Plutocracy News

[h2]Changelog:[/h2]

[h3]Critical fixes:[/h3]

• Fixed a crash that occurred during a merger/acquisition of companies if negotiations were held shortly before to purchase shares of one or both of the merged companies.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when switching to Statistics after mergers/acquisitions of companies (mostly banks).
  
• Fixed a bug at the end of negotiations that caused the number of shares in the final agreement to change to the one that was selected at the beginning.
  

[h3]Other fixes:[/h3]

• [Favorites] A missed hint has been added to the Characters tab when it is blocked.
  
• [Company structure] Long company names no longer crawl under/on the other contents of their cards.
  
• [Information>Connections] The "Add to Favorites" button in the Character strings menu is now working correctly.
  
• [Loading error popup] Has been removed the mistakenly added cancel button, which in fact did not perform any functions.
  
• A few minor cosmetic fixes and improvements.
  

The activity of the community has helped to significantly speed up searching and fixing of these most popular errors and bugs. Thanks for that, Plutocrats!

Stay tuned, Redwood Team.

Greetings, Plutocrats!
We have released an update for our much-loved game and want to briefly introduce you to its contents.

[h2]Release notes:[/h2]
[h3]Main Features:[/h3]

• [h3]Favorite companies and characters[/h3]
  
  
  
  Now companies and characters can be added to favorites. This will make it possible to quickly return to them without having to search for them by state.
  The favorites menu appears when you hover over a new shortcut on the left side of the screen.
  
  
  
  You can interact with characters and companies using the menu, as in other windows.
  You can also quickly go to the information about the character or to the company window by clicking on the desired line.
  Now you will not lose the very shareholder who was recently ready to sell a huge stake in a promising company for a song, but you did not have enough funds.
  
  
  
• [h3]List of player's companies[/h3]
  
  
  
  Buttons have been added to the company window that allow you to switch between all your companies. A list of all your companies has also been added to quickly navigate to the one you need.
  
  
  
  This list, as well as the structure of companies, will simplify navigation through your financial empire.
  
  
  
• [h3]Company structure[/h3]
  
  
  
  A new button on the main panel leads to a new window that allows you to view all the connections of the companies that you own.
  
  
  
  Here you can also visually see the financial flows between your companies and quickly switch to one of them if desired.
  This interface is just the basis for vertical holdings, which will be released later this year, and so far it no longer has any functionality.
  
  
  
• [h3]In-game feedback form[/h3]
  
  
  
  The form will allow you to report an error at any time without leaving the game and attach a screenshot of the current screen and/or save the game to it, according to your choice. Or just send a suggestion to improve the game, why not?
  
  
  
  Please note that submitting the form requires an Internet connection, and the time to send the save strongly depends on the speed of your connection and consumes some traffic.
  

[h3]Minor Features:[/h3]

• [h3]Dynamic loading screens[/h3]
  Added a change of background images for long downloads.
  Also, the images are now animated.
  

[h3]Balance and polishing:[/h3]

• Subsidiaries purchased by the company headed by the player are now accounted for in the controlled market share, and therefore in the goals of the scenario and achievements.
  
• The calculation of the package price and margin of available shares in the portfolio on the stock exchange has been changed. Now they are determined only for existing shares, and not for the entire history of purchases of shares of the same company, which caused confusion.
  
• Improved smooth appearance and hiding of all windows.
  
• Slight performance improvement due to optimization of calculating the totals of each day
  
• The limit of bank loans is no longer limited to the amount of $2.2 billion.
  
• The possibility to enter the number of shares in negotiations has been returned. The number of shares before negotiations can now be selected manually again. We have returned this feature at your request.
  

[h3]Critical fixes:[/h3]

• Fixed the possible disappearance of companies after the merger in any way.
  
• Fixed a bug where learned skills were saved when loading a previous save made before they were actually learned.
  
• Fixed a random crash that occurred when you were in the state window.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when stopping a strike with the help of a Pianist.
  
• Fixed a crash that sometimes occurred during the merger of companies.
  

[h3]Other fixes:[/h3]

• Unexplained layoffs of workers have been fixed.
  
• Fixed erroneous occurrence of the “Accident” and “Strike” events if the player's share was less than the controlling stake or the player was the CEO of the company.
  
• Fixed the error of the appearance of a negative transaction amount and the number of shares before negotiations.
  
• Fixed the possibility of the current influence falling below 0.
  
• Fixed accidental appearance of confirmation/cancellation buttons for changing the number of workers in Company Statistics.
  
• Fixed the ability to apply a Lobbyist without the necessary amount of influence.
  
• Fixed accidental restores of hostile characters' loyalty after loading a save.
  
• Fixed a bug due to which the Central Bank guaranteed to refuse loans to banks after downloading the save.
  
• Fixed resetting Stock Exchange filters and searching for characters after loading the save.
  Various cosmetic fixes.
  
• Fixed overflow of integers when calculating the maximum bet in a racetrack event.
  
• If the save is loaded unsuccessfully, the main menu buttons will no longer become non-clickable.
  
• Fixed phantom loans that are mistakenly counted in the Statistics of the borrower companies after the bankruptcy of the lender company.
  
• Fixed an error in the voting history in which the previous value of the company parameter discussed at the vote was not displayed.
  
• The repeated payment of severance pay upon the CEO's dismissal without confirmation is excluded.
  
• Slightly improved compatibility of “old” saves with a newer version of the game.
  
• Fixed the operation of the F1-F8 (hotkeys for the buttons of the main panel).
  
• Fixed character display errors in some emails.
  
• Fixed a bug that blocks the use of compromising material on a character.
  
• The progress in the “Buy Shares” ambition is now being updated correctly.
  
• The history of transactions on the stock exchange is now displayed correctly for bankrupt companies.
  
• Various minor cosmetic changes and fixes
  

Thank you all, Plutocrats, for your patience, support and an infinite stream of suggestions about game improvements!
Also, don't forget to report bugs found in the new update on our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/pmFCazmd or in Steam discussions so that we can fix them as quickly as possible.

Stay tuned, Redwood Team.

Hello, Plutocrats!

We haven't published diaries for a long time, so we decided to tell you what we're working on right now and share our plans for this autumn.

So, first of all, we have completed work on several new interfaces, and have greatly simplified interaction with companies and characters. The next update of the game can be called focused on improving the navigation of the game.

[h2]Adding to favorites.[/h2]

We are constantly reviewing all your messages in which you suggest next improvements of the game, so we slightly postponed our plans that we had for the summer and took the time to implement a list of favorite companies and characters.



After the next update of the game, in any table, wherever you are, you will be able to add any company or character to the favorites list, and at any time return to it for interaction.

This feature will greatly simplify navigation through the game world, and will allow you to get access to the right companies and characters in just 2-3 clicks, instead of a tedious search through other interfaces.



All you need to do is open the sidebar on the left and choose which list you need - companies or characters.

[h2]The structure of companies.[/h2]

Now you will be able to see and analyze your entire structure of companies, the ownership shares of each company, all their daughters and granddaughters.
This is especially useful in the late game, when there may be a lot of companies or you have formed an extensive and complex company ownership structure.



Also, this function allows you to quickly navigate through your companies, and even interact with them through the RMB menu, without going to the table of any state and not looking for the company you need.

The new Company Structure window is part of the planned Holding module, which will be the main feature of the next autumn update.

You will be able to see the rest of the changes at the time of the game update in the coming week!
Thanks to your messages, we have fixed a lot of bugs and will continue to do so further.

[h2]Plans for future updates for 2024.[/h2]

We still have to spend most of our time on the story campaign, as a result of which the pace of adding new modules to the Sandbox has slowed down somewhat.

Nevertheless, we are planning a number of important updates before the end of this year.
Here are the main ones:

• [h3]Holdings.[/h3]
  
  And the first of them is, of course, the Holding module, part of which has already been implemented in the form of an interface of the Company Structure, is now being tested, and will enter the game in the next update, as mentioned above.
  
  We plan to make an update with the Holdings approximately in late September-early October to expand the possibilities in the late game.
  
  
• [h3]Presidential elections.[/h3]
  
  An equally interesting update, which we would like to make before the end of 2024, will be the update of the political part of the game. We will add the presidential race to the game!
  
  At the moment, you can participate in the elections of governors, congressmen, members of state Legislatures, etc. in the game, but not the president of the United States!
  
  Bribery of voters, manipulation in the media, murder of candidates… Or a fair fight?
  Issues relevant to 19th century America! Or not only the 19th century?...
  Each player will have to decide for himself who and how to bring to the Presidency, using his influence and money.
  
  
  
  At the moment, I can only share what has been precisely decided to be implemented - a system for nominating candidates from parties, a mechanism for pre-election candidates, as well as a modern voting system based on indirect elections of the President of the United States through the electoral college will be introduced.
  In addition to the elections themselves, the system of removing the president before the end of his term - impeachment - will also be worked out.
  
  The question still remains for us, what should we as players receive as a bonus for winning the presidential race? Just the ability to veto the laws of the US Congress? Or something else? Share your ideas and suggestions on our Discord channel https://discord.gg/NHRUQ8Eg or Steam Discussions, we will definitely take this into account during development.
  
  
• [h3]Enhancing lobbying and the role of politicians.[/h3]
  
  In addition to developing a presidential campaign, we would like to improve the political part of the game and make it more dependent on the actions of Plutocrats. Therefore, we also have plans to improve the laws.
  You can also take part in the development and suggest your ideas on the development and improvement of the political system (and not only).

We are always glad to receive any constructive feedback.
Thank you for following us and the Plutocracy. See you in the next diary!

[h2]New:[/h2]
[h3]1. Notifications. [/h3]
A new option has been added to the management of the company - setting up notifications. Now you can filter the information that your managers will send you.



This option will be especially convenient if you have a lot of small companies, and you do not want to receive information about various incidents in them, participate in shareholder votes, etc.

Also, you can instruct your secretary not to receive offers to sell shares from interested investors for any your companies if your plans do not include selling them.



Among other things, you will now be able to see the history of all the events that happened with all the companies where you have a stake. You can view it at any convenient time, individually for each company.

[h3]2. Optimization of saves[/h3]
The speed of saving and loading game has been improved, and the size of the final save files has been reduced.

[h3]3. Added Polish localization.[/h3]
Thanks to a member of our Discord community teyot_17 for the full Polish translation.

[h3]4. Minor improvements:[/h3]

• The number of new workplaces in buildings for developers may now vary.
  
• An indication of the number of new workplaces that the new building will provide has been added.
  
• Some changes have been added to the mergers and acquisitions window.
  
• The amount of share repurchase is now limited to the company's net assets and reserves.
  

[h2]Fixed:[/h2]
[h3]1. Critical fixes:[/h3]

• Crash after bank takeover.
  
• Crash after receiving an investigation report and failure when attempting to pay a bribe (accident).
  
• Crash when refusing to sell shares after a character's offer.

[h3]2. Other fixes:[/h3]

• Incorrect display in the stock exchange window with a large number of company statuses.
  
• Incorrect display of the difference in the company's Shares tab on the stock exchange.
  
• Incorrect display of the chance of winning elections for some politicians when sponsoring.
  
• The company went bankrupt after uploading a save file.
  
• Fixed the ability to set a zero salary for workers.
  
• Fixed the ability to use a Broker's agent on companies that are not on the stock exchange.

[h3]3. Balance:[/h3]

• The construction balance has been changed.
  
• Added a time limit for sending a repeated loan application.

We continue to work on fixing the errors that you report to us, as well as on new interesting features. Thank you for your patience and help!

[h2]List of changes:[/h2]

[h3]Critical fixes:[/h3]

• Crash after buying shares by another character.
  
• Crash as a result of M&A of companies, or after bankruptcy.
  

[h3]Other fixes:[/h3]

• A bug with your bank's reserves, which makes it possible to take out a lot of loans.
  
• When returning from the credits table - an empty window.
  
• Displaying negative amounts in Company Reserves during Expansion.
  
• Inability to obtain a loan for your company from a bank whose shares belong to another company of yours.
  
• Corrected the name of the state of South Dakota.
  
• Company finances no longer display the company's global market share.
  
• The Merger of Companies does not correctly take into account the difference in Capitalization and Share Prices of the merged Companies.
  
• Images disappeared when opening the company window.
  
• Incorrect opening of a company from the company table.
  
• The Tutorial button disappears after loading a savegame.
  
• Incorrect Icon in Share Transaction for Bank.
  
• The hair color is named "Gray eyes" instead of "Gray hair" during character creation.
  

[h3]Minor improvements:[/h3]

• Indication of the share of shares of the parent company in a subsidiary bank when taking out a loan.
  

We continue to work to resolve any errors that you periodically report to us. Thank you for your patience and help!