Cities VR was just recently released and it looks like the updates are already in the planning stages to help increase your cities thrive and succeed when it counts the most. But check out what is in the newest patch…
Tutorial Improvements:
- Improved text and images
- Added some new steps and moved some existing steps
- Added verticle movement instructions
- Players could previously fail the tutorial due to lost income. Now the economy doesn’t kick in until the late stage of the tutorial
- Added tooltips to the Continue button and Minimize and Close options
Saving in Game:
- When starting a new game, a save reminder will pop up after 10 minutes, if the game has not been manually saved during that time
- When exiting the Main Menu, a confirmation dialog is displayed to prevent people from losing their progress
General:
- Added Day and Night on/off toggle option to New Game panel
- Brightened up the darkest time of night on all maps
- Nights are now brighter in the North biome due to it being a lot darker than the other maps
- Added Controller help to the Pause Menu and Main Menu
- Ray pointer no longer passes through Main Menu panels
- Tunnels did not deform the terrain correctly; they now cut the terrain to show the tunnel underneath
- Corrected and optimized some buildings
- Reduced the distance of the palette switching icons and removed the haptic feedback from the outer distance
- Moved Bulldoze from the Y button to the X button. Added Back to Y (in addition to the existing mapping of B on the right controller). Updated current tutorial texts to use the right mappings
- Changed the option radio buttons to checkboxes in the New Game menu
- Removed red lead in arrow sprite used on sliders
- Replaced the Info palette switcher icon
- Fix to tears in-between patches of water when the player rotates quickly
- Controllers that run out of batteries or are otherwise disconnected, are now turned invisible and not static in front of the player
- Improved map edges
- Added a minimize button to Discord message
- Added animated FTG logo on the VR intro
That is a lot for the first patch and that’s not even all. The newest update will allow citizens to find their way across the Cities underground system and provide mayors with improved tools to direct the flow of traffic.
The patch is live now and the Metro & Traffic Routing update will be coming in June of 2022. If you haven’t yet grabbed the keys to the city, you can get Cities VR now for the Quest 2 on the Oculus Store.
In case you missed the trailer, please enjoy…
