November 1, 2011 at 5:11 am
November's release benefits from more user-visible updates than usual but also includes major changes to our code structure.
Synekism now has data views, though not much data yet exists to display, you now have a better insight into what the Simulator is doing. Data views can be enabled through the settings menu.
To make some use of the data views we introduced land value. For now, government lots will be the only ones increasing the land value of an area. With this change comes the restriction that high density lots will only develop in areas of high land value, that is, nearby government lots. IMPORTANT: Already developed high density lots will de-develop if the land value goes down so when loading cities from a previous version, before un-pausing, it is recommended that you use the land value data view to locate and address any unsatisfied high density lots with some additional government zones.
And in addition to making road segment midpoints visible while using the road or lot tools, we also fixed several bugs throughout the game.
Finally, Synekism now supports tooltips to help with our often strange icons.
PLEASE NOTE: Until we restore faith in our installer (hopefully by next release) please back up any treasured save files (in your My Documents/Synekism folder) prior to upgrading!