Prison Architect alpha-3 released

[Gorhaax]

how does one download the latest alpha? When i go to my download link from the email i just get the alpha 2. Is there a seperate email coming?

[Gorhaax]

nvm for some reason this update was morked as spam, and yet the second alpha wasn't. very strange

[ronanc]

Download it from the wiki:

http://devwiki.introversion.co.uk/pa/in ... ial_Builds

[AlphaBravo23]

I get the "prisonarchitect.exe has encountered a problem" message when I run the new build. Anybody else getting the same problem?

[ronanc]

I get the "prisonarchitect.exe has encountered a problem" message when I run the new build. Anybody else getting the same problem?

I think it's trying to autoload an alpha2 save game. Try deleting your preferences.txt file to remedy it.

[Causeless]

1) Fog of war should take into account walls.

2) When the mouse cursor is hovering over the blocked line of sight, overlay some things. I.e. the fake heads when tunneling happens. This requires a guard to find it and you can't "Cheat" by scanning it yourself.

3) Guards should reveal like they were walking cameras. A cone effect depending on their facing. I don't see why a guard can reveal an area he just left.

About 3, nah, I like it this way. It's like... They have a visual radius, but can hear too, and even when they can't directly see something they can judge who is doing what from sound about what they saw a few seconds ago. I do think the fog should start to reappear quicker, though.

[Pod]

I shared Mark's excitment throughout the video.

For now I think no 'Line of sight' and simple circles (rather than some kind of direction facing cone) for the guards is absoultely fine though.


A guard watching too many cameras at once should be able to 'miss' things, though?

[OscarFate]

Nicely done. Very much looking forward to this. Pleasant surprise to be greeted by when you return from work.

[AlphaBravo23]

I get the "prisonarchitect.exe has encountered a problem" message when I run the new build. Anybody else getting the same problem?

I think it's trying to autoload an alpha2 save game. Try deleting your preferences.txt file to remedy it.

Thanks ronanc but I tried deleting the preference.txt first and restarted the game to no effect then the saved games and eventually the whole Introversion folder but sitll the same message persists. Any ideas?

[Citizen]

Questions:

Metal Detectors improved

Does the facing of the metal detector matter? Miine only seem to beep when people enter from a certain direction. Also what indicates metal? A red light, alarm or what?

Holding Cells no longer count towards your prison's capacity. (And no longer affect intake of prisoners)

What is the purpose of holding cells now? I don't get prisoners until I have cells and holding cells don't count toward capacity. Are holding cells now only for continious intake?

Thanks

[ronanc]

Thanks ronanc but I tried deleting the preference.txt first and restarted the game to no effect then the saved games and eventually the whole Introversion folder but sitll the same message persists. Any ideas?

Take a read of this:

http://forums.introversion.co.uk/prison ... c.php?t=26

Then post a detailed description of your problem in a new thread in the dev forum - too much noise here.

[ronanc]

Does the facing of the metal detector matter? Miine only seem to beep when people enter from a certain direction. Also what indicates metal? A red light, alarm or what?

Yes, I believe direction matters - the prisoners are meant to be walking under them. Yellow light/blip = nothing found. Red light/alarm = contraband detected and prisoner is flagged to be searched. Not sure if this is fully fleshed out yet, for instance you may need a guard stationed nearby when the red light/alarm activates.

Are holding cells now only for continious intake?

Yup, that seems to be the case.

[awebster]

Download it from the wiki:

http://devwiki.introversion.co.uk/pa/in ... ial_Builds

I'm having the same problem, which I'm sure is just something silly on my part. I must've missed an email or something. I purchased the $35 pack & originally downloaded the game from the email links that were sent.
Now I see alpha 3 is out, but I never created a username / password on devwiki.introversion.co.uk so I can't get alpha 3?
Does the wiki use the same login information as this forum?

thanks,
Andy

[ronanc]

Register here with the key in the pdf you got when you bought the game:

http://www.introversion.co.uk/prisonarc ... ister.html

[Reecer6]

It seems everyone else knows this but me. Where are the prison files located? I feel there's an obvious "prison" file right in main.dat but I can't find it.