As of now, Tank Mechanic Simulator is also available for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles!
Excavate and repair the most iconic tanks from both world wars, then put them in your museum or drive them on your private testing grounds!

That's not all!
We have prepared a giveaway for you! To participate, join our community on Discord and follow the instructions written there. You can win keys to both PlayStation or Xbox versions! You can find the invitation link to server below.

Thank you and have a good one!

DeGenerals

Today's hotfix will be slightly different from the previous ones. We have to announce that we are changing our roadmap plan for this month. We assumed that in May we will release two new tanks - Panzer II C and PzKpfw VIII Maus. Due to the problems encountered, which we describe below, we have to postpone the release of Maus to June.



We do our best to make sure that every of our newly released vehicles is perfect and has a fully modeled interior (f.e. in an engine). This is the ambitious goal we set for ourselves for the production of the latest vehicles. You can see the results of this attitude in our recently published models. With Maus, we need more time to work on details. We don't want to release an incomplete vehicle, it's pointless.



The production of two vehicles in a month forced us to focus more on the models at the expense of the issues in the game. We receive a lot of signals about your dissatisfaction related to the bugs that have been accumulating in our game for some time now. We collect your reports you send to us. You can see a fraction of what we are working on currently.



To sum up, in May we want to release only Panzer II C and focus on fixing all those issues we have gathered. We don't want to sound like we are complaining. Without beating around the bush - we have a lot of work to do.

we have uploaded a hotfix for update 1.2.4, on a branch unstable, list of changes:


Modified / Tweaked:

• Removed support for saving game data in Windows Registry (it solves various bugs and improve game stability)

Fixed:

• InvertY option (FPP and TPP mode) for Xbox One controller
  
• Only crew slots that should be able to can now control guns/mgs - for instance a driver in Tiger won't be able to use any weapon
  
• Switching slots when in tank on proving grounds correctly manages the activation/deactivation of weapons
  
• Decreased force for recoil when shooting from M8 Greyhound
  
• Fixed muzzle fire visuals in M8 Greyhound

If this hotfix proves to be helpful in few days we will switch it to the default branch. Sorry for all the waiting, but the main fix this hotfix brings - the memory leak fix - was very important for us to send it out.

Thanks for all the support and have a good weekend.
DeGenerals

Farm Manager 2021 will be released on May 6 and we have prepared a special offer for you. On the day of the game's premiere, you will receive a loyalty discount that will reduce the price of Farm Manger 2021 by 20%.

If you own any of the games from the list below (for example, Tank Mechanic Simulator), you will get a 20% discount on Farm Manager 2021. The discount will be available on the Fam Manager 2021 store page from May 6 to May 13.

Please note that the loyalty discount adds up with the 10% release discount, which means you can buy Farm Manager 2021 30% off!

To receive the 20% loyalty discount, you must own one of the games listed below:

• Farm Manager 2018
  
• 112 Operator
  
• 911 Operator
  
• Accident
  
• Agony
  
• Agony UNRATED
  
• Barn Finders
  
• Car Mechanic Simulator 2015
  
• Car Mechanic Simulator 2018
  
• Cooking Simulator
  
• Don’t Be Afraid
  
• Drug Dealer Simulator
  
• Gold Rush: The Game
  
• House Flipper
  
• Lust for Darkness
  
• Lust from Beyond
  
• Mr. Prepper
  
• Plane Mechanic Simulator
  
• Rustler
  
• Tank Mechanic Simulator
  
• The Beast Inside
  
• The Tenants
  
• Thief Simulator
  
• Train Station Renovation
  
• UBOAT
  
• Ultimate Fishing Simulator

next month and another update with two new tanks as promised in the roadmap a few weeks ago, with game update 1.2.4 - the Little Willie and Vickers E Type B. For a full changelog please go to the bottom of the page.













With this update, we also added new modding tools for adding custom metal objects/collectibles to the game. Our community contributor JaG created and posted a video showing process of making such an item.



For tool and documentation look into game local files under:
\TankMechanicSimulator\ModdingTools\UnityPackages\MetalObjectCreatorPackage.unitypackage

For full list with changes please find attached change log below:


Added:

• Tank: Vickers E
  
• Tank: Little Willie
  
• Vickers MG
  
• Modding tool for collectibles: Metal Object Creator
  
• Game option: Mouse Smoothing
  
• Rendering icons for collectibles in museum
  
• Machine Guns now are also visible in Main Menu and Overview
  
• Visual support rods for turrets that are too small and would otherwise float in the air
  
• Ammo: OQF 3-pounder gun (47 mm) and ammo configuration (AP and HE)

Modified / Tweaked:

• MailBox avatar moved to description area in UI
  
• Tank Analysis & Tank Manager items hover color in UI
  
• UI Improvements for Storage Panel. Other UI elements should not overlap over Storage Panel. Bottom buttons are wider to display larger text labels better.
  
• Tank Analysis now also displays the state of UnInteractable parts. The game took them into the calculations when displaying the state of the tank, now the condition can be correctly understood
  
• Real values for turret rotation rates
  
• Ballistics (trajectory of projectiles) now includes air resistance (based on Stokes equation)
  
• Optimized system for loading/saving tank elements info data (based on C# dictionary)
  
• Addressable Asset System settings

Fixed:

• Game now does not stall each time player picks up ammo from the tank, we are not calling a save method right away, but when the player leaves the room or leaves the scene (to main menu/extraction, etc.)
  
• Tiger I turret collision on proving grounds and test drive
  
• M8 Greyhound Handwheel Elevation part material

Have fun :)

Thanks for all the support and have a good weekend.
DeGenerals

Welcome to our one hundred and third development status update.

We continue following the roadmap! Please meet new friends in our TMS family - Little Willie and Vickers E Type B!

Here is some information about these vehicles:






Little Willie was the first fully completed prototype tank in the world. It was constructed in 1915 by the Landship Committee. The only model ever produced is currently situated in the collection of The Tank Museum in Bovington, England. This machine was propelled by the means of a 13 liter, 105 horsepower Daimler-Knight engine. It was supposed to be fitted with a 40mm Vickers 2-pounder in a non-routable turret, but the idea was later scratched. Most mechanical have been adapted from the Foster-Daimler heavy artillery tractor.

Despite having the legendary reputation as the first completed tank, the design was horrendous. Little Willie could barely reach 2 miles per hour, the engine was overheating, cooking the crew alive and the tank couldn't do the only thing it was designed for - cross trenches. But all in all, if not Willie's flaws, today's tanks might not look like they do now.






The Vickers Mark E, also called Vickers 6-Ton Tank was a British light tank. It was designed as a private project in 1928 by the company in its name, Vickers. The tank was not purchased by the British army, but it was very widely sold to foreign nations. Some of them even licensed it, such as the Soviet T-26 or Polish 7TP.

The tank was powered by a modified version of the Armstron-Siddeley Puma engine, producing 80-95 horsepower (depending on the versions) and that gave it an approximate speed of 35km/h on road.
The suspension was pretty simple; two axles, each of them carried a two-wheeled bogie, everything sprung by leaf springs. Performance was not comparable to Christie suspension, but it was deemed enough, with a lifetime of 4,800 kilometers.

Armament depended on the version: Type A had two turrets, both mounting the Vickers Machine Gun, and the Type B sported a single turret, housing a short-barreled 47mm OQF 3-pounder and a single machine gun.

The reason for the tank not being implemented to the British Forces was the questionable suspension reliability. The tests in Poland also proved that the Puma engine tended to overheat excessively, being cooled only by air. Finnish tests proved disastrous - 6 out of 13 were in working order, one was unable to cross a trench and forced to stop, then met Soviet tanks. They managed to knock out 3 of them but soon were wiped out.

All in all, the design was lacking, but revolutionary nonetheless. The two-man turret proved to be a superb design, increasing the fire rate tremendously, of both the main gun and the machine gun.

And now about the upcoming patch itself, what are the biggest upcoming changes:

The good news for modders - Metal Object Creator Modding Tool is almost done. It works in the following workflow:

• Prepare collectible in FBX/OBJ file;
  
• Install free Unity 2018.4.34, create a new project;
  
• Import package MetalObjectCreatorPackage in Unity (package will be shipped together with the new patch);
  
• Build mod (bundle files);
  
• Use SteamWorkshopUploader to upload mod (new version of SteamWorkshop64.exe tool will be shipped together with the new patch);
  
• Subscribe item, run game.
  
• Enter to extraction mission, and you will have a chance to find a new metal object :)

We have changed the way we handle the game assets/files. Previously we rebuilt the files each time we have made changes to them (files include tank models/configs etc.) - this caused Steam to sometimes not detect that it has to download a new file, but tried to load an old file that was no more available, and players spawned in the air after pressing Start Game button in Main Menu.

Now we will use other settings when managing game files - the process will be as follows:

• We again need to, just one time, rebuild the game files with different settings
  
• Upload it to steam (and again this bug might happen)
  
• After this, every hotfix/patch that would previously require a file rebuild will now be only be updated, so Steam won't have to download new files in place of old ones, instead the game will just update old files - this is the place where we want to check if this could solve this issue - not making Steam download completely new set of files, but instead just updating the same ones

Other than that, we have a lot of reports still to process to fix the bugs, this will be our focus for next week to fix whatever we can. We want to tackle two problems before launching this patch next week on 30.04.2021, welded holes reappearing and picking up ammo from tanks causes each time the game to save its state and for some people, this means serious waiting times.

In may this focus will be the same time and operation time when a player buys/sells/repairs parts through the shop/crafting/storage menu.

Thanks for all the support and have a good weekend.
DeGenerals

We have something special for you today. Together with Hearts of Iron IV and Total Tank Simulator, we have created The Iron Tank Bundle on Steam!

The Iron Tank Bundle offers you a precisely selected games with a common theme - Tanks.
Complete the set!➡️ https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/20415/The_Iron_Tank_Bundle/

• Hearts of Iron IV lets you to become a leader of any nation during World War II. Command your army, defend your grounds, conquer the enemies and write the history by yourself!
  
• Total Tank Simulator allows you to select factions and conduct realistic battles from World War II. Fill the enemy with your disciplined army and defeat them in battle to the last drop of blood.
  
• Tank Mechanic Simulator offers you the restoration and excavation of vehicles from the World War II. Clean, repair, and paint the world's most famous tanks, and insert the into your museum, or test your machines at the training ground.

This is just a beginning, we hope that we can bring new content to our game thanks to this cooperation :)

Thanks and have a good one,
DeGenerals

Homebred mechanics, historians and militaria fans! Grab equipment – find old, abandoned, armoured vehicles from World War II era – renovate them – paint – and collect in your own museum! You can even test those legendary machines on the testing ground! And it is all in VR! Real as much as it can be, so prepare for being sweaty and dirty during the renovation.



So, let me explain this case on that piece of junk. Can you see those mud, wet spots? It is because I have to dig it up from the ground first. There, one of the tracks in the tank are broken. Can you see it? I have to buy a new one and replace it. Oh, and this rust all over the roof? Give me the pressure washer or sandblaster, it’s necessary before painting and all that stuff. Yup, by the way, the next steps are adding primer and final paint, then camouflage, colours and decals. Then I’ll test the beast on the battleground and put it back to the museum.



Oh, you want to do this by yourself? Sure! Grab VR goggles, search for one of a dozen legendary vehicles and take care of them!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1463010/Tank_Mechanic_Simulator_VR/

What’s cool about the VR version?

• it’s even more immersive
  
• you can almost feel the pressure from the pressure washer
  
• you can touch anything with your own hands
  
• you can feel the weight of parts and tools
  
• didn’t I tell you about the ability to enter the tank, navigate it and shoot from the tank tube?

All right, but first things first add Tank Mechanic Simulator VR to your wishlist. Then wait until Q3 2021, OK? Meanwhile, join our Discord and follow our social media to learn more.



Now clean up your area, you’ll need some space for keeping your own tanks!

DeGenerals SA & GameFormatic SA

we have uploaded a hotfix for update 1.2.3, on branch unstable, list of changes:


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Added:

• Decals for Little Willie (for upcoming 1.2.4 patch)
  
• Tank Mechanic Simulator VR button in menu

Modified / Tweaked:

• Better random generation for tanks (Extractions)
  
• Sherman and Pershing - divided some parts into not being interchangable, as requested
  
• Ballistic math (still to be enhanced later)

Fixed:

• Memory leak with materials (this caused crashes in warehouse and museum for mostly people)
  
• Null reference exception (UI)
  
• KV1 position in main menu
  
• Rusty parts images even with 100% condition for M20/M8 Greyhound
  
• Wrong sounds during walking outside of Workshop
  
• Small configuration errors in M8Greyhound
  
• Position for Mosins in museum stands
  
• Deep interior mode now correctly disables and enables parts

If this hotfix proves to be helpful in few days we will switch it to default branch. Sorry for all the waiting, but the main fix this hotfix brings - the memory leak fix - was very important for us to send it out.

Thanks and have a good weekend,
DeGenerals

We have some fantastic news to share with you! Our friends over at CreativeForge Games are releasing their Aircraft Carrier Survival: Prologue for free today at 5 PM CEST!

The game lets you explore a totally different branch of the military - the Navy! Instead of repairing tanks that used to serve in the Army, take command of a full-blown aircraft carrier. Select your own crew, officers, equipment, and escort to complete each mission successfully. However, the seas are treacherous – you have to survive in a hostile environment in the middle of the ocean and fight back against your enemies.

You need to plan your missions, target your objectives and keep your crew safe from attacks. You can do that by assigning your crewmen to man the AA guns and aircraft or order them to handle hull flooding, fire outbreaks, and other threats.

Get "Aircraft Carrier Survival: Prologue" here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1493800/Aircraft_Carrier_Survival_Prologue/

Watch the trailer:



You can join the developer's Discord server here:
Official CreativeForge Games Discord Server

Best regards,
DeGenerals

as promised in the roadmap a few weeks ago, with game update we are adding two new vehicles to the game - the M20 Armored Utility Car and the M8 Greyhound.

Here are some information about these vehicles:






The M8 Light Armored Car is a 6×6 armored car produced by the Ford Motor Company during World War II. It was used from 1943 by United States and British forces in Europe and the Pacific until the end of the war. The vehicle was widely exported and as of 2006 still remained in service with some countries. In British service, the M8 was known as the "Greyhound", a nickname seldom if ever used by the US. The British Army found it too lightly armored, particularly the hull floor, which anti-tank mines could easily penetrate (the crews' solution was lining the floor of the crew compartment with sandbags). Nevertheless, it was produced in large numbers. The M8 Greyhound's excellent on-road mobility made it a great supportive element in the advancing American and British armored columns. It was marginal off-road, especially in mud.
(source wikipedia)






M20 AUC also known as the M20 scout car, was a Greyhound with the turret replaced with a low, armored open-topped superstructure and an anti-aircraft ring mount for a .50 cal M2 heavy machine gun. A bazooka was provided for the crew to compensate for its lack of anti-armor weaponry. The M20 was primarily used as a command vehicle and for forward reconnaissance, but many vehicles also served as armored personnel carriers and cargo carriers. It offered high speed and excellent mobility, along with a degree of protection against small arms fire and shrapnel. When employed in the command and control role, the M20 was fitted with additional radio equipment. Originally designated the M10 armored utility car, it was redesignated M20 to avoid confusion with the M10 tank destroyer.
(source wikipedia)


For full list with changes please find attached change log below:


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Added:

• Tank: M20 Armored Utility Car
  
• Tank: M8 Greyhound
  
• Ammo: 37mm Gun and Ammo config + models (AP and HE)
  
• Collectable: M1 Garand
  
• Collectable: BAR
  
• Collectable: M1A1 Bazooka
  
• Collectable: Thompson
  
• Collectable: Mosin Nagant M38
  
• Collectable: Mosin Nagant 91-30
  
• Collectable: Mosin Nagant 1891

Modified / Tweaked:

• Better logic of drone movement
  
• Restored terrain deformation for AP/HE bullet holes in ground (Proving Grounds)

Fixed:

• Wrong appearance of camouflages when tanks are moved from Museum to Test Drive
  
• Speed and rpm pointers for German and American tanks
  
• Rotation of fuel container in M3 half-track
  
• An error that disallowed for interaction after player tried to move to the same room by using the Tank Manager menu

Have fun :)

Thanks for all the support and have a good weekend.
DeGenerals