Latest UI and gameplay tweaks

[Free2Play]

Hey,
we've released an update on Facebook tonight with new levels etc. and while you (patiently) await for the update to happen on mobile in a few days, let me tell you what we've done recently to make Airport City a little more fun besides obvious things like new collections and buildings. I'm sure you've noticed some of them in 5.2 already and I hope you'll like those that are coming in 5.3!

(there're some bugs present, too, but the whole Airport City development team hopes you don't notice them and/or blame us too hard for them)

5.2

• Propeller-Driven and Powerful Propeller-Driven planes (all types) redrawn in HD
  
• New available flights are now sorted by level and type in the Level Up window
• After you choose a building in the Store you can now place it in your city by tapping its slot — no need to press Buy button; as previously, you'll be charged only when you confirm your purchase with green tick
• Red color for several important confirmation buttons like kicking someone from space launch
• You can now open Alliance menu by tapping your Alliance HQ building
• Some buildings have a large amount of parameters that couldn't be seen previously in full before you build them; there's now an Additional Bonuses hint for those buildings
• Progress bar for buildings you want to move by tapping and holding them
• Dirt under the building and a hole in a place where it was when you move a building
• Special event buildings are now sorted to the start page of the Store for the duration of the event
• You can now transfer leadership of your alliance

5.3

• The leftover from 5.2 — making the transfer of alliance leadership an easy task; now you can transfer it without the new leader having an HQ, but this new leader will have to build it before the week ends to get the rewards for that week alliance competition. Every member of alliance will be notified about the change of leadership, and the need to build an HQ for new leader, if he doesn't have one.
• If alliance leader is inactive for a month, the leadership will transfer automatically to an active member with the most skill stars; no more dead alliances because its founder got bored
• First 10 expansions are now significantly cheaper to purchase with coins, and expansions 11 through 20 are now available to purchase with coins (previously only with Airport Cash)
• Town Hall Level 10 got an updated look
• You can now speed up for free any flight in the last 30 seconds of it
• You can now speed up for free any construction in the last 30 seconds of it
  
• If you miss fuel, pax or a flight item when you press the Fly button, there's a new pop-up window that can take of all your needs from one place — for example, you can use your fuel and pax reserves from inventory without actually going to inventory
• Video ads (eg. Airport Cash items for free) can now be used for speed-up of construction and production — with certain limitations, of course
• Video ads can now be used to obtain a repair item when you need one in the Repair Base
• If you haven't got an Airship Dock yet, you can now tap "Complete mission X" in the Airship Store window, and it will take you to the current side quest you need to complete on your way to build it
• When you tap a repair item in Repair Base, there's now a hint with a list of places where you can obtain this item
• Moving building after you tap and hold it is easier now with less taps and more precision
• Active Bonuses right side menu now has a timer with a time of completion of the bonus that will expire first similar to Active Flights right side menu
• When you try to place a building that is over the max. buildings of that type limit, you'll now learn about that right away before you try to purchase it with green tick
• Special event window will be shown once after it's live, so you never miss a new event that has started
• You can now turn several buildings at once while at the Turn Building menu
• We've added icons for parameters of bonuses, it'll be easier now to understand what exactly this bonus does and what it doesn't
• There's now a Clear All button in the Gifts menu; this one will clear all your accepted gifts if you can't (or don't want to) send back anything
• You can now see the detailed stats for an alliance that isn't yours in the Alliance Ratings — that means full list of members and their passengers' output for current week; you can visit any member's city as well
• Madlen Airborn has some cool improvements in her city, check it out
• It's much easier now to send a gift to a player from your neighbor's list — you don't have to aim for that small white square, the whole slot is available to tap
• It's much easier now to scroll using the slider on the right in the Collections, Flights and Neighbors menu — you can actually tap and hold it outside of the window on the right
• If you have at least one neighbor besides Malden, Neigbors tab will always open by default in Social menu instead of the first one with random possible neighbors
• Entities outside the city like butterflies will now never spawn too close to your city which sometimes was a problem because you couldn't see what they were
• If you accidentally tap an expansion outside your city you were not going to buy, you can now cancel it right away by tapping anywhere in your territory
• Fuel Station and Duty Free windows now close automatically when you start a contract, since there's usually nothing else you want to do there
• Tapping an empty hangar will now always lead to you to the Store for the plane that is most suitable for you based on your level and this hangar, for example, if you are level 5 and tap a Level 1 hangar, the game will suggest you to buy a green Powerful Propeller-Driven plane and not the basic white Propeller-Driven plane
• We've moved around a bit the shields above planes and buildings so they don't overlap them at any zoom
• Lost of minor bug fixes

 

[Mia]

Wow, like the sound of these changes, Thank you

On 2nd think, I'm a bit concerned about HD features. Does this mean we're going to use even MORE data? Some of my games are slow enough

 

[Free2Play]

Wow, like the sound of these changes, Thank you

On 2nd think, I'm a bit concerned about HD features. Does this mean we're going to use even MORE data? Some of my games are slow enough

Nothing to worry, the graphics are not going to become full 3D or anything that have an impact on perfomance.

 

[AJ]

You can now see the detailed stats for an alliance that isn't yours in the Alliance Ratings — that means full list of members and their passengers' output for current week; you can visit any member's city as well

Thanks a lot

 

[Husam]

Hey,
we've released an update on Facebook tonight with new levels etc. and while you (patiently) await for the update to happen on mobile in a few days, let me tell you what we've done recently to make Airport City a little more fun besides obvious things like new collections and buildings. I'm sure you've noticed some of them in 5.2 already and I hope you'll like those that are coming in 5.3!

(there're some bugs present, too, but the whole Airport City development team hopes you don't notice them and/or blame us too hard for them)

5.2

• Propeller-Driven and Powerful Propeller-Driven planes (all types) redrawn in HD
  
• New available flights are now sorted by level and type in the Level Up window
• After you choose a building in the Store you can now place it in your city by tapping its slot — no need to press Buy button; as previously, you'll be charged only when you confirm your purchase with green tick
• Red color for several important confirmation buttons like kicking someone from space launch
• You can now open Alliance menu by tapping your Alliance HQ building
• Some buildings have a large amount of parameters that couldn't be seen previously in full before you build them; there's now an Additional Bonuses hint for those buildings
• Progress bar for buildings you want to move by tapping and holding them
• Dirt under the building and a hole in a place where it was when you move a building
• Special event buildings are now sorted to the start page of the Store for the duration of the event
• You can now transfer leadership of your alliance

5.3

• The leftover from 5.2 — making the transfer of alliance leadership an easy task; now you can transfer it without the new leader having an HQ, but this new leader will have to build it before the week ends to get the rewards for that week alliance competition. Every member of alliance will be notified about the change of leadership, and the need to build an HQ for new leader, if he doesn't have one.
• If alliance leader is inactive for a month, the leadership will transfer automatically to an active member with the most skill stars; no more dead alliances because its founder got bored
• First 10 expansions are now significantly cheaper to purchase with coins, and expansions 11 through 20 are now available to purchase with coins (previously only with Airport Cash)
• Town Hall Level 10 got an updated look
• You can now speed up for free any flight in the last 30 seconds of it
• You can now speed up for free any construction in the last 30 seconds of it
  
• If you miss fuel, pax or a flight item when you press the Fly button, there's a new pop-up window that can take of all your needs from one place — for example, you can use your fuel and pax reserves from inventory without actually going to inventory
• Video ads (eg. Airport Cash items for free) can now be used for speed-up of construction and production — with certain limitations, of course
• Video ads can now be used to obtain a repair item when you need one in the Repair Base
• If you haven't got an Airship Dock yet, you can now tap "Complete mission X" in the Airship Store window, and it will take you to the current side quest you need to complete on your way to build it
• When you tap a repair item in Repair Base, there's now a hint with a list of places where you can obtain this item
• Moving building after you tap and hold it is easier now with less taps and more precision
• Active Bonuses right side menu now has a timer with a time of completion of the bonus that will expire first similar to Active Flights right side menu
• When you try to place a building that is over the max. buildings of that type limit, you'll now learn about that right away before you try to purchase it with green tick
• Special event window will be shown once after it's live, so you never miss a new event that has started
• You can now turn several buildings at once while at the Turn Building menu
• We've added icons for parameters of bonuses, it'll be easier now to understand what exactly this bonus does and what it doesn't
• There's now a Clear All button in the Gifts menu; this one will clear all your accepted gifts if you can't (or don't want to) send back anything
• You can now see the detailed stats for an alliance that isn't yours in the Alliance Ratings — that means full list of members and their passengers' output for current week; you can visit any member's city as well
• Madlen Airborn has some cool improvements in her city, check it out
• It's much easier now to send a gift to a player from your neighbor's list — you don't have to aim for that small white square, the whole slot is available to tap
• It's much easier now to scroll using the slider on the right in the Collections, Flights and Neighbors menu — you can actually tap and hold it outside of the window on the right
• If you have at least one neighbor besides Malden, Neigbors tab will always open by default in Social menu instead of the first one with random possible neighbors
• Entities outside the city like butterflies will now never spawn too close to your city which sometimes was a problem because you couldn't see what they were
• If you accidentally tap an expansion outside your city you were not going to buy, you can now cancel it right away by tapping anywhere in your territory
• Fuel Station and Duty Free windows now close automatically when you start a contract, since there's usually nothing else you want to do there
• Tapping an empty hangar will now always lead to you to the Store for the plane that is most suitable for you based on your level and this hangar, for example, if you are level 5 and tap a Level 1 hangar, the game will suggest you to buy a green Powerful Propeller-Driven plane and not the basic white Propeller-Driven plane
• We've moved around a bit the shields above planes and buildings so they don't overlap them at any zoom
• Lost of minor bug fixes

Good job and thanks

 

[LAX]

Sounds really nice - thanks for the information. A lot of stuff to look for!!!

 

[Jay J]

Sounds great.
Thanks for the heads-up, Ivan.
And more thanks for all efforts by you and your team to make AC exciting and user-friendly.
Looking forward to 5.3 update,
Jay

 

[Alfonz Senki]

• It's much easier now to send a gift to a player from your neighbor's list — you don't have to aim for that small white square, the whole slot is available to tap

Thank you for all the effort to improve the game, especially for the quoted one

 

[Theo1977]

Sounds good. How about a "collect all" button?

 

[must_dash]

Sound fantastic.

 

[GamingSwiftie]

Yay! Really excited by some of these! Thanks!

 

[Droidhak]

5.3 sounds awesome! Thanks much.

 

[Robby Kusuma]

Hey,
we've released an update on Facebook tonight with new levels etc. and while you (patiently) await for the update to happen on mobile in a few days, let me tell you what we've done recently to make Airport City a little more fun besides obvious things like new collections and buildings. I'm sure you've noticed some of them in 5.2 already and I hope you'll like those that are coming in 5.3!

(there're some bugs present, too, but the whole Airport City development team hopes you don't notice them and/or blame us too hard for them)

5.2

• Propeller-Driven and Powerful Propeller-Driven planes (all types) redrawn in HD
  
• New available flights are now sorted by level and type in the Level Up window
• After you choose a building in the Store you can now place it in your city by tapping its slot — no need to press Buy button; as previously, you'll be charged only when you confirm your purchase with green tick
• Red color for several important confirmation buttons like kicking someone from space launch
• You can now open Alliance menu by tapping your Alliance HQ building
• Some buildings have a large amount of parameters that couldn't be seen previously in full before you build them; there's now an Additional Bonuses hint for those buildings
• Progress bar for buildings you want to move by tapping and holding them
• Dirt under the building and a hole in a place where it was when you move a building
• Special event buildings are now sorted to the start page of the Store for the duration of the event
• You can now transfer leadership of your alliance

5.3

• The leftover from 5.2 — making the transfer of alliance leadership an easy task; now you can transfer it without the new leader having an HQ, but this new leader will have to build it before the week ends to get the rewards for that week alliance competition. Every member of alliance will be notified about the change of leadership, and the need to build an HQ for new leader, if he doesn't have one.
• If alliance leader is inactive for a month, the leadership will transfer automatically to an active member with the most skill stars; no more dead alliances because its founder got bored
• First 10 expansions are now significantly cheaper to purchase with coins, and expansions 11 through 20 are now available to purchase with coins (previously only with Airport Cash)
• Town Hall Level 10 got an updated look
• You can now speed up for free any flight in the last 30 seconds of it
• You can now speed up for free any construction in the last 30 seconds of it
  
• If you miss fuel, pax or a flight item when you press the Fly button, there's a new pop-up window that can take of all your needs from one place — for example, you can use your fuel and pax reserves from inventory without actually going to inventory
• Video ads (eg. Airport Cash items for free) can now be used for speed-up of construction and production — with certain limitations, of course
• Video ads can now be used to obtain a repair item when you need one in the Repair Base
• If you haven't got an Airship Dock yet, you can now tap "Complete mission X" in the Airship Store window, and it will take you to the current side quest you need to complete on your way to build it
• When you tap a repair item in Repair Base, there's now a hint with a list of places where you can obtain this item
• Moving building after you tap and hold it is easier now with less taps and more precision
• Active Bonuses right side menu now has a timer with a time of completion of the bonus that will expire first similar to Active Flights right side menu
• When you try to place a building that is over the max. buildings of that type limit, you'll now learn about that right away before you try to purchase it with green tick
• Special event window will be shown once after it's live, so you never miss a new event that has started
• You can now turn several buildings at once while at the Turn Building menu
• We've added icons for parameters of bonuses, it'll be easier now to understand what exactly this bonus does and what it doesn't
• There's now a Clear All button in the Gifts menu; this one will clear all your accepted gifts if you can't (or don't want to) send back anything
• You can now see the detailed stats for an alliance that isn't yours in the Alliance Ratings — that means full list of members and their passengers' output for current week; you can visit any member's city as well
• Madlen Airborn has some cool improvements in her city, check it out
• It's much easier now to send a gift to a player from your neighbor's list — you don't have to aim for that small white square, the whole slot is available to tap
• It's much easier now to scroll using the slider on the right in the Collections, Flights and Neighbors menu — you can actually tap and hold it outside of the window on the right
• If you have at least one neighbor besides Malden, Neigbors tab will always open by default in Social menu instead of the first one with random possible neighbors
• Entities outside the city like butterflies will now never spawn too close to your city which sometimes was a problem because you couldn't see what they were
• If you accidentally tap an expansion outside your city you were not going to buy, you can now cancel it right away by tapping anywhere in your territory
• Fuel Station and Duty Free windows now close automatically when you start a contract, since there's usually nothing else you want to do there
• Tapping an empty hangar will now always lead to you to the Store for the plane that is most suitable for you based on your level and this hangar, for example, if you are level 5 and tap a Level 1 hangar, the game will suggest you to buy a green Powerful Propeller-Driven plane and not the basic white Propeller-Driven plane
• We've moved around a bit the shields above planes and buildings so they don't overlap them at any zoom
• Lost of minor bug fixes

What about make more pages or tabs on the flying destination sections?
We have to make a lot of scroll down for aliiance and adventures flight using Big Birds.

 

[kids]

Does windows get Videos also?

 

[Allan Browne]

Love it ... can't wait for the update! Good work!

 

[pdxsk]

• First 10 expansions are now significantly cheaper to purchase with coins, and expansions 11 through 20 are now available to purchase with coins (previously only with Airport Cash)

I'm at expansion 100something...wish I could go back and buy 11 through 20 for just coins...

Thank you for the heads up!

 

[Blue Jay]

Looks great, thanks for all your efforts

 

[Free2Play]

Sounds good. How about a "collect all" button?

It will be not quite just like that, but we're working on a feature that allows you to collect some things faster.

Does windows get Videos also?

Videos are not our internal tech and are provided through third-party software. As soon as it becomes compatible with our engine — we'll add videos to Windows at once.

What about make more pages or tabs on the flying destination sections?
We have to make a lot of scroll down for aliiance and adventures flight using Big Birds.

No new tabs for now, but existing tabs will get an updated levels list in 5.3

 

[Free2Play]

Oh, and one more thing I totally forgot about. Skill stars are going to get a prominent place, so everyone sees how cool you are. Pretty much anywhere your name is, there is now your number of stars, as well.

 

[Airport city cheat]

Free2Play would it be possible for G! to add a tab / map to show all stars we have earned, including the event destinations?