Prison Architect

Prison Architect the_rock_1.03 Patch (July 14, 2020)

Hello Wardens,

We just published a new update for the PC, Mac, and Linux version of Prison Architect containing more fixes to issues and bugs you reported, overall improvements based on both players’ and internal feedback… and some cool new features for Island Bound!

First of all, we are happy to announce that the new Island Generation tool is now available! This tool will allow you to draw a box on open water, and it will randomly generate a new Island in the selected area.

We’ve also spent some time implementing several community suggestions to other core areas of the Prison Architect game experience.

We hope you enjoy the new features and fixes to Island Bound and other legacy issues, and we’ll continue as always to monitor your feedback and suggestions.

The Prison Architect Team

Changelog:

NEW FEATURE - Island Generator: Players can use this tool to create a random island in the selected area.
You can find this new tool in the “Landscape & Islands” menu.

NEW FEATURE - Expanded Map start option: On new games, you can choose to start with an already expanded map, with all the adjacent land or sea purchased.

Added newer, improved versions of the Premade The Rock and Alcatraz Island maps.

Implemented suggestions from the Prison Architect Community:
Implemented fixes to issues reported by the Prison Architect Community:
Other Improvements:

Prison Architect the_rock_1.02_3593 Patch (July 2, 2020)

We are also investigating the following issues as a priority for next week’s update


The Rock Hotfix (29 June 2020)


Island Bound (23 June 2020)

New Delivery and Transport systems
New Helicopter Emergency Services
New Logistics options
New “Crate Scanner” Machine & Monitor
New Checkpoint Object
2 new Prison Plots:
Landscaping options
New water tiles
Flooring
Objects
Landscaping options
Dynamic Reputations

When prisoners perform certain actions/behavior or spend time in certain areas, they will gain a rising % chance to earn or lose a Reputation trait. With the available reputations being as follows:

Bugfixes and Improvements!
Known Issues

The Bucket 1.01 (25 May 2020)


Cleared for Transfer & Bucket Update (14 May 2020)

To all wardens,

Today we celebrate the release of Cleared for Transfer and The Bucket update, introducing several new exciting mechanics, wall types, objects and much more to your game. Check out the patch notes below!

Cleared for Transfer:

With Cleared for Transfer, we introduce the idea that prisoners can now transfer between security sectors of your prison - you control the criteria or rules for prisoners to transfer. In order to create a ‘motivation’ for prisoners to transfer, you can also link and/or restrict privileges to individual security sectors. You can increase (or decrease) a security sector’s grade (e.g. Min Sec), by attaching privileges (such as Visitation), adding new objects, equipment, and facilities, and making regime changes (such as more Yard time).

Ultimately your aim should be to entice prisoners to want to transfer into a more comfortable or privileged sector, and then encourage them to change their ways in order to meet the criteria for transfer.

Prisoner Transfers system:
Elements that are tied to the Prisoner Transfers system:
The Prisoner Transfers system can be enabled and disabled in the map settings. ​
Expanded Room Grading system:
Security sector grading:
The Bucket Update:
New room: Gym
New custom security sectors for Deployment:
Punishments, Searches, Shakedowns & More per sector:
New Staff control:
Other:
Modding:
Additional Improvements, Fixes & Features:

The Sneezer 1.02 (27 November 2019)

Know Issues:

The Sneezer (27 November 2019)


The Sneezer 1.01 (10 October 2019)

New items
New Features
Additional Improvements, Fixes & Features QoL and more of your requests!

The Slammer Hotfix 1.03 (10 October 2019)

• Fixed an issue that prevented Linux players from starting the launcher because of graphical settings.
• Installation failure messages should now provide more meaningful information than a single error code.


The Slammer Hotfix 1.02 (24 September 2019)

• Wall Lights and Street Lamps now auto-connect to power, like standard lights.
• New menu filters (e.g., A-Z) will now save the filter settings used, per menu.
• Need levels for Supermax prisoners will now show correctly in the Needs menu.
• Supermax prisoners will no longer steal a large number of keys.
• Snipers will no longer fire in fully automatic mode after firing warning shots in Escape Mode.
• Pavilions and Sniper towers now provide Warmth.
• Guards posted to Pavilions now go to staff room/staff canteen when on their break.
• When patrolling the Pavilions, Guard speed is now slightly faster than Patrolling Guards.
• Fixed an issue that caused guards getting stuck when unassigned from a Guard Pavilion.
• Armed Guards will no longer leave their pavillions when loading a save file.
• Pavillions are now displaying properly for both the Host and the Client in Multiplayer.
• Guards will not attempt to enter an already assigned Pavilion.
• Dead guards in a Pavilion will no longer patrol.
• Guards stationed on Pavilion can no longer be reached, damaged or killed by inmates on the ground. Additionally, if the guard goes after the attacking prisoner, they exit the Pavilion and return when the attacker is subdued
• Fixed an issue where inmates had stopped taking books from the Library, preventing them from fulfilling their Literacy need.
• Requiring unsupported libraries will no longer crash the game on Linux.
• Fixed an issue that caused parts of the player's plans to disappear when the foundations were being built.
• Windowed Borderless option is now corrected to same output as Monitor full-screen resolution.
• Fixed an issue that caused guards getting stuck when going on a break to a staff room or a staff canteen.
• Fixed an issue that caused some items to stretch when moved.
• Road Barriers can no longer be rotated vertically.


The Slammer Hotfix 1.01 (18 September 2019)

• ESC & C keys will now close Graphs & Grading window
• Made graphical changes to the Guard Pavilion, so NPCs can't clip through parts of it
• Guards now look in the direction they're walking while in the Guard Pavilion
• Fixed an issue that could cause EOL Errors, when using certain mods
• Fixed a Protective Custody issue affecting the Snitch Sorter mod


The Slammer Update (17 September 2019)

• Keyboard hot-keys added for cycling through options in in-game item menus ([Z] and [X]), and for closing menus ([C]).
• Rotations for more of the existing objects and furniture that didn't have them (Workshop Saw, Press, Roadgate, Ironing Board, Altar, Bench).
• New Moving/Relocating Objects feature. Just double-click an object, re-position, and a Worker will do the rest.
• Staff and Dog names added.
• New Bureaucracy researched option. When starting a new game, you can begin with everything researched.
• Additional x10 game speed button.
• Filters and sort-by options added to the Objects menu.
• Metal detector searches now search both the inmate and the box they’re carrying.
• New context-sensitive quick “Add Doors” function, to any wall. Just double-click on a solid wall.
• Prison cleanliness mutator option "Reduce Dirt Build Up".
• Security Camera artwork now indicate the direction they're pointing.
• New Walls & Doors: Yutani Wall (Sci Fi), Visitor's Door, Secure Door (with a flap to deliver food trays to prisoners inside a cell), coloured Fence Gates.
• New Floors: Mud, Grate, and Solaco (Sci Fi - goes great with the Yutani Wall).
• New Objects: Table (Small) Bench (Small), Bleachers, Bush, Trees (Snowy Conifer, Palm), Lights (Flood Light, Street Light, Wall Light), Shower Pillar, Ironing Board (Small), Office Chair, Door Mat.
• New quick menu links from the top HUD bar. Clicking on 'Danger', 'Days', 'Balance', Guards, etc. all launch various UIs.
• Deployment Overhaul:
o Deployment context presentation and visuals improved. Now you can see your prison!
o You can now assign Armed Guards and Dog Handlers to patrols and zones.
o You can now have 2 different intersecting patrol routes.
o Patrol routes and zones can now be prioritized, to ensure your most important areas are manned first."
• Clone tool region increased in size.
• Added code that will allow modders to specify menu sprites for any of their objects, enabling modders to attach any image to an object.
• The Mutators (menu) can now be accessed and adjusted mid-game. This is handy for players who wish to turn off/on Mutators in other player's prisons.
• Added Hedge rounded end pieces, and improved all hedges to look better with shadows and when doors are built on them.
• Ability to search for Objects via a specific room, in the Objects menu text box. E.g. type "Yard" to filter and show all Yard objects.
• "New!" yellow star icons now display for any newly added features.
• Prisoners & Staff can now be seen by CCTV cameras in Warden Mode.
• Logistics context presentation and visuals improved. Now you can see your prison.
• Fixed an issue where the Water Boiler was not connecting to water pipes (due it being damaged or moved).
• If you fire staff while the game is paused, only the first staff member that was clicked on will now be fired.
• Guards/Snipers in Guard Towers are now protected from the weather/rain (as if they were indoors).
• At shower time prisoners will now correctly prioritize communal shower rooms, before cuing to use another prisoner’s cell shower.
• The tooltip instruction for the Room Clearing functioning has been added to the Rooms Tooltip.
• When building Quick Rooms, Cell doors are now kept open until the room is completed, to allow workers to enter and finish the room.
• Doors are moved from the Objects menu and into the "Walls & Doors" menu.
• Fix: Moving electrical utility items will now spawn new wires.
• Fix: The correct Warden sprite shows in the staff reports screen.
• Fix: Certain advanced items are now counted in a Grant's requirements (e.g. Visitor booths instead of Tables).
• New furniture such as new chairs, short benches, short tables will fulfill room requirements.
• New Jungle plot and Snowbound plot options added, to start a new prison on.
• Snipers now carry Jail Keys, enabling them to get around the prison and into the Armory easier.
• The Bookshelf now caters to the prisoner's "Literacy" Need a bit. A green zone displays its area-of-effect.
• Guards operating certain stations will not participate (leave their station) in prison searches or Shakedowns.
• Guards will now open doors for separated dogs. If for example the dog's handler is killed.
• New Guard Pavillion towers are unlocked for players who sign up for a Paradox account.
• Added support for PDX Launcher on startup
• Added a Borderless Fullscreen Mode option, which is also changeable via the PDX Launcher.
• The Main Menu now included a page system for our dev updates. Allowing us to keep previous/older updates, and tell you all about the latest additions and improvements.
• Added a Screen Display option for players with multiple monitors, which is also hooked into the PDX Launcher.
• New screenshot mode available as a game option, in the Options Menu. Toggle On/Off by holding [H] and pressing [Enter].
• Fixed an issue where sprinklers were showing healing animation when triggered.


The Clink Hotfix 1.02 (03 July 2019)

We put out another hotfix so your prisoners no longer are making telephone calls from containers of bleach! Also, they are sitting properly at tables!


The Clink Hotfix 1.01 (28 June 2019)


The Clink Update (27 June 2019)


Patch multiplayer-4f (20 December 2018)


Update (15 November 2018)


Update (02 October 2018)


Update 16 Multiplayer Alpha (07 September 2018)

Multiplayer Alpha
Mod Support

Update 15b (07 August 2018)

Vehicle Hijacking
Rope escapes (continued).
Tree escapes
Bug Fixes

Update 14k (02 July 2018)

Wall climbing escape attempts
Rope escapes
Roll Call
Graphs and stat tracking
Bug Fixes

Update 13f (20 December 2017)

Warden Mode
Arm yourself
Protection Squad
Permadeath
Floor Signage
New Attract screen
Modding
Script Debugger Window
Balance changes
Bug Fixes

Update 12b (05 July 2017)


Update 12a (22 June 2017)

Staff Needs (continued)
Fixes to staff needs provisions:
Staff Morale
Tunnel searching
3d mode improved
The following will be suspended during riots, or during staff strikes:
Weather (continued)
BUG FIXES
MORE BUG FIXES

Update 11F (17th January 2017)


Update 11 (21 December 2016)

Prison Architect Update 11 has been released! Merry Christmas everyone.

Staff Needs

Your security staff now have needs, in much the same way as prisoners. This is optional, and can be enabled when creating a new prison, or enabled from Extras -> Map Settings.

You must take care of your staff needs, or else your staff will begin to perform their duties badly.

The staff members affected in this update are:
BOWELS

If staff are happy, this contributes in a positive way towards the temperature of your prison. Likewise if they are unhappy, this will make the prison "hotter" and lead to more trouble later.

If you do not take care of your staff they will become "pissed off", and begin to perform their jobs badly:
Staff break times
Other changes
BUG Fixes

Update 2.0.1c (05 October 2016)

NEW FEATURES
BUG FIXES

Update 2.0c (26 August 2016)

CHANGES

Developer Tools and Cheats
Developer tools and cheats, seen in some of the alpha videos, are now available to everyone.
A new option is shown when creating a new map, "Enable Cheats". This is prison specific and cannot be disabled later.

When enabled:

The Function keys now perform debug services:

Note:

Policy Window (continued)
Modding System (continued)
Localisations
BUG FIXES

Update 7b (27th May 2016)

Temperature System
BUGS FIXED

0010826: [Other] Logic still broken since after Alpha 25b (Icepick) - resolved.
0010847: [AI & Behaviour] Tree delivery trucks carry one pallet per truck instead of eight, causing traffic jam and food shortage (Icepick) - resolved.
0010808: [AI & Behaviour] Prisoners flock to shop with chocolate in stock (John) - resolved.
0010719: [Gameplay] Fill to Capacity - prisoner buses keep on coming even after prison is overflowing. (Icepick) - resolved.
0010816: [AI & Behaviour] cells not included in a cell block aren't provided uniforms (Icepick) - resolved.
0010817: [Gameplay] Room Quality Calculated Wrong (Icepick) - resolved.
0009415: [AI & Behaviour] Random deliveries to the shop cause shortage of popular item types, eventually freezing the shop altogether (John) - resolved.
0010815: [Gameplay] Jobs with program education required are never assigned (Icepick) - resolved.
0010792: [AI & Behaviour] When snipers stop a large group of tunnel escapees, guards do not process all escapees (Icepick) - resolved.
0010834: [Control & User Interface] Showers that are hooked up with hot water pipes do not show the need for normal water pipes. (Icepick) - resolved.
0005216: [AI & Behaviour] Prisoners wont sleep befor 10 pm (John) - resolved.
0010507: [AI & Behaviour] Mailroom does not work (Icepick) - resolved.
0010827: [AI & Behaviour] New Death Row Prisoners wont go to death row cell, just as protective custody prisoners. (Icepick) - resolved.
0008893: [AI & Behaviour] Guards, especially armed guards, can get stuck on walls near incidents (Icepick) - resolved.
0010802: [Graphics] Snow obscures zoning (Icepick) - resolved.
0009583: [Gameplay] Can't add any object in a cell where a gang member lives, incl. pipes&wires (Icepick) - resolved.
0010806: [Graphics] Snow Indoors (Icepick) - resolved.
0005061: [AI & Behaviour] Utilities cannot be built below crossing walls (Icepick) - resolved.
0007963: [AI & Behaviour] Doctors not healing prisoners with laundry baskets (Icepick) - resolved.
0009803: [Save & Load] "Autosave Timer" does not get saved (Icepick) - resolved.


Update 6c (02nd May 2016)

In addition, seasons and seasonal variation in temperature is now disabled unless you have "Weather" enabled for your prison.

We are aware of some bugs remaining in the temperature system, which we will address. However we felt the exposure death bug required an immediate fix.


Update 6b (29th April 2016)

Seasons and Weather
Map Settings

You can now adjust the settings of your prison from a new screen called "Map Settings", found in the Extras menu.
This screen lets you enable certain options that may not have been enabled (or even available) when you first created the map.
Nb. You can enable these options, but you cannot disable them once enabled.
Available options:

Job Prioritisation
Performance Work (continued)

Further performance gains were made this month through several different approaches to optimisation.

Bug Fixes

Temperature and lightmap system corruption bug fixed.


Update 5c (11th April 2016)

"Having read the feedback, we think that we made the hot water pipes too fiddly for many players by requiring every shower head to be wired up to warm water to avert a riot of frigid prisoners.

We've now changed the system so that a hot shower is an optional luxury and gives a benefit to prisoners' well-being if you feel generous enough to provide it."

Changes:


Update 5b (24th March 2016)

Performance optimisations

We focused on performance this month, and achieved a speed boost of at least 50%.
This work is ongoing.

Thermodynamics (continued)
3d mode has been discovered
BUG FIXES

Update 4b (04th March 2016)

Thermodynamics

The game now models the ambient temperature of the world, and it's effect on your prisoners.
The outdoor temperature will vary during the day, and turn cold at night
The temperature of your indoor areas will be affected by this. Indoor areas near doors and windows will lose heat fast.
Certain existing objects generate lots of heat : Cookers (when in use), power stations, water pumps

Quick Build menu
New prison sharing options
New Translations:

Ukranian, Bulgarian, Traditional Chinese

BUG FIXES

Update 3d (05th February 2016)


Update 3a (28th January 2016)

Guard Towers + Snipers

You can now build guard towers around your prison for an extra level of security, intimidation, and force.

New entity type : Snipers

Hired from the staff menu.
These guys will equip themselves with a scoped sniper rifle from the armoury, if you have one.
They will then take turns manning the guard towers you have built.
Snipers will project 'Suppression' to all prisoners within their line of sight.

Secure Visitation Booths

You can now build secure visitation booths in your visitation room if you choose, instead of the usual tables.
A secure visitation booth has a glass panel that seperates the inmate from the family member, and they use a phone to talk.

Female Names-in-the-game

If you are a Name in the Game customer, you can now update your bio and create a female prisoner if you wish.
Go to http://www.prison-architect.com/register to do this.

Mod API updates

Scripted interface buttons now correctly pass click callbacks to the script that created them.
This allows scripts to add interactions to other objects in the game world.

New Translations

Japanese

Bug Fixes

Update 2b (22 December 2015)

Women's Prisons

Update-1a (17th November 2015)


Update-1 (13th November 2015)

Shared Cells

A Dormitory can house any number of prisoners, based on the number of beds installed
Dormitories can be small eg 2x3, replacing the normal Cell, allowing for two or more inmates to share a cell together
Or Dormitories can be large, with shared showers, toilets, phones, tvs, recreational facilities etc.
Better facilities will result in a higher room grading, which will have a positive effect on your inmates

Prisoner Intake (continued)

There are now several different modes of Intake that can be set for your prison
Choose your mode from the Intake report

Escape mode (continued)

Escape mode was deemed too easy and unbalanced, and several features have been nerfed.

Gangs rebalanced

Rebalanced the chances of gang members and leaders arriving,
to make gangs a more likely occurance.

New translations

Greek, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish, Spanish, Portuguese

BUG FIXES

Patch rc6-20151007 [Windows & Mac only] (8th October 2015)

Fixes crashes that occured when achievement unlock criteria were fulfilled