Junkyard Simulator News

• Improve cursor centering for all mechanics such as eye view, vehicle renovation, and tool work
  
• Fix bug with Mercury and not being able to transport it to the workshop
  
• Fixed an error reported by a player regarding the possible overlap of two Sign Editions at once and the character being blocked as a result
  
• Correct the overlap appearing of the tape over the entrance road to Bob's zone, when viewed from the area of ​​the entrance to the Lot
  
• Increase the interval for Fees, Employee Experience, Payouts, Happiness - from 40 minutes to 4 hours
  
• Change the German translation for the plot of the following words:
  "Aktie" to those suggested by the player "Lagerbestand"
  "Loscomputer" to those suggested by the player "Parzellen Computer"
  "zu voll" to those suggested by the player "bis voll"
  

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• Traffic at the scrap metal exchange blocked the road, the spawn amounted to about 27 cars blocking the road
  
• Restore Q/B/F/C navigation to tasks, backpack and task from controller position (dpad) after switching between pad and keyboard
  
• Fix switching from the controller between the small crusher and the car parceler gamepad - keyboard
  
• Disabling Tutorial Popups. Now you can see the tutorial just by clicking "T" to enable the widget and choose the right one
  
• Added fast travel to the lot Junkyard area
  
• Change the style of the widget for purchasing colors and upgrades for the Tow Truck, Pickup Truck and Truck. Fix color consistency so that the color you buy matches what you get (old bug reported by players)
  
• Move the cardboard from plot A to the shade where it will be more visible - many players could not see it in the sunlight of the day
  
• Make more space for parking cars next to the Junkyard lot
  
• Change the Failure time from every 90 minutes to every 4 hours
  
• Added explanation of the Furnace icon to the Legend on the computer - the red icon that many players asked
  
• Adding to the Legend on the computer regarding the new area
  
• Areas that have no employees gray color, not counting losses and profits, stopping timers for fees and failures
  
• Adding 25% more wood raw material because the player claims that he needs this amount to fully expand
  
• Turning off the eternal orange button illumination for the first Tow Truck on the list when purchasing another one
  
• Make sure to move items on the truck to reset your Pickup 1950 so that they move with the vehicle
  
• Improved NPC vehicles collapsing on the straight at the scrap yard by changing the LOD
  
• Improve the speed of getting in and out of pickup1950, tow truck, truck and pickup vehicles so that the time of getting out and door animation is not inconvenient
  
• After entering the crusher, the number of NPC tasks left without the gamepad icon
  
• Removal of sound when clicking on the vehicles tab in the Upgrade panel
  
• Disable (loop hit) the loading sound when fast traveling and vehicle reset when items move to a new location
  
• Increasing the percentage of acceleration in Walking and Running from 5/10% to 10/20%
  
• Increasing the respawn time of searchable piles from 30 minutes to 60 minutes
  
• Fix Checkbox for message when exiting the game. Selecting the "Don't show again" option will never show us this message again
  
• Block the mesh entrances at the tape intersection near Bob's Area
  
• Reducing the number of items in quest 19 and 23 to avoid a crash on weaker computers, and these are the only quests with such a large number of quest recs
  
• Fix Junkman's Task at the factory near the laundry, change Reck to another one because one of the current ones falls below the level for some reason
  
• The particle wheels were turned on after leaving the vehicle
  
• Removal or relocation of too hidden Dirt Spots on the lot
  

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The update introduces an entirely new mechanism for buying, managing, and expanding Junkyard Lot.


Now you have the option to purchase a parcel with accumulated funds or take a loan to kickstart your junkyard faster! Conduct upgrades on the junkyard lot, fix any technical breakdowns, and ensure it remains profitable.


Don't forget to compensate your workers, as only satisfied staff will execute their duties flawlessly. You can hire additional employees to assist you in the day-to-day tasks on the junkyard lot.

Devlog Video
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Our team has enhanced the vehicle driving model and reduced the risk of vehicle rollovers on curves and uneven terrain.

Additionally, we've implemented new controller handling mechanics. You can now test all game features using a controller. Let us know your impressions of using the controller.

We have optimized the game, reducing its size by another 700 MB. Work on optimizing the game will continue.

Thank you for reporting the discovered errors. Many of them have already been fixed based on the error reports provided by you.

We appreciate your assistance, feedback, emails, and private messages.
You are the best scrap enthusiasts! ❤️❤️


Enjoy the game like never before! We're back to work to prepare another exciting update for you.

Stay tuned. 🙂

Hotfix v.2.1.5

1. Size of the game is reduced by 600MB

2. Autosave is working every 5 minutes. The game will not autosave until you get out of the vehicle. An indicator will notify you when the game is making autosave.

3. Slot upgrades for Pickup and Truck are fixed

4. Achievements are updated. From now the game counts achievements correctly at the launch.

5. Weather - you can disable weather randomization and enjoy the Sun all the time. :

6. Tow Truck is locked until you finish Quest 2.

7. You can remove cars from Unloading Station and the Mini Crusher Area with Unloading Control Panel.

8. Fixed issue with unloading the Tow Truck. When you unload a car from the Tow Truck with the "Remove car" button, the car will get restored in the right place into the game.

9. Fixed an issue when the player is using a game tablet and tries to drink a beer.

10. From now you can select the right tool with the Tool Menu [Alt] when you're maintaining a renovation.

11. Fixed an issue when the player is using a Tablet and tried to reach the Tool Menu with the [Alt] key.

12. Fixed an issue of the front and rear bumper passing through elements during the blue challenger renovation.

13. Fixed an issue when a player tried to use a Backpack when she/he was using Vehicle Reset Menu.

14. Fixed an issue when a player tried to use a Vehicle Reset Menu when she/he was using a Backpack.

15. We reduced the number of particles inside the Crusher to improve performance on low-end computers.

16. We improved fonts visibility of the Tablet interface

17. Fixed an issue with a quest marker in Quest 3 - Wreck Transportation - 6/13 - mark the wrecks and approach them with the Tow Truck

18. LOD fix for convoyer belt panel

19. Fixed a bug with the tow truck disappearing

20. We added a mechanism that prevents the Two Truck from being unloaded too early at Quest 3 - Wreck Transportation - 9/13 - Deliver wrecks to unloading station

21. The trunk lock and trunk lid are now one dismountable item.

22. Crosshair fix, now it returns on the screen when you get out of the vehicle.

We also brought back the option of putting all physical objects *manually* on the truck crate.
You can buy the Pickup 1950 from some NPC's.






For more information check the "What's new?" section in the game menu.

The update also includes:

- Increase of crosshair (players request)

- A fixed collision of selected overlapping objects

- Bigger shaders differentiation of cars on the junkyard

- Fixed issue with the tow truck's flasher beacon

- Fixed lack of rolling wheels sound from vehicles

- Fixed the center of gravity in vehicles. They won't roll over so much on road corners

- Fixed an issue with turning off the cart sound after passing a speed bump on the road

- Language settings are kept after resetting the game

- Keyboard settings are kept after resetting the game

- Visual improvements (sky render, game area) and further optimization resulted in a decrease of the game size by 400MB

- Increased landscape visibility horizon from the cars cockpit view (first person)

- Fixed problem with losing enabled icons on the map after saving the game

- Optimized the number of icons on the map for Junkman's Orders

- Added a screen dimming during car resetting

- Added a new task that allows the purchase of Pickup 1950

- Fixed an issue causing crashes during moves of the large map when all icons are enabled

- Fixed an issue with Junkman's Orders icons on the map

- Redesign of vehicle reset menu - we replaced the wheel menu with a square menu