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“July 31, 2023– Independent games development studio 3DIVISION releases the last big update for **Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic**, the real-time Soviet-themed city builder tycoon game, on Steam today at $34.99. After this update, a release of the 1.0 version will follow in Q4 2023.”
**Version 0.8.9.20**, known as the **Trash update**, is an version released with **Update #12** with multiple patches for *Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic*. It was released on july 31st, 2023.

Beta testing started from 12 june 2023 until the release date.

## Main additions

* Waste management
* Citizens and industries producing waste.
* Waste processing and recycling
* New resources, buildings, and resource chains
* Demolition
* When something is demolished you need to process the waste from it
* You need to use explosives or workers to demolish something (you still can pay money for demolition and waste processing - not available in realistic mode)
* Obsolete vehicles need to be scrapped (or you will pay for scrapping by money - not available on realistic mode)
* New buildings - demolition offices and scrapping facilities
* Maintenance
* Buildings get old and you will need to repair them
* Vehicles get old and you need repair them
* New buildings repair facilities
* GUI and mechanics for automatic replacement of old road vehicles (possibility to set which type of vehicle will be replaced to which type, and from where it should be taken - purchased new, depots or brand-new vehicle)
* Fertilizing
* Possible to fertilize fields and get higher amount of crops when harvesting
* With waste management turned on - two types of fertilizers - from bio waste and liquid/synthetic (without waste management enabled only liquid is available)
* Researches
* New research programs for universities and research tree
* Mods incorporations
* Added many residential buildings, kindergartens, schools, sport facilities, various other types of buildings more to come
* Added many western trains and wagons
* Western vehicles:
* Two new road vehicles families available for purchase for dollars
* Graphics improvement:
* Residential buildings, pub, small stores, construction office, rail depot, rail construction offices, cargo train stations and bus stations, road depot - graphics has been upgraded

Other features:

* One lane roads
* New electric switches with priorities
* Game has been optimized (CPU) you should get about 15-20% increase in performance.
* Happiness and health reason for decrease tracker has been added (displayed when hovering over health or happiness in the top menu)
* Incomplete balancing of road vehicle capacity
* Updated road vehicle gearbox mechanics
* Added possibility to specify which exact vehicle types can flatbed load or train should to join, in case containers you can specify resources loaded in the containers to pick up
* Added possibility to send your cars back to the storage for vehicles and then transport your cars as brand new
* Revised Q/A section and changed the look and sort of the threads
* For some notification messages a main icon has been changed
* New outlines when selecting objects
* Added better ambient occlusion option
* Research tree in the Q&A section (left panel) under scientist

## Patches

### 0.8.9.9

*Patch 0.8.9.9* is a patch released on June 13th, 2023.

* Fixed a crash that occurred when turning off and on waste.
* Added functionality: Clicking on the "+" icon in the bottom right corner now allows you to set whether newly placed constructions should have the maximum number of workers active outside the CO.
* Free waste storage no longer requires maintenance.
* Revised waste loading and unloading consumption, especially with trains. Also revised consumption for new train aggregate loading/unloading stations. Maximum wattage has been adjusted for other buildings such as open storages or road aggregate stations as well.
* Fixed an issue related to waste statistics.
* Fixed a problem where container stands would occasionally reserve containers for bio waste (or other resources), preventing waste from being loaded there.
* Fixed the vehicle filter in the list screen.
* Fixed an issue where rail CO was not unloading garbage to container transfer.
* Fixed a crash that occurred when rail CO was demolishing railways.
* Fixed a problem where trains in depots would not age.
* Removed "ash" and "other waste" options from the rail distribution office configurator.
* Snowplows now ignore the "no trucks" sign, but they still respect the "no motor vehicles" sign.
* Attempted to fix a crash caused by running older script mods in the save.
* Fixed an issue where technical services would sometimes not send vehicles to empty container stands.
* Increased the lifetime of certain buildings such as cableway poles, etc.

### 0.8.9.10

*Patch 0.8.9.10* is a patch released on June 14th, 2023.

* Fixed crashes related to scripts
* Fixed crash when demolition of infrastructure
* Fixed problem not demolish the funded infrastructure

### 0.8.9.11

*Patch 0.8.9.11* is a patch released on June 14th, 2023.

* Hot fix of manual construction of infrastructure not start

### 0.8.9.12

*Patch 0.8.9.12* is a patch released on June 15th, 2023.

* Fixed problem with voltage when using priority switches
* Fixed an issue where the rail construction office would remove assignments to distance construction that were out of range.
* Snowplows now ignore the "no motor vehicle" signs.
* Resolved random crashes related to road vehicles.
* Added the ability to copy container setups.
* The rail distribution office now supports waste transportation.
* In the train schedule, you can now specify whether you want to join empty or loaded rail wagons.
* During an auto vehicle replacement, if a vehicle is loaded with cargo, the cargo will be sold instead of discarded.
* Addressed the problem with voltage when using priority switches.

### 0.8.9.13

*Patch 0.8.9.13* is a patch released on June 20th, 2023.

* Fixed an issue where service trucks would get stuck in the repair office.
* Resolved the problem of vehicles getting stuck at the entrances to the scrapping facility.
* Addressed a crash that occurred during infrastructure demolition.
* Fixed the rail cargo station not displaying waste resources for the rail distribution office.
* Resolved a crash that occurred when demolishing the power network.
* Fixed an issue with snow on old maps from the workshop.
* Fixed a problem when changing the construction office of a dumper that was waiting for unloading asphalt.
* Resolved issues with helicopter demolition office.
* Updated the rail distribution office and waste handling functionalities.
* Distribution offices and demolition offices can no longer have container stands assigned to them.
* Improved the pathfinding of rail construction office.
* Resolved strange white font texture.

### 0.8.9.14

*Patch 0.8.9.14* is a patch released on June 25th, 2023.

* Introduced new types of footpaths.
* Attempted to resolve the issue of infrastructure flashing.
* Addressed the problem of personal cars teleporting home.
* Fixed an issue where demolishing railways without connected storage for waste caused problems for rail CO.
* Vehicles and buildings will no longer experience wear and tear while the landscape editor mode is active.
* Resolved the problem of being unable to select already demolished buildings when using the bulldozer icon.
* Fixed the issue of vehicles getting stuck while working at repair offices.
* Attempted to fix traffic jams occurring at repair stations (rebuilding repair stations may be necessary).
* Fixed a crash that occurred when opening the replacement screen window.
* Resolved the issue with the demolition office handling toxic waste from collapsed buildings.
* Fixed a crash during the verification of railways with demolition turned on.
* Attempted to address the problem of not being able to move the cursor to the corners of the screen.
* In launcher app you cannot set full screen (still possible to edit config.ini)

### 0.8.9.15

*Patch 0.8.9.15* is a patch released on june 27th, 2023.

* Fixed an issue where workers were consuming less water than intended.
* Addressed a problem with off-road garbage trucks colliding with power wires.
* Resolved an uncommon issue where vehicles would occasionally stop due to distant barriers.
* Fixed minor freezes caused by helicopter construction office autosearch when maintenance was enabled.
* Resolved an issue where ships did not find a route to the harbor in realistic mode, resulting in a partial refund.
* Added a V2 version of the liquid fertilizer factory with increased factory connections and separate water management for drinking water.
* Expanded the number of factory connections for separation plants.
* Introduced pipeline input for medium and large farms.
* Reduced the capacity of waste train wagons.
* Increased the unloading speed of waste at custom houses.
* Corrected an issue where the demolition office would continuously send mixed waste trucks for road demolition.
* Fixed an issue where waste from demolished buildings couldn't be loaded due to lack of electricity.
* Addressed an issue where the construction office failed to send workers for reconstruction (requires funding for reconstruction when an existing issue is present).
* Fixed issues related to the demolition of railtracks connected to train stations.
* Resolved problems with the pricing of toxic waste in relation to the dollar currency.
* Fixed issues with demolition animations for buildings.

### 0.8.9.16

*Patch 0.8.9.16* is a patch released on June 28th, 2023.

* Fixed problem with vehicle stuttering and higher speed.

### 0.8.9.17

*Patch 0.8.9.17* is a patch released on July 1st, 2023.

* When a building collapses with people inside, the debris from the collapse should not be toxic.
* Revised the walking distance, extending it from 400m to 480m (maximum 100% walking speed). The speed percent value may appear lower, but it is actually the same as previously defined.
* Updated the waste storage at the rail construction office to allow for the storage of metal scrap and construction waste (requires rebuilding the rail construction office).
* Fixed the water output to input issue in the liquid fertilizer factory.
* Fixed the problem with the helicopter demolition office's auto search feature randomly adding buildings to reconstruction as demolitions, which caused various issues such as attracting an infinite number of immigrants to residential buildings.
* Fixed the issue where vehicles could be replaced with vehicles from the scrapping facility.

### 0.8.9.18

*Patch 0.8.9.18* is a patch released on July 20th, 2023.

* Fixed an issue where random map resources were generated outside of the borders.
* Fixed a problem where metros were not displayed on underground stations.
* Addressed a bug in the technical and demolition offices that incorrectly warned about scrap being unable to be stored when aggregate storage was assigned.
* Added a warning for construction and factories when the number of workers is set to zero.
* Adjusted the available years for R997 and R2203 ambulances and microbuses.
* Enabled prisoners to work in repair shops and scrapyards.
* Fixed an issue where demolition of a road would result in it remaining as a one-way mud road.
* Resolved a problem with electricity after fire rebuilds.
* Fixed the issue where no asphalt truck would go to construction, but workers or pavers were sent to road construction.
* Corrected the problem where a bus would go off-road when attempting to demolish electric wiring.
* Fixed a bug where resources could be unloaded in small amounts despite the storage being set not to store the resource.
* Addressed a pathfinding issue where a train would attempt to find a route to a station it was already moving in.
* Disabled mirroring for metro stations to avoid pathfinding problems.
* Added a warning in the distribution office window when attempting to transport waste resources from aggregate to aggregate storage without a dumper.
* Fixed the issue where livestock storage was not placing waste into connected storages.
* Tweaked the cost of machine replacement, decreasing it.
* Resolved the issue where helicopters sometimes chose occupied stations at repair shops.
* Fixed the problem with technical service not going to empty separation containers under certain circumstances.
* Corrected the bug that prevented fertilizer from being loaded from the fertilizer plant at times.
* Trackbuilder can now use metro track even if not assigned to the rail CO.
* Fixed the problem that prevented assigning helicopters to the helicopter demolition office.
* Addressed the issue with reconstruction scrapping facilities with helicopters.
* Reduced the amount of waste from demolition by 20-30%.
* Fixed the problem where treated patients were sent home in the middle of treatment.
* Resolved the issue where one-way roads could be upgraded to two lanes and back in planning mode.
* Corrected some false messages about problems in rail CO when demolishing rail tracks.
* Fixed the issue with circling helicopters in the helicopter demolition office.
* Addressed the problem where loading train cars at the railway distribution office ignored the specified type to load.
* Fixed the issue when modifying prison bus lines.
* Resolved the problem of cars getting stuck between access to buildings (may exist due to other reasons as well).
* Fixed the issue with the vehicle production plant getting struck with long trucks.
* Added deletion of content from the terrain\_reload folder to avoid mixing saves when changing difficulty or extracting saves.

### 0.8.9.19

*Patch 0.8.9.19* is a patch released on July 28th, 2023.

* Added new western excavator, bulldozer, and bus.
* Added new eastern cargo train cars, including two hoppers and one cement cistern.
* Introduced 5 new music tracks to enhance the gaming experience.
* Fixed the waste tutorial to provide better guidance to players.
* Improved the functionality of the construction office, which now sends workers or pavers to asphalt laying tasks only when there's an asphalt truck heading to the construction site.
* Added a new button to the Distribution office, allowing players to send and unload loaded vehicles that are sitting in the office.
* Fixed an issue where trams were not entering buildings connected to repair shops.
* Increased the speed of discarding ash from the dumps, making the game more efficient.
* Fixed missing buttons, such as "invite immigrants" or "purchase vehicles," when buildings are undergoing reconstruction.
* Addressed the issue where farms were not sending tractors to fertilize fields as intended.
* Fixed a crash issue that occurred when a repair shop was demolished due to fire, while some service cars were outside.

### 0.8.9.20

*Patch 0.8.9.20* is a patch released on July 29th, 2023.

* Hotfix of remote repairs of vehicles

### 0.8.9.21

*Patch 0.8.9.21* is a patch released on August 16th, 2023.

* Decreased progression of wear and tear during fires.
* Fixed issue where students were not attending closed schools.
* Addressed visual problems with pedestrian crossing lines.
* Resolved the problem of repairing personal cars at parking lots.
* Fixed the issue with trains loading waste from aggregate loading stations.
* Corrected rail CO pathfinding issues related to signal direction.
* Fixed the problem where cranes occupied the parking station at the reconstruction building, causing traffic congestion.
* Resolved the issue of trains outside rail DO being joined into trains going to load at rail DO.
* Fixed the problem where prison buses could be assigned to regular lines via the line menu.
* Addressed the issue with the vehicle production plant: progress of assembling vehicles was being reset during reconstruction.
* Fixed issues with trams and single lane roads.
* Addressed maintenance problems with modded buildings.
* Improved performance, especially on specific graphics cards (AMD, Nvidia 4000), when placing buildings; reduced instances of low performance.
* Fixed rust issues for train sets.
* Corrected animated ramps in mirrored buildings.
* Adjusted the amount of garbage generated during constructions.
* Hack fix for crashing issue related to reconstruction of building and struck worker: After the game is loaded from autosave, it should fix itself

### 0.8.9.22

*Patch 0.8.9.22* is a patch released on September 2nd, 2023.

* Fixed issue with tram underlay SFX.
* Modified the formula for allocating prisoners to prisons to accommodate multiple prisons of different sizes.
* Resolved issue where woodcutting office collapses with vehicles outside.
* Fixed issue where trains depart from the custom house without being fully unloaded at low FPS.
* Addressed the issue where a vehicle with 100% wear and tear blocks building access.
* Fixed crash caused by specifying which vehicle to unload in the schedule.
* Resolved issue affecting the quality of flats, even when maintenance is disabled.
* Fixed crash related to the 'send to depot' command.
* Fixed crash involving pathfinding and ship maintenance.
* Resolved issue where waste unloading from trains could result in a small amount of waste being loaded.
* Fixed issue where train schedule would load empty wagons, which would disappear upon saving and loading.
* Addressed the issue that prevented setting types of wagons to join in the line setup.
* When demolishing a building with airplane parking and heliports, they are now instantly detached to avoid crashes.
* Fixed crash related to waiting stations

### 0.8.9.23

*Patch 0.8.9.23* is a patch released on September 3rd, 2023.

* Hot fix of not working power plants

### 0.8.9.24

*Patch 0.8.9.24* is a patch released on September 5th, 2023.

* Hot fix of accessible roads not highlighted in case pathfinding error and hovering over magnification icon
* Fix for default setting for the repair stations in realistic mode

### 0.8.9.25

*Patch 0.8.9.25* is a patch released on October 6th, 2023.

* Fixed the issue where vehicles with their last stop set as a depot were sent to the repair shop.
* Resolved the problem of trees being replanted under buildings.
* Addressed the issue where the rail distribution office sometimes failed to load items.
* Corrected the auto-replacement functionality; schedules were not copied accurately.
* Fixed a crash that occurred when the workplace for trains was destroyed by fire while trains were outside.
* Adjusted auto-replacement to handle cases with negative balances.
* Addressed the problem where one-way connections weren't considered during vehicle unloading.
* Resolved occasional crashes that occurred during loading.
* Fixed the issue of setting a one-way road as a waypoint.
* Resolved train access issues into the train production line.
* The water tank size for the small heating plant has been increased to 450m^3.
* Corrected issues with broken train graphics when placing a signal or junction while a train is at the station.
* Removed the bridge outside borders in the Eastern Europe unpopulated map.
* Addressed problems that arose when a demolished piece of road, rail, or pedestrian path was split.
* When a vehicle is replaced via the replacement menu, advanced schedule settings are now copied over.
* Fixed the issue of vehicles getting stuck at the custom house during replacement.
* Corrected the invalid display of sport playgrounds (shown in green) when opening the technical service window.
* Resolved crashes that occurred when launching a train during it's repair.
* Fixed the problem where personal cars, upon losing their owners, would get stuck.
* Addressed issues related to the handling of fertilizer by the DO.
* Resolved automatic replacement issues during special scenarios, such as replacing a train from storage or replacing tower cranes.

### 0.8.9.26

*Patch 0.8.9.26* is a patch released on October 8th, 2023.

* Hot fix of the train purchase issue

### 0.8.9.27

*Patch 0.8.9.27* is a patch released on October 27th, 2023.

* Fixed the issue where one-way roads sometimes couldn't connect to bridges.
* Resolved the problem where roads occasionally couldn't connect to a bridge.
* Corrected the deformation of roads when creating parallel roads.
* Fixed the water consumption issue in factories.
* Resolved the vehicle auto-replacement problem.
* Addressed the issue of unloading already-loaded garbage trucks at the demolition office
* Fixed the demolition of tracks that are nearly connected to the rail construction office.

### 0.8.9.28

*Patch 0.8.9.28* is a patch released on November 4th, 2023.

* Fixed a crash that occurred when the demolition of infrastructure was cancelled.
* Fixed an issue where, if there was no space for the resources of a container being unpacked, another container was not taken instead.

## References

1. ↑ Update #12 in *Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic's* official website
2. ↑ Steam patch notes for *Update #12* (versions 0.8.9 to 0.8.9.20)