January 2022 - New Content Additions!

Whiskey Island has a few new features which were added this month: [list] [*]New Locomotive [*]New Railway Speeder [*]New Scrapyard Building [*]New Scrap Cargo [*]New Cargo Ship [*]Special Task Assignments [*]Train Lights [*]Cargo Manifests [*]Keyboard Changes [/list] There are a few new things at the engine house to try out - a new locomotive has been added to the game (really an "old" locomotive), which will be useful for shunting cars around the Seaport. Also at the engine house is a new railway Speeder which can be used to inspect the track. The engine house now has windows and doors (I'm still experimenting with how to add those to buildings so it's a bit of a trial). A new Scrap Yard building is located on the shoreline across the road from the Engine House. Special Scrap cargo can be found is various, random locations around Island. Use trucks to carry them to the Scrap Yard for a delivery payment. Once there is enough scrap at the yard (minimum 12), it will be transferred to the old cargo ship at the scrap yard dock (now being used as a scrap tender) which will then set sail with the rusty cargo. A new, larger Cargo Ship (still a tramp steamer, of course) has been assigned to the main Whiskey Island supply route. It docks at the Seaport pier where the old ship used to tie up. The old cargo ship has been sold to the Scrap Yard where it is now being used as a scrap tender. A new feature in the game is automatically generated "special tasks" ... they're special deliveries that offer a gold bonus and if accepted must be completed before the timer runs out. A special task will be generated from time-to-time, which will be indicated by a small gold icon in the top bar next to the gold / happiness levels (top bar, left side). When a special task is available, press 'T' on the keyboard to open an information panel on the left-side of the screen - it will provide information about the task and display a timer for task acceptance and completion. The locomotives (and the new Speeder) now have lights which can be activated with the same keyboard keys as the trucks .... select the letter 'I' to toggle headlights on / off, and the letter 'O' to activate special lights (such as the hazard strobe on the Speeder. The railway headlights are directional (they change depending which direction the locomotive is moving). Along with the new features, there are a couple updates to the input assignments and UI menus. The "Train Manifest" information panel (selected by 'Left-Shift' on the keyboard) has been updated to show truck cargo, too. The name is now "Cargo Manifest" and the player must by in a locomotive or vehicle to display the panel with the 'Left-Shift' key. The new Special Tasks panel (discussed above) is selected with the 'T' key on the keyboard, which was previously assigned to the 'Transfer Cargo' menu. To transfer cargo now, use the 'U' key to display the transfer panel when prompted.