Update 2.1 of the Early Access of The Bus is now available as BETA for testing.
This beta adds the new
online traffic radio to The Bus (live events): Whenever the radio station "Flashbass.FM" is LIVE on air, unexpected traffic situations happen in the virtual Berlin of THE BUS. You can report these to the studio via your mobile phone, just like in real life, and the radio host will announce the traffic situations and obstructions you have reported - just like a real radio station!
Moreover, you can expect bug fixes and improvements.
For the full detailed list of changes, please, see the changelog below.
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Please create backup copies of your savegame files before switching to the EA BETA Update. Savegames may not be compatible with the new version of the game.
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ATTENTION: This is a BETA update. Technical problems, instability of the game as well as bugs during gameplay can be possible.How to install the beta version of the update?
Quite easily:
- In your Library, you click with the right mouse button on the entry of the "The Bus"
- In the drop-menu, you click on the entry "Properties"
- In the window "The Bus - Properties" you select the tab "BETAS"
- In the field "Select the beta you would like to opt into:" select the entry "beta-beta"
- Now you can close the window and the beta version of the update should download right away
- After downloading the update you can start The Bus via the "PLAY" button
- In the main menu should now be the corresponding version number of the beta version of the update and you can test the update
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Changelog 0.17.56369 EA Beta
- Added new feature: Live Events
- Fixed rain under bridges and in tunnels
- Changed Scania Citywide indicator interval
- Fixed: indicator sounds could be played while the ignition was not enabled
- Fixed footstep sound volume not influenced by ambient master
- Increased indicator sound volume in ECityBus
- Fixed missing ECityBus wiper sound
- Fixed ECityBus window shade keybind mixup
- Fixed Crossselector door clearance not being recognized
- Common Wheels may now receive automatic configurations
- Level Art Fixes
- Performance Optimizations**
- Small changes to sounds
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Changelog 0.17.56639 EA Beta
- Fixed AI Vehicles not recognizing bus*
- Fixed AC not working in arcade mode
- Fixed Radio keybinds*
- Fixed rain in vehicles
- Fixed rare instance of Bus spawn getting blocked
- Fixed Pedestrian spawning
- Level Art Fixes
- Performance Optimizations**
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Changelog 0.17.56933 EA Beta
- Fixed Advertisements not working*
- Fixed Navigation widget appearing twice*
- Fixed Camera turning on even when disabled
- Fixed bus rain effects not recognizing roof*
- Fixed sound in main menu*
- Fixed Scania indicator interval for non- articulated versions
- Small sound changes
- Level Art Fixes
- Performance Optimizations**
* Only occurred during the BETA test of this update
** Please, be aware that the impact of performance optimisations varies from system to system due to hardware configurations, installed software, and other programs running in the background