Hola Capos!

Thank you for your amazing support after our last update - we listened, gathered feedback and now we are ready to present you our Prosperity Update!

If you're not in the mood to read all of the Patch Notes, you can just watch our newest Devlog, where we cover all of the major changes!

And if you're in the mood...

Our efforts to make the game more approachable for those who’re not looking for a hardcore experience are culmintaing in this update - we are introducing even more customization options for Sandbox which will make the game unique for every player! You can try out different scenarios and share them with your friends with just a click of a button.



We’re making a special channel on our official Cartel Tycoon Discord for you to share your settings! Just copy your hash, write a small description and paste for all the players to enjoy!
You can also do it in the Steam Community! We will be checking our favourite settings and highlighting them on our channels!

Our developers also made a list of settings for you to try. You can find them here.

Of course, there’s also a Survival Mode for our most hardcore fans…You can watch our newest Devlog to find out more about it!


Also, if you somehow missed it we’ve updated our Roadmap!
You can check it out on our website and on Trello!
And also check this post for more information about our future plans for Cartel Tycoon:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1220140/view/4817143808378729302

But for now - check the Patch Notes:

ːcartel_loveː Cartel Tycoon V 0.9.1.1660 ːcartel_loveː

Major changes

• Four new unique Residences with special abilities. Paranoid, Party, Pretentious and Modern Residences have been added. Complete special challenges to unlock them!

  
  
  

• Survival Mode. No manual saves, a couple of dollars in your pocket, lots of enemies and imminent death on the horizon - a pure hardcore permadeath experience.

  
  
  

• Advanced settings for Sandbox Mode. Set things like starting money, authority aggression, starting research and more the way you want from the start and experience the game the way you want it to be played! Other players will be able to try out your customized settings - you can share your settings with your friend by copying hash from the menu.

  
  
  

• Global progression. Complete various challenges to unlock Bosses, Cartel Emblems, starting Regions and new Residence types.

  
  
  

Other updates & changes

• Added Turkish language support!
  
• Added new Cartel Emblems
  
• Updated the tutorial to include more useful quests and highlights
  
• Added tooltips for Game Modes’ descriptions
  
• Updated the sound of completed building construction
  
• Removed the “Reign Over” screen after the death of your Boss (so it is more clear that dead boss is not a game over)
  

Balance

• Lieutenants now earn experience at a slower rate
  
• You can build 7 regular residences
  
• Some lieutenant abilities have been tweaked
  
• Updated the list of lieutenants available for hiring
  
• Regions are now lost after the Capos’ death only in Hard mode (you get to keep them in Easy and Medium)
  

Bug Fixes

• Some abilities’ names have been updated in all languages
  
• Fixed “Game Over” screen not being displayed sometimes when it should
  
• Fixed an issue with buildings becoming invisible during the construction phase
  
• Fixed production time visual issues
  
• Removed crash issue on some old saves loading
  
• Fixed some text issues
  

Visuals

• Updated visuals for global map: dust, tree leaves, seagulls vfx
  
• Fixed visuals for zones of some buildings
  
• Fixed smoke issues
  

Known issues

• On some of the Windows versions (specifically if something has been done with the default Media Player) our animated intro causes the game to crash. The temporary workaround is to turn on “Skip movies” in the settings menu.
  
• Some Nvidia cards cause D3D to crash at start-up (https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/game-ready-drivers/13/256280/unreal-engine-is-exiting-due-to-d3d-device-being-l/)
  
• The main menu UI is bugged at some laptops - switching from Fullscreen to Windowed or Borderless usually fixes this.
  

Let us know what you think in the comments! And please keep an eye on our social channels for all the latest news and updates, and be sure to join the official Cartel Tycoon Discord to join the community, share your feedback, and chat with the development team.