News Tower Update Patch Notes on April 2, 2024

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• Patch Title: Patch v0.13.28.r
• Patch Release Date: April 2, 2024

The developer of News Tower has released a new update for the game on April 2, 2024. Here are the new things that you should expect to see or change on this new update. This information was curated directly from the official announcement on Steam.

GOOD MORNING to all and to everyone else as well!

This patch brings a new batch of fresh improvements and fixes.
Check it below!

IMPROVEMENTS

User Interface

• The main menu has been updated:
  • Improvements to the Load menu:
    • The game versions a save was created in is now displayed.
    • Autosaves are now displayed next to the corresponding game.
    • The month is now also displayed.
  • A new “Score” menu has been added, allowing players to review their past score screens shown at the end of December 1932.
  • The Settings menu has been revamped.
• The Score screen at the end of December 1932 now displays the “Total Net Earnings” graph.
• In-game hamburger menu has a new style.

Elevators

• Elevators are weighted better now, employees chose their path more wisely regarding stairs or elevator. An elevator becomes more attractive the more floors an employee has to travel. If an employee only has to go one floor, taking the stairs is often preferable (but not always, depending on how close the elevator is to the target).
• Elevator doors close faster.

Audio

• Audio added for: Newsbook opening, the unlock of story files, UI tracing links for both the Newsbook and the Area Map, and when employees level up.

Miscellaneous

• Silver tags don’t appear before March 1930 anymore.
• Trash discomfort range is a bit shorter.
• Employee bubble for a lawsuit has a tooltip now that says “Lawsuit”.
• AI regarding transportation has had a slight overhaul. Resupply can carry a max of 3 crates, > lv 3 = 2 crates, from level 9 is 3. This only applies to paper, coal, food and lawsuits.
• An animation has been added for the floor addition.

FIXES

• We’ve implemented a change that prevents the same news article title from appearing twice in a single week. No more duplicate headlines!
• Pressing space bar while changing employee name no longer pauses the game.
• Protester guide icon displays “Protesters” as tooltip instead of Mobsters.
• Bug fixed where the ad menu would block when it had multiple pages.
• Fixed intro postcard input field getting selected after confirming newspaper name.
• FMOD upgraded from 2.02.04 to 2.02.20, should fix the no sound issue some people reported.
• Some minor issues regarding confirm dialogs have been fixed.
• Fixed some animation glitches when an employee is holding an item.
• Employees that were holding an item when the game got saved: when the game is loaded again, they would wander around without a goal at first, often dropping their items or taking a detour. This should be fixed now.
• Fixed the annoying automatic desk pickup when selecting an object while zoomed out pretty far
• Fixed the 15th floor crash. Max floors is 31 now and the crash will never happen because adding gets blocked.
• Various minor fixes.

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Until next time, dear ones!

The News Tower Team

To learn more about this new update, check the official source mentioned above.