Tourist Bus Simulator News

BETA Update 1.3 - available for public testing

We've enabled Tourist Bus Sim Update 1.3 for public testing. If you like, you can send us your feedback in our forums at https://www.tml-studios.de/forum/index.php?thread/1997-en-beta-update-1-3-available-for-testing/
Detailed information can be found in the Changelog below.

NOTE:

This is a BETA Update. Please, be aware that this version can cause technical problems and/or may cause instabilities of your computer system.

How to install the beta version of the update?

Quite easily:

In your Library you click with the right mouse button on the entry of the "Tourist Bus Simulator"
In the drop-menu you click on the entry "Properties"
In the window "Tourist Bus Simulator - Properties" you select the tab "BETAS"
In the field "Select the beta you would like to opt into:" select the entry "beta-"
Now you can close the window and the beta version of the update should download right away
After downloading the update you can start the Tourist Bus Simulator via the "PLAY" button
In the main menu should now be the corresponding version number of the beta version of the update and you can test the update

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Changelog

The following have either been fixed or changed:

Gameplay

Preparations for DLC VDL Futura FHD2
Mileage and time in tachograph are not updating correctly when using Fast Travel
New mouse control mode added: Steering only

User Interface

Preparations for DLC VDL Futura FHD2
Repaint description text length covers "Buy"-button
Some minor typos in certain localisations
Some texts covering buttons or checkboxes in certain localisations
Untranslated text strings
Retarder symbol is now shown in the minimap when Retarder is in use
Some incorrect speed limits showing in navigation

Graphics

Preparations for DLC VDL Futura FHD2
New weather system added (note, it'll be rather dry nonetheless, due to the climate zone)
New lighting system added

Clear

Clear with mist

Fog

Light Clouds

Light Clouds with mist

Rain

Rain with mist

Thunderstorm
Updated rain effect on front shield of all busses
ComfortClass HD: Third axles have an incorrect amount of wheels
ComfortClass HD: Frame of the driver window shows a texture artefact
ComfortClass HD: Transparency of front shield
ComfortClass HD: Unable to continue driving out of a bus stop in Arcade Mode

And here are some additional images

We hope you'll already enjoy the beta version of this upcoming update and we're looking forward to your feedback.

Guide added: How to create custom repaints for your busses

We've finally added a guide about how to create custom repaint mods for Tourist Bus Simulator:
Modding Guide: How to create custom repaints for vehicles

This guide works just as well for Fernbus Simulator. So, you can easily convert your new and old repaint mods for either game.

We hope, you have lots of fun creating new repaints for your favourite vehicle.

DLC Neoplan Skyliner and DLC ComfortClass HD now available!

Today we've released two vehicle DLC for Tourist Bus Simulator.

DLC Neoplan Skyliner and DLC ComfortClass HD are ready for purchase on Fuerteventura to add more variety to your vehicle fleet.

Sounds familiar? Well, for those of you that own Fernbus Simulator may know these vehicles already because we've ported these vehicles from Fernbus Sim to Tourist Bus Sim.

And best of all about this:

These DLC's are compatible with both games! No need two pay more than once.

So, if you have already purchased these DLC's for Fernbus Sim, you'll find them available in Tourist Bus Sim right away. And vice versa: should you buy one of these DLC's for Tourist Bus they'll be waiting for you in Fernbus too.

This is from us, TML Studios, for you as a thank you!

Update 1.2.23630 - Released

Right after the winter break, the second Update for Tourist Bus Simulator has been released. Thanks to your help we've developed a smooth update with a long list of changes.

Not only have many bugs been fixed, but also a lot of features have been revised or improved. Just to pick out a few: The driver's camera can now also be adjusted in the SUV, service car and buggy as well, the additional garage halls are now accesible with the vehicles and there are finally audio dialogues for your passengers in 4 languages: English, German, Spanish and French !

Detailed information can be found in the Changelog.

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Changelog:

Gameplay

Speed cameras now control the players SUV, service car and dune buggy
Added missing items in bunkers 2 and 3
It is no longer possible get out of the vehicle during the refuelling process
Sightseeing tour acceptance of hotels has been overhauled
The player no longer spawns inside the new bus, when choosing an existing bus as the vehicle to pick up the new bus and using fast travel
additional minor fixes and improvements

Vehicles

The font size of the destination display has been adjusted
size of the action camera reduced
The amount of characters in the license plate has been limited to 7
In the control menu the entries "indicator up" and "indicator down" has been renamed to "indicator left" and "indicator right"
Correct odometer reading corrected on the buses
Navi display in the SUV and service cars now turns on in arcade mode when you load a score in which one sits in the vehicle
Mileage is now also taken into account during fast travel in the respective bus
Garage hall gates now also respond to player vehicles
additional minor fixes and improvements

GUI

Manually placed paths for navigation will now be displayed when loading a savegame
The cost for the buyback of skill points is now displayed on the button
If you buy a new vehicle, in the vehicle overview the entry "Available at (date)", will now show "Available at the port" as soon as the vehicle is ready for pickup. In addition, at this point in time, there's a button labelled "Show on map" which will refresh the navigation path to the pickup location as well as open the world map.
The symbol for delivery costs replaced (e.g. see spare parts delivery contracts)
Hotels are now always visible in the sightseeing planner (and greyed out while creating a route)
Player level is now displayed correctly in driver and vehicle selection
Localisation fixes
When purchasing a new bus, the license plate entry can no longer be cancelled
A bug was fixed in which under certain circumstances the date for bus pickup was prematurely deleted
When purchasing a new bus, a license plate is now automatically generated, which can be changed as desired
Note added if a license plate ID has already been assigned
Added driver camera menu to SUV, service car and dune buggy (press TAB and click on the Seat/Eye-Icon to open the menu)
Fixed an incorrect button in the shift schedule menu
Fixed incorrect display in the HUD
Some additional minor UI fixes
Fixed a wrong message box when completing a shuttle tour ("Passengers left at a stop")
News button added to the main menu
Fixed images not loading in News window
additional minor fixes

Audio

Added audio dialogues for passengers on all tour types in four different languages: Spanish, English, German and French
Existing passenger audio dialogues for shuttle services and sightseeing tours exchanged and expanded
Ambient sound levels adjusted for exterior and interior situations
additional minor fixes

Miscellaneous

Fixed AI vehicles driving into the yard of the apartment at the east
Fixed some graphics bugs in the game world

BETA Update 1.2.23630

Thanks to your feedback we were able to not just confirm that our fixes work as intended but to also further improve the game mechanics and fix additional bugs.

Together with you, we want to create a good update, which you can test right now and send us your feedback. Of course, additional fixes and improvements will be added during the beta phase of this update.

Detailed information can be found in the Changelog below.

ATTENTION: This is a BETA Update. Please note that this version can cause technical problems and/or may cause instability of your computer system.