Planet Coaster 2 - 1.0.9 Update Notes

Flumes

• Extra Movement
  • Added more dynamic movement to both guests and rafts/mats when travelling down a flume, including increased spin and swing motions, and adding ‘bounce’ to guest rafts and mats
• Flume Testing
  • Flumes and slides still need to be tested before being opened (to generate the Excitement, Fear, and Nausea data ) but can also now be opened regardless of where the test dummy ends up (previously flumes and slides needed to end in a pool to be opened)
  • Flumes/slides will now never close, even if the guests end on terrain/paving
  • Guests don't react negatively to flumes that end on terrain/paving and may choose to ride it again
  • Note: flumes can still be flagged as exceeding g-force limit, and whilst they can still be opened, guests may not choose to use them
• Guests will start using Flumes while the previous guest is riding down, allowing for faster throughput. This can be adjusted by players per flume.
• New Pieces for the Raft flume
  • Big Bowl unenclosed special piece (with left and right variants)
  • Ultra Wide Pipe unenclosed end piece with (left and right variants)
• Added ‘Build New’ button to Flume Platform Info Panel for quicker access to Flume/Slide creation.
• Added Shortcut buttons to access the Flumes/Slides from their Flume Platform and vice versa.

Pools

• Increased the height of waves emitted by Wave Machines.
• Increased the maximum length of the Pool Draw Tool.

Coasters

• Coasters and Tracked Rides can now have separate stations for loading guests onto Coaster Trains and for unloading them off.
• Improved indication for Station entry/exit sides.

Rides

• Scenery can now be added to Tracked and Transport Rides.

Maintenance

• Rebalanced the Maintenance management system.

Controls & UI

• [PC ONLY] Added the ability to edge scroll the camera with the mouse.
• [PC ONLY] Control Rebinding
  • Added options to rebind Mouse input and camera tilt.
• [PC ONLY] Keyboard Control Shortcuts
  • DELETE-key now opens the Demolish tool if nothing is selected.
  • SHIFT-button (default mapped) now toggles multi-select on/off rather than requiring a hold.
  • Angle Snap when placing down objects can be toggled on/off with a tick box in the Info Panel or using the G-key (default mapped).
  • F-keys now shortcut to Browser tabs.
  • Number keys 8 / 9 / 0 shortcut to Paths / Scenery Brush / Terrain, respectively.
  • dded keyboard shortcuts to Custom Pool creation. |
    - Z now toggles Acute Angle Join
• [PC ONLY] Right-Mouse Button now consistently cancel object placement for Blueprints and non-Blueprints
• [PC ONLY] The Camera can now be controlled using the Arrow-keys.
• The Browser has been redesigned to show Custom Coasters and Rides inside the Browser menu and not their own UI.
• Browser tabs are now able to be accessed when Info Panels are open.
• Scenery Browser menu will now default open to Create Custom instead of Blueprints.
  • Any other Browser tab will remember the option last opened by the player and open that menu.
• Added more detailed tooltips in the Browser menu.
• Multi-select can now be activated on controller by holding the A-button/CROSS-button.

Scenery

• Added a selection of scenery pieces, including:
  • Transparent glass
  • Coaster supports
  • Fireworks

General Park Construction

• [PC ONLY] Guest Limit can now be increased to a maximum capacity of 12000 guests in Sandbox Mode.
• Removed the Planet Coaster 2 logo from Queue Paths.
• Facilities now have a pop-up which offers a brief overview of what they are/do.
• Added a new Guest Tolerance filter to the Heatmap mode.
• Heatmap mode now provides additional support for colourblind players.
• The Weather can now be overridden to a fixed setting in Sandbox mode via the Forecast UI.
• The Weather Forecast UI now has a temperature unit, which can be swapped between Celsius and Fahrenheit in the Settings.

Online

• [PC ONLY] Removed Workshop download limit.

Bug Fixes

Coasters and Rides

• Altered the Coaster harnesses on the following coasters:
  • Outamax – Launched Hydraulic
  • Outamax – Energy Coaster
  • V&N – Wing – Chain Lift
• Reduced camera jitter on ‘Vertical Drop Tilt Track’ pieces, for example seen on 'The Gorgon' Vector Tipper Coaster.
• The number of Station gates now updates in accordance with the number of Cars set per Coaster Train.
• Guests no longer become stuck exiting the '360 Power' Flat Ride.
• Narrow Log Flumes will no longer shake when going up vertical lifts.
• Scenery Rating can now be improved for Transport Rides.
• FD Vision - Powered Rotating Ride is now a non-stop ride, nullifying risk of guests getting trapped or stranded on the ride with many Trains.
• Lowered the power cost for ‘The Driller’ coaster Blueprint.
• Restored Utility Settings to the Custom Coaster Info Panel when building Special Coaster pieces.
• Resolved a visual issue where Special Flume Pieces would clip through themselves when scaled down.
• Adjusted Ride Camera position for the Monorail and Steam Boat Transport Rides to face the correct direction for the seat direction.
• Closing and reopening a Cable Car Station will now no longer stop the Ride entirely.
• Added support beams to 'Seesaw' special pieces.
• Scenery will no longer block Coasters from entering the 'Testing' state.

UI

• [PC ONLY] Pressing the ESC-key whilst in an in-game menu, Info Panel or Staff Zone editor will close the active menu, rather than open the Pause Menu.
• The 'Save As New' button has been added for players saving their first Sandbox Parks.
• Custom Coasters now sort correctly when set to alphabetical.
• Filters now retain when closing and reopening the Create Custom Coaster menu.
• The Undo/Redo function now consistently updates the Event Sequencer UI.
• Research Points now display correctly after completing research.
• Advertisements now issue a notification if they are cancelled due to lack of funds.
• It is now possible to edit information in the Attractions & Shops section in the Park Management menu.
• Auto-Tunnel, Angle Snap and Snap Distance options now function correctly when building Coasters.
• Players can now select the 'Delete' button on gamepad while on specific tabs when editing rides.
• Restored default controller bindings to rotate Coaster Stations by 90 degrees.
• Park Finance graphs have been realigned and now show the correct data.
• Pay and Morale have new colour schemes for each colourblind accessibility option.

Guests and Staff

• Guest navigation has been adjusted to reduce them getting stuck on otherwise functioning paths.
• Guests can now use Transport rides to leave park after park closes.
• Resolved an issue where some Janitors were not emptying bins in Work Zones.
• Navigation has been improved for guests on Pool islands.
• Guest will now vomit more often when they’re nauseous.

Park Construction

• Adjusted time of sunset to ensure longer daylight periods.
• Pressing BACK when editing a Scenery Group deselects the current object, rather than backing out of the Scenery Group completely (Controller only).
• Demolish tool can now be used in the centre of Pools.

Career Mode

• Resolved an instance which may cause expensive path pieces and terrain building in Career Mode.
• Advertisement Promotions will now no longer re-lock when saving/re-loading a 'Summit Awesome' save.
• Players are blocked from editing land they do not own in 'Double Trouble'.
• Removed repeated 'Build in Kenta's Side Park Area' objective seen in the Bronze Medal requirements to 'Double Trouble'.
• Players can no longer demolish Scenery outside the playable work boundary in 'Sky's the Limit'.
• Staff Morale objective in 'Thrills 'n' Spills' has been rebalanced.
• Improved the terrain in multiple Career scenarios to allow for easier path creation.
• Progressing through the 'Keys to the Coaster' scenario no longer overwrites the amount of Research Points the player has.
• The 'Lost Paradise' objective 'Complete Animal ride' now completes when playing in all languages.
• The Scenery Rating format in Career objectives is now consistent with the format seen in the Info Panel of Flat Rides.
• Default pricing for all Rides and Facilities on 'Garden of Edith' is set to $0 in-keeping with the theme of the scenario.
• Removed some build restrictions from 'Summit Awesome' to allow for Power Cables to be built across the park.
• The 'Upswing' Flat Ride will now regain power if nearby Power Generators have been fixed on 'In the Swim of Things'.
• The 'Keys to the Coaster' objective 'Build and open a Drink shop' will now update correctly.
• Advertisements no longer have conflicting requirements in the career level 'Thrills 'N' Spills.'

Sandbox Mode

• Resolved instances where guests did not spawn when lowering the Guest Limit.
• Copied parks now retain the Guest Limit from the original park.
• Career restrictions are no longer present in Parks that have been converted into Sandbox Parks, or in Blueprints exported to Sandbox Parks.

Edit Avatar

• Changing Avatar hair colour no longer affects colour of Avatar's clothes.
• Resolved an issue where the Avatar was not showing in Player's profile.

Frontier Workshop

• Resolved instances where the Workshop would remain open in the background and lock out input from the player.
• Downloaded Workshop saves no longer count towards Career and Sandbox park save slots.
• Workshop search tags no longer reset after selecting or subscribing to an item.

Franchise Mode

• Resolved a network error caused by attempting to add a franchise park to a challenge leaderboard when no challenge is active.
• Resolved Franchise parks occasionally failing to upload.
• Made changes to correct a network error which could occur when searching for a player name that includes a space.

Miscellaneous

• It is now possible to overwrite existing saves when all saves’ slots are full on console.
• Various audio issues.
• Various stability issues.
• Various localisation issues.
• Various UI tweaks.
• Various minor bugs.