Christmas content pack and minor changes to Cities XL
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12/16/2009 12:48:00 PM
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Monte Cristo continues to pump out more items for Cities XL. What better opportunity for more gifts and content than Christmas? Seasonal decorations and new lighting at night have been released for both solo and online cities.
Other modifications to the core game have been also been made. Fixes have been added to the interface, obscenity filter, performance, and more. Find a full list after the jump and be sure to check out the new screens showing off the Christmas decorations.
Other modifications to the core game have been also been made. Fixes have been added to the interface, obscenity filter, performance, and more. Find a full list after the jump and be sure to check out the new screens showing off the Christmas decorations.
Christmas content pack available for Cities XL!
Christmas is early this year: Monte Cristo is pleased to announce
the release of our very special Christmas content pack! This new pack
brings seasonal decorations and new lightnings at night, both to solo
and online cities, as well as a few other changes you can find below.
Christmas decorations
The festive season has started in all cities and a series of
decorations are automatically added to the streets:
* Electric decorations in the streets
* Christmas trees in city halls' gardens and other buildings
* A Christmas market with an animated merry-go-round
* Santa Claus and his sledge
Night lights
When night falls on your city, streets now light up as a smooth
glowing light falls from lamp posts and headlights from cars are
turned on.
Other Changes
- ONLINE -
[OPT] The obscenity filter has been updated, with common words such
as "yellow" removed
- INTERFACE -
[NEW] New loading screens with city stats and hints
[NEW] Solo or Planet mode is now selected direclty from the
launcher, after login
[NEW] Selecting a road now allows to display routes for that
specific road (pedestrians, cars, buses, trucks...)
[OPT] The game options window has been redesigned
- SIM -
[FIX] All decoration areas now properly generate positive quality of
life (except the construction area)
[FIX] The cost of the Golden Gate bridge has been fixed for
consistency with the metal bridge
- GRAPHICS -
[NEW] Christmas decorations and surprises (temporary)
[NEW] Glowing particles for lampposts and headlights
[FIX] Level shots (Ctrl + F11) now show water properly
[FIX] Bus zebras don't show systematically on some bridges any more.
- TRAFFIC -
[OPT] Bus traffic has been improved
[OPT] Vehicles stopping at traffic lights have been improved
- PERFORMANCE -
[FIX] A crash when deleting some bus lines has been fixed
Christmas is early this year: Monte Cristo is pleased to announce
the release of our very special Christmas content pack! This new pack
brings seasonal decorations and new lightnings at night, both to solo
and online cities, as well as a few other changes you can find below.
Christmas decorations
The festive season has started in all cities and a series of
decorations are automatically added to the streets:
* Electric decorations in the streets
* Christmas trees in city halls' gardens and other buildings
* A Christmas market with an animated merry-go-round
* Santa Claus and his sledge
Night lights
When night falls on your city, streets now light up as a smooth
glowing light falls from lamp posts and headlights from cars are
turned on.
Other Changes
- ONLINE -
[OPT] The obscenity filter has been updated, with common words such
as "yellow" removed
- INTERFACE -
[NEW] New loading screens with city stats and hints
[NEW] Solo or Planet mode is now selected direclty from the
launcher, after login
[NEW] Selecting a road now allows to display routes for that
specific road (pedestrians, cars, buses, trucks...)
[OPT] The game options window has been redesigned
- SIM -
[FIX] All decoration areas now properly generate positive quality of
life (except the construction area)
[FIX] The cost of the Golden Gate bridge has been fixed for
consistency with the metal bridge
- GRAPHICS -
[NEW] Christmas decorations and surprises (temporary)
[NEW] Glowing particles for lampposts and headlights
[FIX] Level shots (Ctrl + F11) now show water properly
[FIX] Bus zebras don't show systematically on some bridges any more.
- TRAFFIC -
[OPT] Bus traffic has been improved
[OPT] Vehicles stopping at traffic lights have been improved
- PERFORMANCE -
[FIX] A crash when deleting some bus lines has been fixed
