TransOcean – Patch Notes
1. Balancing
- Three difficulty modes have been added: easy, normal and hard. Quite a few more balancing modifications have been established. Your old game save files will be classified as “normal” by default.
2. Contracts list
- In the contracts list the ship’s route will now be displayed with a thicker line on the mini map in the upper left corner.
- The contracts list now has more space to display available missions. The number of displayed accepted missions has in turn been reduced.
- In the contracts list and cast-off screen a tooltip now explains that the information beneath the speed button indicates the maximum range.
- The messages on the right border have been moved to the layer beneath the list of assignments to prevent overlaps with displayed missions.
3. Mini Game
- A feature has been implemented that allows for a free mini-game camera that does not pivot automatically. It can be chosen in the options menu which is also accessible directly in the mini game. In response to many requests, this is now the default setting.
- Zooming in on the ships even closer and tilting the camera farther is now possible.
- The captain now explains how to zoom out and tilt the camera.
- In the mini game, the zoom on the mini map will now be maxed out by default.
- The set camera zoom and degree of tilting will now be saved.
4. World Map
- The export goods of a port will now be displayed when hovering over the respective port on the map with the mouse cursor.
- The ship list on the world map now displays a little icon that shows if a ship needs repairs or improvement.
- The four menus in the lower HUD-bar now display a tooltip to simplify their association during the tutorial.
5. Ports
- Two moving objects in the port of Nuuk were shown as being displaced. They were brought back down to earth ;)
- The seabed in Manila was too high, due to which large ships were prone to running aground. This has been fixed.
6. Company Contracts
- A security query has now to be confirmed when accepting a new company contract.
- After completing or failing a contract, the logo of the respective company will now be displayed.
7. Quests
- During the very last quest “The Final Hurdle”, the consultant sometimes daily gave out the advice to repay your loan. You are reminded only once a month.
- After completing the final quest the investor won’t claim her dues anymore.
- Your progress during the quest “Move With The Times”, which demanded five improvements, will now be saved in your game saves.
8. General
- The game speed will now be paused when leaving a port by using the bottom left button.
- When trying to repair or upgrade a ship, which is still in the middle of an unfinished deadline contract, the player will receive a warning. This does not apply to the hard mode.
- The quarterly finances, which can cost the company its reputation, won’t be rated as severely anymore.
- The player’s choice to manually leave a port or to call a tugboat will now be saved.
