Genre: Point-and-click, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Tactical
Transport Fever
Mac patch and next steps
Today we released a patch to fix some issues that came up with the newest macOS High Sierra. Also, we would like to give you more information about the upcoming performance patch.
The Mac patch fixes two major issues on macOS. On the one hand, systems with the High Sierra OS and NVIDIA graphics sometimes caused the game to freeze during game initialization. On the other hand, there was a bug which caused lags when constructing railroad tracks or streets. The patch is already released on Steam and GOG and will very soon also be available over the Mac App Store.
As already announced, we are currently finishing the upcoming performance patch, in order to make the game run significantly smoother. Development of this patch was (and still is) a big amount of work, but we are confident that you will like the outcome. We expect that the patch will be available for testing in March.
We are very happy that the success and popularity of Transport Fever allows us to further improve the game. All the best from the whole Urban Games team!
Thank you and happy holidays
We are reaching the end of a great year and wanted to say thanks to all of you. We wish you a happy holiday season and all the best for the coming year.
Thanks to your interest and feedback we were able to develop and release a series of Transport Fever patches in 2017, making the game better and better. Be assured we also listen to your opinion in 2018, and we try to further improve the game.
As announced already, we are currently working on a major performance patch. Better performance is one of the top wishes coming from the community and to reach this goal, quite some fundamental changes are needed. Anyway, we are confident to deliver this patch soon.
All the best from the whole Urban Games team and see you in 2018!
Convenience patch released
The Urban Games team is very happy to finally release the convenience patch today. The patch makes your player’s life easier by introducing several usability enhancements.
Patch highlights include:
Scalable user interface
Fully-functional scroll bars
Reworked mod selection dialogs
More convenient auto save feature
Polished settings menu
Optimized train behavior
New warning for blocked trains
Better catenary layer rendering
Solved several modding issues
Fixed various bugs
Please find the complete release notes here and all details, including the official patch release video, on our website:
Be assured we are already working on the next patch. As promised, expect a major performance patch in the near future.
Thanks a million for your interest in the game and all the best from the Urban Games team!
More info on the upcoming convenience patch
Development on the upcoming convenience patch enters the homestretch, and the Urban Games team is super happy to announce that the patch will be officially released on Thursday, November 2.
In addition to the already announced improvements such as the scalable user interface, fully-functional scrollbars, completely reworked mod selection dialogs and the optimized auto save feature, there is a bunch of small improvements and bug fixes.
These small improvements make the game experience more convenient. Examples include more intuitive train behavior, fixed inappropriate vehicle auto-reversing, a new warning which shows when two trains are mutually blocked, an improved track catenary/high-speed upgrade tool, better explanation when line problems occur, fixed issues such as depots cannot be electrified when they contained vehicles and much more. The patch also includes several bug fixes and solves various modding issues.
For those of you interested in testing, please see the “Testing version” paragraph in the Wiki.
We look forward to bringing this patch live soon and send the best wishes!
Convenience patch announced
Urban Games is working hard to further improve Transport Fever, with a particular focus on performance optimization. However, in order to achieve a real performance boost, some fundamental changes and therefore more development time is needed.
To bridge the waiting time, we decided to release a convenience patch as a next step. The patch aims to make your player's life easier by introducing several usability enhancements.
As a main feature, the patch brings a scalable user interface and therefore better support for 4k resolutions. Thanks to new fully-functional scroll bars, handling user interface components such as the line manager will be much easier. Also, the mod selection dialog in the main menu and the autosave feature have been improved. A range of additional small improvements and bug fixes complete the patch.
The patch will be available for beta testing starting on October 11 and is scheduled to be officially released at the end of October.
Be assured we won't stop our efforts, and we are confident to be able to release a major performance patch in the near future.
Thanks for your continued interest in Transport Fever and all the best!
End of Summer Benefit Sale Now Available!
Hey there again you lovely people!
The next few days are going to be really special for us, as we’ve teamed-up with the amazing folks from One Gamer Fund and have put our entire library of Good Shepherd Entertainment published titles on sale for the lowest prices each respective title has ever been available for here on Steam to benefit the One Gamer Fund during its inaugural charity weekend.
The One Gamer Fund is a new philanthropic initiative comprised of seven gaming nonprofits: AbleGamers, Child’s Play, Games for Change, Global Game Jam, the IGDA Foundation, Stack-Up and Take This. Between 10 a.m. PT on Sept. 21 to 10 a.m. PT on Sept. 25, half of all proceeds generated by purchases of Good Shepherd games after Steam’s share of revenue is factored will be donated directly to the IGDA Foundation on behalf of the One Gamer Fund and subsequently dispersed among all partnering nonprofits.
This is not all though! We’ve also just launched a special new Good Shepherd Entertainment Bundle to coincide with this sale. This bundle will allow those whom already own some of our games to easily complete their set at a special additional 25% discount! This means that you can add even more gaming goodness to life whilst helping these seven amazing charities and causes.
A number of Twitch personalities will also be hosting special streams to aid the One Gamer Fund throughout the weekend. Individuals can learn more about ways to participate by visiting www.OneGamerFund.org and following @OneGamerFund on Twitter.
We can’t tell you guys how much this sales means to us and how proud we are to be a small part of helping these amazing causes. None of this would be possible without all of your help though, so on behalf of everyone involved in this benefit sale, we just wanted to say thank you very much for your continued support!
Here’s to the power of gaming!
Greetings,
The Good Shepherd Team
Gameplay patch released
We are excited to officially release the long-awaited gameplay patch today. Based on the feedback we received over the last couple of months, the patch fulfills many important gameplay requests.
Patch highlights include:
Non-disappearing people and cargo when upgrading streets or stations
An option to explicitly select a line’s track/terminal at stations
Less collision problems thanks to much better terrain alignment handling
An upgrade to ships so that they can carry more than one type of cargo
Tunnels actually cut the terrain so that you can see through
Waypoints for street vehicles
Unload only feature for vehicles
Colored vehicle icons in the line manager
Confirmation dialog when bulldozing large structures
Line break feature for construction parameter windows
Many additional improvements, bug fixes and new modding options…
Please find the complete release notes here and all details, including the official patch release video, on our website:
Be assured that Transport Fever development continues, with a next focus on late game performance.
Thanks a million for your interest in the game and all the best from the Urban Games team!
More info on the upcoming gameplay patch
The Urban Games team is working with full steam to complete the upcoming gameplay patch. Official release of the patch is scheduled for Wednesday, July 26.
Highlights of the patch include non-disappearing people and cargo when upgrading streets or stations, waypoints for street vehicles, an option to explicitly select a line's track/terminal at stations, an upgrade to ships so that they can carry more than one type of cargo, an unload only feature for vehicles and less collision problems thanks to much better terrain alignment collision handling.
Visual and user interface improvements include tunnels that now actually cut the terrain so that you can see through, a confirmation dialog when bulldozing large structures, colored vehicle icons in the line manager when using specific colors for vehicles, sliders for music volume etc. and more.
Finally, we fulfill several modding requests like a line break feature for construction parameter windows, consistent street, track, and bridge resources so that new types can be added to existing save games, a new track upgrade feature when using modded tracks, better support for creating advanced constructions which combine multiple game features and more complete animation possibilities for ships and planes.
As always, several bug fixes and small improvements complete the patch.
Part of the patch is already available for beta testing. Information on how to test can be found in the “Testing version” paragraph in the Wiki.
Thanks for your interest in Transport Fever. We look forward to bringing this patch live soon!
Modding contest announcement of the winners
In early May we asked the community to create and submit mods for the “Design the future” modding contest. We are excited about having received many creative contributions, and today we announce the winners!
Contributions include great ideas like a hybrid hydrogen-electric multiple unit, a hexagon residential building, a hyperloop train or a levitation harbor. For those who want to feel the future, we made a Steam Workshop collection with all the creative work here.
Congratulations to the winners! They will receive a Steam private developer comment with further instructions.
As promised here, we are currently finishing and testing the upcoming gameplay patch. The patch will be officially released in July. Until then, have a great time!
Gameplay patch announced
One week prior to the modding contest submission, we today announce the next major patch. Based on the feedback we receive every day, we identified many important gameplay requests and worked hard to realize these.
The gameplay patch brings waypoints for street vehicles, explicit line track/terminal selection at stations, consistent people and cargo when modifying infrastructure, an upgrade to ships so that they can carry more than one type of cargo, an unload only feature for vehicles, and much more.
We have also improved other elements of the game, such as tunnels that now actually cut the terrain so that you can see through, or user interface details like that the bulldozer now asks if you are sure when removing large structures. Many additional improvements and bug fixes as well as new modding features complete the patch.
For those of you interested in testing the patch, the beta test is scheduled to start on Wednesday, June 21. Information on how to test can be found in the “Testing version” paragraph in the Wiki. Official release of the patch is planned for July.
It is a pleasure for us to further improve Transport Fever and we are very happy that still so many players enjoy the game. Be assured that development continues, with major performance improvements being still on our to do list. Finally, we look forward to receiving the submissions of the «Design the future» modding contest, and until then, all the best from Urban Games!
