Plutocracy News

[h2]New[/h2]

• A new macro indicator for the states: "Infrastructure". Responsible for the speed of expansion (construction of buildings) in companies
  
• New laws have been added:
  1. Funding for infrastructure
  2. Funding for research institutions
  3. The lower limit of working age
  4. Penalty for violation of technical regulations
  5. Homosexual relationships
  6. Import duties on steel, oil, ore, and kerosene
  7. Export duties for steel, oil, ore, and kerosene
  
• Added visual display of evidence collected by the chief of police. Now you can always see which characters have evidence and what percentage they add to the chance of detecting incriminating evidence by a detective
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

Critical errors:

• Fixed a bug that caused the game to crash when trying to load a corrupted save
  

Vulnerabilities and balancing:

• Changed prices required to use a killer or journalist when they are used to counteract exposure of corruption
  

Bugs / complains:

• Fixed a bug due to which the chamber considered a law prohibiting women from voting when the ban was already in force
  
• Fixed a bug due to which politicians who have lost their positions are not correct taxes were charged
  
• Fixed a bug due to which it was impossible to save the game if you give a new loan to a character who did not return the previous one to you
  
• Fixed a bug due to which the bankruptcy letter of the company did not come if the player had a stake in it
  
• Slightly changed the visual display of incriminating evidence and ways to interact with him. It has become more convenient to use compromising materials
  
• Fixed a bug due to which the discovery of evidence by the police chief was counted in achievements as receiving compromising evidence
  
• Fixed a bug due to which when a player sold shares to a broker they were bought by characters from other states
  
• Fixed display of the price requested by agents
  
• Fixed description of consequences in case of accidents
  
• Changed merge logic. Now shareholders who voted against the merger will not be forced to buy back their shares and they will receive a share in the formed company
  
• Fixed a bug due to which the costume of the character who is a police chief did not change
  
• Fixed a bug due to which it was possible to remove a candidate from the election after the end of the deadline for registration of candidates and until the elections themselves
  
• Fixed a bug due to which it was possible to apply a courtesan on the opponent or assistant
  
• Fixed a bug due to which no one in the US Congress abstained from voting according to the law
  
• Fixed some small visual errors
  
• Fixed some translation errors in the English version of the game
  

[h2]Being worked on[/h2]

• Updating Chinese and Spanish localization
  
• Support of German localization
  
• Automatic elections
  
• Election of officials
  
• Stock Exchange
  
• Rework of negotiation mechanics
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

Critical errors:

• Fixed a critical error that occurred when leveling the "Personnel" skill
  
• Fixed several critical bugs when changing a quarter
  

Bugs / complains:

• Party support for laws affecting the political rights of certain social groups has been changed
  
• The collector repaid the loan even in the event of a “failure”. Fixed
  
• The player, not having the shares of the company, could initiate the exit from the trust. Fixed
  
• Giving a loan by a player with their outstanding loans sometimes led to bankruptcy. Fixed
  
• Fixed errors in the texts of the English version of the game
  
• Minor cosmetic fixes
  

[h2]In work[/h2]

• More new laws
  
• Automatic elections
  
• Election of officials
  
• Rework of negotiation mechanics
  
• Stock exchange
  

[h2]New[/h2]

• 8 new laws have been added to deepen the historical simulation: now, at the start of the game, some characters belonging to certain social groups of the population are limited in political rights, such as "the right to vote" and "the right to run"
  
• Assistants not hired are now updated every two quarters
  
• Added error message when loading incorrect saves
  

[h2]Bug fixes[/h2]

• Fixed a bug where the number of jobs and hired workers did not decrease after accidents until the moment the flow of time is activated in the game
  
• Fixed incorrect visual display of ribbons indicating functionality under development
  

[h2]In work[/h2]

• More new laws
  
• Automatic elections
  
• Election of officials
  
• Rework of negotiation mechanics
  
• Stock exchange
  

[h2]New[/h2]

• Trusts
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

Critical errors:

• Fixed crash with assistants in some cases
  
• Fixed crash when lobbying a governor
  

Vulnerabilities and balancing:

• Auction items have been rebalanced
  
• Courtesan and Cardinal costs have been reduced
  
• Now, to carry out a merger / acquisition, you need to get at least 75% of the votes “FOR”.
  

Bugs / complains:

• Workplaces are now destroyed in accidents.
  
• After fulfilling the ambition of a friend, 3 agent cards are given to choose from now
  
• The status bars in the M&A window have been fixed
  
• Fixed a bug when skill points were not awarded after meeting the conditions for some political achievements
  
• Fixed a bug when characters with “Selective” trait were not allowed to meet with insufficient player reputation, even if they were puppets
  
• Fixed a bug when calculating the Detective's chance of success didn't work right
  
• Fixed a bug when the Journalist agent did not take away the entire reputation of compromised characters
  
• Fixed a bug when the buttons in elections were not blocked properly
  
• Fixed a bug when cards in elections were not unlocked properly in some cases
  
• Fixed a bug with overcapping Popularity and Number of supporters in elections.
  
• Fixed several bugs with the Lobbyist agent
  
• Fixed a bug when money from the Goon agent didn’t transferred to the player's account
  
• Fixed a bug with the work-plan modifier in company statistics.
  
• Fixed a bug when some ambitions didn't work correctly.
  
• Fixed a bug due to which not all assistants were displayed in the finances window
  
• Fixed a bug when clicking on an item in the finance window
  

[h2]Being worked on[/h2]

• Elections of officials
  
• Automatic elections
  
• New laws
  
• AI companies
  
• New player resource panel
  
• Stock exchange
  

[h2]New[/h2]

• Trusts
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

Critical errors:

• Fixed crash with assistants in some cases
  
• Fixed crash when lobbying a governor
  

Vulnerabilities and balancing:

• Auction items have been rebalanced
  
• Courtesan and Cardinal costs have been reduced
  

Bugs / complains:

• After fulfilling the ambition of a friend, 3 agent cards are given to choose from now
  
• The status bars in the M&A window have been fixed
  
• Fixed a bug when skill points were not awarded after meeting the conditions for some political achievements
  
• Fixed a bug when characters with “Selective” trait were not allowed to meet with insufficient player reputation, even if they were puppets
  
• Fixed a bug when calculating the Detective's chance of success didn't work right
  
• Fixed a bug when the Journalist agent did not take away the entire reputation of compromised characters
  
• Fixed a bug when the buttons in elections were not blocked properly
  
• Fixed a bug when cards in elections were not unlocked properly in some cases
  
• Fixed a bug with overcapping Popularity and Number of supporters in elections.
  
• Fixed several bugs with the Lobbyist agent
  
• Fixed a bug when money from the Goon agent didn’t transferred to the player's account
  
• Fixed a bug with the work-plan modifier in company statistics.
  
• Fixed a bug when some ambitions didn't work correctly.
  

[h2]Being worked on[/h2]

• Elections of officials
  
• Automatic elections
  
• New laws
  
• AI companies
  
• New player resource panel
  
• Stock exchange
  

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