Hello airport CEO!
We are back from the summer vacation and are finally releasing Alpha 32, or The Turnaround Update, to the default branch! We've written an extensive text on this update in
today's development blog in which we not only detailed what's happened this summer, but what Alpha 32 is all about and what the next steps for Alpha 33 and 34 are.
The Turnaround Update
It’s time to make money. With the turnaround update we’re now enabling three new turnaround services for you to expand your airport with. They span across various disciplines, require different structures, operate under different circumstances, business practices and equipment but all serve the same purpose: For you to start rolling in the big bucks!
In this update we’ve included:
• Three all-new turnaround services: Catering, aircraft cabin cleaning and de-icing fully simulated from arrival to departure
• Four new vehicles: Catering truck, aircraft cabin cleaning truck, garbage truck and de-icing truck
• Three new structures: Catering depot, waste depot, and de-icing fluid depot
• Two new business types with three new companies each: Catering food and de-icing fluid suppliers
• Sliders in the operations and the economy panels to give you control over what services are enabled and how much you charge for them
• A template tool (copy and paste)
• German language support
We will continue to monitor the bug flow and update if any critical issue arises.
Release notes - Airport CEO - Version Alpha 32.10-0
Improvement
- ACEO-4219] - Instantly load game when double clicking a save container
- ACEO-13106] - Added fees sliders for catering meal and de-icing fluid sales
- ACEO-14636] - Airport staff renamed 'passenger service agent' in accordance with industry terminology
- ACEO-14637] - Security staff renamed 'security officer' in accordance with industry terminology
- ACEO-14856] - Improved error handling for person activity update loops to avoid stalling persons
- ACEO-14874] - Service truck renamed 'baggage truck' in accordance with industry terminology
- ACEO-14939] - Added conveyor belt escalator direction guide icons
- ACEO-14942] - Added temperature modifier value based on airport location to avoid de-icing and cold weather coniditions in countries with traditionally warm climate
- ACEO-15202] - Improved service road texture with rounded corners
- ACEO-15234] - Road tunnels now automatically set road type based on connectors
- ACEO-15238] - Implemented separate path finding system for contractors to avoid stalling other agents during path finding
- ACEO-15431] - Improved baggage performance rendering
- ACEO-16377] - Aircraft can now taxi through de-icing stands (when not in use) allowing for taxiways designs without de-icing stand bypasses
- ACEO-16526] - Exit game save prompt menu now more aligned with industry standards
Bug
- ACEO-7605] - Paying off loans causes remaining interest to get charged
- ACEO-11373] - Flight planner sometimes shift a planned flight five minutes after confirming it
- ACEO-11517] - Deleting wall causes notable performance spike
- ACEO-12209] - Time format is not set correct on tutorial phone
- ACEO-12309] - Flight planner clock is layered behind scrollbar
- ACEO-12422] - Imperial passenger height and weight units missing for passenger panel
- ACEO-12734] - Missing key value for catering job task description
- ACEO-14128] - Dashboard and main interaction bag counters do not match
- ACEO-14323] - Vehicle procurment text size too big
- ACEO-14397] - Older saves (saved before Alpha 30) can crash on load due to incorrect serialized item type
- ACEO-14410] - Beechcraft 1900D does not activate extra lights on runway at night
- ACEO-14419] - Aircraft cabin cleaning turnaround procedure does not take deboarding and boarding status into account
- ACEO-14456] - Contractors can in rare cases get teleported to delivery sites without reason
- ACEO-14480] - De-icing vapor visible on lower floors
- ACEO-14483] - If an aircraft arrives to a de-icing pad before a de-icing truck, the next occupying de-icing truck will never invoke the de-icing behavior causing a deadlock
- ACEO-14508] - Improved tutorial step completion background color to better accommodate reading experience
- ACEO-14528] - Waste depot unloading speed too low
- ACEO-14531] - Waiting positions for service vehicles at medium stands overlap
- ACEO-14536] - Aircraft information panel missing requested services icons
- ACEO-14538] - Aircraft cabin cleaning truck position for Q400 misaligned
- ACEO-14539] - Aircraft sound levels inconsistent when switching from startup to idle
- ACEO-14541] - Missing localization key value for de-icing fluid amount
- ACEO-14543] - Switching floor causes vehicle animations to reset
- ACEO-14547] - Incorrect requirement for de-icing truck renders it non-purchasable if waste depot not built
- ACEO-14552] - Garbage trucks have infinite waste capacity resulting in a seemingly excessive amount of garbage trucks dispatched for waste pickup
- ACEO-14559] - Trucks resupplying a certain depot can become stuck in a delivery loop as they do not correctly account for shipment relevancy
- ACEO-14577] - Pushback truck tow bar visible on lower ground floors
- ACEO-14584] - Flight monitor missing catering and aircraft cabin cleaning
- ACEO-14615] - Missing effect toggle handler on de-icing pad causes it to be un-buildable
- ACEO-14622] - Security officers can in rare instances become displaced during or after job task completion causing pathfinding errors
- ACEO-14635] - Inactive construction text causing notable performance impact even if object is built
- ACEO-14661] - Aircraft cabin cleaning truck and belt loader truck overlap on Q400
- ACEO-14767] - Catering food supplier cost value rounded to 0 for lower than one dollar values
- ACEO-14784] - Parallax effect on road check-point structure
- ACEO-14806] - Runway tire marks layered over aircraft on runway
- ACEO-14808] - Jetway not colorable from first floor or above
- ACEO-14850] - Premature activity evaluation method for when relief items break can cause a NullReferenceException on interaction items and stalled passengers
- ACEO-14858] - Missing distance check for random node fetch in vehicle's roaming method can cause extensive detours in large airports
- ACEO-14868] - Fuel trucks perform a pirouette before exiting fuel depot
- ACEO-14872] - De-icing fluid depot panel incorrectly displays percentage symbol instead of fluid amount symbol
- ACEO-14898] - Assigned fuel truck at closed stand can in certain instances get stuck in a loop
- ACEO-14928] - Waste reduction calculation method for waste depots can cause garbage trucks to get stuck
- ACEO-14930] - Contractors can in certain cases stuck when ending up in an inaccessible area
- ACEO-14938] - Airport fees resets when loading a saved airport
- ACEO-14949] - Aircraft cannot abort de-icing activity if temperature rises above zero while approaching a de-icing pad
- ACEO-14951] - Passengers can in rare instances get stuck in shop while waiting to pay
- ACEO-14953] - Construction costs doesn't match description on some objects
- ACEO-14954] - Loans can be paid off with insufficient funds
- ACEO-14998] - Flight planner breaks down when planning flights
- ACEO-15000] - Shader culling causes marking lines on flipped texture such as runway entrance and exits to disappear
- ACEO-15012] - Stairs do not fill out entire allocated model area
- ACEO-15036] - Incorrect texture property setting causes console spam
- ACEO-15040] - Baggage can get unloaded underneath conveyor belt on baggage bay
- ACEO-15134] - Missing validation for aircraft occupying a de-icing pad can cause de-icing in general to stall
- ACEO-15173] - Default information desk shift too short and can in some airport layouts cause a pile-uo of staff at desk
- ACEO-15174] - Failed deliveries are not recognized correctly by the system causing a "delivery block loop" stalling construction material shipments
- ACEO-15177] - Passenger service agent enum not updated an still reflects old variable name 'airport staff'
- ACEO-15192] - Missing reset methods for new turnaround structures can cause turnaround procedures to stall if initially failed by vehicle
- ACEO-15196] - Floating income and expense markers stay on screen when game is paused
- ACEO-15204] - Vehicle depot containers displays maintenance warning label for all vehicles
- ACEO-15206] - Employee can be located even if it hasn't spawned causing panel to get stuck at edge of map
- ACEO-15260] - Statistic labels in main and dashboard panel updates their respective values at different times
- ACEO-15265] - De-icing process can get stuck in a loop when reloading game
- ACEO-15272] - Vehicle workforce statistics containers do not spawn correctly when viewing the vehicle job task panel
- ACEO-15305] - Wrong localized string in staffing selector on desks
- ACEO-15335] - Pathfinding error causing agents to get stuck after a few minutes of gameplay
- ACEO-15337] - Shop tutorial does not move forward
- ACEO-15364] - Exception can be thrown in new contractor pathfinding causing them to get stuck
- ACEO-15379] - People freeze due to an exception in path caching system
- ACEO-15385] - Object rotation doesn't work properly
- ACEO-15424] - Escalators and stairs are not prioritized by contractors
- ACEO-15465] - Staff salaries not showing correct name in budget panel
- ACEO-15477] - Exception in contractor pathfinding can in rare cases cause them to get stuck
- ACEO-15486] - Wrong text in description in runway panel
- ACEO-15513] - Render buffer warning thrown when loading save in game
- ACEO-15583] - Vehicles displaced too far from a road node gets stuck
- ACEO-15927] - Minor spelling mistake in third tutorial section
- ACEO-16101] - De-icing trucks not colorable
- ACEO-16312] - Aircraft cabin cleaning fee slider value reloads when closing fees panel
- ACEO-16345] - AM/PM time doesn't work in flight process monitor
- ACEO-16354] - Baggage claim areas with no conveyor belt turn built cannot function
- ACEO-16370] - Incorrect enabling of stand assign dropdown has let users assign incompatible service vehicles to stands causing various disruptions
- ACEO-16373] - Baggage overlaps scanner when passing through
- ACEO-16376] - Missing key for airport staff in job task panel statistics containers
- ACEO-16382] - Taxiway node sign overlaps vehicles
- ACEO-16383] - Vehicle UI container sprites not displaying correctly when vehicles are underground
- ACEO-16384] - Locate button does not switch floors automatically if agent is present on different floor than camera
- ACEO-16387] - Boarding procedure initiated despite aircraft cabin cleaning not completed
- ACEO-16388] - Aircraft cabin cleaning truck rotation not correctly set when loading
- ACEO-16392] - Service vehicles can in rare instances not reset their current parking structure after a job has been completed causing idling behavior in an incorrect spot
- ACEO-16393] - Template tool does not copy rooms
- ACEO-16394] - Pushback trucks, upon job task completion, disregard roads in an erratic manner
- ACEO-16403] - Saved template category panel in build menu not visible
- ACEO-16404] - Template tool now generates automatic description images
- ACEO-16428] - Baggagge overlaps generic scanner when passing through
- ACEO-16438] - Procurement search bar does not exclude other key input
- ACEO-16442] - De-icing trucks can in rare instances get stuck after aircraft de-icing completion and empty their tank
- ACEO-16443] - Missing text in template tool button hover to highlight that alt left button is needed to be clicked in order to copy full rooms
- ACEO-16465] - Job task panel statistic containers do not update "Fetching data..." text when loading panel for first time with time paused
- ACEO-16484] - Fuel truck with middle placed warning light is off center
- ACEO-16485] - Conveyor belts can in rare instances get assigned wrong variation index causing escalators to be spawned as straight pieces and consequent null reference issues
- ACEO-16498] - NullReference exception thrown when constructing de-icing pads with construction simulation disabled
- ACEO-16506] - Poor occupation check for parking objects can cause vehicles to exit a certain parking object to stall
- ACEO-16508] - Incorrect aircraft presence check for service vehicles when interacting with stands can throw null reference exceptions and cause stalling behavior
- ACEO-16520] - Aircraft with two possible departure runways but only one properly reachable via one-way taxiways cannot perform multiple attempts
- ACEO-16540] - "Cabin cleaning required before boarding can start" notification not removable
- ACEO-16543] - Double click to load save not implemented on main menu load panel
New Feature
Epic
- ACEO-4808] - Turnaround service: Catering
- ACEO-4809] - Turnaround service: Aircraft cabin cleaning
- ACEO-4810] - Turnaround service: De-icing
