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[Jesseas123]

Oh sweet you listened to my idea! Lol idk why but I feel pretty good

[Mansnlnl]

Okey thank you for trying

[Mansnlnl]

Okey thank you for the reply Will do

[thekillergreece]

Please answer the question whenever you can

I am big fan of PA and I will definitely buy this game for PS4.

Now, I got a powerful CPU and a kinda-bad GPU and can run a medium-large prison with 500-600 entities before lags are starting to appear.

How about the PS4? How many entities can it hold without ANY lags? (By entities, I mean, guard, worker, prisoner, etc). Watch Towers, seasons are being added right?

Waiting for your reply, thanks!

[Dreuz95]

if I bought the game in early access the game I remain and I have to re buy it?

[D11_D.Arquette]

if I bought the game in early access the game I remain and I have to re buy it?

If you've bought the game during it's time in Game Preview, then no you won't have to re-buy it. From June 28th, it will be updated to be the full release, and will come with the Pre-order DLC for free.

More info on the DLC can be found here.

Prison Architect DLC - All Day and a Night Detailed

Hey guys, With the announcement of the pre-orders being officially available today! We also would like to share with you some details about our DLC we have planned which we're calling "All Day and a Night." [image] All Day and a Night introduces 8 new wardens, 8 new prison maps and 8 new plots to expand your prison experience and bend the rules. Experience new prisons that range from ultra secure facilities with moats and fences to luxury prisons with elegant cells and everything in b…

[D11_D.Arquette]

I am big fan of PA and I will definitely buy this game for PS4.

Now, I got a powerful CPU and a kinda-bad GPU and can run a medium-large prison with 500-600 entities before lags are starting to appear.

How about the PS4? How many entities can it hold without ANY lags? (By entities, I mean, guard, worker, prisoner, etc). Watch Towers, seasons are being added right?

Awesome to hear, thanks for your support.

Depends really, the most extreme being a large prison with 500+ prisoners, most with jobs and programs going on, 300+ guards, 200+staff will create some slow down. We have the games on PS4 and XB1 running at 60fps, and when slow down occurs it does get close to 30 fps.
We are still sort of working on that however so hopefully the drop wouldn't be as dramatic by the time we launch.

[nappa22428]

I hav bought the game before it was added to steam and was wondering how i can get the newest version of it

[Wrobo1988]

So this may be a dumb question but I noticed some of my prisoners have stars above their heads. What do the stars mean?

[D11_D.Arquette]

I hav bought the game before it was added to steam and was wondering how i can get the newest version of it

Unfortunately we can't really help with the Steam version, you might want to ask Introversion Software (the creators of PA and the PC version) about that. Was it not always on Steam?

So this may be a dumb question but I noticed some of my prisoners have stars above their heads. What do the stars mean?

That should be the character you created, from our site, running around with a star above his head. Or are you saying there are multiple men on one map?

[deadk1ng]

How do I make prisoers relocate to an upgraded cell on xbox one?

[D11_D.Arquette]

How do I make prisoers relocate to an upgraded cell on xbox one?

Some prisoners aren't entitled to upgraded cells, you'll have to check by going into Prison Running > Logistics > Cell Quality and observe the quality of the cell and what the prisoner is entitled to. [Entitlement]/[Cell Quality]

[Wrobo1988]

I did not create a prisoner. I am playing on the xbox version. So far i only see one prisoner with the star. I was just wondering if that indicated him as a special prisoner or what.

[Jesseas123]

Sorta it's a glitch those guys are test prisoners they made and for some reason have the star they said that will be fixed soon, the stars are only suppose to be the winning peoples prisoners or something like that

[BrianBrother]

So i preorded the game with Target in North America, it says i will get the game June 5th, but how will i get the game if it does not even come out by that time?

[Prison]

I preordered at GameStop and it says that it comes out the 7th on the paper I got and it also says they will only hold the preorder for 48 hours so I'm scared that my preorder will be canceled

[Jesseas123]

It's a mistake that the ppl of sold out have to fix they had it say the 7th on Amazon to but then changed it. I don't know why they would only hold a pre order for 48 hours that's not much of a pre order. If they do cancel it pre order it on Amazon, there is no special GameStop bonus if you pre order on Amazon you still get the dlc

[D11_D.Arquette]

I did not create a prisoner. I am playing on the xbox version. So far i only see one prisoner with the star. I was just wondering if that indicated him as a special prisoner or what.

It was a little bit of a mistake on our part, you can find more information here.
https://forums.double11.com/t/known-issue-starred-prisoners-not-correct/428​

So i preorded the game with Target in North America, it says i will get the game June 5th, but how will i get the game if it does not even come out by that time?

I preordered at GameStop and it says that it comes out the 7th on the paper I got and it also says they will only hold the preorder for 48 hours so I'm scared that my preorder will be canceled

Those dates were put up in error and I'd suggest you talk to the retailers you pre-ordered the title from just to be doubly sure that you pre-order is safe. The physical copy of PA will be available in North America on June 28th, and everywhere else from July 1st.

[Prison]

Ok thanks I wouldn't want thirty dollars to be wasted on nothing so I will try to see if they can change the preorder with the thirty dollars I already spent. Preorders are not something I'm used to since I rarely do it but since I love prison architect I preordered the game on Ps4 the first day preorders where available

[Prison]

Ok they where able to change it and it's all good now just have to wait until the 28th but the wait won't be to bad since nba2k16 is the free PlayStation plus game for June starting on the 7th but when the 28th comes around all I will be playing is prison architect