Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic News

Hello comrades!

Another small update with few things. We are just introducing the things from test branch to the default one, soon we would like to start testing of few new things on the beta branch (multi threading, trolleybuses, landscape editor and workshop support for it) stay tuned!

Back to current update! Worth to mention things are:

• Mini map with possibility to display where the resources like oil, coal, iron hidden in the earth. After we will finalize the researches, you will able to view it only after special research.
  
• Small bus stop
  
• 64 bit version which works on windows 7 (32 bit version still remains available) So you should not see out of video memory message on the Windows 7 too.
  
• 5 new tracks into game soundtrack and added missing tracks into DLC soundtrack
  

Hope you will enjoy it, and all will works as expected! :-)

Detailed list of changes:

• Added mini map
  
• Added small bus stop
  
• Added 64 bit version which should works on windows 7
  

• Fixed problem that citizens which own cars was instead step out from bus/train teleported home
  
• Fixed the missing characters when typing something (renaming city/area, save as or creating workshop item)
  
• Fixed that F126 was badly displayed when stored in the spaces for vehicles storage (or car plant factory)
  
• Fixed crash when building small bus stop or footpahts around (may appear even if some construction was finished)
  
• Fixed issue with turned off street lights (to correct in your map just build anywhere an piece of road with street lights, to reset connections to substations in specific area)
  
• Fixed problem when unable to select vehicle from road depo at special conditions, you would need to purchase new vehicles into this depo to able select them.. or you can send them to another depo.. or select them via depo window
  

• Fixed problem that vehicles constructions roads around bus stop was not able to find route home
  
• Fixed crash when loading save or starting new game with invalid workshop item (with more skins than supported)
  
• Fixed small problem/crash when building railway
  
• Fixed another crash when building railway
  
• Fixed problem that train was unable to find way in some special circumstances
  
• Fixed issue that sometime was possible to build small piece of road over another road
  
• Fixed issue with LZ 100 road crane (missing wheel) and corrected IFA W50 tanker trailer
  
• Added tool for safe clearing terrain from trees (located in tab where you can seed trees)
  

• Re-fixed issue that was possible build piece of road over another piece of road
  
• Fixed issue when vehicle lost road connection while is passing bus stop, was unable to find way back
  
• "Save & Quit" button fixed in the setup application
  
• Added 5 new music tracks into game
  
• Added rest of track into soundtrack (now total 23 tracks in game/soundtrack)
  

To all party members,

Small update - release of current experimental/test version as stable, worth to mention things are bugfixes (should improve stability) and workshop support for first type of items - vehicle skins.

What we are working on next?
Soon we will release on experimental/test version those features:

-small bus stop along road - it will works as classic building, so you will not able just place along existing road (you will need delete piece of road and place stop) but this building is smaller and buses and citizens can pass it

-minimap also with maps where are resources like oil, iron store in the ground, later we will add a researches for them, so you will first need to make research and geological office to see the resources in the ground

-I wanted to explore how to fix 32 bit version (version for Windows 7)- switch it to 64 bit version with older version of DirectX - to keep Windows 7 supported.. to avoid problems when your map become big.. hope we will manage that...

Further focus:

-Increasing workshop support to ability add complete vehicles and also the new landscapes, later buildings

-We will work on trolleybuses, already basic is finished but need more work and tweaks

Thanks for paying attention! Now you can continue to building your countries :-)

Peter


Complete list of changes:

• Fixed problem that car dealership not sell the cars when they was transported to dealer via change depot/workplace button
  
• Fixed warning about kindergarten in residential buildings
  
• Fixed problem with corrupted stats many births of deaths or immigrants
  
• Fixed problem when cars are unloaded to car dealer.. it flood car dealer caused a serious problem
  
• Fixed crash when building footpaths connected to roads
  
• Fixed blank messages when error during saving - now the text is displayed
  
• Excavators working on terraforming should now spend fuel even with paused game
  
• Fixed some localization issues
  
• Added warning system to note about unelectrified parts of railway
  
• Now should be countries consistent and years of vehicle availability too
  
• Fixes of minor issues
  

• Fixed serious problem when train change it's destination to next station even it should not
  
• Fixed city hall statistics, now the citizens stats should be local and not global
  
• Tweaked new warning system, to not display warning at some occasions
  

• Fixed crash caused by some new code for future updates
  

• Fixed text issue in vehicle purchase window
  
• Fixed issue with slower vehicles when fuel difficulty turned ON
  

• Fixed problem with radio/television/computer stats
  
• Fixed too much downhill speed for train and road vehicles
  
• Fixed potential problems which could cause random crashes when building railways or other infrastructure
  
• Possibly issue with train broken electricity could be fixed now
  
• Fixed some broken train (some of the vagons/unit was rendered vice versa)
  
• Tweak fuel consumption for train if waiting on semaphore/slowing down etc.
  
• Added workshop support (for now only vehicles skin) and first test skins to workshop
  
• Added new map selector, prepared for workshop support
  

• Increased save version due to workshop support, to avoid open new version saves with old version
  

• Partially fixed crash connected to pathfinding, it's due to bad connection sidewalk to road. Now it will not crash but vehicle will fail to find the route. You can view all bad connections by LCTRL + 5 and LCTRL + 6, camera will be pointed to bad connections. To fix it, you need to demolish and rebuild both sidewalk and road around this bad connection.. we still investigating the issue and hope it will get fixed soon. Is possible the problem is already fixed (bad connection is not possible to make), but because it's very random issue we cannot be sure
  
• Fixed crash when loading railwaysf you use LCTRL + 5 or 6 and camera no change position, you have no errors in map.
  

• Hotfix of vehicle struck problem
  

• Fixed crash when vehicle is delivered to construction
  
• Another small fixed to improve stability
  

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Finally the new update is releasing!



This update of Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic puts a spotlight on the means of transportation. Among other features, it actually allows you to build car park infrastructures, manufacture vehicles in car plant factories, and export them to foreign countries.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eiocBCza3M

• Benefit from the new mechanics for personal cars.
  
• Construct car park infrastructures.
  
• Produce road vehicles in car plant factories by managing resources and manufacturing automobiles.
  
• Distribute cars to the citizenship in car dealing centres.
  
• Export self-produced cars to foreign countries.
  
• Provide new vehicles, trains and trams to your city.
  
• New trucks, trams and trains inspired by models manufactured in Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia and other Eastern bloc countries.
  
• Check all your stats per city/area in the city hall.
  

For detailed list of changes, description and quick guide for new features please visit this thread:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/784150/discussions/6/1645418261862405888/

To all party members,

Just a small update and swap the beta branch to the default one. Maybe too small update this week, but I invest some of time to working on new feature (personal cars) and also in the increasing size of team. We will open new offices in Kosice very soon!

About progress with personal cars, seems it is working now - the basic mechanics - citizen is going to work by car and also then after work going to spend their free time with car - now I try to get working that he will also able to take their kids to school / university :-) Fingers crossed , I just hope I will be successful , but if not.. anyway this personal cars will be interesting new feature.

• Fixed problem when you specify a destination for workers, in case worker is university educated he was not able to going into regular work (which not require university education)
  
• Fixed problems with residential electricity, if citizens had many kids may result to massive consumption of energy, also increased circuit breaker value to prevent unbalanced
  
• Added LCONTROL - while holding this key - the rotation of building is more exact
  
• Added R key to rotate building 90 degrees
  
• Added SPACE key to toggle pause on/off
  
• Fixed bug when on 64 bit version trains get bad value on speed and RPM
  
• Fixed crash when click on unassigned resource source for construction office
  

• Added three new languages (Romanian, Hungarian, Portuguese BR).. all are WIP, officially not supported for now. They are added into game to allow better testing
  

• Fixed crash when importing vehicles
  
• Fixed crash when train entering station
  
• Fixed inaccuracy , when vehicle should be available for purchase but it become available few months later
  
• Removed ambulances from construction office
  
• Now hints from "?" tab appear always in one window