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Improvements

• Changed Credits screen
  
• Improved the look of Patch Notes

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If you ever wanted to feel what it's like to travel around New York City… This is your moment!

After almost two months of hard work, Alpha 8 comes with huge improvements and new features that will let you enjoy (and suffer) the life of a real New Yorker: from clothing to driving, from people being everywhere to awesome parks and skyscrapers…

Alright, it might not be that real (yet)… But we are getting closer to it update through update.

Let’s see what Alpha 8 brings!

Brand new area finished, including a park and three skyscrapers. 2nd and 3rd Street have been widened, and three new streets have been unlocked: Broadway, 1st Avenue, and 2nd Avenue. Beware: emergency services are not yet implemented. So, don't get lost in the park!


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You can now find on 17 Third Avenue an Advertising Agency that will let you order advertising packages to boost the number of customers your business receives per hour.

https://www.bigambitionsgame.com/assets/devlog28/marketing-agency.mp4

Available on the Bizman App, customer capacity shows how many customers per hour your business can receive. It depends on the building size and the furniture placed on the building (number of cash registers, shopping baskets, and shelves).
On the other hand, popularity depends on the overall customer satisfaction, the people reached through marketing (using the new Advertising Agency), and the customer capacity.


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We’ve switched to a new traffic system that lets us work faster and fixes several known bugs. Now drivers stuck in traffic are more clever (and annoying).


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Together with point and click, you can now move the player using WASD. “Satisfy players” achievement unlocked.

https://www.bigambitionsgame.com/assets/devlog28/wasd.mp4

Choose your character’s name, gender, skin color, head type, and clothes. Available when creating a new game.

https://www.bigambitionsgame.com/assets/devlog29/character-customization.mp4

In addition to fixing known issues, the new vehicle controller is smoother and more responsive.

https://www.bigambitionsgame.com/assets/alpha-8/driving-a-car.mp4

Several sounds have been added to the UI and different ambience sounds have been implemented throughout the city.

Overall performance has been improved with optimization of various models and systems, reducing FPS drops.

• #74 - Building Borders Extending Too Far
  
• #81 - Not Starting work if clicked before shift time
  
• #126 - Wrong grammar in Research Data Page
  
• #134 - Very slow scrolling in Purchase Screen When Queueing
  
• #175 - Clicking slightly above/below GUI elements not recognised
  
• #194 - Drive-in wholesale store Bizman view doesn't show market value and building size
  
• #201 - Space for pause not working after clicking pause or speed change buttons
  
• #217 - Game automatically unpaused when cancelling "Start working" dialog
  
• #249 - Income Statement has no padding at the bottom
  
• #255 - Slow scrolling in cargo list
  
• #256 - Options dialog (Save / Quit) opens behind cargo dialog
  
• #263 - Number of boxes in cargo not readable for every second box
  
• #283 - Metal shelf at appliance store filled with boxes
  
• #287 - Clothing racks in non-owned shops don't show type of clothes
  
• #308 - Pedestrians often get stuck on the sidewalk
  
• #325 - The first time opening BizMan after loading a game, "Insight" doesn't immediately get underlined if you're indoors
  
• #326 - Percentage bars moving when opening a panel containing them
  
• #328 - More than two workplaces in one business will cause the additional places to be out of the screen
  
• #334 - Prices displayed rounded to full numbers in stores
  
• #337 - Multi-line error message doesn't fit into red box
  
• #365 - Newly purchased car placed on the sidewalk and rolling by itself
  
• #374 - Pushing cars around
  
• #389 - Cant get out of building if a hand cart is left in the door way
  
• #400 - Hand Truck can block way between appliances
  
• #407 - Progress bar not showing proper progress
  
• #410 - No scrolling in BizMan with many businesses
  
• #411 - 1st Street and 3rd Avenue: balcony and marquee over sidewalk acts as wall
  
• #437 - Apartment rent displayed as $64 but only charged $63.8
  
• #455 - Own money always showing green "$1.57K" no matter how much you earn / lose
  
• #461 - Subway: GarmentDistrictStation2 and 3 entrance/exit besides the actual entrance
  
• #511 - Loan payment shows 5 decimal places when deducted
  
• #559 - 4th Ave / 3rd Street: Truck blocking traffic
  
• #586 - No light from subway stations at night
  
• #596 - Can work with hand truck
  
• #610 - Checkout counter at Appliance Store and Metro Wholesales facing wrong direction
  
• #625 - Driving in drive-in wholesales zooms in too much
  
• #627 - Missing scrollbar in upcoming tasks / objectives
  
• #642 - "Customers over time" in BizMan showing erroneous graph for yesterday
  
• #643 - Low amount of pedestrians and vehicles after exiting building
  
• #650 - Able to have unpaused game while Apps Are Open
  
• #652 - New right click menu for building closed on lost focus
  
• #655 - "Open in Bizman / Interior Designer" dialog stays open when openening Voogle Maps
  
• #659 - Time Machine stops at 16:00, when restarted stops at 16:00 of the next day
  
• #661 - Pedestrians change walking direction after interview
  
• #662 - Car's cargo dialog stays open when opening Voogle Maps
  
• #663 - "Open in BizMan" button sometimes visible on building's overlay popup
  
• #664 - EconoView shows only Yesterday's statistics but no older anymore
  
• #668 - Subway station GarmentDistrictStation2 not accessible anymore
  
• #669 - "Cut" in street textures at the corner of 3rd Street / 3rd Avenue
  
• #671 - BizMan insight button not aligned correctly
  
• #673 - Pausing and unpausing while sped up makes your game run at 100% speed
  
• #674 - Customers don't leave after your store closed
  
• #677 - Buying items separately doesn't complete the "Buy items for gift shop" tutorial task
  
• #678 - Missing dirty floors task
  
• #679 - Stackable cargo (+2) becomes 1
  
• #680 - AI Clothing store not working
  
• #681 - Can work on my day off
  
• #682 - No dirt when working without time machine
  
• #684 - "Unassign yourself" button too small at workplace
  
• #685 - Double $ sign for income while working
  
• #687 - $$25 shown as income from job doesn't get removed from screen
  
• #688 - Pressing ESC on Voogle Maps leaves you stuck between map and street mode
  
• #689 - Subway broken: You're stuck after selecting a destination
  
• #690 - Assigning yourself to workplace and then selecting fast-forward will bring back the "Assign Yourself" and "Cancel" buttons
  
• #694 - Contextual popups are out of frame
  
• #697 - Sleeping mechanic not working as intended

You can try all the new features and improvements on Alpha 8, available exclusively to our Gold supporters. If you aren't a Gold supporter yet and want to get immediate access to the Alpha 8 and support us in our adventure in creating the next tycoon era, you can order the Gold package of Big Ambitions at www.bigambitionsgame.com.

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Small update to some areas of the game before our event!

Ship ability reworks, changes to damage for certain NPC ships in Expedition and a brand new piece of UI known as the Gameplay Guide which acts as a small guide for players to get to grips with game terminology and mechanics!

FULL PATCH NOTES HERE

Added Sea Wind Gust effectors



Fixed some broken prefab ids

Finished fixing camera not showing bottom tiles

Switched back to .net 2.0 from 4.x

- Removed FMOD cache folder

- Added FMOD cache paths to ignore.conf and hidden_changes.conf

- Potential fix for FMOD cache pending changes issue

Debugging Nubis Timeout Logic

Another portion performance tweaks for server in batch mode

Removed the lobby from voyages [4910]

Improving FMOD project integration

Ignoring built banks

Reverting latest FMOD changeset

- Moved the FMOD Audio Project outside of the Assets folder

- Added FMOD project unused folders to ignore.conf

Hurt SFX for Fishman sea monster

fixed spawning issues for pvp game

Dear stalkers!

The EU1 server is running.

We are aware of the rollback, please contact support@stalker.so, best regards, SO administration.

You may notice with this update that the watermark has re-appeared, you can remove it by creating an account with LIV (auth via Twitch, Tiktok, YT).

Head over to the LIV.tv blog to read more about it!

New:

• Get your Discord text channel into VR!
  Sign in with Discord, add our bot, and pick a channel to watch.
  Use `/notify MESSAGE` to send a HUD notification direct to your friend’s eyes 👁‍🗨
  When the bot’s added to a Discord server, any LIV user can watch any of the text channels the bot has access to.
  
• Discord audio streaming support is now in stable!
  Enable it using the toggle switch under Capture. Make sure when you stream to Discord you target the LIV Output window.
  
• StreamerKit’s getting a bit more love with the return of StreamElements donation notifications, and the addition of SevenTV emote support.
  We've also added a cheeky little Pulsoid integration so you can keep an eye on your own rate with any Pulsoid-supported HRM!
  
• Our avatars are receiving their first major update in a while - we've updated a few libraries, tweaked their behaviour a bit, and adjusted how "Body Calibration" works. The end result is better lower-body locomotion and less manual tweaking needed. Expect more avatar updates next month!
  
• As you might be able to tell, we have in-app changelogs! 🥳

Fixed:

• Metallic avatars showing too dark were missing a probe in our project that got broken during refactors. We've contacted a trusted UFO supplier and addressed the problem.
  
• We would crash whenever seeing scary unknown Unicode characters in window titles. Halloween's sadly over, and LIV got over those fears.
  
• Masterpiece Studio Pro was special and had multiple applications within it.. Breaking our assumptions about how Steam applications work. We've taught LIV the powers of plurality.

Love LIV? We'd love your valuable reviewbles! 👛💚

Darkon is in town right now, relaxing on Battleon Bridge. He is selling off his collection, claiming that he has "too much of them." We aren’t sure why he calls his items "debris", but if you ask me, there’s something strange and sinister about ALL of them. You can buy these items from his birthday shop. You will also find Creatures 72 and 72.b in there. Trust them completely. And don't forget to wish Darkon a happy birthday!

• Darkon’s Debris 11 (Spear)
  
• Darkon’s Debris 25 (Big choppy sword)
  
• Darkon’s Debris 31 (Big pointy sword)
  
• Debris Halo 31 (Spiky and floaty)
  
• Debris Halo 64 (Also spiky and floaty but red)
  
• Creature 83 Hat (We remember saying to not do this)
  
• Creature 72 Pet & Travel Form (Adorable)
  
• Creature 72.b Pet and Travel Form (Adorable in it’s own special way)

While it’s brother is twisted and terrifying, Creature 72.b will float around and keep you company, and definitely doesn’t need to be watched at all times!
Believe it or not, Creature 72 only has your best interests at heart!



Frostval Siege is now working as it’s supposed to. With the war meter fixed, you are guaranteed a confrontation with the boss... as long as you survive the waves long enough to meet him. And in the great deserts of the Sandsea, the mighty djinn Khal-No’Bir has decided to take his Magic Arrow skills down a peg for the brave adventurers who dare to face his might.

Blaze’s Birthday Bonfire is now over, as he takes his leave from Battleon Social District! It won’t be empty for long though, watch out for something different next week!
See you in Frostval.
Battle on!
Artix, Glisel, Rellik, and the AQ3D Team


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Join Codename Entertainment cofounders David Whittaker and Justin Stocks as they talk about Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms!

Developer Insights runs from 2PM until 3PM Pacific. If you have any questions for David and Justin please join us at twitch.tv/cnegames and we'll do our best to respond on the show!

Features
• An Option to check for new 2K Launcher Updates - In the Application Settings, click on "Check for Updates" which will get a new update if available. Please note, the 2K Launcher will need a restart to apply the update.
• 2K Launcher is using the new 2K Logo
• Added trouble-shooting to clear cache by pressing key 'c' during app loading

Bug-Fixes
• Launcher app files are not being extracted to %LocalAppData%\T2GP Launcher
• Fixed Missing 2K icon on the Launcher window fixed in the Alt-Tab overlay and taskbar
• Fixed Incorrect string translations in Error Reporter
• Game play is now fixed using Steam Streaming mod launch

So the booooost has been doubled! yes, DOUBLED!
The camera angle has been altered in the view outside the car (please let me know if you think this is better or worse)
The things in the dropdowns (settings menu) can be seen better when highlighted now.