Bus Driver Simulator News

Traffic is still being set up. We'd like to remind that Cologne is going to be expanded and added to Free Mode in Release version of the game, which will be out before the end of 2019.
Screenshots below are from Editor.

• Fixed an old problem when passengers couldn’t get to free places in bus;
  
• Fixed issue when passengers couldn’t enter the bus through the front door on some buses after 4.9.
  
• Some house models were replaced with better optimized ones.
  
• Minor fixes to the big Soviet bus and big European bus.
  
• Minor fixes to Serpukhov map.
  
• Fixed VR after 4.9.
  

As you might have seen, recently we have decided to try streaming on Steam. In general, we're satisfied with the functionality of this platform. Now we're thinking about making streams, where we could talk about updates and functionality, development process etc.



Also, we would like to give the possibility to stream to our comminity. It will allow us to show the game to new potential players and, maybe, even let experienced players discover something new. Unfortunately, number of players who can stream is limited. So we will give access only to proven players in manual mode. We will prefer players who has an experience in streaming on Twitch or YouTube and who has en equipment like steering wheel or VR headset.

To request the access:
1) Send a message to our VK or Facebook group containing a link to your Steam account or add https://steamcommunity.com/id/mihan0id_projects to friends in Steam.
2) Give a link to your channel
3) Write about your equipment like steering wheel, VR headset, PC specs, cameras etc.)
4) A little of information about you and your experience in our games.
Please, write all this information in one message.

Here is what's new:

• Driver in player's bus! Each bus has its own driver, which can be seen in 3rd person mode.
  

• Weather now also changes when you change time in Garage.
  
• Fixed half-transparent curtains in Vector.
  
• Fixed bug which caused the game to freeze on opening Control Settings while in Garage.
  
• Slightly adjusted carpets on one of the buses.
  
• Improved wipers and fixed a bug with rear view mirrors painting on one of the Soviet buses.
  
• Optimized more textures.
  
• Tried to fix a rare bug causing passengers to fly out of the bus.
  
• Fixed some objects which didn't cause you to get fined on collision.
  
• Increased render distance of objects on Low graphics. There was an issue when passengers, buildings etc. could only appear when you're very close to them.
  
• Fixed some places where passengers could fall through ground or cross the road in wrong places.
  
  
• Tried to fix a bug causing two radio stations to work simultaneously.
  
• Slightly changed white noise effect for radio.
  
• Other minor changes
  

The main goal for now is to prepare Bus Driver Simulator 2019 for upcoming release (which is planned for the end of 2019). Firstly it includes fixing bugs and adding something you've asked for, like driver in 3rd person mode. Patches that were released this summer were mostly dedicated to minor improvements. We always have a choice between bugfixing and adding new content. We think that now polishing the game for release is more important. Some players don't understand that fixing a bug takes plenty of time and can be as difficult as adding a new bus, for example.

We thought that we should add something bigger than just bugfixes before release, so now we're working on expansion of Cologne and introducing it into Free Mode. Why Cologne instead of Serpukhov, you may ask? Well, there are a lot of reasons. First of all, we have promised to add it to Free Mode for a lot of time, but current map size is too small (we need 5 different routes at least). Secondly, it will be very difficult to expand Serpukhov further because the map itself is very large. We need to solve this either by partitioning the map or by implementing dynamic loading (we've been thinking about it a lot and we will present our solution sooner or later). The third major reason is our audience. Less than 50% of players are from Russia and CIS, so we're ready to develop not only our domestic content. We're really pleased to make games about country where we live and share of post-soviet content is very big, but we're not going to fixate on it.

Finally, some of you ask us: when you release the game, does it mean that everything is over? The answer is very short: No. In addition to news about Bus Driver Simulator 2019, we're preparing some very exciting news, which you will hopefully like!