Pre-Alpha DevBuild 0.34

**Status:** Released 15 July 2023

## Maker of Mechs Pre-Alpha DevBuild 0.34: Deal Day

### Traders

* Har'bek traders now exclusively deal in Copper Bars, Bricks, Charcoal, Glass and Iron Bars.
	+ Buy and sell orders for these items are now also restricted to Har'bek traders.
* Outlander traders now exclusively deal in Wire, Crude Oil, Electronics, Gold Bars, Brick, Concrete and Reinforced Plates.
	+ Buy and sell orders for these items are now also restricted to Outlander traders.
* The following items can now only be bought once you have unlocked their respective factories:
	+ Brick
	+ Reinforced Plate
	+ Electronics
	+ Crude Oil
	+ Wire
	+ Charcoal
	+ Concrete
	+ Glass

### Gameplay and Balance

* Jump Drive Cooldown Upgrades now decrease cooldown by 1 second each (up from 0.1 seconds) and now has 5 upgrades (down from 50).
* You no longer gain favor with The Mayor when giving her the axes.
* Transport Costs have been increased to 0.02 / m² (from 0.01 / m²).
* Traders now have a 50/50 chance to be Har'bek / Outlander.
* Copper Crest now always contains a Har'bek Trader.
* All robot traders are now affiliated with the Har'bek Exchange.
* EstablishmentTypesInfo.LuaFilterSprite now has (establishment, info) as arguments.
* Establishment's now have a Seed value.
* Reduced the minimum Mech Factories and Gold Furnaces in the universe to 1 each (down from 2).
* Iron Mine Shafts now require Iron Bars to build (was Brick).
* Quarry Mine Shafts now require Iron Bars to build (was Lumber).
* Syngen's Jump Sprocket now costs 2 SymCoin (up from 0.2 SymCoin).
* Electronics Plants now require 40 Glass to unlock (was 10 Concrete).
* Electronics Plants now require 160 Glass to upgrade (was 40 Glass).
* Coal Liquefaction Plants now cost 30/120 Glass (was 10/40).
* Brickeries now require 5 Brick to unlock (was 5 Rock).
* Iron Furnaces now cost 10/40 Brick to unlock/upgrade (was 5/20).
* Glassworks Kils now cost 15/60 Brick to unlock/upgrade (was 5 Brick/4 Gold Bars).
* Copper Furnaces now cost 20/80 Brick to unlock/upgrade (was 5/20).
* Gold Furnaces now cost 30/120 Brick to unlock/upgrade (was 20/80).
* Wiring Plants now cost 8/32 Gold Bars to unlock/upgrade (was 2/8).
* Copper Mine upgrades now cost 16 Iron Bars (was 2).
* Brickeries now have 2x higher spawn chance.
* The Mech Factory will no longer show an infinite fee at its Har'bek Bay.
* Fix: Har'bek Sales will now always give you money.
* Various adjustments to item prices.

### User Experience

* Har'bek Fees are now visible in inventory item tooltips.
* Item tooltips will now scale in width and height.
* Added another save screen.

### Engine

* Universe.Actual\_Tick\_Seconds can now be used to accelerate/slow down game time
	+ There is a 200x real-time speed cap (1 / 6000.0).
	+ This setting is mostly for testing: Animations are not visually compatible with this setting.

### Update 1

* Syngen no longer has both factions' deals.
* Silicon is now traded by the Outlander faction.
* Items without a specific trade faction are now traded by all traders (was none).
* You can now click through the version info panel.
* Fixed an issue where shadows at the edges of the screen would cull at max zoom level.
* Landing from a jump now has a slightly longer delay to prevent the mech from moving forward until it touches the ground.