Hi everyone. We have a new patch for you today with a bunch of fixes highlighted below and some back-end changes to enable the upload (and download) of the upcoming Region Packs. While the asset editing features are not fully complete yet, we’ve found a workaround to make these uploads possible. The Paradox team is putting in extra effort to bring each pack from the amazing creators around the world to you. They’re working diligently, preparing each pack one at a time, so stay tuned as they’ll share the roadmap with you very soon! We’re excited to see their creations and we hope you are too.

Now let’s talk bug fixes. This patch includes several fixes related to tourism and addresses the lack of hotels appearing in commercial zones. While hotels won’t replace existing commercial buildings, you will see them appear in newly zoned commercial areas or if you bulldoze existing commercial buildings. 

If you were among the players who kept seeing homeless tents all over your city parks despite doing everything you could to resolve homelessness, you’ll be glad to know that tents will now clear out once the homeless people have left your parks. If your city is still struggling with a sizeable homeless population or you see citizens who appear to be stuck, don’t hesitate to make a bug report listing any mods that have been used and attach the save for us to look at.

Last but not least, this patch includes adjustments and fixes to pollution. While we don’t expect you to see massive changes in your city, it’s worth noting that road-based noise pollution from highways has increased. If you have residential areas near highways, you may want to add sound barriers to reduce the noise pollution.

If you use mods, keep in mind that they may need to be updated for the patch to work correctly, so please be patient with the modders. If you encounter any new issues in the unmodded game, we’d really appreciate a bug report so we can dig into it. And with that out of the way, let’s get to the actual patch notes:

See the full changelog here.