Update 14.4.2020 redesigns the combat and recommendation systems.

Gameplay

• Gameplay: Replaced the combat system.
  • Colonists can no longer fight. Instead you can now build combat robots which can get destroyed (model & animation will be replaced in the future). More robot types and tiers will be added in the future.
  • You can select multiple combat robots by drag-selecting them. Then, you can send them somewhere close to your territory by right-clicking. If you enter an enemy area, your robots will fight the enemies.
  • You can now build combat robots in the robot workshop, which has been moved to tier 1.
  • Health is no longer a need. Also, things no longer heal over time.
  • Swords and training dummies are deprecated.
  • Combat robots and enemies have little health bars on top of them.
  • Updated the combat tutorial.
• Gameplay: Redesigned the recommendation system. It is now much more like the system in Prison Architect. You get tasks, like "setup a well and produce water" and receive a small cash reward on completion. These tasks guide you along your way in the tech tree. Modders: Have a look at RecommendationInfo to add this functionality to your own mods.
• Gameplay: Attacking an enemy camp now reveals the tiles covered by it.
• Gameplay: When sending robots outside of your territory's range, they now go to the nearest tile where they can go.
• Gameplay: Readded the "Attack" button to the enemy claim panel. Note that using using it is not always optimal as positioning/rallying your robots before the fight might be advantageous.
• Gameplay: Deprecated the middle-tier-house. You now have the basic house with low quality and capacity 4 and can upgrade it to a high quality capacity 2 house.
• Gameplay: When you link an output stockpile, it no longer sets it to accept products that are already accepted by existing stockpiles.
• Gameplay: The inventory targets are no longer the only objective. As such, they have been simplified. Modders: If you want to have your own products show up as targets, set an amount in ItemInfo→ProductionTargetAmount.
• Gameplay: New objective: Clear all enemy camps.
• Gameplay: New objective: Earn money (via exporting).
• Gameplay: New objective: Claim land.
• Gameplay: In order to move on to the next tier on the world map it is now sufficient to visit half the islands of the previous tier.
• Gameplay: Carriages can now operate in automatic mode. It's active by default and eliminates the need to set a schedule for simple setups. (Note: Does not work with saves from older versions)
• Gameplay: The available trade opportunities at the trading hub now change every day at 6:00.
• Gameplay: Foundations are now unified. Placing a foundation will select the model appropriate for the type of the tile.

User Interface

• UI: Added a hint text to some of the actions, e.g. that you can cycle between objects while deconstructing.
• UI: Added your current money amount to the top info panel and removed it from the cargo port.
• UI: When selecting multiple combat robots, there is now an info panel showing all of them.
• UI: Hovering over the smily in the colonist management screen now shows a tooltip.
• UI: When searching for a type by typing, the relevance filter is disabled when no type would be shown with it.
• UI: The game version number is now shown on the menu screen.
• UI: Colonist happiness is now next to the needs in the panel.
• UI: Added a happiness column to the colonist management screen. Also removed swords from the colonist panels as they are deprecated.
• UI: You can now disable inserters.
• UI: When making a logistics connection, hold ctrl, alt or shift to create a two-way-connection.
• UI: When placing decorations, the construction overlay now also highlights tiles for which decorations currently under construction will have an effect.
• UI: The decoration overlay now also considers decorations currently under construction.

Balance / Misc

• Balance: Reduced the money required for the money-goal.
• Balance: Reduced the cost of the auto-grove and the auto-kiln and moved them to tier 2.
• Balance: Made the combat robot stronger.
• Balance: A stone block now only requires one rock.
• Misc: You can now grow wheat on regular grass tiles, not just on dry grass.
• Misc: Added SpawnerInfo→ExactSpawnNumber.
• Audio: You can now change the volume of work-related sounds relative to the rest of the audio.
• Visual: Zeppelins now rotate to match an item's rotation on pickup.
• Visual: Zeppelins now rotate to match the rotation an item will have when dropping.
• Visual: Changed the icons for mined clay/iron and iron blocks to make them more distinguishable.
• Misc: Having no zone selected no longer counts as "all zones".

Bug fixes

• Fixed: Goto-Timeout not getting serialized correctly.
• Fixed: Recommendations are now deleted when a required object is deleted (e.g. through a mod).
• Fixed: Being able to build shipping ports over trees etc..
• Fixed: Changing a bonfire's color executing a claim while still under construction.
• Fixed: Objectives like earn money should no longer get duplicated when reloading a game.
• Fixed: Deconstructing a belt should no longer keep outgoing items reserved.
• Fixed: You can no longer place buildings on tiles where reserved items lie.
• Fixed: Added goals to the mockup-scenarios.
• Fixed: Layout bug with cover vein panel.
• Fixed: When multiple enemy claims overlap, you now only pull enemies from the closest camp.
• Fixed: Enemies now only follow you for a maximum of 30 seconds.
• Fixed: Possible incompatibility with previous save games.
• Fixed: The save screen now shows file write times, not creation times.
• Fixed: Swords can no longer be produced.
• Fixed: Deprecated houses are no longer shown in the list.
• Fixed: Setting up a carriage station before it is built will trigger the schedule generation when complete.
• Fixed: Wheat not growing on tiles where a mountain was mined.
• Fixed: Minor bug when leaving maps related to thought bubbles.
• Fixed: Deconstructing a nice house now yields the correct ingredients.
• Fixed: Multiple text issues on the custom map screen.
• Fixed: Several smaller fixes.
• Fixed: Layout bug when opening/closing the recommendation window.
• Fixed: Combat robots are no longer counted as idle colonists.
• Fixed: You can no longer build shipping ports outside of your territory.
• Fixed: Production status string in UI.
• Fixed: The date in the save game view not always matching the actual save time.
• Fixed: You can now prevent certain enemy camp spawns by using DeleteObjectsInfo.
• Fixed: Error loading save games using the earn money objective.
• Fixed: Roads are no longer covered by the oasis.
• Fixed: Playing on a map without objectives no longer opens a victory screen.
• Fixed: Colonists with only "Construction" assigned will now pick up hammers.
• Fixed: Transparent objects becoming opaque when animated.
• Fixed: Objectives not saved/loaded correctly (e.g. when saving during a tutorial).
• Fixed: Colonists drinking/eating too much after being recruited.
• Fixed: Even-sized buildings like wells getting placed in a different spot than their blueprint indicates when rotated.
• Fixed: Ingredients brought to semi-automatic workshops should no longer get stolen.
• Fixed: In-game date/time not correctly loaded.
• Fixed: Added a final (wait) step to the logistics and carriage tutorials.
• Fixed: Having no house now counts as poor housing quality as well. (Has no effect, just makes more sense.)
• Fixed: Some smaller fixes.
• Fixed: When upgrading depots, the contained items are no longer cleared before construction.
• Fixed: When upgrading depots, existing entry/exit hoppers are now correctly registered to the depot.
• Fixed: Conveyor model not updated when a neighboring belt is built.
• Fixed: Conveyors built on top of each other are now "joined".
• Fixed: Hyperactive animations.
• Fixed: Trees moving in different directions when the wind blows.
• Fixed: Groves/farms should now get harvested correctly if they are in multiple zones at the same time.
• Fixed: Colonists no longer execute logistics jobs which would lead them out of their designated zones.
• Fixed: In the train tutorial, gold blocks should no longer get stockpiled to sp5.
• Fixed: Recruiting colonists should no longer cause your existing colonists' preferences to change.
• Fixed: Removing zones should no longer remove foundations underneath.
• Performance: The camera is no longer rendering while the map is loaded/generated.
• Performance: Fixed lags caused by dynamic font generation.
• Performance: Improved performance of health bar UI rendering.
• Performance: Improved performance of thought bubble UI rendering.
• Performance: Improved performance on maps with many enemies.