Polls are now closed, and the winner is… see the results on The Simutrans Blog[blog.simutrans.com]!

Submissions are closed: It's time to vote to choose a winner! As always, voting is done on the Simutrans Wiki[simutrans-germany.com]

If you want to see the original images in full quality check the 2024 Simutrans Screenshot Contest gallery[simutrans-germany.com] (press the tool button below the image and "Show").

IMPORTANT: Remember that each checkbox corresponds to the image above and not to the image below, even if there is a lot of space between the checkbox and the image!

The winner will represent Simutrans as the new banner image at https://simutrans.com . Choose you favorite screenshot!

Voting can be done until January 30th.

Simutrans 124.3 comes with the new pipette and macro tools to make easier than ever to build the transport network you always dreamed of.

• Pipette tool: Copy any building under the cursor.
  
• Macro tool: Copy and save entire layouts to build them again with a single mouse click.
  
  
• Reworked tutorial to make it more stable and consistent across different paksets

• pak64 124.3
  
• pak64.german 124.0.0.3
  
• pak128 2.10.0
  
• pak128.german 2.3 beta
  
• pak192.comic V0.72

• pak46.bitlit 0.1d

Here's the full list of changes since the last version.

Added

• translate also error message and discern between saving and loading errors
  
• error message if a forbidden tools is tried to be executed in a scenario
  
• translate object file for script toolkit
  
• hm_test_area_tl([],[]) for testing the tiles before construction
  
• saving signal type to macro skript
  
• 'FL = 0' for flat tiles to fl_slope
  
• signal types for replace not found saved signal
  
• copying cities (minus pavement)
  
• initial Doxygen create documentation
  
• scaling of icon size is now in percent to be independent from actual icon sizes (icon_scaling = 100)
  
• clear player rules
  
• allow cubic rule that overrideds any forbidden cubic rules and explicit clear rules calls
  
• scenario can now allow and forbid specific way tools (also sped up the forbid list processing)
  
• GenericName to linux desktop file
  
• more parameters to is_work_allowed_here
  
• manually increase tool icon size in display settings window
  
• pipette tool (copying and check if allowed to copy for way more objects)
  
• building macro from OTPR, also including station extension buildings

Changed

• the text update script callbacks are now again only called during a step. Only the callback on clicking on a link must return quickly and cannot alter the map
  
• Do not open climate settings dialogue on the far side of the screen
  
• shorter update time for dymanic strings in local scenarios (1s instead 10s)
  
• reset origin of flowtext scrollbars when changing text content
  
• hm_test_area_tl() add terraform flag
  
• indicate which AI script is running in finances
  
• Hide AI settings in finance window for scripted AI
  
• building owned houses and headquarters from script
  
• check building if inside allowed area first to fail faster and fix tests
  
• lowering tiles next to water will flood them again as a long time ago
  
• Announce server to servers.simutrans-forum.de as default
  
• create lost players during game laoding to recover more from broken savegames
  
• no way foreground draw in stations and depots (and other buildings)

Fixed

• rotation should not be done during a sync_step
  
• don't assume a label has an owner
  
• removed some ancient logic related to labels at places with stop names
  
• Tree distribution setting reverts to random when trees are disabled during new world generation
  
• Using hashes to find out if scenario texts has changed
  
• do not calculate hash from schedule pounter or heap overflow
  
• interating through tile map_objects work as documented
  
• Player colours of scripted AIs appear to revert to the default colours on reload
  
• Possible false-positive error when calling loadsave_t::flush_buffer
  
• invalidate return res of script tools before calling
  
• lots of files has nopt the native line ending set
  
• scenario rules on the server were checked after packed were queued instead locally first, same like on the client
  
• explicitely set user_dir before calling game saveload window
  
• error replace station by no timeline
  
• replace depot
  
• typo for decoration_wt in api
  
• premature end of search for forbid_rect rules due to typo
  
• Removal tool removes powerlines of other players
  
• Failed to find city- or streetlists for paksets installed in non-default locations
  
• crashes and forbidding many unbuildable buildings with pipette tool
  
• icon not cursor in description.tab
  
• not checked for empty default_param
  
• way building accepts now 0 (wt_all) to connect any tile
  
• rotation of movingobjects no longer crashes
  
• correct default paremeter for station scripting
  
• obey width (and height) requests again
  
• scripting of airports fixed
  
• start scripts also from directories containing non ASCII characters and try different way order for airplanes
  
• init string with zero must by outside the loop
  
• Hopefully caught all combinations of laoding and waiting correctly
  
• typo in cursor definition im scriptgenerator
  
• obey no_load flag again even if there is a minimum load
  
• Possible crash when deleting stops during connection recalculation on large maps
  
• check also starting tile of brigdes and tunnel for scenario
  
• init message option string all entries with zero
  
• use static for default string for tool script parameter
  
• some more bugs with rules
  
• sevreal typose from copying code around
  
• finally got the wildcard in rules to work, it seems
  
• find again rules with empty default paramter even if compare rule has one
  
• freelist debugging was broken and removed code duplication
  
• race condition could steal freight from first convoi; removed a lot of confusing old code
  
• if a convoi served a station but did not load anything (maybe full), another convoi did not check this stations and could get stuck even with waiting for zero load
  
• rule player system reworked to better handle large rules sets for individual player and also fix lookup of catch all waytype forbid
  
• Station rotation preview ignored active player
  
• tests for new townroad plaement
  
• also connect bridges to tunnels in pak128 double slope situations
  
• return string instead of false
  
• build for server
  
• keep current tile's climate on lower/raise if climate mode is humidity based
  
• drawing error on too many tools
  
• do not show clear reservation selected if only show reservation is on and vice versa
  
• calculation of minimum size of scrollpanes with only a horizontal slider must expand if slider visible
  
• interface definition for non MSVC
  
• using freed text pointer in convoiinfo during renaming station
  
• bracket error
  
• do not trust HOME variable to be shorter than MAX_PATH
  
• handle focussed objects in tab correctly (like comboboxes)
  
• loading of roadsings broken for player >=8 and old versions
  
• open schedule get applied during rw (reload, quit, change language), line window crashes

Welcome, everyone! This year 2024 is about to end, and what would be better than end it with our traditional Simutrans Screenshot Contest? Nothing! So prepare to compete and win the best prize of all: the winner of this year will become the new banner image for https://simutrans.com, which has remained unchanged for years.

Participation
1 - You can participate with any pakset and any Simutrans version.
2 - You can submit as many screenshots as you want.
3 - You need to include title for every screenshot. Screenshots without title will not be eligible!
4 - You have until January 24st (inclusive) to submit your screenshots!

Theme and guidelines
1 - The theme this year is... Stations! Enough of showing the countryside, show us your bigger stations! Or perhaps that little, calm station in the countryside. Whatever you want, if it contains at least one station.
2 - To keep screenshots clean, try to disable city/station names and avoid showing title bars, overcrowded menus, etc.
3 - The winner screenshot will be cropped or resized to fit our header (1000x500 pixels), so this is the minimum size required.

You can submit screenshots that do not fit the theme or guidelines just for the sake of showing others your work. But theme and guidelines will be used to select the winners!

Prizes
The winner image will become the new banner image for https://simutrans.com.

Voting
Voting will be done on a wiki survey (I will post a new announcement when the time comes). Everyone (participants and non-participants) can vote, but you can only vote one time.
If two or more screenshots have the same votes, our benevolent dictator will benevolently select a winner, taking into account theme and guidelines.

Submission
You can submit your screenshot through the following platforms (don't forget to include title):

• The International Simutrans Forum: Posting your screenshots to this forum thread[forum.simutrans.com].
  
• Steam: submitting your screenshots to the "Screenshots" section of the community Hub
  
• Mastodon/Misskey/Fediverse: Post your screenshot and mention https://fosstodon.org/@simutrans with the hashtag #SimutransScreenshotContest
  
• Reddit: Submitting your screenshots to /r/simutrans/
  
• X.com: Post your screenshot and mention @SimutransTeam[x.com] with the hashtag #SimutransScreenshotContest

Simutrans released three minor versions this summer that have finally made its way to Steam. Here is the combined changelog of Simutrans 124.2, 124.2.1 and 124.2.2

• New way builder: If a new way starts one tile from an existing way and ends one tile from an existing way, it will now try very hard to make a parallel track. It works as good as it can do without terraforming. It may still join at a place where it cannot pass next to it but then go parallel again, greatly saving efforts (especially with diagonals).
  
• When you click on a chat message ticker, it opens the chat window in the corresponding message tab.

• Pak128.german 2.3 beta
  
• Pak64 124.2.2
  
• Scenario tutorials for pak128 and pak64

• Pak48.bitlit 0.1d

Here's the full list of changes since the last version.

Added

• Support for through depots (dims 2)
  
• new option leftdrag_in_minimap in simuconf.tab to allow dragging in minimap with left mouse button (now default)
  
• flat skin for touch
  
• new simple tool 42 for toggle day night view
  
• pak192 theme to default theme list
  
• restore pakset symbols after changing the gui skin
  
• restore open windows when rejoining a networkgame
  
• prefer to build parallel ways, if starting next to an existing way
  
• small vehicle check by threeway line start
  
• function is_tool_enabled for tutorial to allow to grey out menu items
  
• nightly build makeobj for windows, linux and mac_x86

Changed

• pak planquadrat saves memory and accelerate the sync_step on big games
  
• double click copies chat text
  
• when merging stops, keep the name of the bigger stop
  
• line list, load dialoges and online game windows shrunk in width
  
• factory statisktiks now using scrollbars if not fitting into screen width
  
• A new game always uses the settigns from the simuconf.tab. Use the buttons in the extended settings to load other values
  
• Better support for narrow but high (portrait) screens
  
• Try to resize windows if they do not fit on screen
  
• Continue game on banner will really continue a game and not destroy the current one by loading an older version
  
• single_info now tiles the windows. If there is a convoi or halt, not way or other info will be shown (default for Android)
  
• pak64.german large theme compass is pak128 size
  
• don't save default player colours with the settings/game, use pakset simuconf.tab only
  
• only allow DM to active players
  
• keep track of active clients also on the clients
  
• Some more tweaking waybuilder for parallel ways
  
• Records are now saved so less spamming with new records
  
• allow loading a game even if a slot is locked
  
• Allow again building roads through other people halts but do not take road ownership afterwards
  
• reconnect to a server if the last game was a servergame and one was not kicked out due to desync

Fixed

• company message ticker again
  
• Longstanding bug with the size of scrollpanes with horizontal sliders
  
• double entry schedules working again
  
• modal_dialoge did not check for NULL gui pointer
  
• obj_count() did not count ways and was a relict that may have cause rare strange errors in other places
  
• if all stops served, drive not on if there is no overcrowdind as the reason of not serving
  
• crash when removing the last element
  
• if all stops are overcrowded, just drive on
  
• error when the next target was a depot or the same stop
  
• Mail counted as happy/unhappy/no route passengers in some cases
  
• widthdrawing is working again
  
• if convoi load in parralele without minimum load, the second convoi could leave empty
  
• allow for pak64 water depot again
  
• no public chat after private
  
• proper building of parallel ways also for elevated ways
  
• rerouting and test scenario hopefully working now as intended
  
• iterate really over all stops, wait more reliable for steps in scenario
  
• was not iterating over all halts correctly
  
• scollwheels only for map zoom, comboboxes work again
  
• occasional bug when clicking on an input field
  
• wrong colors and double messges for private chat messages
  
• insticky bottom on drag to allow scrolling of chat
  
• too many null mouse moving events in SDL2 broke double clicks
  
• player_ranking transport type was not set_rigid => crash on all general comparison
  
• not handling event after the new world is generted
  
• access after delete
  
• the text in input fields is again selected when receiving the focus
  
• the text in input fields is again selected when receiving the focus
  
• airplane trap and deleting flying airplanes
  
• player_ranking frame is usuable now
  
• load pak from savegame file again
  
• chat send by server (with GUI) was not recorded by server
  
• script test tram rail builder fixed
  
• did not fail properly when opening of files falied
  
• error by traffic_light not available
  
• overflow in bits in private way sign could allow/deny unexpectant players
  
• number of players online in chat window now correct (and also showing offline state)
  
• Saving discarded the newest messages (not the oldest)
  
• Player ranking had wrong sort for oprational profit
  
• Always have topped or new windows on the screen
  
• extend label of income in convoilist properly
  
• building makeobj on github
  
• Possible use-after-free when opening and closing modal dialogue
  
• continue game feature for _WIN32 as well
  
• proper max loaded speed display in depot
  
• vehicles not loading
  
• also recoonect bridges in pak128.german
  
• buffer overrun
  
• do no connect to bridges from normal ground unless in starigh direction
  
• connect to diagonal elevated ways but not bridges
  
• reenable dragging of stations
  
• right click scrolling in minimap
  
• Don't skip BASE_DIR/config/simuconf.tab if -singleuser switch is used

Less than a month after Simutrans 124, a new Simutrans version has been released. This was supposed to be a bugix release to address some of the issues players reported for the 124 release, but it ended up being a minor release with new features (player ranking) and a renovated chat window.

For Steam players specifically this is also a very important release. The funcionality of the preloader has been integrated into Simutrans itself, so it is no longer required and has been deleted. Furthermore, we took this opportunity to add more Steam specific features, such as achievements and rich presence!


You have four achievements available currently:

• One for playing pak192.comic and another pak192.comic achievement obtained by transporting a certain amount of ink from a kraken.
  
• One for trying to delete a busy bridge.
  
• One hidden achievement for pak128. I will not tell you, go try to find it!

More will come in the future!

• Player ranking window
  
• Renovated chat window (icons only included in pak128 and pak64)
  
• For Steam only: The first achievements, rich presence, and the end of the preloader.
  
• Fixes related to crashes and installation of paksets.
  
• Fixes to the tutorial.

• Pak64 124.1
  
• Pak128 2.9.1

Here's the full list of changes since the last version.

Added

• New chat system with personal and company wide messages
  
• New squirrel function for convoys is_followed()
  
• Integrate Steam API into Simutrans (managing wokshop items, rich presence, and achievements)
  
• Split macos builds into macos-intel and macos-arm
  
• silent installer in principle suitable for the Microsoft store

Changed

• Support for player ranking in the current year and divers fixes
  
• Updating the line schedule of a convoi bound to this line will overwrite any pending changes from that schedule if open in the schedule window
  
• scrolled list now takes care of all dynamic resizing => more reliable and more performant
  
• check_and_set_dir will attemp to create directories if they don't exist (and testfile is not provided)
  
• some small GUI fixes for size recalculation and related

Fixed

• makeobj did not dump empty placeholder parent nodes like MENU
  
• remove triple CR since lots of translations with trailing returns
  
• only resort player buttons in container if needed to keep buttons responding on first click
  
• News windows again in reasonable width
  
• Crashes/failed asserts of passenger AI
  
• Properly have scrolled list starting at top or bottom
  
• log nickname change in chat
  
• size of infowindows better match the space
  
• Updating the line schedule of a convoi bound to this line will overwrite any pending changes from that schedule if open in the schedule window
  
• copy to clipboard
  
• New world tool had wrong tooltip and hide building was never in selected state
  
• right size of empty textarea groundwindows
  
• renaming cities, convois and factories works again
  
• Cannot build ship depots on dead-end canal or river tiles
  
• Reflect player button color on the player frame when changing player color
  
• Working strcasestr implementation
  
• Possible crash when requesting more than 12 threads via commandline
  
• catch empty strings in dr_mkdir()
  
• properly detect portable installations
  
• create alsways absolute paths on Windows
  
• nsis uninstaller

The long awaited Simutrans 124 is finally here! This version comes with a lot of changes, although the most visible ones are the improved support for anti-aliasing of fonts and some reworked windows. Under the hood, many less visible changes were made to allow this to be the first stable Android release - which means you will be able to play online now on Android too!

Note for macOS players on Steam: Due to the new directory structure, paksets installed through Steam may not show at all. You can use the in-game installer to workaround this.

• Improved anti-aliasing of fonts, now using TrueType fonts by default.
  
• Reworked main menu and option windows.
  
• Reworked list windows, they are now checkered lists easier to read.
  
• The minimap now changes if you are in underground mode.
  
• The new directory structure allows the players to install paksets if they don't have admin rights.
  
• Fixed loading of heightmaps.

• pak64 124.0
  
• pak128 2.9
  
• pak192.comic 0.71
  
• pak64.german 124.0.0.2
  
• pak128.german 2.2

• pak64.nippon 0.62

Here's the full list of changes since the last version.

Added

• pak64.german 0.124.0.0.1 uses 40x40 buttons and therefore the theme is necessary and should not be missing
  
• labelupdate for all windows were it makes sense
  
• Checkered list windows
  
• obj_xxx_details in translation will display some more details on an obj, especially vehciles
  
• traffic lights remove themselves if only a curve or a single tile is below them
  
• fontconfig for linux font selection
  
• Aliasing fonts
  
• Rework of banner and options windows. Added button to play tutorial and load last save to banner
  
• rotate house tool will also switch railroad switches (eyecandy only)
  
• new parameter in simuconf.tab cityroad_speeds for a timeline (year,new_speed) of speed limits of way with pavement
  
• rotate also rotates the order of vehicles on a tile to avoid overlapping
  
• Sell all convois in a depot with Ctrl + Sell button
  
• Signals can be replaced by overbuilding them using left-click
  
• missing script ai text
  
• menubar can be dragged to each corner
  
• Display artist credits for music
  
• function find backend specific default TTF font dr_get_system_font()
  
• Theme colour parameter for highlighted objects (gui_color_object_highlight)
  
• scroll to selected font in load-font window
  
• theme parameter gui_color_image_transparency to set transparency color for icons (Yona-TYT)
  
• update vehicle history frame with search string
  
• .pak files are now also searched for in subdirectories of pakset
  
• tooltip warnign when try to cross way without suitable crossing or curves on runways
  
• Loading time display in depot, convoi info and vehicle timeline
  
• MSI installer for SDL2 MSVC builds
  
• single toolbar mode (top and centered) primarily for Android and tablets
  
• Try to detect base_dir when installed on linux
  
• new tool (and button in signal dialog) for removing signals only
  
• map view can be changed with any general tool by dragging the pointer above a threshold

Changed

• High resolution icon for Android
  
• all list react immediately on editing the filter name
  
• removed a lot of table to speed up convoi list and added route bar
  
• right click/control+left -> goto pos, left click -> open window
  
• Again orange as default unowned color to have more contrast
  
• Decouple label style and show option
  
• enforce a minimum width of 5 digits for number edit fields
  
• GUI numberinputs stretch horizontally to fill their space
  
• Players can't build over public ways if there is another player halt on them
  
• Slightly improved goods window
  
• Almost impossible to have a language selected with a non-matching font
  
• rename texttype to correct name
  
• save button and save window single translate
  
• button text to exists translate (equal to the window title of the dialog)
  
• state of railroad switches will be saved between games
  
• Delete buttons are always shown when saving/loading. Config show_delete_buttons is deprecated
  
• Increased default vertical spacing of loadsave items from 0 to 1 (so it doesn't look super crammed)
  
• use internal server list name for backup
  
• use 5bit granularity for alpha-blending sometimes
  
• do not change debug tab in scenario window if debug text is empty
  
• issue warning when old object is overlaid by new one
  
• click on ticker jumps to coordinate of message under cursor (or opens message window)
  
• send doubled-object warning as message, click on the message shows the full warning
  
• only warn about doubled objects with different checksums
  
• a go-to-coordinate action will change view to underground/normal view if target is invisible
  
• messages, speed records, ticker use 3d coordinates
  
• tests use command_x.set_slope
  
• Display number of station tiles in parenthesis in convoi details
  
• update convoi list name filter on enter to avoid longer delays
  
• reflect underground view settings in minimap windows
  
• Look for fonts in subdirectories recursively (up to 5 levels)
  
• pedestrians spawned on more tiles, more distributed over tiles, now client wise settings for server games
  
• Ignore pedestrians for deletion tool
  
• only show connection of top factory window in minimap
  
• use TAB to change between tabs
  
• 6% speed gain to to a freelist with integrated iterator
  
• Always allow '-until' command line parameter
  
• MacOS bundle is now self-contained
  
• removed LEFT_REPEAT message hack, as this destroys left dragging for fps<10
  
• discard all but the last drag event in a single call to check_events(() or the calac_route maz be called twice during mark_tiles
  
• process events in screen refresh and queue them for execution for more responsiveness on weak devices”
  
• reset frame time when zoom in
  
• file location in the same directory
  
• pakset downloader in separate file
  
• Divide minimap 'Selections' button into two (Show networks and Selections)
  
• Use XDG_DATA_HOME for user dir on linux (only if it has been set)
  
• allow dragging scrollpanes instead using scrollbars
  
• only load goods for a destination into a single convoi. This avoids loading in parrallel of slow loading convois
  
• test connect timeout now 2 seconds (for windows, please adapt and test on Linux/Mac) for query server status

Fixed

• generating header script works under windows again
  
• all again to connect from vertical cliff to monorailboden
  
• vehiclelist ignored name filter for waytypes selection
  
• vehicle list did not sort by capacity and was not properly restored after saving
  
• hide wayremover, wayobjremover and signalremove icons when those ways are not available
  
• labellist positions need to be 3D
  
• derive ground info from obj info so long waynames work again
  
• a bridge and tunnel has just a default street => do not show info
  
• extra margins of objects inside a marginless container fixed => all dialogues open in the same size again
  
• if a schedule open not of plane 1 => crash
  
• Could connect way to side of sloped elevated way
  
• Game lags when paused, especially on big maps
  
• Withdraw Line button did not indicate withdraw status correctly
  
• OS window sometimes does not close when modal dialogue is open
  
• makeobj MSVC builds
  
• show waiting bars even without labels
  
• banner window does not close on window close!
  
• outside was not redrawn when windows minimized
  
• wrong function name
  
• default char for cyr.bdf and revision detection fpor MSVC
  
• start also with a wrong unloadable font specified
  
• Error when using 'makeobj dump'
  
• removed unblocking sockets for linux
  
• distribute.sh was not working for some time on linux with default template
  
• Height conversion mode ignored if selected after heightmap
  
• Wrong speed of bridge ramps in some cases
  
• Wrong length for bridges in build preview tooltip
  
• pakset.nsh
  
• built nsis again for github nightly
  
• Extract .cab and .tar.gz correctly
  
• (THLeaderH) crossings upgrade in ways are upgraded
  
• crash when loading vehiles as cnv==1 is used as flag during loading
  
• drawing order of private car
  
• better calculation of dsip_lane also with overtaking cars and road convois
  
• Wrong draw order of road convois turning E->SE or NW->N
  
• airplane convois are somewhat working. Need through stops better for this
  
• Makeobj ignored switch images for tracks with no seasons
  
• Graphical glitches related to translucent player colours
  
• Wrong brightness of colours in screenshots
  
• Label colours when label is unowned
  
• swallow all extra finger events to have better zoom and three finger scrolling
  
• Debug assertion failure when starting a new scenario
  
• Loading window no longer closes all other windows and does not trigger other loading tools in the toolbar.
  
• Missing translation of 'Depot' (dataobj/schedule.cc:590)
  
• Clamp env_t::max_acceleration correctly
  
• Cannot load sounds from pakset if pakset is in user directory
  
• ticker messages - use one method to insert in list
  
• replace %% in translated strings by %, but only for those strings where the base string does not contain format specifiers
  
• Memory label cut off when increasing map size in New World dialogue
  
• Broken compat.tab parsing
  
• Crash when trying to load TTF font without family or style name
  
• Crash when allocation of buffer for node name fails
  
• Crash when dumping pak file containing a node with invalid size
  
• Crash when reading pak nodes with malformed or unknown type
  
• Crash when using 'makeobj dump' on corrupted pak files
  
• Crash when reading non-null-terminated object names from pak files
  
• Use-after-free when listing node names of pak files
  
• crash when such a pedestrian was created near map border
  
• do not generate pedestrians on roads without any connected roads
  
• Crash when displaying alpha images near window border
  
• builing vehicles from the future is not allowed
  
• problems with transparent pixels
  
• crash in build-station tool without cursor
  
• get_available_* returns only descs of buildable objects
  
• do not draw on the window boundary
  
• correctly check for character 30
  
• improved width calculation for numberinput elements
  
• cannot build double slopes if the pakset does not support it
  
• try to repair broken format strings (replace % with %% for broken specifiers)
  
• use double percent sign in translatable strings
  
• format string checks
  
• fix/remove more RGB555 stuff
  
• crash if desc == NULL (may come from scripts)
  
• Missing credits of midi tracks
  
• Credits of midi tracks
  
• correctly handle suspended calls with ct == FORCE
  
• crash in scripted tools
  
• correctly reset tool-drag event if scenario check failed
  
• search_folder_t::search_path if d_type is not supported (koroal)
  
• invert schedule function not working properly (koroal)
  
• window position not being saved in some cases (koroal)
  
• factory_x::get_tile_list returns list of tile_x's (Yona-TYT)
  
• remove preview image of tools if moved on a tile that is forbidden by scenario rules
  
• memory leak
  
• -addons/-noaddons setting saved in settings.xml
  
• do not reset full underground mode when zoom with mouse wheel
  
• apply the correct coordinates when processing links in scenario window
  
• Vehicle list name filter not saved due to typo
  
• initialize restart-variable (Yona-TYT)
  
• properly clear random-mode flag
  
• do not check for local execution, shut down network on quit
  
• size calculation of depot dialog to properly show vehicle list (Roboron)
  
• loading of scenarios for paksets from addons (Yona-TYT)
  
• (after ranran) loading of legacy translation files
  
• schedule positions when rotating non-square maps
  
• clear schedule-editing flag if check fails
  
• trivial case in haltestelle_t::is_connected
  
• crash with invalid defaultparam
  
• Cannot build trees on clouds
  
• world.generate_goods did not work correctly for mail/freight
  
• Uninitialized read in gui_image_t::get_min_size when COLOUR_DEPTH=0
  
• Adapt Load Script dialog to new directory structure
  
• restore all open convoi and halt windows
  
• quit does not quit the server
  
• Addons are loaded by default (contrary to documentation)
  
• starting a scenario in now a command to do this in the step
  
• call the quit tool from dialogues for quitting
  
• Undefined Behaviour when converting char * to utf8 *&
  
• Crash when supplying invalid default_param to tool_plant_groundobj_t
  
• Crash when supplying invalid default_param to tool_build_station_t
  
• Crash when supplying null default_param to tool_build_station_t
  
• implement constructor in c++ instead in squirrel
  
• correctly propagate error when pushing large arrays
  
• Crash when supplying invalid default_param to tool_plant_tree_t
  
• Speedbonus not being applied to air (reverts partly r9208)
  
• use translated error message instead of raw string
  
• setslope for scripts on server games on single-height paks
  
• accept sym-links as directory
  
• dragging of tools with ctrl, propagate flags through defered calls
  
• scrolling with mouse wheel in droplists opened above combobox
  
• copy way-flags when replacing ground tiles
  
• Cannot load addon scenarios if there are no addon objects
  
• Use-after-free in makeobj when reading malformed dat file
  
• crash when trying to save to unreachable location
  
• check for NULL pointers
  
• Paks loaded from addon subdirectory even if -noaddons is specified
  
• Signals not shown when minimap is set to show tracks
  
• Graphical glitch when ticker disappears while background is visible
  
• Position of elements in 'Sort by' depot combobox
  
• PVkraftwerk should produce again power
  
• Disable font size button for bitmaps fonts
  
• do not updtae crossing speed with new way
  
• when deleting stuff from tiles with two or more objects
  
• Don't double sync_step citycars
  
• focus with comboboxes
  
• pedestrians agon walking diagonal
  
• also forbid pedestrian entry on tiles with more than 240 objects
  
• Do not generate too many pedestrians per ground
  
• pedestrians try to hop to full ground
  
• beaches were not properly recognised for environmental sounds
  
• Curl pakset download for built-in installer
  
• pakset downloader not listing any paksets
  
• crash due to calc_route called twice when dragging way tools at low fps
  
• Obey control lock tool in more all situations where the control key would work
  
• accidently swapped single toolbar option defualt for non-android
  
• Pakset selector failed to load a single pakset with no addons
  
• Network filter comboboxes take preference capturing the mouse wheel over the minimap
  
• control+drag of ways
  
• append halt only once
  
• show no tooltips on toolbars if cursor is on title bar
  
• do not swallow keys and scrollwheel events in scrollpanes
  
• windows were topped before the underlying window got their removal message => topped window function not working as expecting i.e. schedule display of convois
  
• Disallow merging with public stop (or any stop) to take over ownership
  
• heavy_rotate_saves does not delete old saves correctly
  
• Cannot load PPM heightmaps
  
• Int overflow for large power networks in minimap
  
• missing string and no spaces at the end of translator objects
  
• switch on and off network overlay when line is active
  
• minimap background rendiering mode is not reset but selecting other options
  
• crossing logic did not correctly obeyed speed limits
  
• After loading a save, the color of the stop list title
  
• display_snapshot uses wrong area if area is offset horizontally
  
• scaling window with GDI

The Pak192.Comic recently released version 0.7 of this comic themed pakset. If you are playing Simutrans on Steam and you installed the Pak192.Comic DLC, you will get the update automatically. Otherwise, please see "Where and what to download" section.

• turned "avoid over overcrowding" off by default again
  
• , and . now work for controlling time in the game
  
• ( and ) now work for sliced view up/down
  
• road speeds from 50 to 55 and from 70 to 80
  
• pricing that considers the actual build year of the vehicle, instead of the introduction year
  
• Pubs now comsume rum as well
  
• there is a track/track submenu now
  
• increased the productivity of the wiredrawer
  
• higher fix costs for ships
  
• changed to intro years of 120 and 160 kph track
  
• tutorial works with the tutorial button now
  
• playing from 1930 onwoards should feel way more complete now compared to previous versions

• European sugar production with beets (farm, fields, refinery)
  
• biofuel plant
  
• Additional coal power plant that better fits early years

• river stop for goods
  
• letter box stop for road
  
• docks for pax
  
• older post office
  
• track with different kinds of gravel beds
  
• 1850 station hall
  
• steel girder bridge for narrowgauge
  
• HUGE HUGE station hall for people that need to prove they have the biggest network
  
• narrowgauge tunnel for 50km/h
  
• 80kph railway bridge
  
• streetlights as (free) wayobj
  
• fake city road in cobblestone look
  
• Lot of new SBB Type N and L Signals

• citybuilding "Danivision"
  
• citybuilding "Keycaps Skyscraper"
  
• citybuilding "Taipei 101"
  
• monument "Disco Sphere"
  
• curiosity "StarGate"
  
• curiosity "Guardhouse"
  
• inverse Corner for St. Pölten station building
  
• alternate version of all Pölten elements
  
• several new citybuildings across all climates

• more ships for channels
  
• gigaliner converter for semitrucks
  
• HHA DT6
  
• Baden IVh
  
• a couple of Baden express coaches
  
• old Baden compartment coaches
  
• lots of old freigth cars and hoppers
  
• Baden VIc
  
• old AC S-Bahn Hamburg
  
• DRG D21b / C21 Abteiwagen
  
• DRG "Donnerbüchse"
  
• DR Rekowagen
  
• DRG E01
  
• KPeV EG502
  
• KPeV EG511
  
• KPeV ES1
  
• Getreideschiff
  
• old postal tram
  
• prussian G12
  
• ET 88
  
• ET 41

• various new generic pedestrians
  
• try to spot some easteregg-pedestrians too
  
• ducks, swans, sharks and a whale
  
• a fox

• the narrowgauge to road crossings
  
• some sounds for some trains (not too many yet sadly)
  
• swapped the first and second player colour for green coaches
  
• various glitch fixes
  
• palyer colour for the Alsterdampfers
  
• player colour for V200
  
• SBB EW I
  
• the old track plattforms
  
• updated DRG coaches
  
• loading image for beets for many vehicles
  
• crossing track narrowgauge now fits the whole tile
  
• SBB PTT
  
• player colour for bavarian D VIII
  
• ET 11

In plus to the "core" Pakset, there are multiple changes to the addons provided within the repository:


New version of the game: The all DACH pakset contains the main pakset and the DACH addons.

• BR 216 "Lollo"
  
• 4 car OBB Cityjet for Vorarlberg
  
• Bpm 61 20-70
  
• SBB Bpm 20-90
  
• SBB EW IV
  
• BT EW IV
  
• orientrote BR 218
  
• updated Nuremberg subway cars
  
• new SNCB I6 livery
  
• update gear values for most british vehicles so they can reach their top speed
  
• SNCB HLE 17
  
• SBB IC2000 postal car
  
• DB Mintling coaches
  
• fictional BR 427
  
• BR 423 and BR 430 for BWegt
  
• BR 422 for VRR
  
• BR 426 for BOB
  
• BR 425 for Transdev
  
• 120km/h Silberling
  
• more colours for the BR 110, 110.12, 110.3, 111, 112, 113, 140, 141, 150, 151...
  
• HHA AL
  
• EMT CLASS 156
  
• two RZD sleepers
  
• FLIRT 1 for SBB
  
• FLIRT 3 for BWegt and SBB
  
• extra livery for DSB EG
  
• player colour for class 59, 92, 375, 376, IC225
  
• 140kph/h TEE VT11.5
  
• sleeper 61-7034
  
• update of the docklands units to jakops boogies
  
• more colours for BR 18.3, 58.2, 75.4
  
• Wittenberger Kopf
  
• German luggage cars as empty and piece good cars
  
• more "preußische Abteilwagen"
  
• prussian luggage car PWIRP91
  
• RABe512
  
• CIWL Lx20
  
• express coach Bauart 1935

• tunnel catenary for standard gauge
  
• side swapped catenary
  
• infty Tunnel
  
• vmin = 121 and vmin = 71 signs
  
• track with different kinds of walls
  
• infty bridge for track
  
• two extra platforms based on the 1850 platform
  
• station hall 1890 in 3 parts as well as an inversed version
  
• brick build depot
  
• 1850 station hall in bright colours

• The Pakset for Simutrans: https://github.com/Flemmbrav/Pak192.Comic/releases/download/V0.7/pak192.comic.zip
  
• The Addons for the Pakset for Simutrans: https://github.com/Flemmbrav/Pak192.Comic/releases/download/V0.7/pak192.comic-addons.zip
  
• The combined file containing the Pakset and the Addons for the Pakset for Simutrans: https://github.com/Flemmbrav/Pak192.Comic/releases/download/V0.7/pak192.comic-serverset.zip
  
• The combined file containing the Pakset and the DACH-region only Addons for the Pakset for Simutrans: https://github.com/Flemmbrav/Pak192.Comic/releases/download/V0.7/pak192.comic-all-DACH.zip
  
• The Themes: https://github.com/Flemmbrav/Pak192.Comic/releases/download/V0.6/themes.zip

1. There are only 3 climates actively developed so far, those are Western, Continental and Alpine (temperate, tundra, rocky) other climates are lacking in city development. If you got cities in those climates, you might want to use the climate tools as public player to switch to a more developed climate. Most factories are not affected.
   
2. Translations! The German translation now seems pretty complete, while the English translation is still ongoing. And don't mention anything else...
   
3. Ships, ships and even more ships.
   
4. Not every mode is able to transport every good at any given time. Best bet is that there is a narrowgauge option for it, second are rail and trucks.

Feedback always is appreciated!
Please tell us what you like, dislike and would want to have improved!

In plus, freely contributing to the pakset is a thing! Pak192.Comic is open source, freely adjustable and auto compiles from github actions. That means, you could just clone the repository, do some funky changes and have github build your very own version without doing a lot for it. There's no weird encoding, no encrypted values, nothing. If you go to the dat file for your favourite steam engine and change the maximum speed from 100 to 2000, you just did that. It'll appear in the game just like that. Don't like coal power stations? Just get rid of them. Want to have a rainbow coloured subway? Just draw a rainbow on the image of your favourite subway train. That's pretty cool, right? But how about you share your funky changes with the rest of the world by adding them to this repository once they work out just fine. That way you could improve the world!... or well, at least this game.
Link to the GitHub: https://github.com/Flemmbrav/Pak192.Comic

In Plus, there's a lot of stuff to translate. In case you can speak a langauge in plus of German, you're a perfect match for this!

In case you need help modifiing or contributing towateds the game, do not hesitate to ask for some.

Welcome to Simutrans Extra! I have been pretty quiet so far this year as I needed a break after the Anniversary events of last year, but a lot of things have been happening in the Simutrans world meanwhile. It's time to review them!

But first, let's talk about the elephant in the room.


We couldn't make a Simutrans release last year, the reason behind this being the war in Ukraine. Another negative effect of the war is that Ukrainian developer Pelya was drafted for the military. Pelya is not directly related to the Simutrans project, but he maintained a set of scripts[github.com] that enabled games like Simutrans and OpenTTD (between others) to be compiled on Android.

Unfortunately, the build for Android stopped working and to fix it one would have needed to fix Pelya's scripts. But no one in the team knew how to do so, so the release was delayed until we could release for all supported platforms at once.

Seeing that the war was not going to end anytime soon, I stepped in some months ago to do something about this. I developed a new build system for Simutrans on Android[github.com] completely from scratch. It took quite a lot of work, but the end result is a far simpler build and, more importantly, one I know how to fix in case it stops working!

Wars are bad. But you know what's good? UI improvements! A few of them are currently under development, so you can expect a new release when we are done with them. Let's see which they are!


Thanks to the work made by developers Hajo and Dwachs, font anti-alising is nearly ready[forum.simutrans.com] for Simutrans. While you can currently set any TrueType font in Simutrans 123, they look quite a bit ugly without anti-aliasing.

Introducing anti-aliasing will finally make these fonts look good at any size (although the UI still needs to be redesigned to adjust to font sizes, specially very large ones). We will also take this opportunity to move away from bdf fonts and change Simutrans' default font, probably to Noto Sans font.

A screenshot showing how Simutrans looks with Noto Sans and anti-aliasing.

What was initially going to be an addition of a "Play Tutorial" button[forum.simutrans.com] in the initial banner has evolved into a redesign for the entire banner, adding a few more options and now working as a "main menu" to which you come back when you want to start a game.

The new main menu. Final version may change.

Consequently, the options windows and other windows will be simplified and adapted to the new flow.

The options windows. Final version may change.


When legendary Hajo came back earlier this year, he focused on improving various part of the UI (which Simutrans is indeed in need of improving). One of his most exciting ideas was a new appareance for station labels[forum.simutrans.com] and markers which could be defined by themes.

Just look at those, they look fantastic!

Hajo has unfortunately not been active since the start of this year - but you can bet I will do my best to finish this and include it in the next Simutrans version.

You may remember that one of the Anniversary events of the last year was a post showcasing the music of Simutrans[blog.simutrans.com], where we asked for help to identify the unkown musicians for some of the songs.

Now with help from jm764 and other members, we have fully identified all the creators of Simutrans music! To honour them, in the next version, Simutrans will display credits for the current song!

Another of Hajo's comeback works has been a rework of pak44.Excentrique[forum.simutrans.com] - now with better graphics!

Who said Simutrans paksets have to look old?

The project is on hold as Hajo is not active at the moment.

Okay, hear me. One of the most exciting things about Simutrans is the degree of personalization you can achieve. Experimental paksets like the recently announced pak48.bitlit[forum.simutrans.com] are a proof of that.

What if your Simutrans game was set in a world made by Electrons, Bytes, Memory and CPUs? Welcome to pak48.bitlit, where you will transport Electrons instead of passengers, Data instead of mail, through uni- and bi-flows instead of roads and tracks!


In the previous weeks I have been experimenting with the hosting of Simutrans game servers, with the intention of hosting a permanently online Simutrans game server based on Simutrans stable (Simutrans 123.0.1 currently) and Pak128 stable, so anyone who just installed Simutrans can join to experiment online play.

I've learned enough in the process, so I will go on and open a new game server in the following days called "Simutrans Public Server" (the precursor server, "Roboron's Public Server", will close soon).

Everyone is welcome to join! If we manage to fill all slots, I will spin up a second game server.

[...]

We have come to the end of this Simutrans Extra. But worry not, because you will hear from me again, soon. Don't forget that, as every year, we will celebrating a Screenshot Contest by the end of this year. And for this edition we have a surprise! I will reveal all the details in a few weeks!

Until then, happy Simutransing!

Simutrans is an open source project. That means that anyone - including you - can improve it! Did you ever want to contribute to Simutrans but you have no skill for coding? Worry not, you can contribute to Simutrans in a variety of ways:

Simutrans is constantly updating and adding texts so we are always in need for translators:

• To help with translation use the SimuTranslator web tool[translator.simutrans.com].
  
• To request a translator account use the Translation Sub-Forum[forum.simutrans.com].

Simutrans is always looking for artists! If you want to paint graphics for Simutrans, check:

• The "Creating images" section of the Development Index.[simutrans-germany.com].
  
• The General Resources and Tools Sub-Forum[forum.simutrans.com].

• Check out the Technical Documentation Sub-Forum[forum.simutrans.com].
  
• Do not open Pull Requests in GitHub. Use the Patches & Projects Sub-Forum[forum.simutrans.com] instead.

• Report bugs on the Bug Reports Sub-Forum[forum.simutrans.com].
  
• Send suggestions to the Extensions Request Sub-Forum[forum.simutrans.com].