New opportunities

• Cartels - Combine your companies to increase their revenue!
  
  
• Election of officials is available - promote your assistants to high government posts, and then use them to your advantage!
  
  
• Appointment of officers by the Governor is available if applicable state law is passed.
  
• Now, when you click on the icon of a player's or enemy's character on the map, his profile opens.
  
• Added a button to exit the game during pause.
  
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Balance

• The step of changing dividends from companies has been returned from 25% to 5%, as it was before.

Fixes

• Fixed possible crashes during autosave.

• Fixed a bug where the interface disappeared when switching from the company statistics screen to news, and then with the arrow back to statistics.
  
• Fixed missing tutorial on some screens.
  
• Fixed possible missing company names in newspapers.
  
• Hovering over an item section in Luxury Goods now displays the section name.
  
• Now, when you press the "Back" button in the "Agents" window, you return to the "Influencing agents" window, and switch to the previous agent.
  
• Now, instead of describing the characteristics of an official in the "Capitol", his capabilities are displayed.
  
• Removed the end date of the game "1880" at the time of its creation.
  
• Minor "cosmetic" fixes.

In work

• Stock Exchange
  
• Rework of negotiation mechanics
  
• New tutorial system

• Added Auto-elections.
  
• Improved the dividend bar in the company table.
  
• Filter "Infrastructure" on the map.
  
• Accidents now affect reputation.
  
• Added character trait "Selective".
  
• Changes in the finance interface.
  
• In the character search, politicians and other characters now appear, even if they do not have shares.

• Changed the calculation of strikes.
  
• Changed the system for calculating salaries, influence and the amount of bribes to officials and politicians.
  
• Change in the cost of initiating voting by laws.

• Fixed windows freezing.
  
• Fixed the mechanics of population satisfaction (in the state window).
  
• The transition to the screen of evidence and incriminating evidence is now carried out only when it is successfully found.

• Updating Chinese and Spanish localization
  
• Support of German localization
  
• Automatic elections
  
• Election of officials
  
• Stock Exchange
  
• Rework of negotiation mechanics

• A new macro indicator for the states: "Infrastructure". Responsible for the speed of expansion (construction of buildings) in companies
  
• New laws have been added:
  1. Funding for infrastructure
  2. Funding for research institutions
  3. The lower limit of working age
  4. Penalty for violation of technical regulations
  5. Homosexual relationships
  6. Import duties on steel, oil, ore, and kerosene
  7. Export duties for steel, oil, ore, and kerosene
  
• Added visual display of evidence collected by the chief of police. Now you can always see which characters have evidence and what percentage they add to the chance of detecting incriminating evidence by a detective

Critical errors:

• Fixed a bug that caused the game to crash when trying to load a corrupted save

Vulnerabilities and balancing:

• Changed prices required to use a killer or journalist when they are used to counteract exposure of corruption

Bugs / complains:

• Fixed a bug due to which the chamber considered a law prohibiting women from voting when the ban was already in force
  
• Fixed a bug due to which politicians who have lost their positions are not correct taxes were charged
  
• Fixed a bug due to which it was impossible to save the game if you give a new loan to a character who did not return the previous one to you
  
• Fixed a bug due to which the bankruptcy letter of the company did not come if the player had a stake in it
  
• Slightly changed the visual display of incriminating evidence and ways to interact with him. It has become more convenient to use compromising materials
  
• Fixed a bug due to which the discovery of evidence by the police chief was counted in achievements as receiving compromising evidence
  
• Fixed a bug due to which when a player sold shares to a broker they were bought by characters from other states
  
• Fixed display of the price requested by agents
  
• Fixed description of consequences in case of accidents
  
• Changed merge logic. Now shareholders who voted against the merger will not be forced to buy back their shares and they will receive a share in the formed company
  
• Fixed a bug due to which the costume of the character who is a police chief did not change
  
• Fixed a bug due to which it was possible to remove a candidate from the election after the end of the deadline for registration of candidates and until the elections themselves
  
• Fixed a bug due to which it was possible to apply a courtesan on the opponent or assistant
  
• Fixed a bug due to which no one in the US Congress abstained from voting according to the law
  
• Fixed some small visual errors
  
• Fixed some translation errors in the English version of the game

• Updating Chinese and Spanish localization
  
• Support of German localization
  
• Automatic elections
  
• Election of officials
  
• Stock Exchange
  
• Rework of negotiation mechanics

Critical errors:

• Fixed a critical error that occurred when leveling the "Personnel" skill
  
• Fixed several critical bugs when changing a quarter

Bugs / complains:

• Party support for laws affecting the political rights of certain social groups has been changed
  
• The collector repaid the loan even in the event of a “failure”. Fixed
  
• The player, not having the shares of the company, could initiate the exit from the trust. Fixed
  
• Giving a loan by a player with their outstanding loans sometimes led to bankruptcy. Fixed
  
• Fixed errors in the texts of the English version of the game
  
• Minor cosmetic fixes

• More new laws
  
• Automatic elections
  
• Election of officials
  
• Rework of negotiation mechanics
  
• Stock exchange

• 8 new laws have been added to deepen the historical simulation: now, at the start of the game, some characters belonging to certain social groups of the population are limited in political rights, such as "the right to vote" and "the right to run"
  
• Assistants not hired are now updated every two quarters
  
• Added error message when loading incorrect saves

• Fixed a bug where the number of jobs and hired workers did not decrease after accidents until the moment the flow of time is activated in the game
  
• Fixed incorrect visual display of ribbons indicating functionality under development

• More new laws
  
• Automatic elections
  
• Election of officials
  
• Rework of negotiation mechanics
  
• Stock exchange

• Trusts

Critical errors:

• Fixed crash with assistants in some cases
  
• Fixed crash when lobbying a governor

Vulnerabilities and balancing:

• Auction items have been rebalanced
  
• Courtesan and Cardinal costs have been reduced
  
• Now, to carry out a merger / acquisition, you need to get at least 75% of the votes “FOR”.

Bugs / complains:

• Workplaces are now destroyed in accidents.
  
• After fulfilling the ambition of a friend, 3 agent cards are given to choose from now
  
• The status bars in the M&A window have been fixed
  
• Fixed a bug when skill points were not awarded after meeting the conditions for some political achievements
  
• Fixed a bug when characters with “Selective” trait were not allowed to meet with insufficient player reputation, even if they were puppets
  
• Fixed a bug when calculating the Detective's chance of success didn't work right
  
• Fixed a bug when the Journalist agent did not take away the entire reputation of compromised characters
  
• Fixed a bug when the buttons in elections were not blocked properly
  
• Fixed a bug when cards in elections were not unlocked properly in some cases
  
• Fixed a bug with overcapping Popularity and Number of supporters in elections.
  
• Fixed several bugs with the Lobbyist agent
  
• Fixed a bug when money from the Goon agent didn’t transferred to the player's account
  
• Fixed a bug with the work-plan modifier in company statistics.
  
• Fixed a bug when some ambitions didn't work correctly.
  
• Fixed a bug due to which not all assistants were displayed in the finances window
  
• Fixed a bug when clicking on an item in the finance window

• Elections of officials
  
• Automatic elections
  
• New laws
  
• AI companies
  
• New player resource panel
  
• Stock exchange

• Trusts

Critical errors:

• Fixed crash with assistants in some cases
  
• Fixed crash when lobbying a governor

Vulnerabilities and balancing:

• Auction items have been rebalanced
  
• Courtesan and Cardinal costs have been reduced

Bugs / complains:

• After fulfilling the ambition of a friend, 3 agent cards are given to choose from now
  
• The status bars in the M&A window have been fixed
  
• Fixed a bug when skill points were not awarded after meeting the conditions for some political achievements
  
• Fixed a bug when characters with “Selective” trait were not allowed to meet with insufficient player reputation, even if they were puppets
  
• Fixed a bug when calculating the Detective's chance of success didn't work right
  
• Fixed a bug when the Journalist agent did not take away the entire reputation of compromised characters
  
• Fixed a bug when the buttons in elections were not blocked properly
  
• Fixed a bug when cards in elections were not unlocked properly in some cases
  
• Fixed a bug with overcapping Popularity and Number of supporters in elections.
  
• Fixed several bugs with the Lobbyist agent
  
• Fixed a bug when money from the Goon agent didn’t transferred to the player's account
  
• Fixed a bug with the work-plan modifier in company statistics.
  
• Fixed a bug when some ambitions didn't work correctly.

• Elections of officials
  
• Automatic elections
  
• New laws
  
• AI companies
  
• New player resource panel
  
• Stock exchange

1) Find Plutocracy in the list of your games, right-click and select "Properties".



2) Go to the Betas tab and select an available beta from the drop-down list. Steam will then start downloading the new update.

Friends, since the release of the political update to the beta branch we have been constantly improving the game, fixing bugs and working on the balance. At the moment, we are happy to announce that we are ready to release a political update to the main branch. We will add even more various laws, elections of officials, and other attributes of the political part of the game soon.

We still look forward to your feedback and welcome your feedback on Steam, as well as on the game's Discord server: https://discord.gg/PdGQQq5

Together we can make Plutocracy better!


For those who did not participate in beta testing, we attach a list of changes regarding version 193.0:

• Added all US states
  
• Assistants
  
• Labor exchange
  
• Parliamentary elections
  
• Election results
  
• Primary laws (taxes, labor, antitrust)
  
• Lobbying laws
  
• New agent - Lobbyist
  
• New shareholders voting
  
• Construction of jobs in companies has been reworked
  
• Players can now vote on questions without having a controlling stake
  
• New character features - Renown and Political Potential
  
• Added "Autosave frequency" to the settings menu
  
• Mail rework

• Rebalancing loyalty
  
• Rebalancing influence
  
• Rebalancing the economy
  
• Rebalancing agents
  
• Skills “Lobbying”, “Finance” have been reworked
  
• Skill “Investments” has been removed
  
• Skill “Personnel” has been added.
  
• Skills "Bookkeeping", "Grants", "Etiquette", "Evaluation", "Trade" have been rebalanced.
  
• The frequency of voting by shareholders and proposals to buy shares has been reduced
  
• "Courtesan" now resets "Influence", "Diplomacy" and "Economy" characters for the next negotiations
  
• "Bandit" now robs characters or companies, giving you part of the loot
  
• Rebalancing the "Maintenance" for the player
  
• Interest on loans in ambition has been reduced.
  
• Penalties / bonuses for skill differences have been reduced.

• Rebalancing of auction items
  
• Election of officials
  
• Automatic elections
  
• New laws
  
• AI companies
  
• New player resource panel
  
• Stock exchange

Critical errors:

• Fixed crash when the bot goes bankrupt

Vulnerabilities and balancing:

• Economy rebalancing
  
• Agents rebalancing
  
• Maximum interest on loans has been reduced
  
• The frequency of shareholders voting and offers to buy shares has been reduced
  
• Courtesan agent now nullifies characters “Influence”, “Diplomacy” and “Economics” for the next negotiations
  
• Bandit agent now plunder characters or companies, giving you some of the loot

Errors / requests:

• Assistants can no longer bring a bill to a vote if such a bill is not supported by their party
  
• Political achievements have been reworked
  
• Now, if an error occurs during saving due to insufficient disk space, an error message is displayed. This save can no longer be used
  
• Fixed a bug that caused receiving “Technoboom” achievement without a controlling stake in the company
  
• When lobbying, money is correctly transferred to the politician now
  
• Fixed a bug due to which the loyalty lost during negotiations was displayed incorrectly
  
• Fixed a bug where the enemy could come to the player with an offer to buy shares
  
• Fixed a bug where the wrong step for loyalty and reputation of characters was set in the filters for characters
  
• Fixed display of development in companies' technologies
  
• Corrections of texts in the English version of the game

• Shareholders voting has been reworked
  
• Workplaces construction in companies has been reworked
  
• Now players can put questions from company statistics to a vote without having a controlling stake

• Rebalancing of auction items
  
• Election of officials
  
• Automatic elections
  
• New laws
  
• AI companies
  
• New player resource bar
  
• Stock exchange

Reminder on how to download the beta version of the game:

1) Find Plutocracy in the list of your games, right-click and select "Properties".



2) Go to the Betas tab and select an available beta from the drop-down list.


Steam will then start downloading the new update.

Vulnerabilities and balancing:

• The probability of loan default has been changed.
  
• Players now pay with “Influence” for any meeting held, not just for a successful one.

Errors / requests:

• The research system for companies / characters has been disabled.
  
• The game ends on January 1st, 1949.
  
• Switching to the character window by clicking on an unpaid loan is again possible.
  
• When returning from the lobbying window, players are now correctly moved to the law screen of the chamber from which the lobbying window was opened.
  
• Fixed a bug that made it impossible to lobby for the governor.
  
• Fixed a bug that made it impossible to take a loan from characters in separate windows after a save load.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the characters Fame storyboard to be reset during a save load.
  
• Fixed bug. as a result of which the “Assets” tab of friends / puppets / assistants was not unlocked after increasing loyalty before updating the window.
  
• Corrections of texts in the English version of the game.
  
• Some adjustments to the stamps in the loan window.

• Rework of construction for jobs
  
• Rebalancing of auction items
  
• Rebalancing and reworking of some agents
  
• Shareholders' voting rework
  
• Election of officials
  
• New laws
  
• AI companies
  
• New player resource bar
  
• Stock exchange

Reminder on how to download the beta version of the game:

1) Find Plutocracy in the list of your games, right-click and select "Properties"



2) Go to the Betas tab and select an available beta from the drop-down list.


Steam will then start downloading the new update.