Posts by UndergroundBerlin

You guys are forgetting to concider a very important aspect: We as a company need to make sure to work with some sort of economical sense. After releasing a product, we have to start a new one, while we simultaneously continue to support the previous project (Fernbus in this case). Without the new developments of other projects, Fernbus also wouldn't get all the great things it has in the past months and years. All of this has to be financed somehow, don't you think? We need to move on, that's a fact, and I think it's more something like a privelege that we're still actively working on Fernbus and we still have so much planned. It's a privelege that we're sharing all our plans with you all, even if they only exist in theory. And it's also a privelege that we listen to every single one of your thoughts and make sure to let them be a part of the active development of all of our current games.

Don't get me wrong here, we know that you want new contents, new updates, features, and lots of great things to play with. We want them too. But we need time to develop it after all. There is no use in rushing through anything. That's why I want to kindly ask you all for a little patience.

Thanks,
Chris

@Scoop, dude, keep it calm. If you want updates every single week, then have fun playing with buggy software. We need time to develop updates and to test them before we can release them. We've already announced that another one is about to be released, so have some patience and chill.

Thanks.

Hi @Goblins,

there is no release date yet for The Bus. We're in mid development and as soon as we've released Project: Fuerteventura, we'll be able to post new screenshots, videos, etc. from The Bus on a more regular basis.

Thanks,
Chris

We just need a few more days/weeks. Remember our promise to make sure to release stable, optimized, and fun products in future? That's what we want to do here as well and why we'll take the "risk" of releasing just a few weeks later. No further postponing though.

August 2018.

Hey guys,

We’re aware that the road sings aren’t as original as they could be. This is due to the template we’re currently using and that has been developed for the Germany map only at the beginning. It allows quick access to texts and road numbers, but doesn’t allow font or design changes. We are working on a new template that allows much more flexibility, but it’ll take a little bit until it’s ready.

So, long story short: We’re aware of it all and will make it better soon™.

Hey everyone,

we're moving on with presenting some of the included cities in Project: Fuerteventura. Today we're taking a look at La Oliva!

This is a fairly small city/village with just a few streets - But hey, it's got a bus stop. It's pretty interesting that there are a bunch of ruins next to the village... Definitely worth checking it out.

Have a good one,
Chris

We've been frequently asked lately, what's going on with our "Project: Football Team Bus" (previously known as "Bundesliga DLC"). Well, we're not telling much yet, but we have some screenshots to share.

Please note that these are work in progress screenshots. Licenses for ingame contents are pending.

Here are some more screenshots from the upcoming Update. We will detail all the changes, fixes, etc. some more as soon as the beta phase starts.

Hey everyone,

the next Update for Fernbus Coach Simulator is hitting the beta phase very soon, and we want to share some screenshots with you today. Next to a bunch of improvements and fixes, this update also brings a brand new vegetation system, as you can see in the screenshots.

The changes in detail:

• Performance will be optimized
• Bus physics will be updates (this finally fixes the bug that causes wrong acceleration behaviors on ascending and falling streets)
• World map and navigation map will be revised
• Material and textures of streets and sidewalks will be revised
• Vegetation will be revised
• There will be an optional navigation system outside of the bus

As soon as the beta phase for this update starts, we will post a note here in our forums.

More screenshots will follow right here tomorrow!

Best regards,
Chris

Hey everyone,

new week, new screenshots! Today, we'll start to show off some of the included cities of Fuerteventura: Starting with Corralejo. As mentioned in the official announcements (see more in the Fuerteventura forums), there will be 20 highly detailed cities included in the game. Every city has its very own small and big special points and surprises. Corralejo has a large swimming pool area, open for all, and a big harbor, where you will be able to drop off and pick up passengers. While building all these cities for this game, we're taking big care and putting a lot of love into details. Every city will have its partially unique objects that will give them a special and dynamic look. We will demonstrate this some more in the coming weeks with more screenshots and videos.

So, that's it for today. Have fun!

Best regards,
Chris

Hey everyone,

it's a new week and time for new screenshots from Project: Fuerteventura. We've already mentioned that this game has an interactive economical system that we've developed together with the awesome people from PeDePe. This system allows you to set up your very own company on Fuerteventura. This includes buying your buses and coordinating its services, hiring employees (drivers, mechanics, and more), keeping track of appointments, contracts (eg. with hotels, petrol stations, and others), and so much more. In the coming weeks, we will detail all the mentioned features, but today, we'll introduce you to your new office!

Close to the airport is "El Matoral", where your company sits. You will have your office in a nice little house with a garage next to it, that will be ready to use as soon as you have your mechanics employees and material.

The house has a main office, as well as further rooms. Several tables, boards, etc. have individual functions that you will need to manage your company.

As the boss of the company, you'll have your own office room, which will be mainly for keeping track of any statistics.

In the main room, you can keep track of appointments, orders, contracts, and more. This is important because you'll be working with hotels, petrol stations, garages, paint shops, and more, and you'll always want to make sure that the contracts are fair, reliable and reasonable for your company.

Don't worry, we'll get that computer up and running... Somehow.

There's enough space to sit down for a break of course.

All rooms in the house can be entered and you can move everywhere freely. This also counts for the whole island: there are no borders or invisible walls that will keep you from moving on along the island.

In the coming days, we will detail the garage and all of it's features.

Have fun with the pics for now.

Best regards,
Chris

Hi @rocky28965,

if you have the feeling that some control settings have been messed up, you can reset them anytime. Keep in mind though, that all other values will also be resetted as well.

Thanks,
Chris

Hey everyone,

we've got some new screenshots to share from the final development phase, including a sneak peak on one of the many secret things that you can find on the island of Fuerteventura. As mentioned in the latest DevDiary episode, this game is not only about driving a bus and managing your company. There are also very goo reasons to just take some time to explore the island and find its secrets. Every little thing that you find, will give you precious skill points that you'll be able to use for other things in the game.

More details to follow...

For those who missed it: here's the official announcement with lots of details for the project: Presenting: Fuerteventura

Best regards,
Chris

Hey all,

thanks again for all your feedback. Keep it coming!

Today, we've got some screenshots from the final development phase. Let us know what you think.

Thanks,
Chris

Hey @strobe6666,

very sorry for the late reply. It is generally not possible to roll back to past updates, except one version earlier than the current stable release ("previousversion" channel). Now we reckon that there are frame rate issues here and then, and it's extremely tricky to find proper solutions, as every single update for Windows, for your graphics card, for Unreal Engine, etc. changes the general behavior of hardware and software. But be ensured that we're continuously trying to keep performance as good as possible.

Thanks and best regards,
Chris

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Will Fuerteventura initially have the Lion's Coach, Neoplan and Comfortclass only or just the VDL?

As detailed, we will detail the included buses and the general management regarding DLCs, etc. very soon.

Hey guys,

to start off, no, we're not letting Fernbus fall. We will still continue to support it, develop updates and new contents, includings maps and buses. We will detail how the bus management works in Fuerteventura very soon in a detailed post.

Regarding Fuerteventura not being a DLC: Of course this would have been a possibility, but we would never have been able to give it the wide feature spectrum as it has now. As mentioned, Fernbus is not negatively affected by all this.

Thanks,
Chris

@LT586: The VDL will of course also be added into Fernbus. We will detail how all this will work very soon.

@all: Thanks for your feedback. Keep it coming.