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Changes

• All companies now have procedurally generated logos
  
• Added logo editor
  
• Added yearly awards with 4 categories
  
• Added shelf furniture that supports table lamp, table plants and awards for now
  
• Heavily improved schedule window and made it interactable + added shortcuts in team and staff window
  
• Added complaint when commute times are above 3 hours
  
• AI companies can no longer dilute shares if one company owns more than 50%
  
• Founder no longer reports precious metals
  
• Only realized gains and losses from investments are now taxed
  
• Improved furniture interaction distance visualization to work outside as well
  
• Added furniture interaction distance to couch, which is 50 meter radius
  
• The effect of mass layoffs on applicant appeal is now relative to company size
  
• More in-game UI elements are now affected by UI scaling, e.g. the context menu
  
• Team colors are now randomly chosen on creation
  
• Improved random color selection for servers, teams and assembly lines to space colors out more
  
• Save times in save window now use AM/PM based on player options
  

Fixes

• Fixed chance of getting missing sink warning, when employees are getting sick for other reasons, e.g. Just the flu trait
  
• Fixed taking a huge performance hit with destroy wall tool active in some cases
  
• Fixed random name generator getting stuck on a word after having used it 100 times
  
• Fixed 2 color materials not getting copied correctly when splitting room
  
• The AI will no longer place bids on IP that is owned by a lead designer, since it doesn't concern the company
  
• Fixed bug when undoing selling plot that caused an atrium to get removed
  
• Fixed replacing wall mounted furniture on the outside of a building placing it inside
  
• Fixed not being able to put company logo and title on both sides of a wall
  
• Fixed furniture placed on wall mounted furniture not moving with it when using wall drag tool
  
• Fixed wage negotiation window not closing if the only employee on the list was poached while the window was shown
  
• Removed review work from secondary task selection
  

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Changes

• Only realized gains and losses from investments are now taxed
  
• Improved furniture interaction distance visualization to work outside as well
  
• Added furniture interaction distance to couch, which is 50 meter radius
  
• Added option of making schedule window ugly and confusing by supporting AM/PM
  
• Save times in save window now use AM/PM based on player options
  

Fixes

• Fixed recent addition to code modding breaking some code mods
  

Click here to see how to join the Unstable branch. Changes

• All companies now have procedurally generated logos
  
• Added logo editor
  
• Added yearly awards with 4 categories
  
• Added shelf furniture that supports table lamp, table plants and awards for now
  
• Founder no longer reports precious metals
  
• The effect of mass layoffs on applicant appeal is now relative to company size
  
• More in-game UI elements are now affected by UI scaling, e.g. the context menu
  

Fixes

• Removed review work from secondary task selection
  
• Fixed taking a huge performance hit with destroy wall tool active in some cases
  
• Fixed wage negotiation window not closing if the only employee on the list was poached while the window was shown
  
• Fixed chance of getting missing sink warning, when employees are getting sick for other reasons, e.g. Just the flu trait
  
• The AI will no longer place bids on IP that is owned by a lead designer, since it doesn't concern the company
  
• Fixed 2 color materials not getting copied correctly when splitting room
  
• Fixed bug when undoing selling plot that caused an atrium to get removed
  

Some logos to try:

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Fixes

• Fixed logo editor breaking when placing a shape or image directly on top of an existing connection
  
• Fixed position tool in logo editor not working with UI anti-aliasing turned on (All platforms but Linux by default)
  
• Fixed logo editor being broken with UI scale above 100%
  
• Fixed logo editor sometimes breaking when breaking connection down the line of a finished logo
  
• Fixed logo editor breaking when trying to save with a logo that is missing connections
  

Fixes

• Fixed cases of logo editor breaking when disconnecting nodes
  
• Old save games using the modded bookshelf called "Shelf" will now load correctly
  
• Fixed replacing wall mounted furniture on the outside of a building placing it inside
  
• Fixed not being able to put company logo and title on both sides of a wall
  

Fixes

• Fixed last update breaking logo editor completely
  
• Fixed logo editor breaking if color node had invalid second input
  

Changes

• Awards are now announced in newspaper regardless of whether player was nominated
  
• Awards are now given to inventor of product, rather than current owner of IP
  
• Designer award is now given to owner of the winning product instead of employer of designer, to avoid poaching exploit
  
• Tech levels are no longer considered for best product award
  
• Having employees quit or being caught comitting tax fraud disqualifies player from employer award for that year
  

Fixes

• Fixed furniture placed on wall mounted furniture not moving with it when using wall drag tool
  
• Fixed random name generator getting stuck on a word after having used it 100 times
  

Changes

• Heavily improved schedule window and made it interactable + added shortcuts in team and staff window
  
• Added complaint when commute times are above 3 hours
  
• AI companies can no longer dilute shares if one company owns more than 50%
  
• Team colors are now randomly chosen on creation
  
• Improved random color selection for servers, teams and assembly lines to space colors out more
  

Fixes

• Fixed awards being visible in construction category after loading save
  
• Fixed random cars getting company logo after enacting company car benefit
  

Changes

• Three cooks can now queue up for a fridge at a time and fridge capacity has been increased by 10 to 50 (waiting around in queue makes cooks a bit slower)
  
• Cooks will now prioritize fridges closest to their stove, rather than to themselves
  

Fixes

• Fixed bug where some furniture primary colors would not load properly when loading save
  
• Fixed game reporting missing support staff because support task didn't have any tickets in queue
  
• Fixed bus being stuck waiting on employee that's being pushed out into the road by other waiting bus passengers
  
• Fixed issue with building textures having tiling issues when viewing it zoomed out at sharp angles and SSAA disabled, e.g. red lines on the floor
  
• Fixed room maintaining limitations when converting to pillar
  
• Fixed game sometimes failing to place back wall furniture on balconies when undoing
  
• Fixed issues when visualizing noise radii when there were too many furniture on the floor and added culling
  

You are now required to pay taxes, and as a big IT company, it would be unusual not to try and get out of it...

(Beta 1.5.5 patch notes at the bottom) Changes

• Added taxes that have to be paid yearly and requires the production of a tax report
  
• Added ability to dodge taxes, store money in an offshore account and use it for various purposes
  
• Changed the cost of loans and added bank loans
  
• Added applicant appeal score to punish player for firing a lot of people or having a lot of unhappy employees
  
• Whenever a company closes there'll be a temporary increase in job applicants
  
• Seniority now lowers salary expections, instead of the other way around, as switching jobs usually increases pay + it makes hiring younger more appealing
  
• Added "Idle" amount to company balance sheet to show how much is being wasted in paying idle employees
  
• You can now see whether a team will prioritize a task as secondary before assigning it
  
• You can now somewhat overlap cubicle walls again
  
• You can now manually set the default priority from the options menu
  
• Changed how room boosts are calculated to avoid placing a hundred clocks being the optimal choice
  
• Server downtime now affects refunds
  
• Wall mounted furniture marked as being valid outside can now be placed directly outside, which currently includes wall lamps, security cameras and company logos
  
• Changed sink notification from tip to issue so people can't ignore them (Some sinks from the workshop are not marked as such and do not work properly)
  
• Added ability to view specializations of terminated employees for 1 year after they were terminated
  
• Moved shortcut panel into build panel
  
• Upgraded puddle shader
  
• Added window edges to make them easier to tell apart
  
• Added ability to view add-on info from parent product info window during development
  
• Saving a founder now also saves their skills, specializations, personality and traits
  
• Added the born leader trait icon above employees working slower because of it
  
• Added ability to change whether a product has out of stock notifications
  
• Added warning if no employees with support specialization is assigned to an active support task
  
• Snapping furniture is no longer limited to being placed on the current floor, but instead limited by the room height, including atriums
  

Fixes

• Fixed extra valuation on plots never actually being deducted from player account
  
• Fixed bug with blue channel of building material textures
  
• Fixed team compatibility calculation when loading game not taking friendships into account
  
• Fixed characters not being escaped properly from Localizor resulting in new lines and tabs being replaced with n's and t's
  
• Fixed being able to place furniture outside in rented maps
  
• Fixed being able to assign teams to a task that has already completed while assigning
  
• Fixed product printers not maxing out printing capacity in some cases with finished and low priority jobs left
  
• Fixed being able to use wall drag tool to create unsupported rooms
  
• Fixed cases of getting an angle error when trying to build wall against existing wall
  
• Fixed HR not hiring anyone because friendships raised the lower compatibility bar too much
  
• Fixed employees not using mini fridge if it was actively being used when they arrived
  
• Fixed edge aliasing issue when making thumbnails for furniture mods
  
• Fixed boxes getting bunched up on conveyor ramps with tier 3 conveyors at max game speed
  
• Fixed bugs when using wall drag tool on atriums
  

Optimizations

• Newspaper articles older than 5 years and archived public domain products older than 20 years are removed to increase save speed and reduce file size
  
• The compression and IO part of file saving has been offloaded to a background thread to reduce lag during auto-saves (Probably about 10% faster depending on hard drive speed)
  

Changes

• Added exception for fire inspector when reporting precious metals, as it would be impossible to avoid otherwise
  
• Added ability to change whether a product has out of stock notifications
  
• Added warning if no employees with support specialization is assigned to an active support task
  
• Snapping furniture is no longer limited to being placed on the current floor, but instead limited by the room height, including atriums
  

Fixes

• Fixed bugs when using wall drag tool on atriums
  
• Fixed saved founder specializations not loading properly
  

Click here to see how to join the Unstable branch. Changes

• You can now get an estimate of accountants needed and current estimated report fulfillment for tax reports in the finance window
  
• Removed tax notification if accountants would cost more than the reporting fee
  
• The accounting task is no longer assigned to the Core team as a secondary task by default
  
• Added the born leader trait icon above employees working slower because of it
  

Fixes

• Fixed input dialog
  
• Fixed bug when undoing ground hole removal from precious metal confiscations
  

Optimizations

• Newspaper articles older than 5 years and archived public domain products older than 20 years are removed to increase save speed and reduce file size
  
• The compression and IO part of file saving has been offloaded to a background thread to reduce lag during auto-saves (Probably about 10% faster depending on hard drive speed)
  

Changes

• Added window edges to make them easier to tell apart
  
• Added ability to view add-on info from parent product info window during development
  
• Hiring pool boost from bankrupted companies have been capped due to mods with so many companies they bankrupt daily
  
• Saving a founder now also saves their skills, specializations, personality and traits
  

Fixes

• Fixed the merging rooms action not working, because the burglar/confiscation check had been reversed
  

Changes

• Added "Black market" action to offshore account
  

Fixes

• Fixed gold bars being spotted in basement through window that leads "outside"
  
• Fixed company logos being visible on floors above current
  
• Fixed boxes getting bunched up on conveyor ramps with tier 3 conveyors at max game speed
  

Changes

• Added taxes that have to be paid yearly and requires the production of a tax report
  
• Added ability to dodge taxes, store money in an offshore account and use it for various purposes
  
• Changed the cost of loans and added bank loans
  
• Added applicant appeal score to punish player for firing a lot of people or having a lot of unhappy employees
  
• Whenever a company closes there'll be a temporary increase in job applicants
  
• Seniority now lowers salary expections, instead of the other way around, as switching jobs usually increases pay + it makes hiring younger more appealing
  
• Added "Idle" amount to company balance sheet to show how much is being wasted in paying idle employees
  
• You can now see whether a team will prioritize a task as secondary before assigning it
  
• You can now somewhat overlap cubicle walls again
  
• You can now manually set the default priority from the options menu
  
• Changed how room boosts are calculated to avoid placing a hundred clocks being the optimal choice
  
• Server downtime now affects refunds
  
• Wall mounted furniture marked as being valid outside can now be placed directly outside, which currently includes wall lamps, security cameras and company logos
  
• Changed sink notification from tip to issue so people can't ignore them (Some sinks from the workshop are not marked as such and do not work properly)
  
• Added ability to view specializations of terminated employees for 1 year after they were terminated
  
• Moved shortcut panel into build panel
  
• Upgraded puddle shader
  

Fixes

• Fixed extra valuation on plots never actually being deducted from player account
  
• Fixed bug with blue channel of building material textures
  
• Fixed team compatibility calculation when loading game not taking friendships into account
  
• Fixed characters not being escaped properly from Localizor resulting in new lines and tabs being replaced with n's and t's
  
• Fixed being able to place furniture outside in rented maps
  
• Fixed being able to assign teams to a task that has already completed while assigning
  
• Fixed product printers not maxing out printing capacity in some cases with finished and low priority jobs left
  
• Fixed being able to use wall drag tool to create unsupported rooms
  
• Fixed cases of getting an angle error when trying to build wall against existing wall
  
• Fixed HR not hiring anyone because friendships raised the lower compatibility bar too much
  
• Fixed employees not using mini fridge if it was actively being used when they arrived
  
• Fixed edge aliasing issue when making thumbnails for furniture mods