Thanks for your bug reports everyone. We have just identified, fixed and released a patch for the following issues.

Fix

• Stuck Miners - Some map resources were not being gathered
  
• Mods were preventing the “Advice: Fulfilling Villager Needs” quest from completing
  
• Crash when changing function for Dorm
  
• Rare Crash when starting construction of a building

Update

• Localization (translations)

Hi everyone! We have a quick patch to fix a few bugs

Fix

• Market tent capacity was not registering on old saves
  
• Onboarding Advice - Assign a Bailiff advice text was not showing the Estate name
  
• Crash related to the destruction of inaccessible Treasury on loading
  
• Crash related to an old removed part

Note: Market tents will only be fixed when loading a pre-1.9.7 save. Market tents on already converted saves can be fixed by rebuilding the tents.

Hello everyone!

We are excited to announce that the 1.9.7 QOL update is now available!

1.9.7 is the first of our Quality of Life (QOL) updates as we work toward the game's Full Release. For more information on the recent change to our release plan, check out the link at the bottom of this announcement.

Your feedback is very important to us and we have looked to address some of the most requested QOL features in this update, as well as further improvements we have been planning. Let’s dive right in and take a look at what you will find in the 1.9.7 QOL update…


Previous to 1.9.7, some monument buildings required a separate door, which could limit creativity and also did not make sense for a monument as a whole. Now, with 1.9.7 buildings will check interior access to the whole building, meaning that a single door could be enough. For example, an entrance to your treasury could be part of an attached Great Hall.

Furthermore, so that you can check that your buildings are accessible, we have added a handy toggleable tool that will clearly show when your buildings have interior access, letting you know if they are fully navigable or not.


Buildings now have a clear function status with feedback to the player that will indicate when they can no longer work if one of their construction requirements is missing. Restoring the condition will resume the workplace.


Another much-requested feature was the ability to see your ongoing construction sites when placing new buildings. Now in 1.9.7, all other buildings under construction will show as ghost visualizations, making for much easier placement of new construction projects or when editing Monuments.


One issue frequently raised in the community centered around how builders were affecting the construction flow. Previously, builders would be sent to construction sites based on their proximity to a site. This could cause projects to be completed in an unexpected order making it hard to plan.

With 1.9.7, builders will now prioritize constructions based on the order in which they were started making it easier to plan your projects. We have also improved the algorithm so that builders will be dispatched more evenly between different types of construction projects so that all your builders don’t get tied up on any mega-projects.


We have now removed the villager's travel time from their overall work time, enabling your villagers to use their work time more effectively. For instance, crop yields and production cycles will be more consistent, despite any long distances your villagers may have to walk to get to work.

Villagers require to fulfill their needs of course, so efficiency can still be lost with large work-to-needs fulfillment distances.


We have made some major improvements in 1.9.7 with an overhauled Map Generator. You’ll find improved visuals and shaders making it much easier to identify elevations on the Map Gen minimap.

Additionally, we have addressed a couple of bugs and implemented further improvements, so that you should no longer encounter any micro-territories or broken territories on your maps nor find any inaccessible mineral deposits.


This one has been at the top of many of your feature requests… It is now possible to choose your favorite resources to add to the Resource Bar! Mark as many favorites as you wish in the resource window of the Book.


A new building function has been added to the Monastery! The Emissary Office will employ a Sister or Brother in the role of Emissary (similar to the Bailiff role), dealing with Clergy privileges and mandates. Consequently, we have also revamped the Mandate Window to take into account the new Emissary role.


When a House is upgraded or downgraded, it would previously revert to its foundation construction stage and could easily be mistaken for a brand-new house. To remove this potential confusion, houses will downgrade or upgrade to a later construction step, making it more clear what tier of housing it is, as well as no longer looking like a fresh construction.


Indeed! There’s more! We have a bunch of bug fixes coming with the 1.9.7 QOL update. You can check out the full changelog below.

• Added Interior Access visualization and construction toggle
  
• Players can now specify their favorite resources in the top resource bar
  
• Added a Bailiff option for the Monastery: The Monastic Emissary, a Brother/Sister working at the Emissary Office
  
• Ghosts of buildings under construction are now displayed when you are in Construction/Edit mode

• Construction sites are now prioritized by start time, not by closest distance
  
• Workers should go to their workplace before starting their work time
  
• Display attach node only when snap mode is toggled or part needs to be mandatory attached
  
• The Market Monument has been turned into a building with parts instead of a Monument with sub-buildings.
  
• Moved the Clergy Privilege and Clergy Influence mandates to the Monastic Emissary
  
• Overall improvement of the Mandate window & tooltips
  
• Improvements to monument attach nodes
  
• House Upgrade/Downgrade transition improvements to show construction steps and not new build
  
• Tavern Kitchen - worker quantity now scales with building capacity
  
• Treasury - Gold coins are no longer lost when the maximum treasury limit is reduced
  
• Various UI improvements

• Soldiers - soldiers using the barracks as their houses could not fulfill their needs when the monument is being expanded.
  
• Bailiff - Changing the bailiff resulted in the edict "contractual wage" to not be applied until reload.
  
• Book - Logs - Newcomer notification was not updated "live"
  
• Monument Editing - Display all possible attach nodes when a part is being placed / moved.
  
• Cloister - Could not start construction if function was switched
  
• Monument Editing - Prevent parts from being attached to house attach nodes.
  
• Building Highlight - Sometimes, a building would remain highlighted even if the window is closed and the cursor is not on the part.
  
• Mandate Window - The window did not close when the Great Hall was destroyed.
  
• Deliver Wood Quest - Displayed requirement was 50 but required 100 to complete
  
• Unlockables - Show part's description when there is no building function
  
• Missing Unlockable descriptions on Candle & Commonware extension

• Improved elevation texture visuals

• It was possible to have a broken territory on specific generated map seeds
  
• Some territory regions were too small
  
• Some maps had unreachable village path exits
  
• Some setting changes could create unwanted bumps on islands

• Expose - COMP_BUILDING:getEditMode
  
• Expose - Mandates
  
• Territory Tooltip - Always shows "coins / week" even if resource is changed
  
• Support buying from trade routes with certain condition
  
• Updated modding wiki[www.polymorph.games]

We look forward to hearing any feedback and please let us know if you find any issues. Feedback and bugs can be posted on the Steam forums, or come and join us on our official Discord[discord.gg] server.

Also, check out the recent announcement of a change to our release plan here.

The Polymorph Games Team

Hey everyone!
We have just released a small patch to the experimental branch that addresses a few issues.

Fix

• Unlockables - Some part's description texts were formatted incorrectly
  
• Building Highlight - Sometimes, a building would keep its highlight even if the window is closed and the cursor is not on the part
  
• Building highlight - moving the cursor over the construction summary created a yellow highlight that was stuck even when closing the window
  
• Crash - Random crash after deleting church and rebuilding it

Update

• Expose - COMP_BUILDING:getEditMode

Fix

• Crash - Fishing Shacks [Mod]

Hello everyone!

Welcome to the Preview build of the first of our Quality of Life (QOL) releases, on the road to Full Release. For more information on the recent change to our release plan, check out the link at the bottom of this announcement.

Update 1.9.7 comes with a number of QOL improvements for you to check out. You can jump right in and give them a go now on the 1.9.7 Experimental branch!

We look forward to hearing any feedback and please let us know if you find any issues. Feedback and bugs can be posted on the Steam forums, or alternatively, you can join us on our official Discord[discord.gg] server.



Starting off the QOL improvements for 1.9.7 is an update to the Map Generator. With improved visuals, it is now much easier to identify elevations on the Map Gen minimap. We have also addressed a couple of bugs and implemented other improvements which means you will no longer encounter any micro-territories or broken territories on your maps.


With 1.9.7, buildings no longer need separate door parts but will look at interior access as a whole. For example, an entrance to your treasury could be part of an attached Great Hall.

So that you can check that your buildings are accessible, we have added a handy toggleable tool that will clearly show when your buildings have interior access, letting you know when they are fully navigable.


When placing buildings in 1.9.7, all other buildings under construction will show as ghost visualizations for easier placement of new construction projects or building parts.


Builders will now prioritize constructions based on the order in which they were started instead of proximity to the builder's workshop. In addition, builders will be dispatched more evenly between construction projects. Building flow is further improved with our next QOL improvement…


You will be glad to hear that we have now removed the villager's travel time from their overall work time. This will enable them to use their work time more effectively. For instance, crop yields and production cycles will be more consistent, despite any long distances your villagers may have to walk to get to work.


A new building function has been added to the Monastery. The new Emissary Office will employ a Sister or Brother in the role of Monastic Emissary (similar to the Bailiff role), dealing with Clergy privileges and mandates.


This one has been at the top of many of your feature requests… It is now possible to choose your favorite resources to add to the Resource Bar! Mark as many favorites as you wish in the resource window of the Book. Resources not marked as favorites will eventually be pushed down to the non-favorite section.


Buildings now have a clear function status and feedback. They will indicate when they can no longer work if one of their construction requirements is missing. Restoring the condition will resume the workplace.


When a House is upgraded or downgraded, it would revert to its foundation construction stage and could easily be mistaken for a brand-new house. To remove this potential confusion, houses will downgrade or upgrade to a later construction step, making it more clear what tier of housing it is, as well as no longer looking like a fresh construction.


As you would no doubt expect, there are a number of bug fixes coming with the 1.9.7 QOL update, which are included in this Preview build. You can check out the full changelog below.

• Open Steam
  
• Right-click on Foundation from your Library
  
• Click Properties -> BETAS
  
• Opt into the Experimental branch.

This will initiate a download (Note: you may need to restart Steam for the download to begin). Once the download is complete, you will be able to play the preview version of Update 1.9.7!


New

• Added Interior Access visualization and construction toggle
  
• Players can now specify their favorite resources in the top resource bar
  
• Added a Bailiff option for the Monastery: The Monastic Emissary, a Brother/Sister working at the Emissary Office
  
• Ghosts of buildings under construction are now displayed when you are in Construction/Edit mode

Update

• Construction sites are now prioritized by start time, not by closest distance
  
• Workers should go to their workplace before starting their work time
  
• Display attach node only when snap mode is toggled or part needs to be mandatory attached
  
• The Market Monument has been turned into a building with parts instead of a Monument with sub-buildings.
  
• Moved the Clergy Privilege and Clergy Influence mandates to the Monastic Emissary
  
• Improvements to monument attach nodes
  
• House Upgrade/Downgrade transition improvements to show construction steps and not new build
  
• Overall improvement of the Mandate window & tooltips
  
• Various UI improvements

Fix

• Soldiers - soldiers using the barracks as their houses could not fulfill their needs when the monument is being expanded.
  
• Bailiff - Changing the bailiff resulted in the edict "contractual wage" to not be applied until reload.
  
• Book - Logs - Newcomer notification was not updated "live"
  
• Monument Editing - Display all possible attach nodes when a part is being placed / moved.
  
• Cloister - Could not start construction if function was switched
  
• Monument Editing - Prevent parts from being attached to house attach nodes.
  
• Building Highlight - Sometimes, a building would remain highlighted even if the window is closed and the cursor is not on the part.
  
• Mandate Window - The window did not close when the Great Hall was destroyed.
  
• Deliver Wood Quest - Displayed requirement was 50 but required 100 to complete
  
• Unlockables - Show part's description when there is no building function
  
• Missing Unlockable descriptions on Candle & Commonware extension

Update

• Improved elevation texture visuals

Fix

• It was possible to have a broken territory on specific generated map seeds
  
• Some territory regions were too small
  
• Somea maps had unreachable village path exits
  
• Some setting changes could create unwanted bumps on islands

• Territory Tooltip - Always shows "coins / week" even if resource is changed
  
• Support buying from trade routes with certain condition

Also, check out the recent announcement of a change to our release plan here.

The Polymorph Games Team

Hello everyone!

We have some important news to share with you today about the ongoing development of the game.

The final gameplan and core game is now at a stage where we can work towards a full release of the game. All of the major features still to come are being worked on simultaneously and are in most cases intertwined. Due to the way these features are reliant on each other it no longer makes sense to continue with our previous plan of releasing smaller updates that ultimately won’t work well as standalone features.

Due to this we have decided that the next major release will be the full release. This will allow us to focus on integrating all remaining features into the game and delivering a more polished, higher quality game. It will also have the added benefit of reaching the full release sooner so that you can get the best gaming experience and enjoy Foundation to its fullest.

We know you will all want to know how soon, however, we don’t have a release date to announce at this time as we still have plenty of work to do, but do know that development is progressing well. Foundation is an ambitious game, and we will of course keep you updated with any news as soon as we have more to share.


For all our Early Access backers, this doesn't mean we won’t be releasing any updates before the full release. On the contrary, we will continue to work on bug fixes as well as Quality of Life (QOL) features and improvements, based on community feedback, so that we can improve on the core game experience in preparation for the final release. With this in mind, we will be announcing our next QOL update soon!


Foundation’s development journey has been an unbelievable experience made so much better by all of you, the fantastic community, that has helped us along the way. We would like to thank every Early Access adopter for supporting us and helping us deliver a high quality game that we wanted to create and also one that you want to play for many years to come. We continue to welcome all feedback from the community and we can’t wait to unveil the full release of the game for you all to enjoy!

The Polymorph Games Team

Hello everyone,

Patch 1.9.6.8 is now live.

The eagle-eyed community noticed a bug for which we have released a hotfix patch today.

• Villager - Buffs and debuffs only expired one at the time, resulting in unintentionally long de/buffs

• Localization