Bus Driver Simulator News

As you may have noticed, right now we're mostly working on fixing small, but annoying bugs, some of which were introduced in the very first versions of the game. Also, we're adding new functionality which is being planned for a long time. It means that we're preparing game for its release, which is planned for 4th quarter of this year. Finally, we have some very interesting news prepared for this atumn!

And even this is not everything we have to tell you. By popular demand, we're redesigning European Minibus DLC. You can see the difference on the screenshot below (please note that work is not done and anything may change).

The biggest change you'll see after this update is that now there are AI-driven buses on the streets. They can have various colors and are filled with randomly generated passengers. Buses make the game feel much more varied. Also, there can be passengers even in usual traffic cars. Now you can see someone on a backseat of taxi or police car. It makes the in-game world more alive, doesn't it?

• Added AI-driven buses painted in different colors.
  
• Added passengers to traffic cars.
  
• Fixed problem which caused inappropriate number of cars and pedestrians to appear in different time of day.
  
• Fixed bug which caused street lamps and headlamps on cars not to turn on even in dark conditions.
  
• Added new routes (Railway station - Oka and Oka - Railway station)
  
• Fixed material on a tourist bus which caused door not to match body color.
  
• Reduced flares on windows in night time.
  
• Fixed some problems with navigation in Cologne.
  
• Fixed steering angle to prevent wheels from overlapping the body textures.
  
• Fixed material of Old Legend. Sound of engine stop on this bus is now smoother.
  
• Rear door can now be opened on big european bus by pressing a button on dashboard.
  
• Resolved some issues with soviet bus model.
  
• Fixed random flares out of nowhere.
  
• Models for fences were reworked to optimize them better.
  
• Fixed problem with Old Legend which caused headlights and fog lights to turn on when turning on salon light.
  
• Fixed material of grass, it could seem transparent before.
  
• Fixed incorrect appearance of rear door of soviet bus when user-made painting was selected.
  
• Fixed problem with hazard lights switch which could rotate by 360 degrees before.
  
• Fixed problem with route plate which always showed “1” on Fast European Minibus.
  
• Reduced flickering of icons on soviet bus dashboard.
  
• Fixed problems with door and windows on Soviet Legend.
  
• Brought back missing window on one of the buses.
  
• Improved headlamps on modern Russian bus.
  
• Fixed bug which allowed you to refill your bus and relaunch the game to get fuel for free. Now your amount of fuel and money are saved when refueling, not in garage.
  
• Added new translated phrases to Korean version of the game.
  
• Tried to fix the white screen bug which affected some players.
  
• Other translation improvements.
  
• Fixed problem with dissappearing default skins.
  
• Improved Tutorial by adding information about Mini-map and different camera views.
  

Update 4.4 is here!

• New algorithm of loading paintings in Garage, so now paintings can load almost instantly. It could take some time before, especially on weak PCs.
  
  
  
  
• Fixed bug that was preventing some users to save settings.
  
• Improved German, French, Chinese, Italian and Romanian translations.
  
• Balanced Mouse Sensitivity regulation. The camera in first person view was moving very slowly even at 100% sensitivity while it was too fast in third person view.
  
• Fixed bug causing bottom part of Vector's door to change its color when opening that door.
  
• When loading some scenarios, you could notice that tips are missing on loading screen. Now it's fixed.
  
• Now you can bind any key you want to open minimap and map. You are no longer limited to default P and M, respectively.
  
  
  
  
• "Back to City" button has been renamed to "Free Riding" and it was moved to the bottom of the menu. Now buttons are arranged in correspondence with frequency of their usage.
  
• Improved ticks indicating current time in VR mode.
  

"Old Legend" DLC, which is adding soviet old bus, is now available on Steam! The price is the same as for previous DLCs.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1105760/Bus_Driver_Simulator_2019__Old_Legend/



This is a small bus which was designed for short-range transportations. It was manufactured from 1967 to 1989. It is pretty maneuverable bus which is good in both urban and highway conditions. This bus consumes not much fuel and it is easy to do necessary maintenance. Small windows are compensated by additional ones on the roof. Narrow doors with pneumatic actuators can only let one passenger pass at a time. There is individual door to driver's cabin. The cabin itself is separated from the passenger compartment with a curtain or small partition.



There are two paintings and two headlights variants bundled with the DLC.

Finally, we have something to show you: meet the 4.3 update! The main change here is the totally new and fresh UI. Main menu, Pause menu, Settings, Scenario choice etc. The new UI doesn't only look modern, but it's also user friendly and intuitive.



Here's more detailed changelog:
1) Every menu is now vertical, so you don't have to move your mouse cursor all over the screen to open something.
2) One of main problems after introducing Career mode was the fact that players who are new to the game couldn't find Tutorial mode. Now buttons for Tutorial, Career and Scenarios are placed in separate menu in order to let novices catch up faster.



3) It was difficult for players to understand how much scenarios there were in the game. Now even closed scenarios are shown in corresponding menu, but of course they are not active until you unlock them by completing previous scenarios.



4) Menu for selecting paintings for Scenarios bus was moved right into Scenarios menu, so now you can just click the bus icon under scenario's description and change your painting. Easy as that, isn't it?
5) 3D scene in mein menu was fully reworked. Now it's way more interesting and detailed.
6) Now you can go back to previous menu by simply pressing "Esc" instead of clicking "Back".



7) From that version, it's really easy to change your settings. You no longer need to scroll through all the options, just open the dropdown list and voila!



8) Fixed the bug causing duplicating the same resolution multiple times.
9) Dropdown lists, sliders, checkboxes and other UI elements will no longer become blurry if bad graphics quality is set.
10) Finally, Cancel button in settings was added. Now you can just discard you changes if you don't want to apply them.
11) Buttons in Control Settings are now sorted in groups, so now it's easier to find the necessary button.



12) Control Presets system has been enhanced. Now you can make your own custom preset. You can easily switch between them and all the data will be saved (if you pressed "Apply", of course). Say goodbye to spending a long time in Control Settings!
13) The UI now looks modern, concise and unified. You will no longer see different backgrounds for menus and buttons aren't changing their positions from menu to menu.
14) Maybe you could see that such settings such as mouse sensitivity, volume and others had their value displayed as 00%, 01% etc. Now they are displayed as 1%, 2% and so on.

• Time fast-forward was replaced with selecting time in a dropdown list.
  

• Rev counter now behaves even more realistic. When you press throttle on Neutral gear, the sound is more realistic than before.
  
• Minimap is now on by default in both Career and Scenarios modes.
  
• Solved problems with scrolling using mouse wheel in garage.
  
• Changed logo in menu and loading screens.
  
• Gareage interface now hides when you open pause menu.
  
• The game now determines your default resolution automatically.
  
• New preview images for Serpukhov.
  
• Changed some buttons and desctiptions texts.
  
• Other minor fixes and changes.