Highlights

• External Depots: Build up to 15 virtual depots on your map, each able to hold up to 100 additional buses
  
  
  
• Automations: With the new research, your staff can check the buses on their own and wash, refuel or clean them if necessary
  
  
  
• Staff scheduling: Determine when which group of employees should come to work from home and how many employees should be present on the premises outside core working hours
  
  
  
• Parking space allocation: Buses can now be permanently assigned to a parking space
  
  
  
• Service centre opening hours: Service centre opening hours can now be adjusted
  
  
  
• New app research that reduces the number of visitors to the Service centre
  
• Maximum shift duration can now be increased to up to 16 hours in the shift planner settings, which can prevent buses from returning to the depot at midday
  
• Complete overhaul of the bus UI with new functions in the bus overview and in the marketplace: display of the number of buses per category, filter by bus type and broken buses
  

Full Changelog

Lines / Shifts / Timetable

• Fixed a bug that caused buses to start with an extremely high delay in rare cases
  
• Fixed a bug that shifts were not executed correctly and buses stayed in the depot with the status „drives shift“
  
• Fixed a bug that tours were displayed with 0 passengers in the line statistics
  
• Fixed a bug that passengers did not get off a bus
  
• Unused bus stops are now deleted when a route creation is cancelled
  
• The timetable preview of a line can now be opened directly via the line detail window
  

Buses

• The technical condition of the buses is now always displayed in orange or red if something is broken
  
• Preview images are now displayed with correct brightness at night
  
• If the light is broken, it now really does not work anymore
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the UI to disappear when several buses were sent to the paint shop at the same time
  
• Fixed another bug that could lead to buses not being driven to the wash / cleaning / repair / refuelling
  
• Fixed a bug where all routers were broken after the WLAN upgrade
  
• Smoke effect on articulated buses is now also displayed in the correct place when the articulation is bent
  
• When washing, cleaning and refuelling, the price is now displayed
  

Employees

• Balancing of employee stress
  
• Necessary office space per employee reduced
  
• Researchers and service centre staff now interrupt their work when they need to go to the toilet or are thirsty
  
• Fixed bug with staff walking through closed doors
  
• Fixed a bug where staff members were sometimes not fully visible in the preview images
  
• Fixed bug where service centre staff did not walk to the counter
  
• Fixed bugs with animations when carrying in parcels and with service centre employees
  

Building

• Windows can now be replaced with doors
  
• Fixed bug that wall objects at the edge of the premises could not be deleted
  

Other

• Fixed a bug that caused mods to be redownloaded every time the game was started and that they had not yet been loaded after a savegame was loaded
  
• Fixed a bug that in rare cases the loading did not work anymore if you had gone back to the main menu before
  
• Fixed a bug that in rare cases savegames could not be loaded anymore when using faulty bus mods
  
• Balancing of the necessary trophies for research
  
• Balancing of the trophies for tasks optimised
  
• More trophies and more money are now required for research in expert mode
  
• Update to Unity 2022.3.5
  

Early Access Update 12

Highlights:

• Performance and freezes in savegames with a lot of employees optimised
  
• Preview of passenger volume now loads much faster
  
• Bus stop limit per line increased to 500 (incl. waypoints)
  
• Maximum shift length can now be set
  
• Fixed several bugs that caused passengers to not exit the bus correctly
  
• In case of a faulty map cache, the affected tiles are now reloaded to avoid green tiles
  
• Buses now no longer get stuck at the entrance and block traffic
  
• Fixed bug where buses were sinking into the ground, blocking repairs
  
• Fixed bug that buses disappeared and "driving shift" was displayed
  
• Fixed several bugs that could cause staff or customers to not be able to find their way or to stop moving
  
• Fixed several bugs that could lead to wrong red exclamation marks ("not available")
  
• Fixed "out of memory" error when saving large savegames
  
• Japanese translation added (Big thanks to ばんちゃん / Banchan!)
  

Lines / Shifts / Timetable / Passengers:

• Maximum shift length can now be set
  
• Desired break for bus drivers can now be set up to 12 hours
  
• Display of tours of a shift during assignment (i-icon) has been optimised
  
• Bus stop limit per line increased to 500 (incl. waypoints)
  
• Fixed further bug that passengers did not leave buses
  
• Fixed bug that buses with passengers come out of the depot
  
• Fixed bug that buses were teleported from depot to starting stop
  
• Fixed bug that in rare cases a negative number of passengers got off the bus
  
• Fixed bug that in rare cases tours were missing from sub-timetables
  
• In the case of long delays, tours that have already passed are now skipped
  
• The total length of a tour and the length between stops are now displayed
  

Performance:

• Preview of passenger volume now loads much faster
  
• Performance and hangs in savegames with an extremely large number of employees strongly optimised
  

Balancing:

• Public service lines are now available earlier
  
• Number of POIs required for public service lines is now better adapted to the individual map
  

Map:

• In case of a faulty map cache, the affected tiles are now reloaded to avoid green squares
  
• Fixed a bug where some cities were not counted as connected on a public service line
  
• Fixed missing tiles after a map extension
  
• Delays of 1-4 minutes are now displayed orange instead of red
  

Buses:

• Fuel consumption is now displayed when buying a bus
  
• Bus sales are now included in investments
  
• When clicking on a bus, the vehicle group is now displayed and can be changed
  
• When buying a bus, the bus group can now be set directly
  
• Buses now no longer get stuck at the entrance and block traffic in rare cases
  
• Fixed bug where buses sank into the ground and blocked repair
  
• Fixed bug that buses were not driven to the workshop and the repair order remained open forever
  
• Fixed bug that buses did not start a shift
  
• Fixed bug that buses disappeared and "driving shift" was displayed
  
• Fixed a bug where buses did not leave the depot but "going on shift" was displayed
  
• Fixed bug that used buses were more expensive than new buses in some cases
  

Staff:

• Staff applications are now changing with the times
  
• Error in the display of employee qualification fixed
  
• Employees now no longer form queues in the fence
  
• Fixed bug with mechanics getting stuck outside the depot
  
• Fixed several bugs that could cause staff members to not be able to find their way
  
• Fixed bug that despite a long queue, objects (e.g. fridge) were not used by anyone and all people in the queue stopped moving
  
• Fixed bug that staff members just stood still and did not move anymore
  

Building System:

• Fixed several bugs that could lead to incorrect red exclamation marks ("not reachable")
  
• Improvements in the placement and rotation of storage racks
  
• Fixed bug that objects were lost when loading
  

Other:

• Weekdays added to the financial overview
  
• Fixed "Out of Memory" error when saving large savegames
  
• Visitors no longer remain in a heap at the entrance when the number of visitors to the service centre is high
  
• Fixed bug that customers were always angry in the service centre
  
• The game now no longer pauses automatically after building a line
  
• Small improvements to translations
  
• Fixed a bug in the "Increase your line network" task
  
• Fixed bug that the screen became grey if you zoomed out too far
  
• Japanese translation and yen added as currency (Big thanks to ばんちゃん / Banchan!)
  
• Russian rouble added as currency
  

Highlights:

• Waypoints: for line construction (hold shift to place a waypoint)
  
  
  
• Larger maps: Instead of 10, there are now 20 map extensions possible, which means that a game area of up to 1,600 km² (40 km x 40 km) can now be unlocked (up to now, up to 576 km² (24 km x 24 km) were possible)
  
  
  
• Performance:
  
  
  
  
  • Optimisation of performance, especially with high numbers of employees and buses
    
    
    
    
  • Optimisation of RAM consumption and fixing of memory leaks and resulting crashes (e.g. when building long lines, ordering many buses, painting)
    
    
    
    
  • Significant optimisation of the loading time and new faster save and load system, which also prevents the "Unexpected Mark Stack Overflow" error from occurring after the next save (the loading time of old savegames is still very high until they have been loaded and saved once with the new version)
    
    
    *Tested on large savegame with maximum company premise size in 4K with i7-9700K, RTX3070, 32GB RAM.
    

Changelog:

Shift schedule and timetable:

• In the shift schedule there is now a settings menu to set the desired break between two shifts for buses and bus drivers
  
• In the shift schedule settings, it is now possible to specify whether all tours within a shift must have the same preferred vehicle group
  
• If line changes are allowed on certain lines, these are now more reliably taken into account and built into shifts
  
• For lines with several different timetables, more sensible shifts are now generated by avoiding unnecessary service trips
  
• Automatic allocation of buses to the respective preferred vehicle groups now works more reliably
  
• Fixed a bug where the shift plan for some days could not be displayed in rare cases
  
• Editing stops in advanced timetable mode no longer leads to an error message without reason ("No route could be determined for the selected stops")
  
• Fixed a bug where everything was greyed out after the above error message appeared and the game had to be restarted
  

Map:

• When building public service lines, it is now more clearly displayed what still needs to be connected to the line and what is already connected
  
• Passengers can now no longer travel on service journeys
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented passengers from travelling after 0 o'clock
  
• Fixed a bug that caused passengers to board a bus that would not leave for more than 15 minutes, even though a bus of the same line with an earlier departure was available
  
• Up to 250 stops can now be added to a line
  
• Fixed green areas when loading maps near national borders
  

Employees:

• Fixed various bugs where various tasks such as refuelling, washing were not performed and the bus could then no longer be used
  
• Fixed bug where "Employee can't find the way" was incorrectly displayed
  
• Drivers no longer complain about not having enough work while on holiday or training
  
• Bus drivers on leave are no longer suggested for assignment to a shift that is about to start
  

Buses:

• Even if a bus has only minor damage, a smoke effect is now always displayed so that you can see at a glance whether the bus needs to be repaired or not
  
• Fixed a bug where buses would sometimes sit in the depot for hours with a "running shift" status
  
• When buying several buses at the same time, the correct amount is now always debited from the account
  
• New camera in the paint shop, which can also be used to move along the bus
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the selection made when choosing bus upgrades to be reset automatically all the time
  
• Fixed a bug where used buses could have a defective air conditioner even though there was no air conditioner installed
  
• Fixed a bug where buses for sale were no longer shown in the list
  
• Corrected the position of the smoke effect on some buses
  
• Adjusted the scaling of the Lion's City A78
  

Building:

• When moving an object, it is no longer deleted when cancelled with Escape, but moved back to its original position
  
• Fixed a bug where old parking places on the edge could no longer be deleted
  

Modding:

• Fixed a bug where the mod overview always jumped to page 1 in the list
  
• Fixed bug where mods could not be updated if they were not on page 1
  

UI:

• Improved readability of complaints from customers in the service centre
  
• The current line network coverage is now displayed in the research menu
  
• Tooltips with hints (info boxes) are now hidden more reliably
  
• Fixed several bugs that caused some UI elements to be cut off at some screen resolutions
  
• Hourly wage in the employee overview is now rounded correctly
  
• In the bus driver selection when spontaneously assigning a shift, the stress bar is now displayed with the correct colour
  

Other:

• Bulgarian translation and currency added (many thanks to Daniel Petkov!)
  
• New notification when the data volume of an internet contract is used up
  
• The M hotkey can now be used to switch between the operating area and the map
  
• "Back to main menu" now works reliably
  
• Fixed a bug where too much money was deducted when extending the map
  
• Fixed a bug where a loan was not removed after it was fully paid off
  
• Fixed a bug where the camera could not be moved with right click at times
  
• Fixed crash under MacOS
  
• Visitors to the service centre no longer spawn too slowly during busy periods, preventing many customers from going to the service centre until after closing time
  

Highlights

• Bus Modding: Modders can read here how to create buses using the new modding tool and players will surely find the first new buses in the workshop soon
  
  
  
  
• Bus Upgrades: Upgrades (e.g. premium seats, passenger information system) are now available for buses to improve passenger comfort.
  
  
  
  
• WLAN: Mobile data contracts with different data volumes can be booked in order to offer passengers WLAN during the journey
  
  
  
  
• Timetable: The driving times in the extended timetable can now be entered manually instead of having to select a fixed interval per timetable
  
  
  

Changelog

Map / Lines / Timetable

• The driving times in the extended timetable can now be entered manually instead of having to select a fixed interval per timetable
  
• Up to 250 lines can now be built
  
• Clients of public service lines no longer complain about poor passenger numbers when the line has not yet run or when passenger numbers are high
  
• The given timetable interval for public service lines can no longer be lower during rush hour than outside rush hour
  
• Fixed grey camera glitch in the map
  
• For public service lines, the entire line can now be deleted and rebuilt without losing the order
  
• Fixed a bug when calculating the number of buses needed for a line
  
• Lines in the line overview are now correctly sorted by name
  
• Stops on the map are now displayed more clearly
  
• In Brazil, it no longer loads wrong starting points / cities in the map
  

Balancing

• Adjustment of the number of passengers so that they should no longer be so extremely high in large cities
  
• General improvement of passenger behaviour
  
• Optimised number of passengers at airports and schools
  
• Fixed bug that line exchanges sometimes did not work
  
• Remuneration of tasks optimised
  
• Companies with high capital now receive lower subsidies
  

Employees

• The names of the employees now depend on the region in which you play
  
• Fixed bug where staff were queuing for a single item (toilet, fridge etc.) even though multiple items were available
  
• When bus drivers assigned to a shift are terminated, the assignment is now removed
  
• Employees now recover during a time jump
  
• Tooltips added to employee properties to get more information about them
  

Translations

• Turkish translation and Turkish lira added as currency (Thanks to @altariann and @Povalsiki)!
  
• Added Czech and Dutch translation of the reviews
  
• Many missing translations completed
  
• Display of languages with special characters significantly improved and missing texts fixed
  

Other

• Performance improvements, especially with many employees (There will be more performance improvements in the next update).
  
• Update to Unity 2022.2.11
  
• The repair form now shows how many spare parts are available
  
• Fixed a bug that objects at the edge of the depot could not be built in some cases
  
• Fixed bug that street lanterns disappeared
  
• Fixed a bug in the paint shop
  
• Fixed a bug that purchased buses got stuck in the barrier
  
• Fixed a bug that the layer allocation window did not disappear in rare cases
  
• Fixed a bug where the autosave did not work when the game was paused
  
• Other small bug fixes and improvements
  

Coming Soon

• Optimisation of the loading time
  
• Larger maps
  
• Waypoints during line building
  
• Optimisation of performance and RAM consumption and fixing of resulting crashes