Thank you for your effortless communication and bug tracking. We know that new and newer bugs appear but we are correcting them and tearing them all from their code-roots.
We got a great suggestion from an active community member for a a fun new feature.
NEW FEATURE:
Free mode:
As many of you requested and the community found many bugs that we have corrected already we would like to introduce an (almost) FREE mode. This will be available in the Endless Mode section from 1970. Removing the money system would be an almost impossible and huge job but adding a huge staring budget of $25.000.000 will allow you guys to let your wildest dreams come true and build major stations and creations with that very big budget.
Moreover, every time you open your saved files in the FREE Mode your budget is again $25.000.000 to avoid running out of money! ;-)
The Good - you can play more freely and with an enormous budget you can complete your station fast(er)
- bug tracking is easier in this mode so hopefully you can drive our attention to more issues faster
- spending LOTs OF game money during Christmas time is always good fun
The Bad - achievements are disabled in this FREE mode,
- leaderboards also disabled in FREE mode
- the game might not be so fun for some people so you may not choose this game mode if you like challenges
Surprise Trains:
We try to include two new trains in this patch in 1970 and 1980. These are surprises and may only appear here and there. Please try to find them and share screenshots of these new creations!
Fast ICE looking trains might be retiring from 1970 as these train were only shown to you guys before we introduced the speed switcher. These beautiful fast trains will only appear in 1980 from now on.
Another masterpiece have been shared on the screenshot channel check it out by QiUi:
Pleas keep on voting on these beautiful creations!
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1234107049
Enhancements to existing features:
1. Staff members are further developed and polished to work better and better
2. Timetable is not perfect here and there - now ready to be fixed
3. Fruit stands were advertised for 15.000 but price is 40.000 - now fixed
4. Some more menu enhancements
5. Transporation Statistical stars were not showing - now fixed
6. Platform Statistical stars were shown wrongly - now fixed
7. 2000 Timetable Type 3 had selection error on some Advanced tracks - now fixed
8. Days indicator looked so stupidly placed between 1-99 days - now fixed
9. Passengers and staff can walk on cracks until we fix properly this issue (been playing with it for 10 hours today)
10. Zone Demolish can delete cracks
We add new bug tracks and fixes to this list during this beautiful Sunday of TSS!
Thank you!
Patch - Build t306 - LIVE NOW
Hey Guys,
A new day, a new patch in TSS.
(At least for the first few weeks daily - hopefully not making you all going crazy! This really sounds like the first line of a RAP song...)
We know that you are liking the game more or less and we are here to help to like it MORE.
Today we are thrilled to announce:
NEW FEATURE:
Arrival Passengers:
We started to implement some more new, smarter features. Testing for the next patch arrival passengers getting off randomly trains on the visible side (Where doors can be seen opening and closing.) They tend to get off only to platforms so don't expect them appearing on simple tiles or the grass. No one likes to walk in the mud so place your platforms nicely if you wanna welcome arrival passengers.
The Good - arrival passengers are usually hungry and thirsty so they may spend some money at your station.
- restrooms are free on (most) trains. That is the situation in TSS so they get off with empty....
- vandals are not permitted to get on trains meaning no vandals will get off.
The Bad - right now no transfer passengers will appear. Arrival may eat or drink and they go out of your station. You can always click and check all passengers with the "P" keyboard so you will see the ones who is about to travel, VIP or arrival.
- no VIP are arriving by train. I suspect if you need more VIP place your Limo station in service. VIP passengers love to eat and love to pay for their quality food in restaurants and their tickets are valid for every train!!
- it is very experimental right now, so expect bugs and issues with these people :-)
- Speed switch now changes for SPACE key
Enhancements to existing features:
1. Control Room placement: there is a small issue now it shows green but you cannot place it. This will be addressed with this patch.
2. Speed switcher - SPACE
3. Train Timetable Type 2 / Track 2 not forced to track type - now fixed (really really I think it is fixed this time).
4. Workers should work so much better. We will talk to them strictly!
5. Vandals: you may see less vandals in fast mode... Well... that is a little present for you so they will not kick your station into pieces if time is running. This will be fine tuned.
6. All staff members are working little faster
7. Transportation miss-placing should not happen by now
8. Icon added to transportation when you can move it "FREE"
9. Few memory leaks updated
10. Track placing issues - now fixed (after placing two tracks and removing one did not let building another back)
11. Thank you guys! :D
Other stuff members are lazy sometimes. We are going to enhance their AI time to time but it takes more testing and time. We add more bug fixes by the day that YOU dear community members find and we do.
Thank you guys!
Our Station Manager got a mysterious photo
Hey Everybody,
Any idea what that could be?
Put your guesses down in the comments.
Patch - Build t298 - LIVE NOW + an amazing station
Hey Guys,
We have sorted out a few more issues and the latest patch is here.
New features:
1. VIP Business, Silver and Golden ticket holders: they can take any trains and they love eating and drinking quality food. Of course when someone loves to eat good food they need to pay... You'll see they have the money too to be Silver and Golden! VIP passengers can be transferred to your station by the Limo service and they can travel with any of the trains!
2. Small Public Restroom - 1970-1980-1990 to let you guys build more advanced creations we introduce a smaller toilette. In the Facilities menu you find them cheaper and smaller.
3. Photo Booth added to 1970 and 1980
Enhancements to existing features:
1. Passengers and staff AI has been modified to be a bit more sophisticated. They not yet know the secret of living forever but they are now clever enough to explore larger stations as well. Hopefully we will not let the genie out of the bottle and they will not take control of the Universe killing us all.
2. Some sound glitches: train doors are not so loud anymore
3. Lounge Bar franchise price was advertised for $85.000 originally costed $105.000. We reached out to the owner and they offered a reduced price in their statement for $75.000 for a limited time
4. Some building issues have been modified
5. Reduced passenger faiths. Weather is better recently so they do not feel so tired as before
6. Reduced cost for cracks. We have reached out to our tile wholesaler with your complaints so they offered a cheaper way to fix appearing cracks.
7. Floor cracks will not appear behind walls anymore. But workers can fix cracks from the right side so if it is not clear they skip that job.
8. Wall's not clearing from the edges - due to a modification of escaping passengers we forgot to update it - now fixed
9. Speed switcher - changed to be able to click each buttons separately
10. Lock icons was a mess between 1980-2010 for buffer stop limitations - now fixed
11. Coffee stands did not give coffee - now fixed
12. Train Timetable Type 2 / Track 2 not forced to track type - now fixed
Please also take a moment and vote for our community members Qiui's jaw dropping amazingly beautiful built station:
Thank you for all your feedback. Do not forget to keep on voting on the TSS Feature Blue items so we can include these features sooner!
First Patch - Build t291
Hey Everybody,
We are releasing the first quick patch that contains the following important bug fixes by your kind feedback:
1. Speed switcher has been enabled but still needs some testing. Please play around with it. Play / Fast / Super Fast
2. Salary and Emergency counter new resets every day - seemed to had an issue in the latest build
3. Food courts, bars and cafes generate randomly income if passengers eat or drink there
4. Ticket incomes are 20% higher overall if passengers can get their trains
Actually you guys were absolutely right with this speed switcher the game runs faster and you can generate more income quickly.
Please keep in mind that timetable changes from time to time so not the best idea to leave the game running in fast speed without keeping your eyes on your timetable.
Timetables can only be set between 12 am and 5 am!
Thank you for all your feedback we continue testing tomorrow!
Train Station Simulator Early Access Released!
Dear Community,
THE TIME IS NOW
We are happy to announce that TRAIN STATION SIMULATOR in Early Access have been released NOW!
Let's celebrate together on this happy day and enjoy the game!
We are less than 24 hours of the first, Early Access release of Train Station Simulator!
TSS Feature Blue
Our great community is started to build and many of our fans started to share their ideas. The community involvement is a key part of the development of Train Station Simulator further. Today we are happy to announce and introduce you the "TSS Feature Blue" . Everyone can join this community - communication club by sharing their thoughts here on the community page.
How can you join the TSS Feature Blue?
Everyone is in the club who takes active part on the community page by suggesting new ideas and helping other members if they have questions. Most important rule is to be nice to the others and respect everyone's requests. Being positive and adding supportive feedback is an extra point.
Every week or so we plan to select a great idea from our fans and commenters and we will create a "TSS Feature Blue" image. All members can start up and down vote the image. Each "TSS Feature Blue" image will be available to vote. The most popular features will than be considered to be an upcoming feature in the game.
Important NOTICE to remember
Please consider that these features on these images are NOT YET part of Train Station Simulator and may never be. On the one hand, we would like to create all the features you guys dream. On the other hand, our resources are limited too but we are here for discussion and open for all your suggestions.
Selection criteria
The selection of next weeks "TSS Feature Blue" will be absolutely random but the more active community members will likely have a bigger chance that we see their ideas. All ideas can only be submitted to the community page of Train Station Simulator .
This is an absolutely new and innovative plan so we really need the community's help to build this system and maintaining it.
See you guys all TOMORROW when Train Station Simulator is arriving to your PCs all around the globe!
Weekly Update #5
Hey Guys,
We are very excited about the Early Access release of Train Station Simulator.
14th December - release
If everything goes as it should you can get the game on this
Thursday 14th December from Steam!
We are still fixing some issues and testing out some new features. We have fixed so many bugs that we are not listing everything here now.
Right now we would like to focus on fixing any appearing issues and tuning the game with the community to make it more easy to play.
First weeks - fixing
We believe that in the first few weeks in the Alpha Early Access period we will upload updates twice every day . We know that it is frustrating to update so often but we believe that in the beginning period of an Early Access game it is important to address serious issues as soon as possible.
Next month - enabling existing new features
After all these issues have been fixed and the game has been balanced to most players like we plan to enable some other features that is already in the game but we are still testing them. Let me put these feature in a list:
evacuation doors
station evacuation
beggers, homeless persons, graffiti guys
SWAT team members
unattended luggage in the terminal
rail problems
trees on the rails
mod options and station map sharing system
mail transportation, mail carriages, mailing cars
cargo operations
We have some further plans for some awesome features that are listed on the community page with a cool image!
Find some intertesting Future Features we plan to add
Ride the rails and operate your ultimate grand central empire!
Train Station Simulator is a station builder and manager game. Create and maintain your dream grand station!
We are now on Steam as a coming soon game. Please find our community hub and post your questions, ideas, suggestions so we can include some new fun and cool future features in the game.
