uFactory update for 18 April 2021

Version 0.5.1.0 (the Winter Update) has been released to the beta branch.

To join the beta, right click uFactory in your Steam library and choose "Properties". Then, choose the "nextversion_publicbeta - v0.5.0 Public Beta" option. No private code is required. Steam should then update the game to the beta version through its normal update process. Once complete, you can launch the beta!

WARNING: This is an early beta of an Early Access game. We're not going to warn you that it might be broken. We can tell you with certainty that it is absolutely broken. So, if that's not your thing, then please keep waiting for a more stable version to release.

WARNING 2: Save files are incompatible between previous versions of uFactory and 0.5. Please back them up if you want to save them. Otherwise uFactory will update your save manufacturing company profile to the latest version and ignore your standalone factory save files.

Changes in this patch:

• Added seasonal changes to planet map based on time of year
• Added campaign intro screen, explaining basic concepts for new players
• Added sale offer placement for player factories. Set your price and let others in the world decide if they want to buy from you.
• Fixed nonresponsive cancel buttons in place new order window
• Reduced maximum height of smaller mountains
• Rebalanced economy, including (A) changing # of units in case/barrel/tank (it's now usually 50/16/50 respectively, with some exceptions), (B) seriously nerfed AI factory production rates, allowing them to better fine-tune the economy, but at higher cost of both space and capital, (C) raised rents, and (D) increased city populations.
• Added several balance customization options to the New Campaign menu.
• Fixed invoicing for logistics deliveries
• Changed icon color of unoccupied industrial parks to orange
• Changed factory production display from daily to weekly
• Added back smokestacks to industrial parks
• Fixed bug showing outdated data on empty tiles
• Nerfed frequency of competitor AI evaluations, and added configurable setting for it

Changes since last major version

• Added production efficiency slider to factory window
• Fixed finance profit and loss tab
• Reversed months in profit and loss dropdown
• Fixed invoice memos not saving
• Added better descriptors in profit and loss tab
• Fixed L-shape factories generating incorrectly
• Added machine group for printer paper packaging
• Fixed display on assembler machines when "Perform all applicable steps" is checked
• Fixed bug preventing machine menu from displaying until it's re-opened a second time after the level loads
• Added "Reduce Virgin Black Liquor" process to kettle to kick-start the Kraft papermaking process
• Added gas vent bridge pump, a 1x3 machine that takes up factory space on the two ends, but can allow a conveyor through the middle and bridges two separate gas vents over another
• Made resources in factory I/O window clickable to take you to offers list
• Added internal transfers between player factories
• Rebalanced rival manufacturer AI, leading to steadier economies
• Added lease-renewal management
• Added visible cargo trucks
• Added potatoes and eggs
• Fixed campaign interface sounds ignoring options volume levels
• Added machine group indicators to machine pages in tablet manual
• Enhanced machine group chooser window
• Split import and export machine groups
• Updated several machine groups to prevent overfilling
• Disabled zoom-on-scroll in factories when a menu is open
• Removed erroneous limits in material importer in campaigns
• Sorted conversion recipes by state of matter and then name
• Fixed bug that caused some conversion processes to not use all available output pipes
• Fixed disappearing tablet menu bookmarks
• Fixed issue causing tooltips to vanish after viewing process diagram in tablet
• Gave industrial parks a separate pool of names to pull from (they used to use the same pool as city names), sourced from the hottest and coldest parts of Earth
• Added one more gas output to vacuum distiller machine
• Cleaned up names of several solid resources, removing unnecessary packaging prefixes
• Fixed overflow when many pages are bookmarked in the tablet menu
• Added "X" button to tablet home page bookmark buttons to remove them from that page
• Added process diagrams to the types of pages that can be bookmarked in the tablet
• Rebalanced planet map detail generation algorithm for some biomes
• Added Fluorite Mine
• Added fluorite grinding to Mineral Grinder machine
• Added additional output pipes to the atmospheric and vacuum distillation towers
• Fixed issue preventing options list from populating on gas importer machine
• Added second gas vent output to Molten Electrolyzer
• Fixed alignment issue with oil distillation machines
• Fixed issue in converter machine menus that caused long processes to go beyond the window
• Fixed issue where some machines would show incorrect ingredients in campaign mode
• Replaced crate I/O with token I/O
• Fixed overflow issue in resource gatherer window
• Fixed status display issue for assembler machines
• Fixed issue preventing control buttons from appearing on factory panel
• Fixed scroll speed on resource assembly step list
• Fixed company dropdown in Finance P&L window
• Fixed issue preventing offset printer and gluer from prepping the wrapper for a pack of printer paper
• Fixed issue preventing offset printer from printing the labels for beer
• Fixed issue preventing spray painter from painting a sheet of bottle caps
• Fixed issue preventing assembler from starting a stack of cardboard
• Fixed issue preventing imprinter from fluting cardboard
• Fixed issue preventing laser cutter from scoring mask foam cutouts
• Fixed issue preventing assembler from starting a sack of road salt from a linen sack
• Fixed issue preventing printer/cutter from turning a cardboard sheet into a folded 6-pack box
• Fixed verbiage in new purchase order window
• Fixed broken "back" buttons in new order windows
• Fixed scroll speed in industrial park window
• Replaced icon for sewer
• Fixed incorrect headers in Planet Resources offers list
• Completed tablet page bookmarking system
• Fixed bug causing imported materials to be incomplete
• Fixed display issue on planet factory window summary tab's buttons
• Expanded maximum size of factory spaces
• Added new factory space shape: Capital-L

We recommend starting a new game when upgrading from v0.5.0.x or earlier saves.