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Quality of Life Improvements

15 March 20252 min read

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Patch v0.8.012 - This update features the following changes:

  • The game speed text will say "Paused" when the game is paused, such as in menus
  • The "Shift" key has been added as an alternative to the mouse scroll wheel for users without a scrolling mouse (eg touchpad). This will be removed in the future when controls remapping is finalised.
  • Added a tutorial popup (forced) if the player hasn't used for [mouse scroll] button or [shift] but has been playing around 2 days, so they know they can rotate/change camera angle more freely. This is trigger by them using [Q] or [E] rotation, which is the more basic camera rotation control binding. Another tutorial popup for using the shortcut [Ctrl] button is now also forced (will show regardless of if said you didn't want to see tutorials, although it's rare to ever trigger these two tutorials without looking like you would greatly benefit from them).
  • Added "View Previous" button to the interactive tutorial. This will show you the text from the previous instruction if you missed it.
  • Tweaks to how the game determines if the screen is 16:9 or 16:10 to shape UI appropriately.
  • Energy Hub Substations graph can now show the Renewables Percentage (eg what percentage is power on the network comes from renewables as a percentage of all power generation).
  • Grid battery now shows on a new line for the info for the Energy Hub Substation, stopping the window width changing regularly
  • Default UI window scaling is now 125% for steamdeck instead of its previous 150%
  • Other minor tweaks and fixes

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