0.35 Now Available

Hello all,

0.35 is now available to download for Patreon subscribers. This update contains mostly quality of life changes, bug fixes and AI tweaking. A massive thank you to the community's help on finding these issues, making it quick and easy for me to fix. Change list below:

Changes

• Ryujin beer is now rebranded as Longgui beer

• Petrol Stations now show their fuel price on the signage

  • Fuel price is random right now up to 20% higher or lower than a base price of 131 yen

    • Economic events may be added to spice this up a bit more, this is a game about arbitrage after all

• Batteries will always appear on auction trucks

• At least one fuel tank will always appear on auction trucks

• At least one carburetor will always appear on auction trucks

• Fuel tanks with leaks will now be taped up on auction trucks

• Mr Hancho now recognises when a vending machine he owns has been vandalized

  • He will then reduce his sale offer by 30%

Fixes

• Fixed abandoned parts trucks wing mirrors

• Fixed Clear input not working on Credit menu of the ATM

• Fixed potential spawn weighting reference for trade goods

• Fixed Onigiri being named as Corn Soup upon loading player vending machines

• Fixed spawn position of abandoned delivery truck for the lake corner tile segment

• Fixed vending machines not loading money in the machine

  • This was a load ordering issue, so all missing money should be restored.

• Fixed Remove Rust Confirm UI window using the old UI system

• Fixed Classifieds NPC spawning inside a vending machine

• Fixed issue with depositing money into the ATM not correctly tracking banked investment value

• Fixed investment page on the PC-89 computer not updating investments correctly that had been topped up

• Fixed Local Map UI not showing vending machines with Fault icon if the machine is either missing or at 0% condition

• Fixed brake discs having incorrect rotations on Kusahiro

• Fixed duplicate parts loading in when using the engine hoist

• Fixed nuts not being immediately accessible on parts attached to engines loaded in onto the engine hoist

• Fixed missing string Finance_ExpenHover_17 to correctly show "Expense from purchasing a Repair Part"

• Fixed UI issue on financial report that would show key listings beyond the box they should be visible

• Fixed being able to unscrew and pick up licence plate on the front of the Batako Kusahiro

• Added a little bit more light in the home garage so it's easier to see when working under the truck at night

• Fixed naming convention of the built-in fuel tank for GPE engine

• Fixed returning home using the emergency phone, after completing a job, not resetting job flags correctly

• Fixed _onRoute flag not tracking correctly, which may have caused some route transition issues

  • This fix correctly prevents saving whilst on routes

• Fixed environmental seam with building tile JP_Land_01

• Fixed issue with removing certain parts on a newly purchased truck, and not being able to put them back onto the truck

• Fixed vending machine repair bench issue

• Fixed an outline rendering issue where the repair bench would outline the last placed object on it

• Fixed boxes and crates not grabbing the next available trade good inside them correctly

  • This will fix the struggles with placing items into vending machines from boxes and crates

• Fixed job items not being cleared from the vehicle cargo correctly when completing or abandoning a delivery job, which was causing the weight on the trailer cargo to remain.

• Added additional safety checks to stop infinite money glitch on selling trailer beds

• Fixed missing classified NPC UI target reference for the map UI

• Fixed bridges not removing the map fog for their tile on load

• Fixed several map icons displaying the price of fuel when they don't sell fuel

• Correctly hooked up dynamic fuel pricing to the petrol station map UI, the map UI for petrol stations will now show the correct fuel price

• Fixed not being able to buy a vending spot from mr Hancho if the player had destroyed the machine in the spot

AI Fixes

• Fixed AI always producing skidding smoke, even when not skidding

• Re-did the skid particle smoke to be less obnoxious

• AI will now check if it needs it's night lights on or off at reposition call

• Delayed the spawning of traffic on route transitions

• Increased slip limit checks to reduce skidding audio calls

• AI will now check if a car is ahead of them, if so it will match their speed

• AI now has better braking, less immediate

• All AI vehicles now maintain the same top speed and torque to keep them more uniform

• All AI vehicles top speed reduced

• AI vehicles will now beep if the player or their vehicle blocks them. They will stop beeping their horn after a certain amount of time Note: AI still has some odd spawning issues where they can't find their pathing. It'll take me time to track these down as there seems to be no rhyme or reason behind it that I can find...

0.31 - 0.34 fixes

• Fixed load issue caused by the digital radio

• Previously 10% chance for random branding at the truck seller, temporarily now always random

• Fixed front end load issue caused by upgrade purchases

• Fixed Kusahiro sometimes spawning 100% condition due to a radiator check failing on GPE engines

• Lowered traffic density values for Low, Medium and High

  • This change will require a new save, or regenerating job routes (8am next day)

• Fixed players stuck in the prone position in Batako Auto Parts shop

• Fixed Keiko's hands not animating correctly when pull starting GPE engines

• Prevented spam input on pull-cord engine

• Fixed soft-lock when removing the trailer bed with rear lights missing

• Fixed tunnel transition issue causing players to fall through the world

• Fixed (as best I can) the lack of spacing between some flavour texts

• Fixed Markets charging wholesale value rather than adjusted value for trade goods

• Fixed player name reference missing from Grandpa's letter

• Fixed games not loading save from the front end

Next Steps

The current plan is to focus on enhancing the quality of the current content so we have a really strong MVP (minimum viable product). This means focus is mainly on bug fixing and more polish.

0.4 looks like a stable, user-friendly version of 0.35. Once this is achieved, I feel we're in a good spot for Steam Next Fest and a route to Early Access.

If you've any concerns on this plan, feel free to reply in the comments. As always, I'm open to input.

Thanks again to the community for all the help and support on this, it really does speed up development significantly.

Greg