Software Inc. News

Changes

• Ceiling fans can now also be repaired from some distance
  
• Temporary staff salaries have been adjusted up
  
• Loan interest has been adjusted up
  
• AI companies will now take tech level dating into account when picking frameworks
  
• AI companies will now rush to update a product on release, if it has very outdated tech levels
  
• Improved currency short form mode to show decimals if number is short
  
• Steam profanity filter has been integrated for Steam version in multiplayer games
  

Fixes

• Fixed not getting reputation from development deals and notification about IP purchase cancelling deal
  
• Fixed people getting stuck in the air in some cases after deleting a multi-story building
  
• Patched Unity vulnerability CVE-2025-59489
  

Beta 1.8.26 fixes instances of employees not sitting in chairs correctly

Beta 1.8.25 fixes instances of game bugging out when trying to save a multiplayer game with multiple buildings and players

Changes

• Wall mounted furniture can now be placed across wall intersections
  
• Ceiling mounted lamps can now be repaired from some distance, allowing it to be placed over tables
  
• Made employees prefer going through elevator shafts, to reduce traversal time
  
• Elevator shafts can now be snapped together, adding ability to place them in atriums without balconies for support
  
• Past day/month income is back to net income instead of gross income (takes a day for old saves to update)
  
• Development progress detail panel can now be grouped by specializations
  
• Removed the ability to collapse a lot of modal windows, to avoid confusion
  
• Couriers Will no longer loiter longer than 10 minutes if they are holding boxes to be delivered
  
• The host can now cheat money in for other players, but everyone will get a message about it
  
• Project management effectiveness drain is now controlled by amount of active tasks instead of being constant and is uncapped
  
• Added effectiveness drain bars to project mangement window and made tooltip clearer
  

Fixes

• Fixed windows and doors sometimes not being copied over during cloning when sitting betwen indoor and outdoor areas
  
• Fixed last day/month product income not resetting properly every day in some cases
  
• Fixed some bugs having to do with deleting project management presets
  
• Fixed some animations not loading properly when loading saved game, causing actively ridden bikes to be abandoned on load
  
• Fixed subsidiary autonomy not being synchronized in multiplayer
  
• Fixed retired lead designers not being synchronized in multiplayer for subsidiaries
  
• Fixed AI not taking updates into consideration when picking frameworks
  
• The tax report can now be filed with 0% tax rate if tax fraud has occured duxring the year, to avoid an audit
  

Beta 1.8.23 fixes instances of game bugging out when building free angle rooms

Changes

• Added elevator shafts
  
• Added speed boost info for product updates supported by frameworks
  
• Added computer count to room info panel
  
• Clarified marketing options in project mangement window
  
• Added ability to save and load project management setups globally
  
• Past month income column now changes to past day when there are more days per month and shows gross rather than profit
  
• Added column to show how many physical copies were sold last day/month to manufacturing window
  
• Shift clicking tech level up or down buttons in update window now jumps to current or latest tech level
  
• The free angle wall building tool will now show the current angle relative to any wall that is being split, for the first wall placement
  
• If a lead designer's demands are not being met, they will now be highlighted in red in the employee detail window
  

Fixes

• Fixed tech level sometimes not showing up in framework detail panel
  
• Fixed issue where disabling an elevator exit, would make it disconnect from adjacent elevators entirely
  
• Fixed default window sizes growing exponentially with game resolution, making the tutorial window impossible to interact with in 4K at 100% UI scale
  
• Fixed cooks not using closest serving tray when they are assigned to specific rooms
  
• Fixed luxury meal demand tooltip not being corrected for days per month
  
• Fixed not being able to build in front of bus stop in custom maps
  
• Fixed cloning a team not properly copying over HR hiring and education settings
  
• Fixed some edge cases regarding the room corner curve tool and made undoing more robust
  

Beta 1.8.21 fixes more deadlock issues during construction

Fixes

• Fixed possible deadlocks that could freeze game when deleting or undoing furniture construction
  
• Force recompile code mods, to fix broken function references
  

Changes

• You can now manually update frameworks, each update takes longer than the last
  
• Frameworks now still boost development speed for features using newer tech, but at a reduced rate
  
• Framework speed boosts now also apply to product updates
  
• You can now iterate on the last peer review if it has not already been done and you can promote to beta from the peer review window
  
• You can now see competitor products on the market triangle in the design document window and right click to see details
  
• Server lists are now sorted by name
  
• Clarified how many boxes a courier can transport per month in hiring desciption
  
• Player will receive a notification about awards, if they have permanently disabled the prompt
  

Fixes

• Updating a product will no longer update the framework that was developed with it
  
• Fixed list sort not being stable with filters active, i.e. sorting by one column and then another would jumble the first sort after a second or so
  
• Fixed very rare race condition that could break path finding
  
• Fixed post marketing task using last month's income in description with more days per month
  
• Fixed company logo not being visible on lower floors with walls lowered
  
• Fixed losing reputation for a development deal when the IP is bought out, cancelling the deal
  
• Fixed planned burglary still being carried out after disabling burglaries
  
• Fixed not being able to change hardware design type because buttons were 1 pixel tall
  
• Fixed lists bugging out when using vertical scroll bar
  
• Fixed some grabbable items not being visible in first person mode
  
• Fixed missing SFX in first person mode
  

This update is a bit smaller than usual, as work is mostly focused on the campaign mode currently.

Beta 1.8.18 has a workaround for the new grass system failing on certain Linux and very few Windows systems

Changes

• The bus stop has been reworked so the starting plot reaches the sidewalk on all new maps
  
• Updated all employee names (Delete the names txt files in the Mods folder before launching to get the updated names)
  
• HR now differentiates between education and hiring when picking specializations
  
• Precious metals are now sold automatically when moving company
  
• Staff schedule changes now make staff come in on the same day if possible
  
• The employee window will now show an icon for each role an employee is actively away taking courses for
  
• Added specialization levels required for a project to the pie charts in the design document window
  
• Made employees more likely to pick subway going home, if they used subway to arrive
  
• Saving the game manually will now try to overwrite the last manual save before trying to auto save
  
• Player will now be warned if failure to file a tax report would result in a lawsuit, due to illegal activity during the year
  

Fixes

• Fixed cases where undoing construction would bring back furniture in the wrong order causing them to disappear
  
• Fixed some money inputfields not working with currency short form enabled
  
• Fixed employees being able to get stuck in the air specifically on 1st floor below a ramp
  
• Fixed courier shipping capacity estimate being wrong with more days per month
  
• Fixed company stock selling slider being stuck at max in some cases
  
• Fixed grass not consistently growing back, based on game speed and time skipped every day
  
• Employees with designer as a secondary role will now still have their lead design stats shown in the UI
  
• Fixed game not being able to load mods that only contained name generators