Production Line v1.81E + все DLC

Quite a small patch this time, just to address some items that came up now we have a larger playerbase hammering the game. Here are the changes.

1) [GUI] Word-wrapping works on the blueprint slot names now.



2) [Bug] Fixed bug where it was possible in some circumstances to skip specific slots on the line.
3) [Gfx] Tweaked the animation for polishing paintwork so its scales nicely with the progress of the slot.
4) [Bug] Fixed crash bug when trying to toggle off the upgrade for the maintenance facilities.
5) [GUI] You can now type non english (supported characterset) characters into text edit boxes like company/vehicle name.
6) [GUI] Added an explicit fullscreen button to the resolution picking screen under options to reduce confusion on how to enabled fullscreen.
7) [Sounds] Reduced volume of slot placement sounds.
8) [GUI] Added an extra line in the tooltips to show any applied discounts to the price on cars in the showroom.



9) [GUI] New statistic displayed on vehicle design window: 'in production' to show partly assembled cars of that type.



10) [Bug] Hopefully a fix for the rare 'too many path objects' crash.



We have a list of things we will be working on over the next week or two, including a fix for the financial totals screwing up if they go beyond 2 billion dollars, improvements to the UI to allow changing the order of car production, better explanations for which slot is missing next, and making camera pan speed configurable.

I'm also aware of a bug where music stops after a certain amount of time for some players, and that there is a crash bug relating to the maintenance facility for some players. I'll also be looking into making it easier to copy existing lines at some point, and looking into some code optimisations too.

Eventually we will get working on an expansion too :D

1) [Bug] Vehicle design screen now correctly re-calculates the price and profit etc whenever an option is toggled.
2) [GUI] Supply stockpile window now greys out text and adds a new tooltip to show when import priorities are not researched.
3) [GUI] Improved car-price setting GUI.
4) [Bug] Fixed bug where AI research could stop updating.
5) [Bug] Fix for a faulty 'not connected to resource network' error when a slot needed a resource that was being produced by a connected and upgraded manufacturing slot.
6) [GUI] Percentages now shown in vehicle pricing screen plus gross profit highlighted.
7) [GUI] Notices informing you of resources not being connected now show the unconnected resource icons.
8) [GUI] Icon for computerised and expedited sales techs now show the export slot.

1) [Bug] The early-game QA slot now also detects defects during the visual inspection.
2) [Feature] Added new scenario style: Freeplay with all tech pre-researched.
3) [GUI] Added menu buttons to toggle slot/vehicle notices and conveyors on and off.
4) [Bug] Fixed crash on showroom screen with really large number of cars in showroom at high speed.
5) [Balance] Raised the construction cost of the design studio from $122,000 to $205,000.
6) [GUI] Added tooltips to readouts at top of efficiency screen.
7) [GUI] The tooltips for each vehicle in the showroom now show the hours in the showroom, plus viewcount is now total views, not just those leaving feedback.
8) [Design] The pricing model has now changed. The player sets the fixed price of a vehicle, and it never changes without them. Profit estimates per vehicle are now shown.
9) [Balance] Increased the price of imported climate control unit from $530 to $780
10) [Balance] Increased the price of camera component from $55 to $110.
11) [Balance] Increased price of imported airbag from $110 to $225
12) [Balance] Increased price of sodium azide from $220 to $440
13) [Balance] Increased price of alarm from $123 to to $199
14) [Balance] Increased price of chip from $68 to $99
15) [Balance] Increased price of leather from, $200 to $269
16) [Balance] Increased price of lightbulb from $8 to $21
17) [Balance] Increased price of satnav from $116 to $199
18) [Balance] Increased price of speaker from $62 to $105
19) [Balance] Increased market value of xenon lighting from $375 to $499
20) [Balance] Increased market value of led lighting from $429 to $559
21) [Balance] Increased market value of stop-start engine from $494 to $675
22) [Balance] Increased price of imported spoiler from $96 to $175
23) [Balance] Increased price of imported sensor from $50 to $70
24) [Balance] Increased price of imported servo from $41 to $55
25) [Balance] Increased time to manufacture servo from 2100 to 3900
26) [Balance] Increased time to manufacture sensor from 4500 to 6200
27) [Balance] Increased construction cost of sensor manufacture from $21,000 to $39,900
28) [Balance] Increased construction cost of servo manufacture from $28,000 to $46,500
29) [Bug] Fixed bug where selecting buy on a placed facility blueprint incurred no cost.
30) [Bug] Fixed potential crash bug with multiple car export slots at high speed.

1) [Gfx] New graphical changes, robots etc for when you upgrade visual inspection.
2) [Bug] Fixed crash bug when deleting large areas of the map, especially importers.
3) [Bug] Fixed crash bug relating to placing down a conveyor belt for cars (seemingly random).
4) [Bug] Possible fix for crash on startup relating to sounds not being found.
5) [Bug] Fix for 'SIM_SupplyStockpile.cpp' crash.
6) [Bug] Fixed bug where a placed and then bought blueprint would permanently block other blueprints from being placed on those tiles.
7) [GUI] Changed layout of component window scrolling so its LHS column then RHS column and not alternating.
8) [Gfx] Changed laser scanner animation so its less strobe-effect.
9) [Bug] Fixed crash when clicking a placed blueprint for a facility.
10) [Bug] Fixed bug where blueprints got duplicated when saving and loading the same game.
11) [GFX] Paint nozzle upgrade now adds extra cannisters to the top of the paint room.
12) [Bug] Fixed various glitches with display of the area delete tool.
13) [GUI] Shift-click to repeat place now also works on blueprints.
14) [Bug] Fixed smart junction UI crash bug.
15) [GFX] QA update now retains a partial inspection structure and qa robots and scanners are improved.
16) [GUI] Placing down an office-only facility will now only highlight unlocked and thus viable office zones.
17) [Feature] Cars will now happily go through a slot that carries out tasks they do not need, if this is the only direction they can go in.
18) [Bug] Prevent loading in or placing of duplicate resource conveyors, and fixed bug when area delete does not seem to remove all conveyors.

1) [BUG] AI rivals now correctly check they have researched pre-requisites for a tech before researching that tech.
2) [Bug] Marketing achievement now correctly triggers at $5million, not $1million.
3) [Bug] Finance summary screen now ignores the current hour for calculating lifetime results, so it is consistent with reporting in the other columns.
4) [GUI] Left-clicking on a blueprint now brings up a menu allowing you to move, delete or buy that individual blueprint (if unlocked and affordable).
5) [GUI] Blueprint layouts are now saved and loaded within savegames.
6) [GUI] Features & components windows now moved to be part of the general efficiency window, and component chart redesigned so it shows production and consumption more sensibly.
7) [Balance] Customers now have a wider potential price range they are interested in, but base number of customers per hour has been reduced, so you run out of customers more quickly.
8) [Balance] Marketing campaign effects on brand awareness are now not as persistent as before.
9) [GUI] Breakdown of where customers come from now added to tooltip on market screen customers indicator.
10) [GUI] Redesigned main menu screens.
11) [Bug] Fixed crash bug when placing down a smart junction blueprint, converting it to a proper slot, then saving the game.
12) [Feature] New facility: Half size (mini) supply stockpile!
13) [Balance] Major changes to the costs of the different marketing campaigns.
14) [GUI] Marketing campaign progress now shown in marketing menu buttons tooltip.
15) [Balance] Make door panels, roof and steering wheel slots now takes twice as long but outputs 2 at a time, to reduce resource importer requirements.
16) [Balance] Make aircon power costs raised and production line raised, but output doubled.
17) [Balance] Make exhaust production time increased but output doubled.
18) [Balance] Slowed down production rate of make wheels slot, added more employees and boosted power demand.
19) [Balance] Increased build cost and process time of manufacture rollcage slot, but doubled its output.
20) [Balance] Reduced process time of manufacturing airbags.
21) [Balance] Increased construction cost of make exhaust slot and added 4 new employees to the slot.
22) [Content] Added 16 more car company logos to choose from.
23) [GUI] Archived designs no longer show up in the smart junction design GUI.
24) [Feature] New defect system, new rework station (and research requirement). Visual inspection slots can be placed anywhere, defects affect sales probability, based on new perceived brand quality metric.
25) [Bug] Fixed potential crash on car showroom screen.
26) [GUI] Slot picker now shows more sensible information on research office point generation.

1) [GUI] Entering and leaving slot blueprint mode now pauses and resumes the game.
2) [GUI] Marketing dialog now also shows the current total brand awareness.
3) [Bug] Fixed bug where supply stockpiles did not update their routes correctly.
4) [GUI] You can now place blueprints for locked (unresearched) items, but they appear purple and cannot be immediately placed.
5) [Bug] Fixed bugs relating to resources stockpiles, wrong items being ordered, and also wrong items for the headlights slot when upgraded.
6) [GUI] Office zones now show when in blueprint placing mode, placed blueprints now grey not red, and direction arrows always show for blueprints.
7) [Bug] Fixed bug relating to toggling on and off of upgrades at slots that could cause toggle to be ignored or not checked correctly.
8) [Bug[ Fixed bug where wages for marketing staff were not being paid correctly or categorised correctly.
9) [Graphics] New animated characters: Female scientist (seated and standing). Seated marketing expert, woman with clipboard, employee operating control panel.
10) [Bug] Fixed bug where achievements triggered outside of steam were not always updated on steam.
11) [Balance] Increased rent by 50% for all non-starting zones.

Hi, we just uploaded a new build of the game, here are the major fixes and changes:

1) [Bug] Fixed an issue with fit body where resources would be purged just before they were needed.
2) [Bug] Fixed some translation-related issues with certain special characters, and hacked in a workaround for others. Mainly affects Portuguese.
3) [Bug] Fixed bug, most notable with aluminium body, where even if a resource was not needed for any car, slots would pre-order it (and eventually refund it).
4) [Bug] Fixed bug where cars in showroom might seem invisible if you go straight to the showroom before a car of that body type has been drawn in the main world.
5) [Balance] Increased scientists wages by 25%.
6) [Balance] Doubled the cost of extra robot upgrades.
7) [Bug] Fixed broken customer awareness achievement.
8) [Balance] Quadrupled rubber cost, halved tire manufacture rubber requirements, doubled output and increased production time to make it less resource-hungry.
9) [Bug] Fixed bug where marketing campaigns would persist in future games until the game was restarted.
10) [Bug] Fixed crash bug which eventually resulted from placing a new slot on top of a queued car on an existing conveyor. (Resulted in corrupt saves).
11) [Feature] A new blueprint placement mode allows you to plan a factory without spending any money, and then commit the purchase all at once.
12) [Feature] Factory walls now have signs showing your company logo.

- Fixes a crash when loading saves made in version 1.41.

1) [Bug] Fixed crash bug when dragging production line route placer off the map.
2) [Bug] Fixed bug where queued research could disappear and be untriggerable if requirements not met.
3) [GUI] Various usability improvements to the research queue and R&D screen.
4) [SFX] Factory sounds now controlled by SFX volume, and muted during research.
5) [Bug] Fixed bug where after reloading the same games, some cars were invisible at certain zoom levels.
6) [Tutorial] Hint now given if player has not done any research after producing 10 cars.
7) [Graphics] Added a bunch more machine animations for the metalpresses.
8) [Feature] Pickup truck is a new body style option!
9) [Simulation] Sports Cars, Compacts & pickups now require half as many seats.
10) [Bug] Fixed bug where wingmirror painted layers were not painted the right color.
11) [Balance] Adjustments to AI competition and component price variation.
12) [Bug] Fixed bug preventing dragging scrollbars vertically.


This was more of a content than a code patch, but there are some usability improvements in there, plus some balancing stuff. I know the prices and AI-competition need some further adjustment, and I'm aware of some path-finding that isn't working 100% right, plus a list of GUI improvements I want to get in to improve the usability, like telling the player when a luxury car is now only considered mid-range, and so-on...

The next big feature we will work on will be the hybrid/electric power-train, so that we can give those as options, which might involve a fair bit of time due to code/art/testing and design requirements.

Thanks to everyone playing the game during beta, and thank-you for leaving such awesome reviews on the store pages, as these are really helpful to us.
Here is the new pickup truck, hope you like it :D Also look out for the animated metal presses!

1) [GUI] The current object under the cursor that will be deleted with a right click, is now highlighted in red.
2) [GUI] You can now place down a slot directly on top of an existing conveyor facing the right way.
3) [SFX] New Sound effects for various things. Ambient sounds scale, slot placement sounds depend on size. Conveyor & car sounds.
4) [GUI] You can now drag a conveyor through an existing slot without the conveyor trying to path around it.
5) [Balance] Changes to the way customers evaluate car values, and more customers at very low prices.
6) [Graphics] Design studio now has dedicated design employees using yo-yos :D.
7) [Simulation] Customers now giove you feedback if a car lacks enough features and is below spec for their needs.
8) [Bug] Fixed crash bug when placing research in some circumstances.
9) [Tutorial] Various tutorial UI improvements.
10) [Bug] Fixed bug where resource importers next to car conveyor belts could give incorrect wrong direction errors.
11) [Bug] Fixed crash bug when starting second game mid-game then clicking on research.
12) [Graphics] Fixed some Z-order anomalies that resulted in overlapping graphics on some slots.
13) [Balance] Adjusted competitiveness of AI.
14) [Balance] Rent of locked factory lots now rises and falls based on level of competition.
15) [Graphics] Drying slots now have single large fans instead of four mini ones. They also animate :D.
16) [Feature] Game Over screen now cannot be closed by ESC, and offers 'crisis' loan if some are available.
17) [GUI] Factory slot windows now have an 'upgrade all' button, plus green tick icon if currently installed.
18) [GUI] Improvements to fonts resulting in better text rendering in lots of places.

We should be getting a new pickup truck added in soon, and after that I'll be designing the way we can add different car engine types, such as hybrid and electric, to the game. That might involve a fair bit of code, but hopefully will be really cool :D.
Don't forget to vote on our priorities, and if you enjoy the game, leaving a review is much appreciated :D

1) [Bug] Customers now reflect body-style market size correctly as well as the cost-band (which already worked).
2) [Feature] New layout for achievements, and 12 new achievements.
3) [Bug] Fixed issue where some car components were rendered wrongly when slightly zoomed out.
4) [Bug] Changed design screen so you can no longer select an upgrade (like climate control) dependent on an upgrade (like aircon) which was not selected. Old designs may still have this issue.
5) [Bug] Fixed issue where some of the smaller marketing boosts didn't have an effect on customer numbers in the correct fashion.
6) [Redesign] Changed the resource production and fitting system so that resources are now fully descriptive without those tooltips explaining extra features.
7) [Simulation] Changed the way slot stockpiles work so they only ever queue up 4 car loads of resources, as one measure to prevent blocking.
8) [GUI] Sales matrix entries now have a tooltip to show which of your car designs are in each category.
9) [Bug] Fixed bug where the tooltips for cars in the showroom reported stock numbers for that body style, not specific design.
10) [GUI] Added a horizontal scrollbar to the top of the vehicle design browser to make it easier and clearer to navigate.
11) [Simulation] Improved the algorithm controlling the way resource stockpiles maintain stock.
12) [Translation] Added French Language.
13) [Feature] Added new research queue feature with GUI at top right of R&D screen.
14) [Feature] Premium music added as a new researchable feature.
15) [Feature] In-car music now requires a speaker component.
16) [GUI] Clicking the large image of the selected car in the showroom screen now opens the design browser at that car design.
17) [Balance] Adjusted frequency at which the AI calculates the appropriate level of competition.
18) [Bug} fixed some occasional issues wwhere the pricing and the price category of some vehicles would seem to get out of synch.
19) [Performance] Fixed a memory leak that could cause slow performance on long games with big layouts.

1) [Gfx] Glossier rendering of cars.(optional)
2) [Features] Added bullbars as a feature, and support for style-specific features.
3) [Features] Added 4x4/AWD/Offroad body style.
4) [Feature] Car body styles now each have their own variable market share, rather than being equal.
5) [Bug] Fixed bug where you could place some office facilities so they stuck out of an office zone.
6) [Performance] Boost for routefinding speeds on larger factories.
7) [Balance] Sunroof & panoramic sunroof increased fitting/resource/production/feature costs.
8) [GUI] New icons on research screen for in-car music, aluminium body and voice recognition.
9) [Bug] Fixed a bug where the sales matrix and the charts reported wrong number of hourly sales for each model.
10) [Feature] Aluminium bodies now require new aluminium resource, more time and more expensive upgrade cost.
11) [Feature] In-car music now requires a speaker, and is worth more.
12) [Feature] Voice recognition now requires a microphone and is worth more.
13) [Feature] Stockpiles now only remove old(unused) components now if room is needed, as they may be needed for the next car.
14) [Feature] Edge scrolling on map can now be turned off under options.
15) [Bug] A bunch of bug fixes and improvements for the level editor.
16) [Tutorial] Added a tutorial pop-up the first time you place an office in a non office location or vice versa.
17) [Bug] Fixed bug where progress of individual slot tasks didn't seem to pause correctly when the game was paused.
18) [GUI] Improved the usefulness of the data shown in tooltips in the showroom screen.

1) [Design] Touchscreen is now an upgrade for fit dashboard instead of fit electronics.
2) [Bug] Fixed bug where the AI would be very reluctant to research air conditioning or polished paintwork.
3) [Bug] Placing facilities and slots is now correctly recorded as a capital expenditure in expenses charts.
4) [Bug] Bubble next to car sales icon now expands to show numbers greater than 999 correctly.
5) [Bug] Fixed visual bug where scrolling in the sales showroom resulted in invisible cars.
6) [Balance] Research costs of some later-game research items have been increased.
7) [GUI] Various improvements to the style scheduler window.
8) [Feature] Marketing campaigns can now be launched to boost brand awareness, and thus visits to the showrooms.
9) [Bug] Fixed crash bug if the game autosaves within a minute of a manual save, the next time the save dialog was launched.
10) [Bug] Fixed bug in slot-picker where expand icon buttons (+/-) would not unlock when research triggered if slot picker was open.
11) [Bug] Fixed bug where the market screen doesnt show the correct market segment of cars until you have viewed them in the car design screen.
12) [Bug] Fixed bug where cars would have a red error message on them if the next slot was a really long conveyor journey away.
13) [GUI] The style scheduler at the start of the production line now lets you edit existing quantities of entries.
14) [Feature] Wingmirrors can now be manufactured, and also have folding and heated upgrades.
15) [Balance] Costs of wingmirrors and alloy wheels has gone up. Making alloy wheels requires more steel.Keyless entry worth more, requires 2 chips.
16) [Balance] Resource prices are now affected by demand from AI competitors.
17) [Balance] Crossing up to a new price category now produces a 'bump' in value which prevents pricing anomalies.
18) [Tutorial] New pop-up explains what to do when you have researched a new body style.
19) [Balance] Increased price of last robot upgrade so its less of a no-brainer upgrade. Also slight increase in power-draw.
20) [Feature] Offices (marketing and research) can now only be placed in office areas zoned on the map. Non office items cannot be placed there.

1) [Bug] Fixed issue where some rapid-processing slots seemed to trigger resource-needed when this was not true, and behaved differently if observed.
2) [Performance] Sped up frame rate when placing a new slot.
3) [Bug] Fixed issue where sun roof was universal and panoramic sunroof was not considered an acceptable substitute.
4) [Bug] Fixed bug where sometimes certain slots would refuse to be placed and show as red even when they are placed correctly.
5) [Bug] Fixed bug where the designs of cars in the showroom may be scrambled during a save and load in some situations.
6) [Performance] An improved level of performance in very large factories.
7) [Performance] Major speedup opening the sales screen when there are vast numbers of cars in stock.
8) [GUI] Make Engine Block now sits under Make Engine Assembly in the slot menu.
9) [GUI] Red tooltips for resource items with special features now hidden if behind a window.
10) [Bug] Fixed timing bug where a resource importer always imported immediately after resuming the game.
11) [Bug} Where feasible a production slot now only uses a resource object with the correct set of upgrades (like stop start engine) rather than choosing randomly.

1) [GUI] Added new mini progress bar for research under the research button on main screen.
2) [GUI] The showroom tooltips show number of customers who viewed each car.
3) [Performance] 8.1% faster now on the main factory screen, especially for large factories.
4) [Translation] Added current versions of crowdsourced Spanish & German language translations.

- Hi, we just made a new build of Production Line available. This takes the game to build 1.23. here is a full change list:

1) [GUI] Research button now pulses red if there is currently no research set.
2) [GFX] Changes to sunroof visuals so they leave the roof edge in place.
3) [Feature] Reversing Camera and TACC upgrades both now require a new 'camera' component.
4) [Bug] Loans can now never be negative, nor offered unless company estimated worth is at least $100k.
5) [Feature] Cars are now sold and priced in four different price-categories, with corresponding GUI changes.
6) [Feature] New features tab on the finance screen shows information on how popular each feature is at each price category.
7) [Bug] Fixed crash bug when deleting a slot while its configure imports window is open.
8) [GUI] Save game dialog now has a close button.
9) [GUI] It is now no longer possible to keep the conveyor placement GUI active after you hit the bulldozer button.
10) [Balances] Changes to the research times and value of some items.
11) [Tutorial] Added some extra explanatory tutorial windows and highlights.
12) [Bug] Bad conveyor message now no longer shows incorrectly with production slots.
13) [Bug] Fixed crash bug if quitting to main menu when cars with multiple features were in the showroom, then starting a new game, and autosave happening.
14) [Bug] Resources are no longer consumed for upgrades that are not selected for the current vehicle.
15) [Feature] Added new car feature & researchable technology: Touchscreen Interface.
16) [Feature] Added multi-language support.[/list]

- The big changes here are the pricing model, where we now have price categories, and availability of research being different for each category, plus (in the long run) support for translations. At some point (hopefully tomorrow) I'll be doing a new steam guide explaining how the game will handle translated text, and its pretty simple to do, so hopefully if any members of the community are bilingual and able to help with translating the game, we can get support for other languages in there. It will probably make sense to have a separate forum for discussing language stuff too.

- Interested to know what people think about the price-category changes. This is only phase one of 'fixing' the sales model, as right now potential customers have no defined income and thus the sales demand for every category (and body style) is the same. that will change.

Послушай меня внимательно если ТЫ будешь вымогать деньги также то это для тебя кончится очень плохо!

1) [GUI] Research complete dialog now improved, more informative, more data.
2) [Bug] The letter 'c' when typing no longer triggers a debug window.
3) [Feature] You can now archive car model designs as long as you still have one design for each researched body style.
4) [Bug] Fixed bug where the scroll buttons on the vehicle design browser window didn't work correctly.
5) [Bug] Fixed crash bug when clicking a slot category then trying to place it on the map.
6) [Bug] Fixed issue where the unlock status of car body styles was not cleared when quitting a running game.
7) [GUI] Compact car thumbnail is now green.
8) [Feature] Compact car body style now needs to be researched and unlocked.
9) [GUI] Fit Wing Mirrors task now has a proper icon.
10) [GUI] The car design window now shows a live preview of the selected model with its selected options.
11) [Feature] You now cannot select mutually exclusive car model options (sunroof/panoramic, xenon/led etc).
12) [GUI] Changed name and icons for some tech tree items to improve usability.
13) [GUI] When placing slots, pallets are now drawn so its easier to recognise import and output slots.
14) [Bug] Steam achievements should really work properly this time!
15) [Feature] The value of the 'base car' now depends on the car body style.
16) [Bug] Fixed bug where right clicking to clear conveyor placement mode would also delete slots below the cursor.
17) [GUI] New tile pop-up notices show you when you have connected a conveyor belt in the wrong direction.
18) [Balance] Calculations for how high a car can be priced and how quickly it sells have been improved.
19) [Bug] Fixed bug where supply stockpiles may refill at different rates depending on game speed.
20) [Balance] Changes made to the way AI does research to improve game balance
21) [GUI] Features on the design details window are now sorted alphabetically rather than seemingly randomly!