We’re using a separate branch to test updates before they get applied to the “live” version. You can check out changes here first.
How to join the public beta?
Some of you probably have not done this before, so we have a small guide:Prerequisite:
You must have Industry Giant 4.0 in your library – obviously.
The procedure
- Open your game library.
- Right Click on Industry Giant 4.0 there.
- Open properties.
- Select the tab "BETAS".*
- Select the branch public_testing
- Press Close
Steam should now download this version of the game.
*Steam labels all those builds as "betas” albeit they’re not betas, so do not be too confused!
Please report bugs or issues found there
in this forum
and – if you are on Discord in#ig4-testbranch
Changelog
Added
- We have added a new map to the game: Peninsula (8x8). We hope you like it, and we are looking forward to your feedback.
Changed
- We integrated the welcome message into the main menu screen and removed the existing window solution, so you don't have to close it whenever you start the game.
- We have lowered the demands of cities to make it easier to fulfill them.
- Cities grow a bit slower but upgrade a bit faster. This will increase the amount of demand for new goods added while decreasing the demand-increase for goods already in demand.
Improved
- Ctrl key now toggles between straight and curved mode when building roads
- We improved the loading times for save games that include maps with a lot of roads.
- We improved the road and train rendering performance.
Fixed
- We fixed miscellaneous issues at the tutorial.
- We fixed a deadlock with vehicles, caused by traffic lights in the cities.
- When buying trucks or trains via a depot, this depot is now auto selected for the contract.
- We fixed an issue that caused wrong name tooltips of buildings that were renamed previously.
- We fixed an issue with overlapping fonts in message windows in Chinese language.
Changed depots in nightly branch