - Radar Dishes on Clear the Airwaves work mode block subversive activities more efficiently - Fixed housing quality boost of Climate Control upgrade

User Interface Fixes: - Added option to open the almanac from a choice dialog - Added setting for controlling scroll speed - Mouse rollover of people in the Almanac displays their names - Correctly display resources under embargo in the almanac - Food-producing buildings now display exports in the info panel - More information added to some building info panels - Added controls for navigation to the top and bottom of the highscore list - Fixed incorrect display of army count in some cases - Fixed some wrong texts in respect and relation modifiers in the Almanac - Fixed work mode names text sometimes being cut off - Fixed a bug preventing users from removing certain building shortcuts - Various other user interface fixes and improvements

Other Fixes: - Fixed a rare issue causing the game to freeze shortly after loading a saved game - Fixed performance problems in some rare circumstances - Fixed hotkeys that didn't always work for some buildings - Fixed battleships moving backwards - Fixed ship sounds - Game is no longer paused when visiting user-submitted islands - Challenge Editor: multiple fixes and improvements - Tropicans now enjoy even longer walks on the beach - Added Steam Cloud support

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Steam News / 28 March 2012

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