Prison Architect [P] [ENG / ENG] (2015) (Alpha 33)

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= Remote Access systems
You can now build a number of interconnected systems and servos in your prison, to automate access through locked doors. These new objects are unlocked via 'Remote Access' in the beauracracy screen, and available in the Utilities menu. All of these systems can be connected together using the 'Connect' tool in the Utilities menu.
Door Servo
Attaches to an existing door. Can be triggered electrically to open the door.
Door Control System
Operated by a guard in a security room. Allows guards to open doors remotely. The system is connected to servos via the new 'Connect' tool in the utilities menu.
Note: The operator can open a maximum of two doors per second, so don't overload a single system with too many servos.
Note: If a Door Control System becomes broken, ALL connected doors will spring open.
Door Timer
Another way to control doors automatically, based on time of day. Click on the door timer to access its schedule. All connected doors will be opened when the schedule says they should be.
Remote Door
A strong metal door that cannot be opened with Jail Keys. You must connect this door up with a Door Servo and control it remotely somehow.
= Cctv overhall
The old cctv system has been replaced, using the new Connection mechanics developed for Remote Access Systems.
Cctv Monitors must now be connected to cameras using the 'Connect' tool.
A single Cctv Monitor must now be operated by one Guard, and a Guard can only operate one monitor at a time.
A Monitor can be connected to as many cameras as you wish, but has only eight screens.
If you connect it to more than eight cameras, the monitor will cycle through them, giving only partial coverage.
= [ADVANCED FEATURE] Logic Circuits
Two new objects have been added purely as an experiment, and are not required for any normal prison. These objects can be used to build advanced electrical circuits.
Logic Circuit
A boolean logic gate with X inputs and 1 output.
Available operations : And / Or / Not / Nand / Nor / Xor
Right click on the circuit to cycle the operation.
Logic Bridge
Can be used to send a signal via Electrical Cable (normally used to power your prison)
Place the Logic Bridge over a cell containing Electrical cable, and that entire cable will have the same signal value.
Any Logic Circuit sitting on the same Electrical Cable will receive the signal as one of its inputs.
This is specifically useful for transmitting a common signal around your circuit - eg a Clock signal, without requiring thousands of seperate wires.
= Contraband Smuggling continued
Contraband can now be smuggled in via materials in a Delivery Truck. Anything brought in via Delivery Trucks can be used. E.g. Food ingredients, metal sheets for the workshop, prisoner uniforms, construction materials etc.
Dogs will detect narcotics in these items, and metal detectors will spot metal items.
Guards can now search these items on request.
Once brought into the prison, the contraband will remain in its material until a nearby prisoner picks it up.
Note: The types of contraband smuggled in this way will be determined by the Supply and Demand within the prison.
Contraband can now be thrown in over the external walls.
Prisoners 'arrange' this when phoning home, or when talking to their visitors in Visitation.
They will arrange to go to a pre-determined place at a certain time, and collect a specific item.
The item chosen will be based on the needs of that prisoner.
If there are guards near the collection point, the contraband will not be thrown in.
The maximum throw range is 10 squares, and cannot happen in sectors marked as 'Staff Only' as prisoners cannot get there.
= Other changes
Intoxication is now a type of Misconduct, and is 'detected' when a Guard searches a prisoner. He will notice they are high/drunk.
You can now set the punishment for Intoxication in the Policy table.
Being caught Intoxicated automatically refers the prisoner to the relevent 'Rehab' program, if it exists.
Utilities mode now filters the display based on what you are building, to give a clearer view.
Only relevent objects and connections will be shown depending on the mode - Electrical, Pipes, Circuit wiring.
Fences are no longer free (YOU try getting hundreds of metres of fences for free)
You can now expand and contract the Todo list to free up screen space
More info has been added to the tooltips in the Build Toolbar
Kitchen Sinks now require a water pipe connection
The 'Day X' timer in the top toolbar now shows the total 'Real Time' played on this prison
Fixed a subtle bug in the audio system that caused audio corruption sometimes - buzzing, popping, clicking

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= Mod System V2
The modding system has been substantially upgraded. It is now possible to create new versions of just about everything in a mod:
Objects / Entities
Rooms / Zones
Equipment / tools / weapons
Materials
Research / Bureaucracy
Emergency Callouts (eg Riot Police)
Reform Programs
Grants (The only area you could add new content previously)
Jobs (eg tend these vegetables)
Needs, and Need Providers (eg "Bladder" is a need, "Toilet" is a need provider)
Production / Work rules (eg Move sheet metal to the workshop, load it into the Saw, cut it into license plates)
Custom graphics can be provided by data/sprites.png.
(Please keep your sprites.png as small/compact as possible - so we can load more mods at once)
We currently only support a single graphics patch at a time, however we will upgrade this for next alpha.
All objects can use an optional LUA script to drive their behaviour
We have created a sample Mod called "The amazing vegetable garden mod", which demonstrates many of the new features:
It adds a new Vegetable Patch, in which seeds can be planted.
These seeds are tended by prisoners, and eventually grow and can be harvested as vegetables.
Those veg are then taken to a (new) Vegetable Preparation Table in the kitchen, where they are chopped
into ingredients.
Those ingredients are then used for cooking meals within your prison.
NB more information can be found here:
Prison Architect Wiki
Official Modding Forums
= Confidential Informants
Prisoners can sometimes be hired as Confidential Informants, and will provide insight into illicit activity within your prison.
Prisoners *might* be willing to become CIs in exchange for being released from a long stint in Solitary.
In addition, suffering Withdrawal symtoms from drug abuse, or suppressed from heavy handed treatment will help convince them.
Once recruited, CIs must be "activated" and will be escorted in cuffs to the nearest security office. They will then reveal their information in the new "Informants" view under "Contraband". They will reveal:
All contraband owned by prisoners
All contraband being smuggled in (eg by delivery trucks)
All arranged throw-ins, ie near the outer walls
All escape tunnels
Prisoners who have been in your prison for longer will have more information for you.
Each time you activate a CI, or act on their information, suspicion in that CI will increase. If their suspicion rises too high, their life may be in danger.
= Remote Access systems continued
Servos can now be set to 'Close on trigger', which means they will close their door when triggered instead of opening it.
Power Switches can now be turned on and off by an incoming wire connection
New object : Pressure pad. Activates when stepped on
New object : Status light. Lights up when activated
Rendering speed of all wires increased
Performance of logic gates much increased (helps with large circuits)
Wires are now rendered only when an object is selected, or "All Wires" is selected in the Utilities menu.
Contraband thrown over walls is now less likely (minimum distance between throws now 15, previously 10)
Historical Contraband now pruned to 7 days maximum. This hugely reduces memory requirements and save game file size, and will also help performance in very long running maps.
Theft of spoons and forks from the Canteen was becoming excessive. The canteen is no longer a source of spoons or forks.
When multiple objects are in a single square, you can now cycle between them by pressing TAB
Fixed : Broken materials will now be dumped, so they can no longer block things from working. Eg 'Broken' uniforms are never used, but also never replaced.
Cleaning Cupboard rooms now require the Cleaning research to be completed.
Trees now arrive in packs of 10 (saplings in plant pots), ready for planting (instead of one tree in a single crate)