Hello everyone!
This week we celebrate the two years anniversary of Hardware Engineers.
In a few numbers, this two wonderful years of development represent:
637 bugfix, more than 320 public builds, 96 patches.
That represent around one patch every 8 days !
I propose you here to review together a summary of the additions of this very active period of development!
Version 0.2.14
- Adding Ink cartridge !
- Adding Screen comparison
- Adding Keyboard comparison
- Adding Mice comparison
- Adding Models
- Adding Brands
- Adding Icons
- Adding Cpu's Models
- Improved WinDoor's Textures
- Improved Cpu's HitBox
- Improved showcase and furniture
- Rework of showcase and furniture
- Adding new type of slots for showcase
- Adding Save of Custom prices
- Adding Dvd's hit box
- Adding Usb devices's hit box
- Adding Serial's box
- Improved Interface
- Adding 160 Screens with lots of properties !
- Adding Models
- Adding Brands
- Adding Icones
- Improved Performance (Cables)
- Improved Tooltips
- Improved management of previous save
- Updating language
Version 0.2.1X
- Adding Cleaning computer bonus
- Adding Malus for dirty items
- Persuasive Skill affect cleaning computer bonus
- Hard-worker Skill affect cleaning speed
- Adding Explorer: Canceling task
- Adding Explorer: Confirmation window
- Updating Explorer's software
- Adding new cooler's icon
- Renaming GPU drivers
- Adding Dust !
- Adding new tool to remove dust
- Adding Sound effect
- Improved Shadows & time
- Improved Interface
- Improved Specularity of material
- Improved Cases models
- Increasing mission duration
- Adding Shadow
- Adding Material
- Adding Material effect
- Adding Settings:Shadow Quality
- Improved User Interface
- Improved Performance
- Improved Anti Aliasing
- Adding 3D Models (Mouse, Keyboard, Box)
- Improved Mouse's Models
- Improved Textures
- Adding new decorations
- Rework of certain decorations
- Adding Uploads to LAN
- Adding Mouse DPI
- Adding Refund rate customization
- Improved Performance
- Adding Mouse
- Adding Box of Mice
- Adding 3D Models
- Adding Keyboards's Mechanics
- Updating Asian fonts
- Improved Performance
- Adding More Keyboards
- Adding New 3D models for Keyboards
- Adding New Brands (DVD & Serial)
- Improved Keyboard box's 3D models.
- Improved Performance
- Improved Interface
- Reducing frequency of Sad animations
- Adding Keyboards
- Adding Box of components
- Improved 3d model rendering
- Improved Shop
- Improved Recycling
- Improved Performance (Steam,Interface,Loading)
- Improved Decoration editor
- Improved GPU Memory usage
- Improved Translation
- Radiator will blink when misplaced
- Rebalancing Benchmark Score
- Preloading 3DModels
- Updating to .NET 4.7.1
- Adding more Achievements !
- Adding more Statistics !
- Rebalancing CPU Overcloking and temperature
- Improved Nas window (prevent multi job on the same HDD)
- Improved BlueScreen
- Improved Mod Management
- Improved Achievements window
- Improved Renaming window
- Minor improvement in Blueprint management
- Minor UI Improvements
- Updating to SharpRaven 2.4
- Improved Shop
- Improved Files generation
- Improved Memory usage
- Improved Window opacity management
Version 0.2.0X
- Reworked Supplier's Shop
- Reworked cables generation management
- Adding "Recommended VRAM" in settings
- Improved Resolution selection in Settings
- Performance improvement
- Minor improvement in Save/Load screen
- Adding new unlock animations
- Improved Audio Engine
- Improved Interface
- Improved Compatibility with HDD mod
- Improved Text drawing performance
- Fixed crash when adding HDD to cart
- Fixed "OpenAL drivers could not be found"
- Improved Framerate
- Improved MSAA performance
- Improved outdated save compatibility
- Reducing Memory usage
- Adding files explorer
- Adding Game customization save
- Improved Skill Tree quit
- Minor spelling correction
- Reducing Memory usage (~15%)
- Updating to MonoGame 3.6
- Updating to SharpRaven 2.3.2
- Adding CPU Hyperthreading
- Improved Interface: Tooltips
- Improved Interface: Shop
- Improved Editor
- Improved Colors Editor
- Improved upgrade mission
- Improved Shaders
- Improved Failed mission
- Adding new motherboard model
- Adding 38 motherboards
- Rebalancing motherboards
- Adding Material Customization
- Reworked Components Editor
- Reworked Preset Editor
- Adding Wiki!
- Updated Modding guide
- Updated Template
- Performance improvement
- Improved Character model
- Reducing CPU usage
- Reducing Memory usage
- Adding new motherboard model
- Adding Copies duration take drives performance into account
- Adding Memory max frequency for Motherboard
- Improved 3D Engine
- Improved Interface
- Performance improvement
- Updated Assembly's view
- Updated item previews
- Rebalancing Computers
- Adding PolygonBackup will now copy downloads folder
- Adding Drive letter in "Properties" of files
- Improved Performance: Assembly
- Improved Map
- Adding Greeting animations
- Adding Radiators models
- Adding 2 CPU AirCoolings
- Adding 7 CPU WaterCoolings
- Adding requirements for Watercooling mods
- Adding listing of incompatible mods
- Updating Delivery window
- Mod Management
- Adding WaterCooling kits!
- Adding 10 new Animations
- Improved Character's models & Textures
- Adding Cables for SSD
- Adding new CPU Cooler
- Adding new CPU Cooler models
- Rebalancing CPU Cooler performance
- Increasing max number of cables
- Improved all VRD models
- Improved Nas models
- Improved Assembly UI
- Improved Assembly's Temperature view
- Improved Assembly's Mask view
- Adding new cables system
- Adding new Cpu Cooler
- Adding new Cpu Cooler models
- Adding new Optical drives
- Adding Cables for hard drives
- Adding Cables for optical drives
- Improved Notification
- Improved Performance
- Improved Explorer
Version 0.1.9X
- Adding new talking animations
- Adding search bar for Network and downloads
- Improved Mission window
- Improved Mission description
- Improved Tutorial window
- Improved cars and walkers movements
- Improved glowing effect of skill tree
- Rebalancing Optical Drives
- Rebalancing Experience and Reputation
- Adding new camera mode
- Adding 14 new animations
- Adding Tutorial bulb
- Adding tutorial page (Simulation mode: Inspection)
- Adding tutorial page (Download center & driver)
- Adding tutorial page (NAS and network)
- Adding brand in information's cell
- Adding Swedish translation
- Adding Translation
- Improved character models and animations
- Improved build mission generation
- Improved color of brands
- Improved Build mission
- Improved under desk slot's tooltips
- Rebalancing frequance of different mission type
- Increasing showcases effectivness
- Blank DVD cathegorized
- Updated Graphic charter
- Adding New guide for translators
- Adding mission build
- Adding offline mode
- Adding 22 missions requirement type
- Adding more mod requirements (consumption)
- Improved mission window
- Improved Security
- Updated Steamworks (2/2)
- Adding SSD models
- Adding Materials
- Adding mod requirements
- Updated Steamworks (1/2)
- Improved mission window
- Improved mission canceling
- Improved old SSD models
- Improved Caching mouse function
- Improved credit screen
- Improved Satisfaction system
- Balancing 3DBench download/install duration (-27%)
- Improved Blue Screen
- Improved Interface
- Improved Benchmark score
- Improved CPU stability calculation
- Increase Max CPU Ratio (50->60)
- Adding Editor : CPU OC values
- Adding Editor : HDD cache
- Adding Motherboard BIOS
- Adding CPU overclocking
- Adding new software OCST
- Adding search bar (USB,DownloadCenter>Tools)
- Improved Boot
- Balancing "Value" Ram
- Adding SSD !
- Adding Disk Defragmenter
- Adding new sounds effect
- Adding new wallpaper
- Adding Free delivery limit
- Adding Free delivery customization
- Adding Mission's helps
- Rework of devices and drives detection
- Reducing computer shutdown duration
- Improved Interface (Explorer)
- Improved walk path
- Adding prices customization
- Adding mission upgrade OS
- Adding button "See in shop"
- Adding windows location save
- Adding delivery cost customization
- Rework of Item's tooltips
- Rework of Polygon Copy
- Improved Interface (NAS, Showcase, Inventory, Cart)
- Improved White/bleu missions
- Wrong mission's text
Version 0.1.8X
- Adding Leaderboard
- Adding price for normal delivery
- Adding model for USB keys
- Adding 16 colorful USB key
- Improved Achievements
- Improved Interface
- Improved Benchmark accuracy
- Improved Drag and Drop items
- Improved Mission with burned HDD
- Simulation mode : Inspection !
- Adding power-on self-test (POST)
- Adding more Beep codes
- Rework of keyboard inputs
- Rework of optional objective malus and tooltips
- Improved Interface
- Improved Mods Manager
- Increasing Time speeding up
- Adding 2 more showcase to the shop
- Improved Showcase efficiency (20% more sell)
- Improved Showcase profit (+10% money +20% Rep +20% Exp)
- Improved Textures loading
- Improved BSOD textures
- Improved Assembly animations
- Improved Interface (Title, NewGame, Shop, Assembly, Missions, Workshop)
- Adding 3DBench stability test
- Adding Tutorial on "new game" screen
- Adding button "more language" in settings
- Improved Polygon backup software
- Improved item status
- Improved shop Selector
- Improved workshop's tools
- Improved textures
- Improved Scale calculation
- Adding RamTest87+
- Adding RamTest87+ USB Tool
- Improved camera movement
- Improved Audio
- Improved Devices
- Improved Engine startup
- Improved Performance
- Reducing CPU usage
- New Title screen
- New Settings screen
- Adding Render Scale
- Adding new hotkey
- Improved Trackbar
- Improved Button
- Removed Sampling
- Adding Game rules customization
- Adding SandBox mode
- Adding Tooltips to decorations
- Adding Tooltips to serial
- Adding Tooltips to boot window
- Improved Trackbar (snap zone & animation)
- Improved Performance
- Improved Shaders
- Adding new GPU models
- Adding 2 VRD with new models
- Update fonts
- Improved UI
- Improving performance loading/conversion
- Improving performance interface refresh
- Improving performance text drawing
- Improving text anti-aliasing
- Adding 38 motherboards
- Adding 40 Computers
- Adding 3 brands
- Adding cache for hard disk
- Adding fan numbers
- Adding check if unnecessary drivers are installed
- Removing old motherboards
- Improved Comparison algorithm
- Adding 39 GPU
- Adding 26 fan
- Adding 2 Computers
- Adding GPU memory types
- Adding GPU Dx Versions
- Adding new brand
- Rebalancing gpu and fan
- Improved Comparison algorithm
- Improved Editor
Version 0.1.7X
- Renaming CPU
- Adding 87 new CPU
- Adding cpu's lithography
- Adding ram's frequency and timing
- Improved UI
- Update fonts
- Adding drivers customization for mods
- Adding 54 new PSU
- Adding 40 new fan
- Adding Silent bonus effect
- Improved UI
- Improved RAMs balancing
- Adding sell icon in inventory
- Adding 3 new brands
- Adding 90 new CPU
- Adding 200 new rams
- Adding 120 new hard disk
- Adding 269 new graphic card
- Adding 6 new optical drive
- Removing old RAM, HDD, CPU and GPU
- Adding shelf animation
- Adding customizable stock shelf
- Adding 24 new decorations
- Adding QWERTZ layout
- Improved walkers and cars spawn
- Improved Title screen
- Rebalanced decorations prices
- Adding City
- Adding Cars
- Rework of Map and Shop
- Improved NPC's spawn
- Improved NPC's path
- Improved Buy mission (blue/white)
- Improved Upgrade mission (violet)
- Optimized map rendering
- Adding Bin
- Adding Renaming disk when burning
- Adding walk animation
- Adding passerby
- Adding new female hair cut
- Improving character design
- Improving upgrade mission
- Reducing video memory usage
- Rework skill's icon
- Rework skill tree UI
- Rework mailbox UI
- Adding mailbox : "Mark all as seen"
- Adding Software Vesuvius Disk Burner
- Adding Refresh button to WinDOORTool
- Adding Gameplay score in mod manager
- Improving item's tooltips
- Rework of main interface
- Rework of cart window
- Improving upgrade mission(purple)
- Improving animations smoothness
- Increase customers frequency
- Adding rewritable disk
- Adding ten new floor
- Adding Usb key Renaming/Copy/Exploring
- Adding 3 Memory
- Rebalancing Memory
- Improving Explorer "Computer" screen
- Improving searching in inventory
- Improving Skill "Automatism"
- Improving Computer's value calculation
- Adding disk
- Adding USB key
- Adding 3 disk
- Adding 2 3D models (Disk)
- Adding 4 usb key
- Adding 1 3D models (USB drive)
- Adding 2 Translation
- Adding 1 Software
- Adding Czech characters
- Improving Boot window
- Improving computer boot sequence
- Improving upgrade mission
- Improving Tutorial
- Improving Mission window
Version 0.1.6X
- Adding 2 Computer
- Adding 5 Case
- Adding 8 Fan
- Adding 2 3D models (Case)
- Adding 1 3D models (Fan)
- Adding QuBit top fan slot
- Improving Cache use
- Adding Fan rotation
- Adding 2 Case
- Adding 1 3D models (Case)
- Improving Case models
- Improving Fan models
- Improving Performance
- Improving Memory usage
- Adding 5 Processors
- Adding 3 CPU cooler
- Adding 1 3D models (CPU Cooler)
- Rebalancing CPU Cooler price and performance
- Adding 1 Sound effect (Time speed)
- Adding 1 Cable texture
- Reworks Time management
- Improving GPU models
- Adding Cables
- Adding new models
- Adding 7 Processors
- Adding 4 new sound effect
- Adding menu button
- Rework costumers spawn frequency
- UI Improvements
- Adding Mailbox
- Adding new models
- Adding 6 Hard disk drives
- Rebalancing hard drive price and performance.
- Improving PSU models
- Improving Translation support
- Performance improvement
- Slowdown time speed ~15%
- Adding Wall Mode
- Improving compatibility between Version
- Improving Characters model
- Performance improvement
- Reduce Memory Usage
- Adding Cursor
- Improving Security
- Adding 7 new PSU
- Adding Furniture
- Improvement Cart
- Improvement Blueprint
- Improvement Delivery
- Improvement Component editor
- Rework Workshop Menu
- Adding 4 mission scenario
- Adding Case details
- Adding Drag&drop + tooltip when returning mission
- Adding Tooltip for showcase's window
- Adding Box for ram and cpu
- Improving Loading process
- Adding new type of mission
- Adding 3 mission scenario
- Adding new models
- Adding 7 new mother board (with new socket and DDR4)
- Adding Face Animation
- Improving Camera movement in assembly
- Improving Case's 3d models
- Improving UI
- Improving Computer's games score calculation
- Updating old models in tutorial window.
- Adding Monitor
- Adding a button "like" in mod manager
- Adding new models
- Adding Hungarian translation
- Rework of management window
- Performance improvement
- Updating Steamworks integration and wrapper
Version 0.1.5X
- Improving AntiVirus scan result
- Adding "Properties" in explorer
- Performance improvement
- Improving Software copying
- Adding Left-Handed mode in settings.
- Adding Nas to local network
- Adding new software for Hdd
- Improving Software architecture
- Adding new calculation system for hitbox
- Updating steam's integration
- Improving framerate when performing background calculation
- Adding a button to reset camera
- Improving hitbox creation
- Improving save conversion
- Adding Camera rotation on map
- Packing Materials
- Performance improvement
- Improving Loading process
- Improving Shaders
- Reduce Memory usage
- Adding new calculation system for hitbox
- Updating steam's integration
- Improving framerate when performing background calculation
- Adding a button to reset camera
- Improving hitbox creation
- Adding Benchmark
- Adding Achievements (+2)
- Adding Mod's Manager
- Adding customisable window's opacity
- Improve Scroll bar
- Rebalancing Explorer's task duration
- Rework Mission's window (Yellow)
- Improve decorations
- Updating Decorations editor
- Updating Models builder
- Updating Guide
- Improve Assembly
- Improve Map
- Improve 3D models
- Adding new materials
- Correction of models scale and coordinate
- Adding setting to change wallpaper
- Adding 24 new wallpapers
- Improve Support of outdated savegame
- Improve 3D models
- Converting Map to new engine
- Converting map's item to 3D object.
- Converting all decoration to 3D materials
- Adding Materials editor
- Improve Colors editor
- Improve Shaders
- Improve Scrollbar
- Improve 3D models
- Improve Assembly
- Improve Shader with translucence
- Improve Slot management (Now in 3D!)
- Improve Performance
- Improve Auto-reporting tool
- Reduce Loading time
- Reduce Memory usage
- Correction of models scale and coordinate
- New music
- Converting all 3D object to new engine
- Completely remove previous engine
- Adding Tooltip info on item in showcase
- Adding title when you open the submenu in explorer
Version 0.1.4X
- Adding new rendering method for characters
- Adding Material
- Adding Real time animation
- Adding new effect and shaders!
- Adding 4 animations for characters
- Adding Driver Scan
- Adding Network Copy
- Adding QuickSave(+hotkey)
- Improve Anti-Virus
- Improve AutoSave
- Improve Settings
- Improve Workshop Publication (autosub)
- Improve Assembly
- Adding Computer navigation (WIP)
- Adding Software
- Adding Driver
- Adding Download/Installation
- Adding BlueScreen
- Adding Icon for componant's type
- Improve Return mission window
- Improve Tooltip window
- Improve Blueprint support
- Improve Assembly
- Reduce Savefile weight
- Adding SplashScreen
- Adding Achievements (+4)
- Rebalancing of Achievements
- Improve integration with Steam
- Improve loading process of the game
- Adding Blueprint!
- Adding Blueprint in workshop
- Improve Tutorial
- Performance improvement on modest hardware
- Adding label
- New* on unlocked items
- Adding bonus's tooltip in shop
- Improve daily report
- Improve Memory usage (-20% Map generation + hdd usage)
- Improve Tutorial
- Improve UI
- Reduce frequency of unlocking new items
- Improve Tutorial
- Improve Memory usage
- Improve Multigpu support
- Adding support of japanese ideogram
- Rework saving interface
- Rework savegame
- Rework loading interface
- Adding support of Chinese ideogram
- Adding checkbox to remove tutorial
- Adding warning when your are out of money
- Adding Medium difficulty (WIP)
- Adding Virus & Scan
- Adding Compatibility among components (WIP)
- Adding Outline Thickness Setting
- Adding Skill (+1)
- Adding Update saved game without the need of load and resave
- Adding Steam Cloud
- Improve Workshop editor
- Improve Rent
- Improve Settings menu
- Improve multicore usage
- Improve crash support
- Improve satisfaction calculation
- Change gauge in assembly
- Change default computer's component to match new restriction.
- Remove command "-savelog" (enable by default)
- Adding custom decoration
- Adding item's name in tooltip
- Adding button to remove item from cart
- Adding Express delivery
- Improve content builder
Version 0.1.3X
- Adding details on map
- Adding front door and window
- Adding door customization
- Adding 12 door models
- Improve satisfaction calculation
- Reducing customer spawn frequency
- Rework of Map
- Adding Map customization
- Adding 18 wall models
- Adding 18 ground models
- Adding 12 table models
- Adding Delivery
- Adding Models (+2)
- Adding sound effect (+4)
- Adding skill (+1)
- Reduce day duration -3 hours
- Reduce skill point per level from 4 to 3.
- Adding more option for editor
- Adding custom 3D models builder
- Rework of tooltips
- Rework of inventory
- Improve workshop upload/download
- Improve Workshop and mod management
- Improve game loading time
- Adding sound effect (+3)
- Improve Boot
- Improve customers spawn frequency
- Adding Boot
- Adding Beep code
- Adding operating system
- Adding option for worshop modder
- Adding window at the end of the day
- Increase mission profit (~10%)
- Improve outdated savegame support
- Adding Nas (+4)
- Adding state (+5)
- Adding HDD Scanning/Copy/Format
- Adding achievements (+8)
- Adding models (+1)
- Adding Case (+3)
- Improve MapSlot management (case under desk)
- Improve outdated savegame support
- Adding an option to generate workshop description
- Adding more computers (+4)
- Adding Setting for autosave frequency
- Adding auto close useless window
- Improve workspace management
- Improve outdated savegame support
- Adding slot and preset customization
- Adding autosave
- Reducing game's load time
- Reworks of components class
- Improve time control
- Adding Hotkey (+4)
- Adding new models (+1)
- Adding Day/night cycle
- Reducing customer spawn frequency (~10%)
Version 0.1.2X
- Adding skill effect (+7)
- Adding sound effect when client spawn
- Adding warning message 48h before taxes payement
- Adding bank loan in marketing tab
- Performance improvement
- SPACE now slowdown time instead of stop it
- Reducing customer spawn frequency (~10%)
- Reducing taxes from 2000$ to 1800$
- Ratio of blue mission up from 50% to 60%
You can find all this information in details as well as the complete list of bugfix by following this link: All News
Thank you all for making this adventure possible!
Do not hesitate to share your opinions on the progress of the development and what you will like for the future!
