What changed in Prison Architect in 2017

Players can now play as the warden inside the prison, with new gameplay mechanics and options.

Improvements to the script debugger window for better usability and functionality.

Players can now play as the warden inside the prison, with new gameplay mechanics including fog of war and permadeath.

Prisoners receive a boost to their academic skill rating based on their security category.

Fixed translation issues with objective markers for non-English languages.

Fixed issue where dogs of fired handlers would occasionally maul prisoners for no reason.

The game now opens with a new attract screen showcasing recent saved prisons.

Removed the cap of 20 prisoners working in a single large room; new cap is 100.

Resolved issue causing Workmen to regularly move shop goods back and forth between the Shop and Storage.

Added a new need, Luxuries, satisfied by goods sold in the shop.

Foundation Education and General Education reform programs sessions reduced from 10 and 20 to 5 and 10 respectively.

Players can now end all punishments on a prisoner from their rapsheet.

Players now receive a commission from goods sold in their shop at the end of each day.

Resolved issues with sectorisation of mixed regular and family cell blocks.

Fixed an issue where dogs of fired handlers would occasionally attack prisoners.

Library now requires an academic skill rating instead of the Foundation Education program.

Library now requires an academic skill rating instead of the Foundation Education program.

Players now receive a commission based on goods sold in their shop at the end of each day.

Prisoners without assigned cells will now have a marker for easy identification.

New tools in the Deployment menu allow for floor signage to guide prisoners and staff.

Fixed objective markers for non-English languages appearing in English.

Prisoners receive a boost to their academic skill rating based on their security category.

Sectorisation of mixed regular and family cell blocks will no longer split regular cells into separate sectors.

Players can now end all punishments on a prisoner from their rapsheet.

The game now features a new attract screen that showcases recent saved prisons.

The cap for prisoners working in a single large room increased from 20 to 100.

Number of staff resting with staff needs enabled is now updated correctly.

Prisoners without assigned cells will now have a marker for easy identification.

New tools in the Deployment menu allow for floor signage to guide prisoners and staff around the prison.

Resolved an issue causing workmen to move shop goods back and forth unnecessarily.

Corrected the update mechanism for the number of staff resting with needs enabled.

Foundation Education and General Education program sessions reduced from 10 and 20 to 5 and 10.

Added a new need, Luxuries, satisfied by goods sold in the shop.

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Overcast and heatwave effects now only apply outdoors, with rebalanced weather probabilities.

Staff will go on strike if morale falls to 0%, demanding a large pay rise to return to work.

Armed Guards don't move.

Staff morale is now affected by various factors including happy/unhappy staff, long term staff deaths, injuries, and salary.

Delivery of daily supplies, garbage collection, exports collection, prisoner intake, and collection of dead bodies will be suspended.

Staff will now take a break when they feel they need to, providing there are enough guards idling.

The staff tooltip widget now shows ALL guard types, including dog handlers, snipers, and armed guards.

Riot police got stuck in riot zone.

Cross-platform Steam Cloud support for storing prison and campaign save games.

You can now issue the command 'search for tunnels' from any cell toilet.

Emergency staff sometimes 'fell' out of their vehicle long before it arrived at the Deliveries zone.

Staff will go on strike if morale falls to 0%, demanding a large pay rise to return to work.

You can now use the cross-platform Steam Cloud to store your prison and campaign save games.

Prisoner Needs Table in savegame are stored twice.

Upkeep now specified in materials.txt and pay rises possible from Policy screen.

Upkeep specified in materials.txt and pay rises possible from Policy screen.

You can now issue the command 'search for tunnels' from any cell toilet.

All new prisoners are not assigned parole times properly until save/reload.

Riot guards instantly leave Riot van when they arrive.

Staff not eating meals, staff canteens not used.

Added pages to CI menu to prevent it running off the screen.

Staff will now take a break when they feel they need to, providing there are enough guards idling.

Riot guards refuse to move.

Delivery of daily supplies, garbage collection, exports collection, prisoner intake, and collection of dead bodies will be suspended during riots or staff strikes.

The staff tooltip widget now shows ALL guard types, including dog handlers, snipers and armed guards.

Staff Rooms and Staff Canteens are now assigned a nearby kitchen, and various issues with food trays and staff usage have been fixed.

Staff Rooms and Staff Canteens are now assigned a nearby kitchen, and various issues with staff not using providers have been fixed.

Morale is affected by happy/unhappy staff, long term staff deaths, injuries, and salary.

Multiple bug fixes including issues with riot guards, emergency staff, and prisoner needs.

A new weather icon has been added in the top toolbar.

Weather now has a chance to change every 12 hours instead of 24 hours.

Staff Meals improperly distributed.

'Overcast' and 'Heatwave' visual effects now only apply to outdoors.

Riot Guards refused to fight when in prisoner controlled sectors.

A new weather icon has been added to the top toolbar.

Weather now has a chance to change every 12 hours instead of 24 hours.

Rebalanced all weather probabilities, making 'clear skies' more common.

Staff Canteen starved of trays.

Security won't eat.

Guards now experience needs similar to prisoners, such as hunger and the need to use the toilet.

Guards now experience a similar set of needs to prisoners, such as hunger and the need to use the toilet.

Extras | Map Settings dialog will now allow Staff Needs to be enabled if you already have enabled everything else.

Extras | Map Settings dialog will now allow Staff Needs to be enabled if you already have enabled everything else.

Guards whose needs are not being met were beating up the prisoners. This can still happen, but it should happen much more rarely now.

Guards whose needs are not being met were beating up the prisoners. This can still happen, but it should happen much more rarely now.