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Official "Full Release" Video Tutorials

Greetings everyone,

I spent the last several months creating the final video tutorials for the game. I am pleased to announce that all of the main video tutorials for the game are now available for download or streaming.

Here is where you can find them:
Steam Guide Youtube Official Website

You can also find some of the tutorials embedded into the game via the top-right Help menu. The missing ones will come with the next update.

In total, there are 46 videos and 4.65 hours of content. I've tried to break things down so that you can easily find information on specific topics.

I do have plans on creating some additional videos covering smaller items in the game. I also need to cut the videos on specific topics for the user manual. I may also re-dub and subtitle the mod tool videos and possibly create a couple of play through videos. I might do a live play through or two. Perhaps in a Q&A or Interactive Commentary setting, but I'm not too sure about that. I'm not telegenic.

[h3]1.25.0.12 Update[/h3]

Most of the regular followers of the game already know about the video tutorials. So let's move on to what everyone wants to know about, updates.

I've started work on v1.25.0.12, which will also serve as Final Release Candidate 1 (RC1). As of this writing, I've knocked out 30 issues so far. I will continue to do extensive play through testing to find and fix everything I run across. My goal was to have this completed by the end of March. Sadly, with everything going on in the world, I am late as always.

Beyond that, I still have a manual to rewrite. I wrote the last version of the in 2013 for version 1.11. I plan on finalizing the European Map, adding more newspaper clips, magazine reviews, and some more editing. I hope to create the North American map and map tool tutorial videos, but this might come post-release.

After all that, there will be additional RC's as needed, marketing the game, releasing the game, heart attacks, and then the post-release feature bounty system.

Anyway, that's where we are.

Version 1.25.0.11 Hotfix #9

Greetings everyone!

It's time for another hotfix, as a possible crash with outsourced component production was reported to me. I also went ahead and fixed several pending issues, and included the latest video tutorial.

On the topic of video tutorials, I am nearly finished, but I have been slowed down recently because of the length of the videos I'm currently working on.

Anyway, enjoy!

-Bugfix: Fixed crash in would map when opening production of a vehicle design that uses outsourced components.
-Bugfix: Fixed issue causing AI companies to own a model name when player outsources a vehicle to them. This bug prevented players from being able to make new generations of these vehicles.
-Gameplay: Adjustments have been made to the component age penalties.
-GUI: GUI load optimizations to the Office Contract window.
-GUI: Horizontal scroll bar returns to the Office Contract Window parts secletion.
-Bugfix: Fixes applied to several achievements that had database counting issues.
-Media: Main Tutorial video added to the game. (Will eventually integrate a link into the in-game tutorials themselves.)

1.25.0.11 Hotfix #8

Greetings everyone,

Another hotfix for 1.25.0.11. This one fixes a crash issue with loading .car files on non-standard encoded copies of Windows, primarily Swift-JIS. I also threw in a few bug fixes listed below.

Video tutorials are going well. I am about 60% complete. At this pace, I should finish them by the end of the year, and then I can start working on full release candidates and completing the manual. This hotfix includes all video tutorials to date. You can also find them on our youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1Qy-Pj_RIRvRkajKTI9bsut_ZXJ6eqWn or the tutorial page on our website: www.gearcity.info/tutorials

Hotfix includes:
GUI: Length about text in main menu.
GUI: Fixed city hover popup cutting off text.
Gameplay: Enabling autoproduction now enables auto-hire and auto-wage automatically. This is done to prevent player logic issues that can cause bad gameplay.
GUI: Enabling autoproduction hides auto-hire and auto-wage checkboxes.
Gameplay: Autoproduction will now try to avoid using factories with low morale.
Gameplay: Purchasing a company with low morale will improve those employee's morale somewhat.
Bugfix: Fixed bankruptcy flag not resetting when a player buys a bankrupt company. Situtations where this would be an issue is if the player spun off the company, and then tried to rebuy them.
GUI: Yearly Sales memo now uses base vehicle name rather than the latest vehicle model's name.
GUI: Fixed Mega Menu's Autoproduction vehicle restriction page flippers not hiding when marque restriction is enabled.
Bugfix: fixed missing demands text when Administration union wants more.
Bugfix: Fixed .car file crashes on non-unicode, non-US-compatible encoded Windows.
Bugfix: Fixed .car file loading on non-unicode, non-US-compatible encoded Windows.
Bugfix: Fixed .car file loading on non-unicode OSX.
Bugfix: Fixed component slider save/load system on non-unicode, non-US-compatible encoded Windows.
Media: Added more video tutorials.
Media: Improvements to in-game video tutorial landing page.

Version 1.25.0.11 Hotfix #7

This should be the final hot fix for v1.25.0.11, but don't hold me to that.

I've also worked in a couple bug fixes in this one as well.

Hotfix #7:
-Bugfix: Fixed possible crash issue with German translated save games.
-Bugfix: Fixed Autoproduction issue which ignored home country contracts during war time if the player has neutral country contract and no peaceful or limited factories.
-Bugfix: Fixed several issues with the duplicate name checker for vehicle designs.
-Bugfix: Fixed trim finish dates when the player makes multiple trims.
-Bugfix: Fixed mouse wheel scrolling on Load Game lists for Unix OS's.
-Bugfix: Fixed Branch Distribution window vehicle list alignment.
-Bugfix: Additional fixes to the save game updater and mods.
-Media: Several new tutorial videos added.
-Media: Unfinished redesign of the video tutorial page. (Might slip in an update for this in a day or two.)


There might be one or two things I forgot to add to this list.

Version 1.25.0.11 Hotfix #6

Greetings everyone,

I have released the 6th hotfix for version 1.25.0.11 .

This hotfix includes:
-Media: 6 New Video Tutorials.
-Bugfix: EPS Growth Rate issue in the Stock Report
-Bugfix: Revenue Growth Rate issue in the Stock Report.
-Bugfix: Operational Margin issue in the Stock Report.
-Bugfix: Fixed issue with recent changes to contract bids that could cause vehicle contracts not to being assigned.
-Bugfix: Fixed possible crash in the custom district branch pricing system on the world map.
-Bugfix: Fixed incorrect value in the Buyer Rating Table explination.
-Bugfix: Fixed incorrect text in the subsidize dealerships system.
-Bugfix: Fixed typo in the news paper articles
-GUI: Added global fuel rate to the Fuel Popularity Report and the newspaper.
-Engine: Added a warning message if you run the game at lower than 720p resolution. (Typically only happens with Windows 10 users playing in window mode with 720p monitors.)


About 40 more video tutorials to go. I'll work in some bug fixes if any major ones popup. Enjoy!