OpenRCT2 v0.4.28 "Mr. Creosote" released!

With Halloween behind us, there is one figure who has sampled a little too much of the candy. Of course, it's Mr. Creosote! 

This month's release is full of nice new tools, both for normal players and power users. The complete changelog is listed below.

• Feature: [#25286] Footpath area dragging tool.
• Feature: [#25379] Add an option to the command line screenshot function to draw debug segment heights.
• Improved: [#21375] The `load_object` console command now allows loading JSON objects.
• Improved: [#25297] Paths on the ground in SV4/SC4 no longer block supports of the paths above.
• Improved: [#25349] ‘Recent Messages’ window can now be fully themed.
• Improved: [#25433] Colour dropdown now uses bigger images in Enlarged UI mode.
• Change: [#25089] Peep actions and animations that cause them to stop moving no longer trigger when they are on a level crossing.
• Change: [#25337] Placing track designs with scenery that is obstructed no longer disables all of the scenery.
• Fix: [#20198] Guest inventory from RCT1 base game saves is not imported.
• Fix: [#20486] Multiplayer desync when placing track designs without any scenery.
• Fix: [#22779, #25330] Incorrect queue paths in Nevermore Park and Six Flags Holland scenarios (bug in the original scenarios).
• Fix: [#24975] The Corkscrew and LIM Launched (original bug) roller coaster quarter loop tunnels are too high.
• Fix: [#25139] Steam locomotive and tram claxons can sound louder than normal when approaching crossings that span multiple tiles.
• Fix: [#25190] Inserting a block brake while a coaster is simulating will cause the simulation to behave strangely.
• Fix: [#25206] System file picker does not show up on the Steam Deck.
• Fix: [#25272] Text colour dropdown in the Banner window is too narrow, resulting in truncated labels.
• Fix: [#25299] The Mine Train Coaster left large helix draws incorrect sprites at certain angles (original bug).
• Fix: [#25328] Spiral Slide in Blackpool Pleasure Beach has its entrance and exit the wrong way round (bug in the original scenario).
• Fix: [#25342] The Go-Karts medium right gentle sloped turn does not have a tunnel at the end.
• Fix: [#25349] Items in Recent Messages are too narrow if there is no scrollbar visible.
• Fix: [#25350] The scrolling intro background switches colour halfway through (original bug).
• Fix: [#25350] When skipping the scrolling intro, the screen does not get cleared properly.
• Fix: [#25350] Scrolling intro cannot be skipped using a mouse click.
• Fix: [#25358] The Stand Up Roller Coaster left corkscrew does not block supports correctly.
• Fix: [#25363] The Mine Train Coaster flat-to-steep track pieces do not block all metal supports.
• Fix: [#25369] The Go-Karts medium turns and small flat and sloped turns do not block metal supports correctly.
• Fix: [#25370] The Hybrid Coaster diagonal brakes and block brakes do not block metal supports consistently.
• Fix: [#25371] The Wooden Roller Coaster small banked turns block too many metal supports.
• Fix: [#25378] The land tool sometimes allows land to be raised through a maze.
• Fix: [#25380] The Lay-down Roller Coaster left corkscrew supports are incorrect at one angle (original bug).
• Fix: [#25388] The Shortcut Keys window uses the wrong colours for separators, scrollbars and buttons.
• Fix: [#25401] Mazes can be built 2 units higher than their support limits.
• Fix: [#25404] Guests that have been removed with the remove all guests cheat will still be visible if they were sliding down the Spiral Slide.
• Fix: [#25410] Guest flags (e.g. tracking) not imported from RCT1.

Our great friend, Deurklink, has again helped on making a video with the notable changes for this release:

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We would like to thank everyone who contributed with code, testing, translations, bug reports and everything else. We would also like to thank our sponsors:

• Digital Ocean, for hosting the multiplayer master server and our infrastructure
• Backtrace, for handling our automated crash reports
• JetBrains, for providing us with development software
• Github, for handling our development and issue tracker
• SignPath, for providing a free certificate to sign our builds

If you're interested in contributing to OpenRCT2, feel free to join us on Discord.

You can also sponsor OpenRCT2 team members:

• https://github.com/sponsors/IntelOrca
• https://github.com/sponsors/janisozaur
• https://github.com/sponsors/broxzier
• https://github.com/sponsors/Gymnasiast
• https://buymeacoffee.com/zehmatt

On behalf of the OpenRCT2 team: happy building!

Aaron