DJMorpheus2007: It was to fix random crashes, which "caught us by surprise", according to Steam.

There were numerous crashes from what I read, many different system specs involved too.

On a plus note, my overheating problems have been solved by the looks of it with today's update, that was immediately evident when I booted the game up ;-).

DJMorpheus2007: I'm not sure if the devs are monitoring this forum, but if you are, my conclusions about the issues I've been having...

1. The reason I can't manually select a map, it's chosen automatically, is because I'm being forced to try to play the game in 720p, due to the UI Scaling not functioning correctly. I managed to select one fine in 1080p, but then I can't play the game in that resolution right now, even with a magnifying glass.

2. I'm contradicting my last reply here, following further testing, with a magnifying glass at 720p I might add... The optimisation is still awful. My first houses started being built and my graphics card fans kicked-in YET AGAIN. Graphics settings changes made NO difference.

An old phrase springs to mind here... "If it isn't broken, why fix it?"

The EA version was great, everything functioning really well, but now... You've broken the game, it's become a shadow of its former self :-/.

Completely unplayable, until whatever has been broken, is fixed...

DJMorpheus2007: The one thing which baffles me, above all else...

They had a very good working version in EA, yet they changed it for full release, makes no sense whatsoever.

As for their playtesters on the 1.0 version...

I've done Alpha and Beta testing in the past, for small and large games companies, Electronic Arts being the largest, VSTEP being the smallest. In my experience, the majority of playtesters (70-80%) have no interest in filing bug reports, they just want to play the game before everyone else.

According to what I've read over the past few days, the demo had optimisation issues too. I'm not sure how true that is, because we weren't given access here, but looking at the full release, it is possible.

I'm just sorry I deleted the EA version from my PC, at least that was a game you could play.

KeoniBoy: Go to Manage Installation, Configure, Beta Channels, choose one, DL, then check the date. Was able to roll back to the EA version of Oct 2023. Not sure if that was the last EA version before the full release this year, but seem to recall there was a delay of ~ 1 year between the last EA version in 2023 and the full release this year, cause the playtest was in 2024. Will check out what the EA version of 10/2023 is like, OK? TBC...

DJMorpheus2007: I'm guessing that's through Galaxy?

I don't use Galaxy, I always download the offline backup files, so not sure if I can recover the EA version now...

Just tried to recover the EA files, using some powerful recovery software I bought a while ago. to recover pictures for a family member, but I do use a secure-erasing package, so the files were unrecognisable/unrecoverable :-/.

Update:

Tried using Galaxy, for the first time ever... Not for me, having to fire-up Galaxy every time you want to play. That's the reason I left Steam behind.

Anyway, thank you for the suggestion, it was worth a try :-).

I've now completely uninstalled all traces of the game and I'll be deleting registry entries soon. I will only reinstall it, once I know it's fixed.

DJMorpheus2007: I've gone back to Infraspace, Manor Lords and a few other builders for now. Just completed Gas Station Simulator and all DLC packs, shouldn't be so much fun, but it is :-D.

Need a new challenge ;-).

I am in the UK, will have to check them out :-). Found one of my favourite Youtube reviewers recently, @WorthABuyreviews, he pulls no punches and doesn't like the current crop of AAA games, with their woke nonsense, on that I agree with him, but I won't get all political in here ;-).

He does make me laugh though :'-D.

DJMorpheus2007: I'll be honest, I'm not a fan of any of those, most British drama or mystery I find a little flat, but then I am very fussy. I prefer classic British comedy now, One Foot in the Grave, In Sickness and in Health, The Detectives, to name just 3 (the 2nd being controversial by today's standards, but still VERY funny).

I did take a quick look at Ostriv recently, may have to investigate further. The game I'm REALLY waiting-for right now, is Sengoku Dynasty, BIG fan of Japanese culture and I do have a thing for Japanese ladies (did I say that out loud?) It's been out for quite some time on Steam, but still waiting here. I have all the other Dynasty games and the only real letdown so far, Wild West Dynasty, because of the tiny UI. Whether they'll sort it out I have no idea, but there are more than a few complaints about it.

I've been voting on the GOG Dreamlist too, see if we can get some more games from my younger days here ;-).

DJMorpheus2007: Not sure if any of you have been keeping-track of updates, we have the latest one by the way, but the UI still hasn't been addressed as far as I can tell, although I haven't even downloaded the latest version, so I don't know for certain.

Anyway, a post-release roadmap that I saw on Steam this morning...

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/690830/view/507319906279097445

Will the UI Scaling finally be fixed? It's not mentioned specifically, so I'm not sure... Let's hope so.