New planet coaster update?

[Lewzr]

This may have just been for me, but when I booted up planet coaster today, the game updated, any ideas why that might have been anyone?

[HeatherG]

There haven't been any updates since the end of 2019...may it was Steam? not sure why it *would* be but, who knows :D

[KickAir8P]

Originally posted by HeatherG:

There haven't been any updates since the end of 2019 . . .

I play on Windows (wouldn't know 'bout Mac or consoles), and am on Build 1.13.2.69904, which was Update 1.13.2 on November 28th 2019.

FYI: next time you play, check the advanced path settings and make sure both Flatten Terrain and Tunneling are unchecked (unless you need them right then, but people who've had an update sometimes find one turned on when they left them off).

[No ID]

looking my workshop for planet coaster ;) you have a choice !

[Smitty]

Im just here to say wtf is wrong with them for not making more updates. this is a crime against humanity. As far a city builders number crunching games im not smart enough to really play. This game made me feel smart at times, and it wasnt in a its so dumb i can get it things. The game makes you consider the way numbers work in scale, and its why i love these games so much. The art of logistics has never been more refined in the united states. You have to wonder if they didndt already think of this with starter loans to paradox XD tin foil hate comedy aside, We seriously need them to get off their laureled a#ses and make us some content. #shutupandtakemymoney @planetcoaster @frontier. (no pressure but content or we riot :P) have a great night folks.

[Harbinger]

There comes a tipping point where the cost of making new content exceeds the income that they could possibly hope to achieve from selling that content. Sure people will buy it but probably not in the numbers that will justify that expense.

At the end of the day they're a business so everything has to make more money than it costs to create in order to avoid further content ending up on the cutting room floor. Game development isn't cheap. You're probably talking on average £250,000 (3 months salaries for 20-25 devs) to produce each DLC. That's a sizable chunk of money that needs to be recouped. If you don't think you're going to achieve that anymore then those employees will better serve you by working on an upcoming title.

Frontier certainly aren't short of money, they have quite a sizable pot of cash to draw from. However, at this stage making a sequel would be a much better choice than further DLC and this may well be their ultimate plan. It's just not going to happen within the next 12 months as they've already stated F1 Manager 2023 and a Warhammer: Age of Sigmar RTS will be the only internally produced games to release within that timeframe.

18 months down the line is certainly possible and they've been dropping subtle hints that may imply it's in production and even recruiting specifically for games within the "Planet" franchise (featuring an image of Gulpee in the ad no less).

[unca.alby]

Originally posted by Harbinger:

(featuring an image of Gulpee in the ad no less).

So you're sure they're not simply branching off into selling soda pop, right?

[parkereggiman]

I played earlier after my game updated and none of the featured creators were on the globe for me anymore.

[Harbinger]

The game itself hasn't been updated in 3½ years. There was a common Steam redistributables (Visual C++ 2022) update though. Possibly what you had to download before launching.

The issue with the Featured Creators being missing from the map has been reported on their own forums and one of their community managers has passed that information onto the appropriate department.

[McChicken]

Originally posted by Smitty:

Im just here to say wtf is wrong with them for not making more updates. this is a crime against humanity. As far a city builders number crunching games im not smart enough to really play. This game made me feel smart at times, and it wasnt in a its so dumb i can get it things. The game makes you consider the way numbers work in scale, and its why i love these games so much. The art of logistics has never been more refined in the united states. You have to wonder if they didndt already think of this with starter loans to paradox XD tin foil hate comedy aside, We seriously need them to get off their laureled a#ses and make us some content. #shutupandtakemymoney @planetcoaster @frontier. (no pressure but content or we riot :P) have a great night folks.

bruv what are you even talking about xD

[McChicken]

Originally posted by Lewis:

This may have just been for me, but when I booted up planet coaster today, the game updated, any ideas why that might have been anyone?

it was probably just a workshop item that updated :)