# OpenTTD OpenTTD 15.0-beta2 released

- Product: OpenTTD (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/openttd)
- Vendor: OpenTTD
- Date: 2025-04-13
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1536610/view/500570289903502303
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/openttd/releases/2025-04-13-openttd-15.0-beta2-released

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- **added** — Snow-covered rocks are now visible
- **added** — Steep hills from map generation or heightmap import now get extra rocks
- **added** — Houses can be individually placed by players in the scenario editor and in-game if enabled, and can be protected from replacement during town growth
- **added** — Touchpad two-finger map scrolling for Windows
- **added** — NewGRF Badges for add-on content to help players find vehicles, stations, and other assets with built-in filtering
- **fixed** — A variety of bugfixes

April 1st has come and gone, but have no fear, for beta2 is here.

We've fixed a bunch more since beta1, and need more testing. Also, we added some new features! Highlights include:

-  Snow-covered rocks are now visible

-  Steep hills from map generation or heightmap import now get extra rocks

-  Houses can be individually placed by players in the scenario editor and (if enabled) in-game, and can be protected from replacement during town growth

-  Touchpad two-finger map scrolling for Windows

-  NewGRF Badges

-  A variety of bugfixes

(As always, see the changelog for further details).

What are badges, you ask? Badges are something add-on (NewGRF) authors can put on their content to help you find e.g. the vehicle or station you want to use.
For example, various vehicle add-ons use a mix of different icons, overlay images or texts to indicate the power source or the suggested usage of a vehicle. With badges, this information can be represented in a clear way including built-in filtering, that is cohesive between different add-ons.

As this beta is the first release featuring badge support, there aren't many updated add-ons yet, but we're excited to see what authors do with the new feature.

Finally, the usual titlegame competition has been [announced on the forums](https://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?t=92166).

You can find this beta under the "testing" beta in Steam.

* (https://cdn.openttd.org/openttd-releases/15.0-beta2/changelog.md)
* [Bug tracker](https://github.com/OpenTTD/OpenTTD/issues)
* [Questions and player support](https://www.openttd.org/contact.html) ((https://discord.gg/openttd))