Dev blog · v0.14.48

Lamps that light the way

Lamps reach four tiles, bins too, and guests remember a dark stretch, not a single dark step.

Published 18 October 2026

  • Lamps light 4 tiles each way, and you can see it
  • A long dark or dirty stretch builds up; one tile doesn’t
  • Paths carry on at height from a ramp
  • A price bar: how guests would take your ticket
A footpath dragged on from the top of a ramp toward the pond. Before: it dropped to the ground, cut off, and was refused over the water. After: it carries on at the ramp’s height as a walkway on supports, out over the pond (before)A footpath dragged on from the top of a ramp toward the pond. Before: it dropped to the ground, cut off, and was refused over the water. After: it carries on at the ramp’s height as a walkway on supports, out over the pond (after) BeforeAfter
A footpath dragged on from the top of a ramp toward the pond. Before: it dropped to the ground, cut off, and was refused over the water. After: it carries on at the ramp’s height as a walkway on supports, out over the pond
The same three paths at night, lamps every 3, 8 and 16 tiles. Before: a lamp counted for 2 tiles and lit a small pool round its foot. After: it lights 4 tiles each way and the warm glow shows how far, so a lamp every 8 tiles keeps a path lit (before)The same three paths at night, lamps every 3, 8 and 16 tiles. Before: a lamp counted for 2 tiles and lit a small pool round its foot. After: it lights 4 tiles each way and the warm glow shows how far, so a lamp every 8 tiles keeps a path lit (after) BeforeAfter
The same three paths at night, lamps every 3, 8 and 16 tiles. Before: a lamp counted for 2 tiles and lit a small pool round its foot. After: it lights 4 tiles each way and the warm glow shows how far, so a lamp every 8 tiles keeps a path lit
  1. A ride’s Price tab at a pricey ticket: the new bar under the meter shows how the guests in the park now would take it (28% yes, 40% maybe, 32% no), and the turned-down count starts again from your new price
    A ride’s Price tab at a pricey ticket: the new bar under the meter shows how the guests in the park now would take it (28% yes, 40% maybe, 32% no), and the turned-down count starts again from your new price
Everything in this update (11)
  • Guests’ thoughts now build up: a quick walk past a dark or dirty stretch goes unnoticed, but about 40 seconds of it gets them talking; a crowd, vomit or smashed things only take a couple of seconds. Once a bad impression is strong it weighs more than before and stays with them until it fades. Meeting the mascot, the llama, the band or the jumping fountains still counts at once
  • Lamps light 4 tiles each way, and at night you can see how far: a wide warm glow round each lamp. A guest who finds it too dark now says what would fix it: no lamp within 4 tiles
  • Litter bins: guests walk up to 4 tiles to the nearest bin with room (it was the next tile), so a bin every 8 tiles keeps a path clean
  • Vouchers: handing one out at the gate cheers guests a little less, and a free meal gets talked about more, so meal vouchers bring visitors and free rides don’t pay their batch back
  • Paths: a path dragged or clicked on from the top of a ramp or a raised walkway now carries on at that height (on supports, over water and uneven ground too) instead of dropping to the ground cut off or being refused over water (thanks to a player’s report)
  • Paths and queue lines: dragging on from a raised deck follows the pointer where the deck is drawn, so the line no longer swerves onto the ground beside it
  • Queue lines: hovering beside a raised queue end now says you can drag from there
  • Ride prices: “N guests turned it down” starts again when you set a new price, and a new bar under the price meter shows how the guests in your park would take it right now: yes, maybe or no
  • Saving a park while guests were being served a meal could, very rarely, make the loaded park play on a little differently from the one you saved; fixed
  • Free accounts have 5 cloud save slots (the Premium page said 3)
  • Founding Barons get their name in the credits and a vote on what we build next; the promise of each new version two days early is withdrawn, as it couldn’t be kept

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