Hello everyone!

You can now buys and sell Keyboards. They are available in the Equipment section of the suppliers shop.
Keyboards can be bought by box of 10.

You can place the box directly in a showcase, Customers will by them one by one.
Keyboards are the first occurrence of a new gameplay mechanics involve components or consumable sold by box of several copies.
Other will follow like mouse and other computer accessories.
When they are in the inventory, boxes can be opened, their content will be available to the player, if a customer would like a keyboard not available in the showcase it will be necessary to order a box and the open it yourself.


The equipment section of the supplier shop as been improved.


Recycle an item will now give you about 80% of its real value.

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 and what you will like to see in Hardware Engineers 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 Keyboards
  
• Adding Box of components
  
• Improved 3d model rendering
  
• Improved Shop
  
• Improved Recycling
  
• Fixed tooltip bug
  
• Fixed Repair mission bug
  
• Fixed Delivery Window
  
• Fixed Loading of Delivery guy's colors
  
• Fixed 1 bug when closing editors
  
• Fixed 3D view not working sometime
  
• Fixed Statistic "Max unlocked items reaches"
  
• Fixed Achievement "Collector"
  
• Fixed Blueprint tooltips
  
• Fixed Player textures bug sometime
  R061060:
  
• Fixed 1 source of error "RenderTarget2D.Dispose"
  
• Fixed source out of memory exception
  R061181:
  
• Fixed 2 source of error "RenderTarget2D.Dispose"
  
• Fixed "," and "." will now works as decimal separator
  
• Fixed Purchased object counter

Hello everyone!

The interaction with Steam and reactivity when building,down/uploading has been improved.
The creation of mods, custom asset compilation and loading times will now be much faster.
When creating custom assets, the compilation will now be multi-threaded.
All 3D models will now be preloaded during the initial start of the game.
Large objects in graphics memory are now managed better. This should fix random crashes.
Source code as been updated to target Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.1
The latest versions of windows have this framework preinstalled but,
If your Windows is not up to date, you can use this link to download Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.1
General in game performance has been improved, especially for windows with a lot of 3D preview

The preview of the decoration editor is now fixed.
The camera control of the preview as been improved.


Acronym for components type like "CPU, GPU, HDD" are now translatable.


The consumption values and the number of fans of the watercooling kit will now be displayed correctly in the supplier's shop


When mounting a watercooling, the radiator will blink in red until it's mounted correctly
Small improvement in cursor behavior has been made.



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 and what you will like to see in Hardware Engineers in the comment section below.

Every time someone write a bad review on steam store a cute hedgehog die, be aware!


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!

• Improved Performance (Steam,Interface,Loading)
  
• Improved Decoration editor
  
• Improved GPU Memory usage
  
• Improved Translation
  
• Radiator will blink when misplaced
  
• Rebalancing Benchmark Score
  
• Preloading 3DModels
  
• Code Cleaning
  
• Updating .NET 4.7.1
  
• Fixed editor's preview
  
• Fixed 4 potential crash source
  
• Fixed Achievements icon
  
• Fixed Assets loading issue
  
• Fixed issue with threads synchronization
  
• Fixed GC trying to remove GPU resources
  
• Fixed Shop values (WC fan number)
  
• Fixed Shop values (WC consumption

Hello everyone!

15 new achievements and 21 new stats as been added to Hardware Engineers.
the Achievements window as been completely reworked.

Note: The new statistics is linked to your steam account.
Note: To unlock achievements about overclocking, you must pass the OCST stability test
As reminder: computers with modded components cannot unlocked achievements and achievements is disabled in SandBox mode.

CPU Overclocking as been rebalanced. It would be more difficult now but with more realistic temperature and TDP.


It's no longer possible to run the same job several times at once with a NAS
BlueScreen use now more contrast to make the text easier to read.
The mod manager will better handle errors, and will tell you which mods is incompatible or contains errors.
The rename window will automatically place the edit cursor at the end of the text at opening.
The selection in Blueprint window as been fixed and the interface slightly 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 and what you will like to see in Hardware Engineers in the comment section below.

Here an overclocking tutorial:


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 more Achievements !
  
• Adding more Statistics !
  
• Rebalancing CPU Overcloking and temperature
  
• Improved Nas window (prevent multi job on the same HDD)
  
• Improved BlueScreen
  
• Improved Mod Management
  
• Improved Achievements window
  
• Improved Renaming window
  
• Minor improvement in Blueprint management
  
• Minor UI Improvements
  
• Updating to SharpRaven 2.4
  
• Fixed Mod incompatibilities
  
• Fixed Memory leak with delivery window
  
• Fixed Memory leak with mods
  
• Fixed loss of reputation for no reason
  
• Fixed wrong WinDOOR DVD texture
  
• Fixed Corrupted HDD issue

Hello everyone, This week a lot of fix bug and improvement!

All values in the supplier shop will now be displayed in the correct format
(Consumption in Watts, frequency in megahertz, etc...)


Installing a new operating system will now create a "WinDOOR" folder on the disk.
Files and folder now use less memory


Textures and buffers will now be erased from memory faster when they are no longer used.
The inventory window will use the same buffer instead of creating new ones for each change in the list of items.
The furnitures upgrade window will work the same.

Minor interface enhancements and improved opacity management for all windows.

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 and what you will like to see in Hardware Engineers 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!

• Improved Shop
  
• Improved Files generation
  
• Improved Memory usage
  
• Improved Window opacity management
  
• Fixed Another source of "Out of memory"
  
• Fixed Tooltips not showing in shop
  
• Fixed Translated text in Save/Load screen
  
• Fixed "\n" in tooltips
  
• Fixed Texture bug with character's hair
  
• Fixed Unlock Animations from previous game
  
• Fixed Filters's Tooltip localization
  
• Fixed Certain filters's value not correctly displayed
  
• Fixed "Illegal characters in path error" when saving

Hello everyone!

First, I would like to remind everyone that the Hardware Engineers's Wiki is available.
Any contribution are welcome !

The supplier's shop has been completely reworked, the new interface is very close to the previous one but with new functionalities!
The whole interface is much more reactive, the selection does not reset during the scroll.

It is now possible to customize the filters as mush as you want.


Since the update 0.1.98 the generation of tubes and cables was very slow due to a change in the management of threads.
This can cause jerks during the assembly of components.
Sometimes more than 500ms happen between the installation of a component and the update of 3D models
In 0.1.97 this delay was 5 times shorter.
This problem is now fixed, the generation of tubes and cables will now be much faster almost instant ( < 3ms)!


The list of available resolutions for the selected screen format will now be updated directly, it is no longer necessary to apply the changes before a new resolution can be selected.
It will be now displayed in the options an approximation of the amount of memory recommended for the current configuration.


And ofcourse 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 and what you will like to see in Hardware Engineers 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!

• Reworked Supplier's Shop
  
• Reworked cables generation management
  
• Adding "Recommended VRAM" in settings
  
• Improved Resolution selection in Settings
  
• Performance improvement
  
• Minor improvement in Save/Load screen
  
• Fixed Mouse double click
  
• Fixed another source of "Out of memory"
  
• Fixed control binding in settings
  
• Fixed bug when loading game from <0.1.45

Hello everyone!

First, I would like to remind everyone that the Hardware Engineers's Wiki is available.
Any contribution are welcome !

The last patch was quite heavy and cause a lot of bugs. This week no less than 12 build has been uploaded to fix bugs.
This did not leave me much time to continue the implementation of new functionality but I still have some new besides the incredibly long list of bugfix!

Thank you all for reporting bug and continue to do it!

A new component unlock notification has been added


New audio feature available thanks to the previous update of MonoGame.
A sound filter is now applied when browsing menu.

Minor improvement of the interface
Minor improvement to GPU resources usage
Modded HDD will now work as expected
Text writing now uses a dedicated buffer to prevent overflow

And ofcourse 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 and what you will like to see in Hardware Engineers 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!

v0.1.99
• Adding new unlock animations
  
• Improved Audio Engine
  
• Improved Interface
  
• Improved Compatibility with HDD mod
  
• Improved Text drawing performance
  
• Fixed Out of memory when drawing text
  
• Fixed Out of memory when saving
  
• Fixed Bug with translated text
  
• Fixed music volume
  
• Fixed sound effect not played
  
• Fixed Animations slowdown when you have more than 1000fps
  
• Fixed Textures of Vrd 3
  v0.1.98b
  
• Fixed crash when adding HDD to cart
  
• Fixed "OpenAL drivers could not be found"
  v0.1.98c
  
• Improved Framerate
  
• Improved MSAA performance
  
• Fixed Stolen Items Counter
  
• Fixed SplashScreen size
  
• Fixed missing NPC's timer
  
• Fixed background music glitch
  v0.1.98d
  
• Fixed crash due to HDD copy
  
• Fixed Character's texture
  
• Fixed Animations loop when it should not
  
• Fixed backspace and del not working
  v0.1.98e
  
• Improved outdated save compatibility
  
• Reducing Memory usage
  
• Fixed invalid path character
  
• Fixed Fake files generation
  
• Fixed Folder Tree cloning
  
• Fixed AppIcon

Hello everyone!

First, I would like to remind everyone that the Hardware Engineers's Wiki is available.
Any contribution are welcome !

I have planned several changes for Hardware Engineers.

• Setting up a folder tree
  Currently the hard drive does not really stores files, but only certain properties like installed software etc.
  The space used and the customer data are simulated by a calculation.
  I would like to push the realism by adding a real folder tree that will actually contain the files and folders necessary for the gameplay.
  This will open up a lot of possibilities and improve realism as well as the game's behavior towards hard drives and data.
  
  
• Registry for WinDOOR
  Like the hard drives WinDOOR is simulated without being really present on the hard drives.
  I would like to change this by adding a registry to WinDOOR, which will allows the operating system to store data and parameters.
  
  
• Update MonoGame to v3.6
  The game engine uses the framework MonoGame v3.5.1.1679, a new version is available.
  With a lot of changes and improvements, such as better stability, improved performance and tons of bugfix.

All these changes are now ready!
These changes are quite heavy, they need a lots of test and modification in the code, I don't want to broke the game with tons of bug and make it completely unplayable.
Which is why I decided not to include all of them at the same time, and add them step by step.

The migration to the new version is complete. There are many things that have had to be corrected especially for shaders and the management of VSync,
if you encounter any bug. Do not hesitate to create a topic on the community hub via Steam: Bug Report section
If you are a Modder who use content builder, all your mod need to be updated with the new version of MonoGame.
First, uninstall MonoGame SDK 3.5.1, Then follow first few steps of the guide ([HowTo] Use Models Builder) about installation (all links has been updated)
When you have MG 3.6 installed you will be able to update your assets with the content builder likes before.
Sentry's SharpRaven(the reporting tool) has been updated to v2.3.2

The implementation is not completely finalize, it is not possible to create or rename folders yet,
but we can already explore the contents of hard drives and find our downloads and others files.


The game customization window will now remember your changes for future party.
When quitting skill tree without applying change you will now have a prompt who will ask you if you want to save the changes.

And ofcourse 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 files explorer
  
• Adding Game customization save
  
• Improved Skill Tree quit
  
• Code improvement
  
• Minor spelling correction
  
• Reducing Memory usage (~15%)
  
• Updating to MonoGame 3.6
  
• Updating to SharpRaven 2.3.2
  
• Fixed wrong button size
  
• Fixed problem when canceling mission
  
• Fixed bug with tooltip's graph
  
• Fixed cursor displacement when the game lose focus
  
• Fixed "Error: 2004" Failed to make context 131072
  
• Fixed openal32.dll
  v0.1.98b
  
• Fixed crash when adding HDD to cart
  
• Fixed "OpenAL drivers could not be found"
  v0.1.98c
  
• Improved Framerate
  
• Improved MSAA performance
  
• Fixed missing NPC's timer
  
• Fixed background music glitch
  v0.1.98d
  
• Fixed crash due to HDD copy
  
• Fixed Character's textures
  
• Fixed Animations loop when it shouldn't
  
• Fixed backspace and del not working
  v0.1.98e
  
• Improved outdated save compatibility
  
• Reducing Memory usage
  
• Fixed invalid path character
  
• Fixed Fake files generation
  
• Fixed Folder Tree cloning
  
• Fixed AppIcon

Hello everyone!

First I would like to inform you of the opening of Hardware Engineers's Wiki.
Any contribution are welcome !

To complete the previous patch, the editor has been improved again.
All the option that was not in the new rework has been added in this patch.
Custom frequency, models variant and more!
Color editor has been updated, you can now set custom color.


Processor can now have Hyperthreading technology.
Hyperthreading is a technology that allows processor to have more than one thread per core.


As you can see in the previous screenshot the tooltips status bar and graph has been improved to match new icon style.
The shop interface has been improved in the same way
Some icon has been improved too.
It will now be display in the tooltip if a CPU is unlocked or not.


The way how the game calculates the minimum performance requirements has been improved for upgrade mission (purple)
Failed mission will now reduce your reputations point every day if you don't cancel them.
You will have -25 RP for each failed mission that is not cancel before the end of the day.
The amount of RP is affected by the parameter "Penalty Fee" chosen at the start of a new game.

The shader has been improved to improve management of transparency

And ofcourse 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 CPU Hyperthreading
  
• Improved Interface: Tooltips
  
• Improved Interface: Shop
  
• Improved Editor
  
• Improved Colors Editor
  
• Improved upgrade mission
  
• Improved Shaders
  
• Improved Failed mission
  
• Fixed chart for empty computer
  
• Fixed crash with case on workspace
  
• Fixed crash with empty selector
  
• Fixed Editor's bonus selection
  
• Fixed Editor's driver name bug

Hello everyone!

First of all I would like to inform you of the opening of Wiki.
Any contribution are welcome !

38 new motherboards has been added to the game with new 3D models!
All motherboard has been rebalanced.


The interface of the components editor has been completely reworked.
Thank to the previous patch to the engine, It is now possible to add your own materials and textures.
The preset editor has also been reworked.


The guide [HowTo] Use Models Builder has been updated and now contains a list of fully configured and ready to use template for each components


And ofcourse 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.

When I see reviewers talking about PBS and not Hardware Engineers


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 motherboard model
  
• Adding 38 motherboards
  
• Rebalancing motherboards
  
• Reworked Components Editor
  
• Adding Material Customization
  
• Reworked Preset Editor
  
• Updated Modding guide
  
• Updated Template
  
• Fixed slowdown of the shop window
  
• Fixed wrong decimal number in Shop's detail
  
• Fixed misaligned text
  
• Fixed misaligned workshop preview background
  
• Fixed a crash with WinDoorTool
  
• Fixed error with shaders
  
• Fixed Flickering "flower" time indicator
  
• Fixed desktop.ini detected as assets by builder

Hello everyone!

In continuation of the previous patch, the engine has been improved especially the management of character's animations.
The 3D model of the characters has been reworked to take advantage of the new functionality of the engine.
Animations now uses significantly less CPU resources while it is played and updated.
The use of RAM memory has also been reduced.


New motherboard models as been added.


And ofcourse 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!

# v0.1.94b #
• Fixed SSD mission prerequisite
  
• Fixed color bug in Scan and Temperature view
  
• Fixed DVD/USB not visible in Boot view
  
• Fixed Watercooling black slots
  
• Fixed Inventory Black USB
  
• Fixed Flickering texture
  # v0.1.94c #
  
• Adding PolygonBackup will now copy downloads folder
  
• Adding Drive letter in "Properties" of files
  
• Improved Performance: Assembly
  
• Fixed Black model in Assembly
  
• Fixed Mods preview
  
• Fixed bug with effect for tube
  
• Fixed bug with Assembly update

• Performance improvement
  
• Improved Character model
  
• Reducing CPU usage
  
• Reducing Memory usage
  
• Adding new motherboard model
  
• Adding Copies duration take drives performance into account
  
• Fixed Time go faster for no reason
  
• Fixed Bruce's mouth not moving
  
• Fixed framedrop in Assembly
  
• Fixed abnormal memory allocation
  
• Fixed Animation's CPU usage
  
• Fixed bug with Animation played too often
  
• Fixed Assembly's MouseOver animation
  
• Fixed Potential bugged radiator in savefile