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[Aklyon]

THE END (of content update).

Spoiler: 2.0 chagelog (click to show/hide)

 = Developer Tools and Cheats

Developer tools and cheats, seen in some of the alpha videos, are now available to everyone. A new option is shown when creating a new map, "Enable Cheats". This is prison specific and cannot be disabled later.

When enabled:

    All construction occurs immediately
    A new 'Spawn' toolbar button permits instant creation of any game object for zero cost
    Water can be placed like any other material
    Research in the bureaucracy screen can be sped up by holding down the right mouse button on the item

The Function keys now perform debug services:

F1   
    Edit world properties (Very easy to crash/ruin the game)
F2   
    Profiler
F3   
    Script Debugger
F4   
    Dialog Editor
F5   
    Sound Editor
F6   
    Sprite Bank Editor for Needs icons
F7   
    Sprite Bank Editor for User Interface icons
F8   
    Sprite Bank Editor for Game Sprites
F9   
    Debug rendering options
F11
    Enlarge Map in All Directions

Nb.

    Cheat prisons do not allow achievement unlocks
    Cheat prisons cannot be sold for profit.

- Policy Window (continued)

    You can now set which misbehaviours warrant an increase or decrease in prisoner security. For example, murder can be set to immediately make a prisoner Max-Sec.
    You can now disable the cell quality checks that determine which cells a prisoner can be assigned to. When enabled, prisoners who misbehave will not be assigned to a nice cell, even if that nice cell is the only one available. When disabled, prisoners will always be assigned to free cells if that is all that is available.

- Modding System (continued)

    - Added World.NumPrisoners and World.Capacity. These return tables containing the current number of prisoners and the total number of cells in each security rating respectively.
    - Added ability to use markers in object tooltip strings (via objectTable.Tooltip). See lua_function_list.txt

- Localisations

    All languages updated

= BUG FIXES

    Jobs to construct walls are now visible while designating rooms.
    Fix for reliability of + button in Build Toolbar
    Delivery Truck drivers no longer counted in Staff Reports
    Utilities Room in Quick Build no longer uses the default sprite
    Objects that can't be rotated are no longer rotated if part of a Quick Build
    Staff inside gang controlled areas can now be sacked
    0010930: [AI & Behaviour] Death row prisoners show up as max security (Icepick) - resolved.
    0011077: [Other] Name in Game Tier issue (John) - resolved.
    0011091: [Control & User Interface] Clicking where the taskbar is located shows the taskbar in windows 10 anniversary update (lim_ak) - resolved.
    0011119: [Gameplay] The issue with taking Death row prisoners. (Icepick) - resolved.
    0010968: [Performance] Random crash.Especially during the riot or taser fighting (John) - resolved.
    0011017: [Control & User Interface] [v2preview] crash when viewing "stolen from" (John) - resolved.
    0010921: [AI & Behaviour] Freetime broken (Icepick) - resolved.
    0011032: [Control & User Interface] wrong Japanese translation (John) - resolved.
    0011052: [Gameplay] Quickbuild "luxury cell" and common room not updated for v2.0 tv behavior. (Icepick) - resolved.
    0010191: [AI & Behaviour] Dead armed guards will not stop moving when put in Hearse. (Icepick) - resolved.
    0011060: [Control & User Interface] Ability to disable the automatic prisoner security change. (Icepick) - resolved.
    0007196: [Control & User Interface] Inmate Nutrition Research Grammar (Icepick) - resolved.
    0011170: [AI & Behaviour] Several security-restricted reception rooms do not work (Icepick) - resolved.
    0011168: [AI & Behaviour] Visitation does not satisfy family need. (Icepick) - resolved.
    0010829: [Gameplay] Extension to automatic Security Risk re-assignment (Icepick) - resolved.
    0003491: [Control & User Interface] I need more intake in order to keep the Prison profitable (Icepick) - resolved.
    0011129: [Platform Specific Issues] Windows 10 Taskbar vs PA Toolbar (lim_ak) - resolved.
    0009331: [Gameplay] Execution Lockdown fails to complete (Icepick) - resolved.
    0011135: [Gameplay] Freedom need not satisfied by yard (Icepick) - resolved.
    0011150: [AI & Behaviour] Confidential Informants Get Stuck In Security Room (Icepick) - resolved.
    0011106: [Control & User Interface] Micromanagement bug - no teacher exists while he does. (Icepick) - resolved.
    0011145: [Control & User Interface] Screen focus shifts while in Informants view mode (Icepick) - resolved.
    0011158: [Control & User Interface] Cannot switch from Dump to Dismantle in Context Menu (Icepick) - resolved.
    0011160: [Gameplay] National guard should cancel lockdown before entering the prison (Icepick) - resolved.
    0011105: [AI & Behaviour] Cell doors are open during Work/Lockup regime (Icepick) - resolved.
    0011120: [Mod System] [Bug] Using "Interface.RemoveComponent()" extends the menu window height instead of shortening (elDiablo) - resolved.
    0011068: [Control & User Interface] Nasty new problems with Interface Buttons on objects (elDiablo) - resolved.
    0011097: [Mod System] Make the amount of prisoners per Security Level and the amount available/total cells per Security level accessible for mods (elDiablo) - resolved.
    0010996: [AI & Behaviour] (Version 2 preview) Prisoners in solitary aren't using toilets/showers even though their needs are high (Icepick) - resolved.
    0011104: [Gameplay] Prisoners sniffed by dog and searched once deposited in solitary never start serving their punishment (Icepick) - resolved.
    0011136: [AI & Behaviour] Food tray redistribution (Icepick) - resolved.
    0011124: [Gameplay] The new suprise minsec legendary gangleader event didn't actually make the prisoner a gang leader (Icepick) - resolved.
    0011133: [AI & Behaviour] Prisoners get stuck when sent to solitary (Icepick) - resolved.
    0011132: [Gameplay] Object duplication with high-priority jobs (Icepick) - resolved.
    0011014: [Save & Load] SectorSystem check keeps reverting changes (Icepick) - resolved.
    0011131: [Gameplay] Snipers bug. (Icepick) - resolved.
    0011046: [Control & User Interface] Confidential informants screen misplaced (Icepick) - resolved.
    0010521: [AI & Behaviour] Families wont visit causing lots of fights (Icepick) - resolved.
    0011126: [AI & Behaviour] Prisoners fail to satisfy "Literacy" need despite having library books (Icepick) - resolved.
    0011087: [AI & Behaviour] Prisoners taken to medical beds are not healed or returned to cells (Icepick) - resolved.
    0010998: [Control & User Interface] "Total Prisoners" intake always selects maximum number of inmates regardless of number set (lim_ak) - resolved.
    0011071: [AI & Behaviour] Stacking babies in a single stack (Icepick) - resolved.
    0011075: [Gameplay] Mother visited by her 0yr. old child (Icepick) - resolved.
    0011092: [Gameplay] Certain events should not occour before the player has unlocked what (Icepick) - resolved.
    0011030: [Control & User Interface] v2 Reg Doors cannot be locked open (Icepick) - resolved.
    0011081: [AI & Behaviour] Snipers target same prisoner (Icepick) - resolved.
    0011058: [Gameplay] Mayor does not require large TV removal (Icepick) - resolved.
    0011079: [Gameplay] Cell Grading for Dormitories bugged with more than 1 Occupants. (Icepick) - resolved.
    0011067: [Gameplay] Random items appearing on todo list. (Icepick) - resolved.
    0011003: [Gameplay] Agitating radio broadcasts wont stop (Icepick) - resolved.

[Tobel]

Right, so Hospital Architect next please? Thanks.

[miauw62]

Looks like we'll never get improved zoning... Pretty sad :/

Oh well. Access to dev tools is nice. I might try my full solitary prison again now that I can reasonably cheat in a 1000 person solitary block.

[Drakale]

Woop, now they can focus on something more interesting than prisons hopefully.

[Virtz]

Woop, now they can focus on something more interesting than prisons hopefully.

Like a gimmicky walking simulator and/or a puzzle game?

[forsaken1111]

Woop, now they can focus on something more interesting than prisons hopefully.

Like a gimmicky walking simulator and/or a puzzle game?

Yeah I'm not really excited about the silly cave explorer thing. It didn't look remotely interesting.

[Cthulhu]

The bomb one looked great on the other hand, I'll be really disappointed if it takes a backseat for yet another non-game.

[Virtz]

Thing about the bomb game that concerns me is that it'd be a one-playthrough kinda thing. On the other hand, if it meant they could do it like in a year or less instead of the 4 years it took with Prison Architect, and then try something simulationy again, then I'd be all for it.

Apparently the cave game has already been decided by poll, tho.

[forsaken1111]

Apparently the cave game has already been decided by poll, tho.

Sadly that will probably be the first introversion game I skip then.

[puke]

decided by poll

Democracy is among the worst decision making systems ever conceived.  It is great if you want, for example, to create an impression of legitimacy or a feeling of buy in for your system of governance from the governed.  It is absolute shit if you want to decide anything of import.

on the other hand, it is fairly okay at market research, which is exactly what this is.  So, maybe it will make them a million pounds?  Good on them if it does.

Chris and Mark seems clever enough that I trust them to have good judgement on these things, so maybe there is more to it than we are seeing?  To be honest, the concept does not look like it has any legs to me.

[Cthulhu]

Everyone says democracy is a good idea but I think we know deep down it's ass.  As soon as it's implemented everyone goes straight to work trying to subvert and neuter it.

[miauw62]

dunno democracy is a pretty good idea for government

idk why anybody would want to apply democracy to any sort of creative process though.

[BigD145]

Everyone says democracy is a good idea but I think we know deep down it's ass.  As soon as it's implemented everyone goes straight to work trying to subvert and neuter it.

BREAD AND CIRCUSES FOR EVERYONE

[nenjin]

Everyone says democracy is a good idea but I think we know deep down it's ass.  As soon as it's implemented everyone goes straight to work trying to subvert and neuter it.

Sort of like a video game no? The minute you present a gamer with an ordered system, the first thing many try to do is break it, trivialize it or gain an "unfair" advantage. When I was doing The Dark Chasm of Old in DS2, did I painstakingly master fighting each Dark Spirit under the worst conditions the level had to offer? Hell no! I stood on a rock and shot he ass in the head while he just ran into the rock and swung at nothing.

[EnigmaticHat]

Everyone says democracy is a good idea but I think we know deep down it's ass.  As soon as it's implemented everyone goes straight to work trying to subvert and neuter it.

Is that not true of monarchies, communism, and dictatorships?  Any time there's a path to power, people will try to find a way to fit themselves in.

Of course what we're really talking about here is direct democracy as opposed to representative democracy.  I've seen no evidence in history that *that* is a good idea on a large scale.  But that's not what most people mean when they say "democracy".