Alpha 2 patch 2

Here we go:

Added/changed:

New building: a small chapel
Added a 64-bit version of the game (should slightly improve performance on 64-bit systems)
Can now demolish fallow fields during season if not using as a pasture
Added a new fence model
Can now apply hire options to all buildings of this type
Slightly improved citizen clothes variety
Increased the time a trade wagon waits for workers to load/unload it
Added a search feature to cycle through all the buildings of the same type
Can now specify how much to stock raw materials or animal food in supply options. Also now able to use multiple food types for pigs and chickens.
Updated some of the building models

Fixed:

Slaughterhouse preference checkboxes were not saved
Pigs or chickens trader could deliver to the same pigsty or chicken coop if arrived at the same time
Eggs trade was still a bit off (also leading to corrupted other deals and spamming with wagons)
A blue screen after clicking on newcomer portrait
Crash when chopping trees near the map border
Crash when have a corrupted file in saves folder
Crash when a grandparent outlives all other family members
Market stalls and forestries could keep reserves for dead people
Improved time calculation (should fix the worker stalling bug, but can’t check since it’s a very rare bug)
Two workers at a carpentry could mess up oxen leading to random crashes
Some building models had glitchy triangles
Fixed several minor UI issues
Newcomer families could have children with negative age showing as newborn for years

Some problems may still persist in old saves, but won’t appear again.

To update your game you can just download it again from Humble with the same link they sent you when you purchased the game and then replace it completely with your current version. Your saves and options will stay.

If you have lost your link, you can use this tool to regain access: http://humblebundle.com/resender

If you have errors regarding “MSVCP140.dll” you need to install Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017. Here’s the direct link for 32-bit version: https://aka.ms/vs/15/release/vc_redist.x86.exe and here for 64-bit: https://aka.ms/vs/15/release/vc_redist.x64.exe

garo

Is there any way to get more nails when you were late building the smithy? I think I need one more nail to finish it and I’m just stuck. Have to start over.
- desikyu
  
  you can deconstruct an existing building – and get the nails from that in an emergency.
  - garo
    
    Tried that. But ran out of things to destroy which is why I ended up with one nail short! 🙁 And some you had to empty first but seems they never would empty.
NONNIE

I went to Humble Bundle but the patch does not show … last patch is the Alpha 2 patch 1 upgrade … Most annoying …. Do you know where I find out more information about the patch? and how to get it?
- NONNIE
  
  YEAH … figured it out myself …. I was signed in but getting out of HUMBLE and re entering everything showed up … downloading now and looking forward to playing the new update
NONNIE

What is the best program to use to UnZip the files? I have had problems with WIN ZIP and 7zip …. are there better programs?
- garo
  
  Either one should work. Maybe a corrupt download.
- NONNIE
  
  Finally got 7ZIP to work …
Claudiu

I have a strange problem with builders. They go to the construction site and then leave without working.
- NONNIE
  
  Having the same problem … I wanted a second forestry closer to forest since I clear cut the first area I had settled. I also had wanted a second chapel by the grave yard … had one already in the middle of the town. This occurred in two games I tried with the new patch 2….. glad to know it was not just me
  - Kristopher Boddie
    
    Same problem here! Seems like an easy bug to fix since this wasn’t present until alpha 2 for me.
Dharma Sims

Hooray! I look forward to checking out the new and improved things. I appreciate all your hard work. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Five stars for you, Yevheniy.
serfio

I have tried your last patch (the very last!!) I have noticed a strange behavior of builders so the get to the site and turn back near the yellow line(do not enter the building site) because the trip was I suppose too far It seems they have a range of distance please check…and more over no builders show up for working they just stay unemployed or going around and some times cowshed and pigs try even if they have workers very well paid just miss to supply water and hay or wheat and all finish with dying for starvation…big troubles if no manager at trading post wants to get this job same as all the others…that’s it so far…so complicated!!… I hope not to bother but I have played quite enough to test it properly wish all the best good luck
serfio

sorry I saw the post after I made mine another person is having troubles with builders I think is Claudiu right underneath…the problem does exits same as the “rule” of town hall enroll for builders has to be chanced and unique with salary and recruitment separated, same for managers, we need schools and levels of education & preparation and so on to have a good managing approach,…may I say ?”the church” is a very small chapel do not fit anyone, for size and for role, am I wrong? thanks anyway the beginning is moving on in a way I appreciate a lot but the road is still long and difficult to build piece by piece and mind too many coincident behaviors may get struggle one another , bye
Pedro Henrique Souza Guimaras

hey, i have been playing for over 3 mounts and just played the new patch. Here are some suggestions and problems i had:

1- My pigs died of starvation while having buckwheat and potatoes inside (water and a worker too)
2- Would be nice to be able to move cows from cowsheds.
3-When we are at the map we can´t see our resources in storage.
4- World be a nice feature if the town hall could automatically dismiss people from fishing on winter.
5- There should be a worker in the market just to sell stuff because the buyer usually go away before we can sell our stuff.
6- I think people complain a lot about food variety.

Thanks for the awesome game you are creating
- NONNIE
  
  I think people complain a lot about food variety…… I agree this should not start until the game has capacity to grow / provide all the varieties … or at least not for the first couple of years …. IS there a way to figure out what food they are missing?
NONNIE

Can the pigs be moved to a second pigsty like the chickens can be moved to a second chicken coop? Also I thought they would be able to have other foods…. I always feed my piggies and chicks chicken scraps.
NONNIE

Has anyone ever had a positive money balance after the first year or two? I have yet to have a village that makes money or have a balance budget…. Might not be important now but when the game is finalized it will be I am sure.
- desikyu
  
  Yes. I kept rent and salaries unchanged, good prices at 110%, with multiple goods being produced/sold within my village (consumer economy). That keeps my balance about even (with the sales of local goods covering or exceeding the total cost of salaries), and then outside trades on surplus goods make my village a modest profit profit. I’m at about +3000 gold with a village size of 450 now.
  
  but i also have to manually give out financial help which gets annoying since villagers buy more than they earn (but I only lose ~150 a year with this).
  - NONNIE
    
    thank you I will try it …. if I can ever get my village built … for some reason the builders stop building … they walk up to the building then turn around and go back … most annoying.
NONNIE

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Not seeing this window to adjust the food sources …. the pigs on my PATCH 2 only can get wheat
- Pedro Henrique Souza Guimaras
  
  Try looking on the botton of the building screen. There’s a button with the picture of a wagon.
  - NONNIE
    
    thank you that worked …. but they only eat the wheat … they die off even though their are other food sources ….. I am having problems with the wheat fields …. there never seems to be enough wheat … when I had 4 wheat fields at the beginning of the game I got 8 per field… total of about 24 … now that I have 8 fields on fully staffed farms I still only get 24 total wheat at end of season…. something is UNBALANCED.
NONNIE

Having major issues with building … plenty of wood / nails but does not build what is needed … just stay in their houses
desikyu

Clothing/Hemp production seems really unbalanced. By the time it goes through weaving and tailoring, I’m not producing more than 5 clothes out of ~150 hemp?
serfio

lots of complains in “Reddit site” as well for builders behavior they do not work for building, they bring very quickly all the stuff needed, but then they turn back go to rest or home or buying things …ah ah!! no job done.. just walk through..and they keep coming until the nearest builders will finish on its own,… I think they are managed now by time and travel distance what a mistake !! I guess we need very soon a patch for this… actually it seems they only major cause other details can be managed like sudden pig or cows or chicken starvation…just increase the amount in stock
J. Fought

One thing I feel was missing from Banished (and other city builders) was the ability to decorate our town. Are you planning on adding aesthetic items (statues, fountains, flowers, etc) to help customize our town?
Ksipetotek

Yes, bad work with the builders do not want to build at all, how soon will the fix or is it worth while playing the previous version?
MinDBlanK

Anyone else having the issue with people not taking up jobs? I’m at 50% unemployment now with almost 10 jobs available. They just will not fill them, I’ve waited 6 months as well, still nothing. Tried rebuilding the buildings incase it was an issue with the building but same thing, jobs lie empty.