Join the next broadcast and see the Rail Route gameplay in action! I will be streaming the Prague map which will be included in the upcoming demo. The stream will be about the basics of Endless mode.
Friends, we invite you to take part in testing the political update. As promised, now you can personally test the new functionality that our team has been working on in recent months!
With the new update, the game takes on new facets! Now the public, represented by politicians at the federal and local levels, will oppose you, putting a spoke in the wheel with antitrust laws, restrictions on the inhuman use of your workers' labor, and of course, raising taxes! Only a true plutocrat will find a way to put pressure on power and make his monopoly above all laws! At the start of the beta version, more than 10 laws are already available.
Go for it!
For those who do not want to waste their nerves, fighting not only with the authorities in the game but also with bugs that will be encountered in the beta version - please wait for the stable build, which is planned to be released within a few weeks after the start of the beta test. With the help of an active part of our community, we plan to finalize new mechanics, as well as fix the current shortcomings.
As a reminder of how to launch the game in the beta branch:
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. The Windows version is already available, tomorrow we will add versions for Linux and macOS. UPD 02.04.2021: We want to warn MacOS users that a version for their operating system will appear within two days.
New
All USA states
Assistants
Labor exchange
Parliamentary elections
Laws
Laws lobbying
New agent - Lobbyist
Research system for companies and characters
New resources - Renown and Political potential
Fixes
Critical errors:
Some game crashes that occurred in previous versions / FIXED
Some bugs from previous versions / FIXED
Vulnerabilities and balancing:
Rebalancing character loyalty
Rebalancing character influence
Rebalancing the economy
Skills “Lobby”, “Finances” have been reworked.
Skill “Investments” has been deleted.
Skill “Personnel” has been added.
Skills “Bookkeeping”, “Grants” have been rebalanced.
“Detective” agent now requires x10 money from the influence of the target for the task.
Maintenance rebalanced
Minor bugs / complaints:
“Autosave frequency” has been added to the game settings.
Mail rework
Loans changes
Being worked on
Officials elections
More laws
Voting rework
Unlocking management cards in statistics at < 50% + 1 share
Stock market
Companies AI
New status bar
We are waiting for your feedback and suggestions, including on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/PdGQQq5
Here is the first and obligatory patch to the 0.8.2 update ːsteamhappyː
It's fixing a problem in the Scorched Earth scenario. Due to an oversight on my part, the mutagen associated with said scenario was tagged in a way that made it invisible to the pharmacy. This is now fixed (pre-patch mutagens will work too).
As usual, expect a few more small patches in the same spirit while I am working on the next major update.
Cheers!
Full Changelog
Fixed: Heat Resistance mutagen not showing up in the pharmacy screen
Fixed: Loading a game with modded farm plots after removing/disabling the associated mod would cause a crash. It will disable the farms instead now
Fixed: Missing french translation for the Heat Resistance Mutagen
Early hit sounds are now aligned to play on the correct beat of the music. If you shoot a target early or reach forward and block a bullet early, the hit sound will be delayed and play at the correct time as if you had a perfect hit. The unique sounds for perfect hits will still provide audible clues to how well you are timing your shots, but off-time shots won't muddy up the musical experience.
Audio Offset Setting
You can now set an audio offset to compensate for video or audio latency. This setting will also adjust hit sounds so those remain on beat.
First Play Accessibility Prompt
New players will be prompted with options to adjust their height and color override preferences before their first play. Existing players will also be prompted (once) if they haven't changed these settings from defaults.
Controller Rotation Override
Players can now change the rotation of their controllers. Small adjustments can be made for comfort, while larger adjustments can be used to compensate for issues with tracking or default controller rotations.
Note for Rift S Players: Some Rift S players have reported issues with a single controller being rotated 90 degrees by default. This incorrect rotation bug is external to the game, however we are working on ways to identify and correct this automatically. In the meantime the rotation override feature can be used to compensate for this bug.
Game releasing in one week! The 7th of April is right around the corner. Full leaderboard for normal play and challenge mode, cloud saves and achievements from day 1!
Who will become reigning champion on the first day?
Stay tuned for more news, community events, tournaments with prizes and much more!
- Speed threshold to trigger sliding increased - Speed sound volume decreased and adjusted to be more 3D - Gun shooting sound will not play if you are alive and the shooter is not. This is mostly to avoid confusing 3D shot sounds coming from the pit area while you're still playing a round. - New logos from Planet Eclipse in the advertisement banners. - Spectator cam now has preset angles you can lock in to by pressing 1, 2, or 3. Press P to automatically take screenshots at all 3 presets. So if you make a new map, load it up, switch to spectator cam, and press P to take screenshots of your map.