Hello everyone!

This week I have mostly work on the engine and the user interface.
Some windows was a little bit old especially the Settings's screen.

New button and animation for the title screen.


A whole new fresh interface for all the settings!


"Sampling" has been removed and replace by "Render scale".
From now the game will be drawn in the exact resolution you set in the Settings menu. No more waste of resources !
And with the new "Render scale" you will be able to adjust the accuracy of the image rendering from 50% to 120%.


More detailed settings for audio


New hotkey has been added for Bin, Cart and Mail windows.


Other little improvement has been made to Trackbars and buttons.

And of course many bugs was fixed. If you found a bug, do not forget to report it on the Bug Report section of the Steam HUB this is very important!

As usual feel free to let me know what you think about this change in the comment section below.

Tested and approved by Rocket Raccoon!


Thanks for reading! If you want to support Hardware Engineers share it with your friends!

I hope you will enjoy this patch and see you for the next one!

• New Title screen
  
• New Settings screen
  
• Adding Render Scale
  
• Adding new hotkey
  
• Improving Trackbar
  
• Improving Button
  
• Removed Sampling
  
• Fixed Parallaxe Warper
  
• Fixed error in Editor

Hello everyone!

This week I have mostly work on the engine and the user interface.
Some windows was a little bit old especially the Settings's screen.

New button and animation for the title screen.


A whole new fresh interface for all the settings!


"Sampling" has been removed and replace by "Render scale".
From now the game will be drawn in the exact resolution you set in the Settings menu. No more waste of resources !
And with the new "Render scale" you will be able to adjust the accuracy of the image rendering from 50% to 120%.


More detailed settings for audio


New hotkey has been added for Bin, Cart and Mail windows.


Other little improvement has been made to Trackbars and buttons.

And of course many bugs was fixed. If you found a bug, do not forget to report it on the Bug Report section of the Steam HUB this is very important!

As usual feel free to let me know what you think about this change in the comment section below.

Tested and approved by Rocket Raccoon!


Thanks for reading! If you want to support Hardware Engineers share it with your friends!

I hope you will enjoy this patch and see you for the next one!

• New Title screen
  
• New Settings screen
  
• Adding Render Scale
  
• Adding new hotkey
  
• Improving Trackbar
  
• Improving Button
  
• Removed Sampling
  
• Fixed Parallaxe Warper
  
• Fixed error in Editor

Hello everyone!

I think everybody should be able to play Hardware Engineers in the way they want so this week I added game rules customization!

You can now see exactly what is changing with Easy, Medium or Expert mode and customize everything!


As requested by several players I'm glad to announce you the SandBox is finally available in Hardware engineers!
You can turn it ON by customizing the game rules.

SandBox mode particularity:

• Unlimited Money
  
• Unlimited Reputation points
  
• Everything is unlocked
  
• No Steam achievement

Many tooltips and notifications as been added to the game to make the interface more user-friendly.


When changing value the trackbar will now slide smoothly to the new value instead of "jumping" to it.
Trackbar will no be easier to grab.
If you click nears the slider. The slider will now jump to the mouse cursor to compensate automatically your potential lack of precision. I called this feature the "snap zone" because it sound cool nah?

As the previous patch I continue to work on performance improvement and code cleaning!
This time, performance for light rendering as been improved.

And of course many bugs was fixed. If you found a bug, do not forget to report it on the Bug Report section of the Steam HUB this is very important!

As usual feel free to let me know what you think about this change in the comment section below.



Thanks for reading! If you want to support Hardware Engineers share it with your friends!

I hope you will enjoy this patch and see you for the next one!

• Adding Game rules customization
  
• Adding SandBox mode
  
• Adding Tooltips to decorations
  
• Adding Tooltips to serial
  
• Adding Tooltips to boot window
  
• Improving Trackbar (snap zone & animation)
  
• Improving Performance
  
• Improving Shaders
  
• Code Cleaning
  
• Fixed mistake in 3d models
  
• Fixed invisible player face
  
• Fixed unlocking slot after closing editor
  
• Fixed Skill Mea culpa
  
• Fixed Animation speed

Hello everyone!

I think everybody should be able to play Hardware Engineers in the way they want so this week I added game rules customization!

You can now see exactly what is changing with Easy, Medium or Expert mode and customize everything!


As requested by several players I'm glad to announce you the SandBox is finally available in Hardware engineers!
You can turn it ON by customizing the game rules.

SandBox mode particularity:

• Unlimited Money
  
• Unlimited Reputation points
  
• Everything is unlocked
  
• No Steam achievement

Many tooltips and notifications as been added to the game to make the interface more user-friendly.


When changing value the trackbar will now slide smoothly to the new value instead of "jumping" to it.
Trackbar will no be easier to grab.
If you click nears the slider. The slider will now jump to the mouse cursor to compensate automatically your potential lack of precision. I called this feature the "snap zone" because it sound cool nah?

As the previous patch I continue to work on performance improvement and code cleaning!
This time, performance for light rendering as been improved.

And of course many bugs was fixed. If you found a bug, do not forget to report it on the Bug Report section of the Steam HUB this is very important!

As usual feel free to let me know what you think about this change in the comment section below.



Thanks for reading! If you want to support Hardware Engineers share it with your friends!

I hope you will enjoy this patch and see you for the next one!

• Adding Game rules customization
  
• Adding SandBox mode
  
• Adding Tooltips to decorations
  
• Adding Tooltips to serial
  
• Adding Tooltips to boot window
  
• Improving Trackbar (snap zone & animation)
  
• Improving Performance
  
• Improving Shaders
  
• Code Cleaning
  
• Fixed mistake in 3d models
  
• Fixed invisible player face
  
• Fixed unlocking slot after closing editor
  
• Fixed Skill Mea culpa
  
• Fixed Animation speed

Hello everyone!

Some of you noticed that AMP GPUs seems a bit weak in appearance, due to lack of 3D models, a new one has been added to fix this.

This new models reflect more the GPU's characteristics.

A new model for AMP's CPU Cooler has been added too, plus a new Nocturnal cooler.


When finishing a jobs, optional value will now be in orange to set them apart from necessary value in red.


Loading savegame and conversion of old saves or mods will now be faster.
Mains user interface will now use far less resource.
Text drawing and anti-aliasing will now be faster and smoother, the readability for small screen resolution, has been greatly improved.
Zoom example:


And of course many bugs was fixed. If you found a bug, do not forget to report it on the Bug Report section of the Steam HUB this is very important!

As usual feel free to let me know what you think about this change in the comment section below.



Thanks for reading! If you want to support Hardware Engineers share it with your friends!

I hope you will enjoy this patch and see you for the next one!

• Adding new GPU models
  
• Adding 2 VRD with new models
  
• Update fonts
  
• Improved UI
  
• Code Cleaning
  
• Improving performance loading/conversion
  
• Improving performance interface refresh
  
• Improving performance text drawing
  
• Improving text anti-aliasing
  
• Fixed RS GPU models
  
• Fixed loading 0.1.41 save
  
• Fixed 3D models's errors

Hello everyone!

Some of you noticed that AMP GPUs seems a bit weak in appearance, due to lack of 3D models, a new one has been added to fix this.

This new models reflect more the GPU's characteristics.

A new model for AMP's CPU Cooler has been added too, plus a new Nocturnal cooler.


When finishing a jobs, optional value will now be in orange to set them apart from necessary value in red.


Loading savegame and conversion of old saves or mods will now be faster.
Mains user interface will now use far less resource.
Text drawing and anti-aliasing will now be faster and smoother, the readability for small screen resolution, has been greatly improved.
Zoom example:


And of course many bugs was fixed. If you found a bug, do not forget to report it on the Bug Report section of the Steam HUB this is very important!

As usual feel free to let me know what you think about this change in the comment section below.



Thanks for reading! If you want to support Hardware Engineers share it with your friends!

I hope you will enjoy this patch and see you for the next one!

• Adding new GPU models
  
• Adding 2 VRD with new models
  
• Update fonts
  
• Improved UI
  
• Code Cleaning
  
• Improving performance loading/conversion
  
• Improving performance interface refresh
  
• Improving performance text drawing
  
• Improving text anti-aliasing
  
• Fixed RS GPU models
  
• Fixed loading 0.1.41 save
  
• Fixed 3D models's errors

Hello everyone!

38 motherboards, 40 Computers and 3 brands has been added to the game!



Hard disk drives's cache has been added


You will now be able to see how many fans you can mount in case.


Having unnecessary drivers installed will now disables the "drivers check".
Uninstalling previous drivers when upgrading a computer is now necessary.


The comparison algorithm between component take now in account all new characteristics and quality.

And of course many bugs was fixed. If you found a bug, do not forget to report it on the Bug Report section of the Steam HUB this is very important!

As usual feel free to let me know what you think about this change in the comment section below.



Thanks for reading! If you want to support Hardware Engineers share it with your friends!

I hope you will enjoy this patch and see you for the next one!

• Adding 38 motherboards
  
• Adding 40 Computers
  
• Adding 3 brands
  
• Adding cache for hard disk
  
• Adding fan numbers
  
• Adding check if unnecessary drivers are installed
  
• Removing old motherboards
  
• Improved Comparison algorithm
  
• Fixed errors with AMP cpu
  
• Fixed errors when disassembling

Hello everyone!

38 motherboards, 40 Computers and 3 brands has been added to the game!



Hard disk drives's cache has been added


You will now be able to see how many fans you can mount in case.


Having unnecessary drivers installed will now disables the "drivers check".
Uninstalling previous drivers when upgrading a computer is now necessary.


The comparison algorithm between component take now in account all new characteristics and quality.

And of course many bugs was fixed. If you found a bug, do not forget to report it on the Bug Report section of the Steam HUB this is very important!

As usual feel free to let me know what you think about this change in the comment section below.



Thanks for reading! If you want to support Hardware Engineers share it with your friends!

I hope you will enjoy this patch and see you for the next one!

• Adding 38 motherboards
  
• Adding 40 Computers
  
• Adding 3 brands
  
• Adding cache for hard disk
  
• Adding fan numbers
  
• Adding check if unnecessary drivers are installed
  
• Removing old motherboards
  
• Improved Comparison algorithm
  
• Fixed errors with AMP cpu
  
• Fixed errors when disassembling

Hello everyone!

With this patch come 39 new graphics card, 26 fan and 2 computers.
The total of components is now 1009 !
Graphics cards now has different memory types like GDDR3, GDDR5X, HBM, etc. and Dx versions from 9.0c to Dx 12.
some adjustments has been made to performance and price of several GPU and RAM.


New brand : Nocturnal


The editor has been update to allow player to modify all new values introduce in last patch and this one.

New editable value:

• RAM frequency
  
• RAM timing
  
• CPU lithography
  
• GPU memory type
  
• GPU Dx version

A new short guide about how to update your mod is available here: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1131380798


And of course many bugs was fixed. If you found a bug, do not forget to report it on the Bug Report section of the Steam HUB this is very important!

As usual feel free to let me know what you think about this change in the comment section below.



Thanks for reading! If you want to support Hardware Engineers share it with your friends!

I hope you will enjoy this patch and see you for the next one!

• Adding 39 GPU
  
• Adding 26 fan
  
• Adding 2 PC
  
• Adding GPU memory types
  
• Adding GPU Dx versions
  
• Adding new brand
  
• Rebalancing gpu and fan
  
• Improved Comparison algorithm
  
• Improved Editor
  
• Fixed crash with outdated mods
  
• Fixed incompatibilities of outdated mods

Hello everyone!

With this patch come 39 new graphics card, 26 fan and 2 computers.
The total of components is now 1009 !
Graphics cards now has different memory types like GDDR3, GDDR5X, HBM, etc. and Dx versions from 9.0c to Dx 12.
some adjustments has been made to performance and price of several GPU and RAM.


New brand : Nocturnal


The editor has been update to allow player to modify all new values introduce in last patch and this one.

New editable value:

• RAM frequency
  
• RAM timing
  
• CPU lithography
  
• GPU memory type
  
• GPU Dx version

A new short guide about how to update your mod is available here: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1131380798


And of course many bugs was fixed. If you found a bug, do not forget to report it on the Bug Report section of the Steam HUB this is very important!

As usual feel free to let me know what you think about this change in the comment section below.



Thanks for reading! If you want to support Hardware Engineers share it with your friends!

I hope you will enjoy this patch and see you for the next one!

• Adding 39 GPU
  
• Adding 26 fan
  
• Adding 2 PC
  
• Adding GPU memory types
  
• Adding GPU Dx versions
  
• Adding new brand
  
• Rebalancing gpu and fan
  
• Improved Comparison algorithm
  
• Improved Editor
  
• Fixed crash with outdated mods
  
• Fixed incompatibilities of outdated mods