Fernbus Coach Simulator: Changelogs

Update 1.1.9296 - released September 2, 2016

Coaches

• Rain drops appear on the windscreen of the Lion's Coach
• Air Condition shows the correct temperasture after loading a savegame
• Sound of the doors is played correctly
• Sound of rain drops on the coaches roof added
• Announcement can now be deactivted at any time
• Engine can no more be deactivated in Arcade-Mode

Passengers

• Passenger Voices added
• Subtitles fixed (Font color, Order and Flickering)
• Passengers comments appear pormptly
• Passenger comments (too slow) albeit maintaining speed limit of 60 km/h fixed

Menues

• Difficulty "Simple" (control mode) renamed "Arcade"
• Control Mode Dialogue added (Arcade or Realistic)
• Routen Editor: "Custom" renamed "Career"
• Game Mode Dialogue added (Career or Freeplay)
• FOV (Field of View) adjustability is reduced to inbetween 60° and 90°
• Main Menu background music added
• Loading Screen background image added
• Main Menu background images added
• Main Menu design slightly changed
• Two coaches in Menues fixed
• Added image for unlocked Cities in Route Editor
• Audio volumes fixed

Navigation

• Speed limits in Navigation fixed
• Speed limits and Distances in Freeplay disabled
• Navigation of the following Cities have been fixed: Konstanz, Augsburg, Saarbrücken, Halle
• Navigation starting from Depot fixed
• Speed limits for Frankfurt Airport, Berlin ZOB, Köln ZOB, München ZOB, Hamburg ZOB, Halle ZOB fixed

Languages

• Localisation fixed (English, German)

Inputs

• Simplification of Axis-Adjustment via presets (Standard, Standard 0-1, Inverterted, Inverterted 1-0)
• When adding a new Axis a preview helps with Adjustments
• Invalid (None) Inputs removed from Standard controls

Tooltips

• Tooltips updated
• Tooltip "Follow the navigation to..." will show up at Bus Stops and Offroad from now on

Profile

• Profile Setup updated
• Reseting a Profile will now show the Unlocks correctly

Statistics

• Driven kilometers will now show correctly

Graphics

• Some LODs (Levels of Detail) updated

Audio

• Certain Sound volumes updated

In this update, you will find a reconstruction of the bus stop at Frankfurt Airport, improved behavior of AI vehicles in tunnels and curves and, last but not least, an assistant for setting up your steering devices.

Level Art

• City construction of Kassel prepared
  

  
  

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• Bus stop/s at Frankfurt Airport moved and split in FRA Flight Departure and FRA Flight Arrival
• Incorrect collision at tunnel entrance and exit on Highway A71 between Erfurt and Würzburg fixed
• Level Art fix in Wiesbaden (fuseboxes on the road)

AI

• Driving behaviour in tunnels and curves improved
• AI vehicle spawning at service areas and gas stations reduced
• AI vehicle spawning at Frankfurt Airport reduced

Menus

• Title banner switched with image in Main Menu
• Title's font in sub-menus switched to Unicode font

Performance

• Minor performance improvements

Input Devices

• Assistant for steering devices added to Vehicles Control Menu (no localization for French)
  

  
  

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In today's update you'll find one of the first major overhauls: A completely revised Resting mechanic. Additionally we added some fixes to AI lane changing and spawning, improved the games performance and added NPC state icons.

You can find the full list of fixes and updates in the change log below.

Level Art

• Tunnel Entrance/Exit Collisions fixed
• Lighting fixed at certain bus stops
• Let's Player ads updated

Graphics

• Material fixed of the Police Check Marker

Gameplay

• Resting overhaul:
  -When driving longer that 4h, you can now take a break after 2h of driving at Gas Stations, Service Areas or Bus Stops with a bonus to statistics, or anywhere else with a malus to statistics
  -Added preconditions for taking a break: The bus needs to stand still, with engine off, doors opened and driver outside the vehicle.
  -When rested, you're required to check the passengers and send the passenger count to Central via the "Check" Button in your Smartphone
  -"Simple Resting" added to Control Mode Options
  -"Resting Quality" added to Service Statistics
  -"Missing Passengers" added to Service Statistics
• Events fixed (Police Control and Highway Blockages will now appear correctly)

Performance

• Technical and graphical performance improvements

GUI

• Leaderboard position fixed in player profile
• Added state icons to NPC (can be disabled in Game Options, with the exception for Resting)

AI

• Lane changing on Crossroads and in Tunnels disabled
• AI Spawning updated at Frankfurt Airport and around Service Areas and Gas Stations

Finally we're back with a new update for Fernbus Coach Simulator. This one has taken a bit longer than usual, but we think the changelog will still make you happy. This update is available on Steam now. Here are the changes:

Game Engine

• Updated to Unreal Engine 4.13

Input Devices

• TrackIR Support added
  - Needs to be activated in Game Options
  - In TrackIR software, "Check for Game Updates..." has to be clicked
  - In TrackIR software, deactivate "Trap" option at all hotkey settings, as this would block keys in the game
  - Press "cockpit camera" key (standard '2') to center the view
• Force Feedback adjusted in MAN Lion's Coach and Lion's Coach C
• Crash fixed caused through many connected input devices

Performance

• Overall CPU performance improved
• Mirror performance improved
• Coach performance improved

Gameplay

• Fixed a bug in "taking a break". You now need to check all passengers inside the coach first, before you can check-in new passengers
• Visualisation of Marked Areas updated and added symbols for bus stops, depot, gas stations, parking spots, and police checks
• Fixed starting from depot in Freeplay
• Bar barrier fixed
• Dashboard buttons can not be used anymore in Arcade Mode

UI

• Added tool tips added for dashboard buttons
• Leaderboards inside the player profile are now correctly displayed

Menu

• Saving is now possible after deleting a saved game and overwriting it
• Gamepad and Mouse axis are now able to be added as inputs

Graphics

• Additional levels of detail (LOD) for vegetation and various other assets (makes moving image smoother, prevents suddenly switching looks of trees etc.)
• Added stationary MAN Lion's Coaches at central bus stations (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Hamburg, and Halle)

Vehicle

• Inside mirror activated (mirror quality has to be set to "Epic")
• Fixed rear fog light in Lion's Coach C

With several updates that have been released until now, we would be happy to read new Steam reviews based on your current opinion on the game!

Input Devices

• An issue was solved that didn’t let steering wheel buttons to be used for any kind of axis (gas, brake, steering).

In this update we're finally adding a new city to Fernbus Coach Simulator. The city of Kassel is located in the center of Germany and adds a new destination for long-distance routes.

We additionally fixed some bugs, fixed the AI coaches, updated the coaches physics and added Turkish as selectable Language.

Changelog:

Coaches

• Coach physics updated
• Lion's Coach C rear view camera fixed
• Left indicator fixed
• AI coaches fixed

World

• City of Kassel added
• Highway A38 is in reconstruction

GUI + Options

• Date in calendar will now be displayed from system time correctly
• FOV can now be set over 90
• News added

Localisation

• Localisation bug fixed
• Turkish Localisation added

We've updated the UV Layout of both MAN coaches. Thus the side and rear windows are now available for Modders to add their designs onto in the repaints.
This change of layout can cause eventually some errors on current repaints, shouldn't they haven't been updated with this patch.
We're sorry any inconvience, but are sure you will enjoy the changes as soon as the modders have updated theit repaints accordingly.

The highway A7 is partially in reconstruction, in order to give it its destinctive look and feel. And last but not least we've focused on bug fixing.
See the list below for details:

Coaches

- UV layouts of MAN Lion's Coach and Lion's Coach C updated. The windows on the side and rear of the coaches will now be available for repainting. Some texture errors can accur on repaints which haven't been updated as of this update
- The coaches shouldn't treat speed bumps as off road anymore
- Indicators can now be disabled with the button, which activatedthem.
- Display will show "Not in Service" during Freeplay
- Rear view camera will now activate correctly, when the gear switch is set manually using the mouse

Graphics

• Anti-aliasing artefacts should have been reduced

Modding

• Repaint textures performance optimized

Welt

• Parts of the highway A7 are under reconstruction
• Bridges now cast correct shadows
• Lights of AI coaches now work correct
• Rain falling inside the depot garage has been fixed

GUI

• News have been added
• Passengers list scrolls correctly
• Date and Time can now be synced with your System

The next BETA-Update is available for download!

You can find a tutorial on how to download game betas on Steam here:

In this Update, you'll receive some new content and overhauled features free of charge, e.g. the new Sound Engine, which we've been working on for the last quarter. The "Break"-mechanic has been improved, and also the A7 has been fully reconstructed. Prepare yourselves for a racy and tuneful roller coaster ride!

Hit this link to send us feedback and bug reports!

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Patch Notes:

Audio:

• MAN Lion's Coaches sounds updated to new sound engine
• AI Vehicle sounds updated to new sound engine
• Ambient sound updated to new sound engine

GUI:

• Added a crosshair for checking passengers after the break
• It should be easier now to check passengers in the second row
• The coaches in the selection screen should switch correctly now when returning from the Customization

Graphics:

• Shadows updated
• V-Sync added
• Resolution scale can now manually be set to 200% (this makes over graphics smoother)
• Loading times have been updated
• Vehicle lights should be blocked by bridges now
• Reconstruction of the A7 near the city of Kassel has been completed

Game:

• A traffic AI crash has been fixed

Caution: This is a BETA Update. Please note that this software can cause technical problems and make your computer system be instable. Please only use beta versions if you really know what you’re doing.

In this Update, you'll receive some new content and overhauled features free of charge, e.g. the new Sound Engine, which we've been working on for the last quarter. The "break"-mechanic has been improved, and also the A7 has been fully reconstructed. Prepare yourselves for a racy and tuneful Roller coaster ride!

Should you have active repaints subscribed from the Workshop, the game start - after you clicked on "Start Game" in the Main Menu - might take a bit to load, due to the changes we made to the texture memory of mod repaints, in order to additionally improve texture streaming.

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Patch Notes:

Audio

• MAN Lion's Coaches sounds updated to new Sound Engine
• AI vehicle sounds updated to new Sound Engine
• Ambient sound updated to new Sound Engine

GUI

• Added a crosshair for checking passengers after the break
• It should be easier now to check passengers sitting in the second row
• The coaches in the selection screen should switch correctly now when returning from the customization menu
• Missing images of mods in the menu haven been fixed

Graphics

• Shadows updated
• V-Sync added
• Resolution scale can now manually be set to 200% (this should make the virtual world and objects much sharper)
• Loading times have been updated
• Texture streaming improved
• Reconstruction of the A7 near the city of Kassel has been completed

Game

• A traffic AI crash has been fixed
• The collision of signs has been fixed

As always, we would love to hear your feedback to this update! Hit this link to start typing...