The Bus News

Update 1.6 in the Early Access of The Bus upgrades the game to Unreal Engine 4.26 and mainly focuses on fixing a lot of bugs and crashes and adds quality life changes to existing features.

We’re very glad to announce The Bus will become available for Nvidia’s GeForce Now in October. With GeForce Now, you will be able to stream The Bus on your PC or any Android mobile device. So, you may actually play The Bus while sitting in a real city bus. How cool is that?!

Following you will find a detailed list with all the changes.

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Changelog 0.10.44613 EA Beta

• Performance optimisations on streaming levels**
  
• Fixed shadow artefacts
  
• Fixed route select left arrow button not being clickable
  
• Various level art fixes
  
• Fixed another crash when opening the feedback reporter
  
• Set timetable menu route interval time to max 60 minutes instead of 30
  
• Added line name to savegame info
  
• Auto-saves added to savegame menu (only works with new saves)
  
• Observation camera system overhauled
  
• Fixed observation camera freezing in frame
  
• Fixed observation camera doubling up in certain situations
  
• Improved cross selector performance**
  
• Level streaming bounds optimized
  
• Fixed a rare bug where the bus would be unable to start driving
  
• Some passenger behaviour fixes
  
• Passengers now start leaving the bus when you reach the stop
  
• Mouse control now holds the current input when it is paused
  
• Fixed inaccuracy with the Scania Citywide door buttons
  
• UI updated to better handle lines with a lot of stops
  
• Fixed grainy noise effect on many textures
  
• Added Alternative Mouse Control UI
  
• Steering Wheel now uses the correct Rotation when using Mouse Control
  
• It is now possible to modify Mouse Control Inputs similar to other controls. You may need to Reset your Controls to see this Option
  
• Fixed Door Wing Locking
  
• Fixed Crosselector door selection not moving
  
• Fixed Bus getting stuck if the only simple engine was selected
  
• Fixed Animation of flags
  
• Traffic Light Shader improved
  
• Fixed Map dragging lag
  
• Fixed some weird artefacts in the distance (Level LODs)
  
• Fixed some bugs in the main menu
  
• Improvements in passenger behaviour
  
• Matrix Display Shader improved
  
• Fixed a crash when the schedule is opened in the pause menu and sending ticket via F1
  
• Added frame rate limit option to graphics settings
  
• Standing bicycles with no physics have been fixed
  
• Passenger improvements
  
• Fixed some crashes
  
• Vehicle shaft inertia and wheel friction updated
  

** 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

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Update 1.6 of the Early Access of The Bus is now available as BETA for testing.

Various corrections to the level graphics have been implemented, the observation camera system has been revised and the interval time in the timetable menu has been set to a maximum of 60 minutes instead of 30 minutes. We also fixed a rare bug where the bus would be unable to start driving.

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:

1. In your Library, you click with the right mouse button on the entry of the "The Bus"
   
2. In the drop-menu, you click on the entry "Properties"
   
3. In the window "The Bus - Properties" you select the tab "BETAS"
   
4. In the field "Select the beta you would like to opt into:" select the entry "beta-beta"
   
5. Now you can close the window and the beta version of the update should download right away
   
6. After downloading the update you can start The Bus via the "PLAY" button
   
7. 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 0.10.43934 EA Beta

• Performance optimisations on streaming levels**
  
• Fixed shadow artefacts
  
• Fixed route select left arrow button not being clickable
  
• Various level art fixes
  
• Fixed another crash when opening the feedback reporter
  
• Set timetable menu route interval time to max 60 minutes instead of 30
  
• Added line name to savegame info
  
• Auto-saves added to savegame menu (only works with new saves)
  
• Observation camera system overhauled
  
• Fixed observation camera freezing in frame
  
• Fixed observation camera doubling up in certain situations
  
• Improved cross selector performance**
  
• Level streaming bounds optimized
  
• Fixed a rare bug where the bus would be unable to start driving
  
• Some passenger behaviour fixes
  
• Passengers now start leaving the bus when you reach the stop
  
• Mouse control now holds the current input when it is paused
  
• Fixed inaccuracy with the Scania Citywide door buttons
  
• UI updated to better handle lines with a lot of stops
  

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Changelog 0.10.44062 EA Beta

• Fixed grainy noise effect on many textures
  
• Added Alternative Mouse Control UI
  
• Steering Wheel now uses the correct Rotation when using Mouse Control
  
• It is now possible to modify Mouse Control Inputs similar to other controls. You may need to Reset your Controls to see this Option
  
• Fixed Door Wing Locking
  
• Fixed Crosselector door selection not moving
  
• Fixed Bus getting stuck if only the simple engine was selected
  
• Fixed Animation of Flags
  
• Traffic Light Shader improved
  
• Fixed Map dragging lag
  
• Improved Level Streaming Performance**
  

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Changelog 0.10.44254 EA Beta

• Fixed some weird artefacts in the distance (Level LODs)
  
• Fixed some bugs in the main menu
  
• Improvements in passenger behaviour
  
• Fix Scania Citywide’s matrix display brightness*
  
• Matrix Display Shader improved
  
• Fixed Scania Citywide 12M rear windows not matching frame*
  
• Fixed Scania Citywide 12M middle door window glass not matching frame*
  
• Fixed a crash when the schedule is opened in the pause menu and sending ticket via F1
  
• Fixed bus stops not being clickable in the in-game editors when a controller device was connected*
  

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Changelog 0.10.44419 EA Beta

• Added frame rate limit option to graphics settings
  
• Standing bicycles with no physics have been fixed
  
• Fixed passengers sitting outside the vehicle*
  
• Fixed passengers being stuck in the front door area*
  
• Passenger improvements
  

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Changelog 0.10.44440 EA Beta

• Fixed a crash
  
• Fixed menu buttons sometimes not being visible in the main menu*
  
• Fixed passengers sitting outside the vehicle (again)*
  
• Compatibility update for Intel Alder Lake CPUs
  

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Changelog 0.10.44613 EA Beta

• Vehicle shaft inertia and wheel friction updated
  
• Fixed passengers sitting outside the vehicle*
  
• Fixed embarking passengers being stuck in the front door area*
  

*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

News about TramSim, a big update for The Bus, new impressions of the Road Construction Simulator, exciting DLCs for the Microsoft Flight Simulator, new insights into the development process of Autobahn Police Simulator 3, and of course some new simulations await you in the Aerosoft NextSim21 Stream.

Join us on Thursday, 26th of August 2021 at 3pm CEST.

Watch the stream here: https://aerosoft-nextsim.com/livestream/

Watch the trailer now:
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With update 1.5 of the Early Access of The Bus, the middle and rear doors' clearance can now be enabled for passengers to get off the bus on their own.

Also, you can now manually control the kneeling, e.g. at the Invalidenpark bus stop in the direction of Alexanderplatz, using the button on the dashboard.

In addition, a profile system has been introduced which allows you to create new user profiles.

Following you will find a detailed list with all the changes.

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Changelog 0.9.43504 EA

• Fixed a crash in the Line Editor
  
• Fixed a crash in the Feedback Reporter
  
• Fixed additional crashes
  
• Updated the interaction of bus doors (you now have to click directly on the door wing to either open or close the doors)
  
• Updated Scania Citywide’s yellow bodywork colour
  
• Updated Tegel airport bus stop
  
• Optimized traffic ai vehicle performance**
  
• Fixed a bug in ai traffic that caused vehicles to drive into one another
  
• Fixed passengers getting stuck in certain situations
  
• Optimized performance of interaction components**
  
• Fixed Scania Citywide’s windows being able to be opened from the outside
  
• Navigation pathfinding and rendering updated
  
• Added zoom into and out of player character and smoothed existing zoom
  
• Added profile management in the main menu
  
• Added manual kneeling control via a button on the dashboard
  
• Time skip will now forward time until 10 seconds before departure instead of 60
  
• Passenger AI improvements added
  
• Fixed passenger clustering when disembarking
  
• Navigation improvements added
  
• Fixed passengers getting stuck inside the vehicle
  
• Improved distance field performance
  
• Additional passenger fixes
  
• Added passenger door control clearance via a button on the dashboard or via the F7 key
  
• Fixed doors not reporting status in some situations
  
• Updated streaming distances
  
• Updated passenger navigation inside vehicles
  
• Fixed a bug in the world map zoom level and position
  

** 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