What changed in Prison Architect in 2018

Bandwidth requirements for multiplayer have been reduced to improve reliability.

Escape Mode, Warded Mode, and prisons requiring Mods are not supported in multiplayer.

Multiplayer mode is now available for all players, allowing full sandbox gameplay in multiplayer.

Players can see each other as markers in the world and view selected materials or objects.

Players can host multiplayer games that can be publicly listed or set to private with a password.

Certain features like wire connections, deployment, logistics, and others are currently disabled for clients.

Introduced a Custom Report Window for scripted objects to display mod-defined report screens.

Added a multiplayer mode to Prison Architect, allowing up to 8 players to build a prison cooperatively.

Refactored timelapse video recording and fixed a crash on shutdown.

Fixed a bug causing the game to crash when new prisons are created with escape plans enabled.

Certain types of prisoners can now hijack trucks on the road, attempting to drive them off if left idle.

Prisoners can climb fully grown trees to jump over adjacent walls, avoiding barbed wire.

Fixed a crash on startup when certain mods like Advanced Roads are enabled.

Fixed an issue where the Dog Handler did not stop employees carrying contraband.

Resolved a crash issue with the script debugger.

Fixed a bug related to extreme temperatures following a fire incident.

Resolved a crash issue occurring when minimum and medium security prisoners were received.

Fixed various issues related to roll call and dormitory functionality.

Fixed a crash related to DataRegistry functions.

Players can now build barbed wire on external walls, which harms prisoners attempting to climb over it.

Objects with BuiltOnWalls property no longer cast shadows.

Jobs are now correctly removed from an object when it is destroyed.

Players can now request a Roll Call at night, waking all prisoners and revealing any tunneling prisoners.

Players can now view graphs plotting various data over the lifetime of the prison and compare two stats on the same graph.

A new contraband item, an improvised rope made from prisoner uniforms, allows prisoners to escape by climbing walls.

Modded entities can now have DefaultBehaviour and StaffNeed properties, improving modding capabilities.

Resolved issue where scripted objects with multiple custom jobs would fail to stop duplicates.

New function allows cancellation of custom jobs created on an object.

Adding an interface element would incorrectly add it to the currently selected object's window.

Resolved issue where sniper's laser would get stuck if interrupted during aiming.