News & Updates

May 22, 2013
UPDATE
The 4-star casino now has new art and animations!
UPDATE
Standardized the animations for chips and casino points.
UPDATE
Added a subtle animation for leveling up.
FIX
Fixed issue with chip animations running for too long.
FIX
You no longer get stuck in some casinos outside of Zone 0.
FIX
Tweaked the position of the camera in lot edit mode.
May 21, 2013
UPDATE
The art for the Entertainer NPC is now complete.
UPDATE
Selling items now actually returns part of the purchase price, based on the time since it was bought.
FIX
A bunch of updates to the AI players to get them working better and improve performance.
FIX
Fix issues with fade screen from outside editor to game world.
FIX
Fix flickering issue with fading out red arrow.
FIX
Disable player walking while inside of the casino editor.
FIX
Update Real Estate prices after purchasing a lot.
FIX
It is no longer difficult to click the volume button.
May 19, 2013
UPDATE
Remove 'RENAME' icon in properties manager and allow editing of text by clicking on the name of the casino.
UPDATE
Mousing over or clicking on the status bar on the manage porperties window will now show the status number.
FIX
Fix bug that caused mission givers to go invisible.
FIX
There were issues entering casinos in zones outside of Zone 0.
FIX
Fix issue that caused ground textures outside of Zone 0 to disappear.
FIX
A few more tweaks to remove stuttering in cluttered areas.
May 17, 2013
UPDATE
Show the poker shortcut keys in the info window.
FIX
Double-clicking again no longer causes hyper-animation and the title to get stuck.
FIX
Sorry folks, you can no longer play a slot machine from outside a casino.
FIX
Fix some choppiness caused by a previous update.
FIX
Changing bet/raise amount should now always work in poker.
FIX
Hitting enter in poker chat will no longer fire the bet/raise button.
May 17, 2013
FEATURE
Add a new outside item: Brick & Hedge Wall.
UPDATE
Update the look and animations of the 3-star casino.
UPDATE
Improve the loading times when going from inside to outside.
FIX
Fix some issues with the NPCs not always showing.
FIX
Fix visual depth-sorting issue with mission NPC coin.
FIX
Fix issue with objects 'popping' into view on the edges of the screen.
FIX
Fix empty speech bubble in morale window.
May 16, 2013
FEATURE
AI players are finally here! You will see non-player characters walking around and interacting with the world. We are starting it off small to ease into it, so please send feedback on this fairly large new feature.
FIX
Fix bug that caused chips to get out of sync.
FIX
Fix a bunch of issues with global chat that caused overflows and messed up paging.
FIX
Dramatically improve rendering speed of chat messages.
FIX
Active chat participants were not showing correctly before.
FIX
Cleanliness history should now be correct.
May 14, 2013
FEATURE
The icon for the real estate building now shows on the buying map to give context for purchasing lots.
UPDATE
Add in 3 new pieces of trash (new art).
UPDATE
Click areas for casino entryways has been expanded so it is easier to enter.
FIX
Fix several errors that were causing poker freezes.
FIX
Fix issue that sometimes caused chat to double in poker.
FIX
Fix alignment of the bar.
FIX
The DELETE key now works in input boxes.
FIX
Pressing tab on the quick chat input no longer closes it.
FIX
There was a visual issue with the metrics menu when first opening a casino.
May 13, 2013
UPDATE
The 1-star casino has been completely redesigned. The door is now in the middle, fixing several issues. This model also has some subtle animations built in as well.
UPDATE
Made the loading coin show before all of the game files have loaded (a much cooler loading screen will be coming at some point).
FIX
Setting advertising to 'No Advertising' no saves correctly.
FIX
Fix position of quick chat input box.
May 11, 2013
UPDATE
Added the marketing images for no advertising and TV.
FIX
Fix a few placement issues in the map.
FIX
Fix issue with doorway disappearing outside of the main zone.
FIX
Changing advertising now updates the image in the manage menu.
FIX
Fix chat overflow issue.
May 10, 2013
FIX
A bunch of edge-case errors that were causing issues.
FIX
Opera compatibility fix.
FIX
Leaving a poker table no longer breaks things.