For Update 21 we have optimized a lot to get better performance. We hope that your PC systems will also benefit from this new update. In addition, we redesigned the physics of driving and vehicle sound systems to enhance the feeling of driving a large vehicle and make it more believable. Both of these changes, optimization and physics of driving, have been implemented based on your requests. Thus, we are looking forward to your feedback.
Please note that you can adjust the tilt of the vehicles in the options menu, see screenshot.
Nevertheless, we advise you to be careful at first to get used to the new behaviour of vehicle physics. Professional bus drivers in real life make it seem easy to drive buses, but the control of these large vehicles also requires a lot of skill, sensitivity and anticipatory driving around curves, serpentines and bottlenecks without any problems in our simulator too.
Unfortunately, we had to deactivate the DirectX 12 mode, because DX12 is causing crashes with the current version of Unreal Engine 4.22. As far as we know, Epic Games is working to implement DirectX 12 enhancements to Unreal Engine 4.23 for DirectX 11. Also, update 21 will not remain the only Fernbus Simulator update, which will improve the optimization.
Detailed information can be found in the Changelog below.
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Changelog 1.21.27147
- Optimized performance
- MAN Lion's Coach: Revised driving physics and sound system
- MAN Lion's Coach C: Revised driving physics and sound system
- Fixed a bug in the calculation of air resistance
- Backward rolling in neutral (N) fixed
- Force calculation of the wheels on edges like curbs fixed
- Shifting the gear transmission has been updated
- DirectX 12 (beta) had to be disabled
- Added option to disable TrackIR or other Headtracking devices (only visible if a Headtracking device is connected)
- The driving physics of trucks now has less horsepower
- Vegetation imposter materials updated for an improved visual look and better performance
- Leaves on the asphalt of the highway gas stations removed
- Corrected buggy collision on a bridge near Mannheim
- Fixed MAN Lion's Coach C not appearing as parking bus
- The radio in MAN Lion's Coaches now fades out correctly the further you get away from the vehicle.
- New advanced audio options for volume levels of engine, turn signals, retarders, announcements, etc. added
- Maximum volume of turn signals increased
- Updated road materials and textures to physically-based rendering (PBR)
- Some building materials and textures updated (see eg Frankfurt Airport) to physically-based rendering (PBR)
- Trees on street in Kassel fixed
- In certain circumstances, passengers complained about a supposedly inactive WIFI
- The distance calculation in the tachograph has been corrected
- Added option to disable the visibility of the steering wheel
- Game crashes near Frankfurt Aiport
- Busses are pumping/jumping/bouncy
- Parking busses/coaches are losing their repaints without DLC Football Team Bus installed
- Improved driving physics of MAN Lion's Coach and Lion's Coach C thanks to community feedback
- Lane markings on highways are extremely stretched
- A/C supposedly too cold when driving out of a bus stop
- AI cars disappear on a junction in Leverkusen
- Mouse Control (Middle Mouse Button) usability updated and some minor bugs fixed
- Announcements played is counted twice in the results of the route
- Cheater removed from Highscore
- Street lanterns and AI car lights turn their lights on too late in the night, and vice versa
- Achievement "Metropolitan" doesn't work
- The blue garbage can has a life of its own – physics gone crazy
- World Map Tooltips added
- Very rare traffic manager bug causing the performance to drop significantly and permanently for the duration of the current session
- Light flares of certain light sources seen through the vehicle's windshield are not being displayed correctly
- The sound volume of the intro videos too loud
- Misc. level art and vegetation fixes
- In Freeplay Mode on Realistic Controls and Customized Controls you can now start from the depot
- In Freeplay Mode on Realistic Controls the starting position in Berlin is not at the ZOB, but at the Main Station marker from DLC Football Team Bus
- Some bus stop markers from DLC Football Team Bus are visible in Fernbus Sim without the DLC installed
- Preparations for DLC MAN Lion's Intercity
- and other minor fixes
DLC Neoplan Skyliner- Revised driving physics and sound system
DLC ComfortClass HD- Revised driving physics and sound system
- Dashboard display corrected
- Stop Brake On/Off do not work properly
DLC VDL Futura FHD2- Revised driving physics and sound system
- Bodywork can now get dirty in the DLC Football Team Bus
- Gearshift can now be controlled via hotkeys
- Passengers on certain seats can now be counted correctly after a rest
- Corrected warning sounds with the luggage hatches open
- Corrected collision of the player with the vehicle's doors
- Animation of the driver's window corrected
- Timing of the sounds of both two doors when closing corrected
DLC Austria // Switzerland- Corrected buggy collision in a tunnel tube near Vienna
- Leaves and wetness in Zurich tunnel
- Disappearing AI cars on bridge outwards of Zurich
- Rain in a tunnel west of Zurich
- Pillar clipping through a bridge near Innsbruck
- Texture of rockfall protection not loading
DLC Usedom- Navi now leads correctly to Sellin
DLC Football Team Bus- Team bus no longer catapults itself in Leipzig and Hanover
- Team bus no longer appears, under certain circumstances, on other coaches
- Bodywork of the DLC VDL Futura FHD2 can now get dirty
- Parking busses/coaches no longer appear as Team Busses in other locations that around football/soccer stadiums
- Invalid icons visible on world map and navigation in the "Vanilla" Fernbus Simulator mode "Freeplay"
- Invalid starting locations in the "Vanilla" Fernbus Simulator mode "Freeplay"
DLC Multimedia Package- Oil slick texture not loading correctly
DLC Rennsteig- Some level art fixes
