Development

The Development page is used to record all updates and changes to Big Ambitions. Source for all updates and changes can be found on the Official Big Ambitions Game’s Roadmap.

EARLY ACCESS 0.5 BUILD 2459/2460 HOTFIX (JUNE 2024)

• Fixed a hand truck UI issue where an extra inventory UI would popup and delete inventory
• Prevented Rivals from randomly changing prices lower than the lowest market price
• Fixed issue where Rivals would still send messages after being defeated
• Fixed issue where Jessica could own El Gato
• Fixed issue where Rivals thought they owned a player's store
• Fixed glitch that was allowing rivals to sell things for significantly too high prices
• Fixed issue where rivals only owning 1 store might show no income on their graph
• Fixed hairdressers sometimes showing the wrong products
• Fixed glitch that was allowing players with a monopoly to sell things for too high prices
• Fixed issue where prices of shut-down stores were being counted as the lowest market price
• Fixed an issue where you could hire a candidate in the middle of negotiations, then finish negotiations to hire them twice
• Fixed issue where you could poach an employee, but the rival wouldn't lose the employee
• Fixed an issue with one employee demand that was causing deliveries to fail
• Fixed issue where scooter could fall through the harbor
• Fixed Animation glitch if the casino time ended while you were in the middle of gambling
• Fixed cannot open folders on Mac. Direct links for Logos, Music Files, and Saved Games should now open

EARLY ACCESS 0.5 BUILD 2454 HOTFIX (MAY 2024)

• Upgraded Unity version to prevent issue causing some players to get stuck in the loading screen
• Fixed issue where Special Rivals could come back after being defeated. If you currently have that problem, they should be gone again in the patch!
• Fixed some issues causing AI store prices to be set incorrectly
• Fixed AI stores reacting to your prices while you're still "temporarily closed"
• Fixed issue causing time to freeze and the rivals list to disappear
• Fixed issue causing rivals to hire the wrong employees for their store
• Fixed rival "price wars" changing by pennies each day. Rivals should only adjust their prices if it hits a certain threshold of a change (which is based on the previous price of the item - meaning more expensive items require a larger change in price before the rivals will adjust)
• Fixed a couple issues that were causing the "End of Day" summary not to appear
• Fixed if your furniture delivery gets cancelled you get no text message notification from the store
• Fixed exiting 1 12 St Warehouse would put you on the sidewalk
• Fixed issue causing vehicles to get stuck in the tree near 6th Ave / 1st St

oved cash registers from General US Trucks, as they are not functional there

• Fixed a couple new demands were still slipping through the headhunters' recruitment when "equipment demand" was selected as a "deal breaker"
• Fixed help link to Computer Monitor in the Computer Workstation screen
• Prevented illegal characters from being used in business names
• Fixed issue causing players to get trapped by a hand truck or flatbed
• Fixed issue that was causing training to decrease wages at a certain point
• Fixed MarketInsider counting some special stores and the Casino in the providers list
• Fixed Chinese names not appearing in the Rivals list
• Fixed Chinese localization not appearing when selling a building
• Fixed couldn't click to enter inside the garage
• Fixed couldn't click on the vehicle if you exit while inside the garage
• Fixed could fall through the ground if you crashed hard into a certain spot in the back

EARLY ACCESS 0.5 BUILD 2452 HOTFIX (APRIL 2024)

• Fixed "end of day" summary not appearing
• Fixed EA 0.3 > EA 0.4 compatibility issue
• Fixed specials stores having different prices indoors compared to ordering
• Rivals
  • Fixed list not generating properly for some people
  • Fixed Rivals graph not displaying properly in some cases
  • Fixed Rivals still having active "attacks" after being defeated
  • Fixed saved games getting stuck at 100% loading screen
• Chinese localization not displaying
  • Fixed Casino Slot machines
  • Fixed BizMan summary > Warehouse inventory
• Cocktail Bar
  • Fixed seats not being recognized when attached to cocktail bar
  • Fixed cannot place cash register on large wooden cocktail bar
  • Fixed cash register default position is facing wrong way

EARLY ACCESS 0.5 BUILD 2449/2450 HOTFIX (APRIL 2024)

• Fixed mouse clicking. Previously, if you clicked and held the mouse for more than 0.14 seconds, it wouldn't recognize that you clicked an item, and would treat it like you clicked and dragged the mouse instead. We have changed this behavior, and everything seems to work much more smoothly now!
• Fixed a couple ways you could recruit/poach the same employee multiple times.
• Fixed issue that was causing a few people's Uncle Fred tutorial to go back to an old objective
• Fixed a few spots in the Casino wasn't using the correct localized keys
• Fixed several spots where Chinese localization wasn't displaying properly
• Fixed a few spots where Japanese localization wasn't displaying properly
• Fixed a few specific cases where old saves weren't adapting to rivals properly
• Fixed an issue causing compatibility issues with older savegames!

EARLY ACCESS 0.5 MAJOR UPDATE (APRIL 2024)

New Additions

• Rivals
  • Thierry Laurent Moreau, Murray Hill
  • Huang Guo, Midtown
  • Jessica Johnson, Hell's Kitchen
  • Ingrid Schneider, Garment District
  • 15 minor rivals scattered throughout the city who will try to steal your other employees from time to time!
• Rival Attacks:
  • Rent Refusal - If a rival owns a building, they can refuse to rent it to you
  • Price Manipulation - If a rival lowers their selling prices below market value, you might have to lower your prices on those items as well to avoid losing customers.
  • Market Manipulation - If a rival opens stores that sell similar items to you, this will lower the demand for that product and reduce your overall customer flow!
  • Employee Poaching - Your rivals can attempt to poach your employees. You will be forced to give them their new demands or replace that employee when they leave.
• You can now negotiate the salary of all your employees
• New Location: Lower Manhattan
  • 100+ new buildings
  • 4 new warehouse layouts
  • Above-ground parking structure
  • Hudson Wholesale
  • Essentials Appliances
  • Skate park (visit this park for a new happiness boost)
• New Business Type: Bookstore
• New Items:
  • Office Printer
  • 2 new wall-mounted lights
  • Computer Monitor
  • Bar
  • Bar Corner
  • Bar Roof
  • Bar Roof Corner
  • Beer Shelf
  • Drinks Counter

Economy Balancing

• Wages now go up with training
• Reduced maximum wages at 100% skill
• Base Wage Changes:
  • Cleaners ($5 -> $12)
  • Headquarters Employees ($15 -> $30)
  • DJs ($15 -> $20)
  • Hairdresser ($15 -> $18)
  • Programmers / Graphic Design ($30 -> $25)
• Clothing nerf - expensive clothing customer flow and weekend customer flow reduced
• Fast Food Restaurant buff - sale prices have increased.
• Florist buff - slight boost in customers
• Fruit and Vegetable Store buff - sale prices have increased
• Gift Shop - expensive gift customer flow reduced
• Hairdresser nerf - decrease in customer flow
• Jewelry Store nerf - expensive jewelry customer flow reduced
• Electronics nerf - all items' customer flow and weekend customer flow reduced
• Cleaners are 2X more effective
• "Off-hours" (non-typical opening hours) have fewer customers for each store
• Products not listed as "Primary" or "Additional" for a store don't sell as well
• Large Drinks Fridge price reduction to $2,200

UI / UX Fixes

• Split Contacts into groups to more easily find specific contacts
• Can toggle headhunter between searching forever and searching for a specific number of employees
• Can pay the employees bonus
• HR can upgrade their insurance plan without needing to set up a new contract
• Improved how tooltips work, and added many more
• Fixed some VoogleMap icon placements
• Fixed building overlay popup wouldn't stay visible when moving the mouse
• Reduced size of building overlay popup
• Fixed GPS icon still visible after selling the business
• Display abbreviated large numbers ($12,224,581 is now displayed as $12.2 M)
• Fixed several cases where interacting with the UI can move the player
• Fixed Subway map toggle in VoogleMaps couldn't be toggled off
• Fixed BizPhone layering to always be on top
• Fixed "Best Selling" list 4th color was incorrect
• Added direct links to help pages throughout the game
• UI hides and screen blurs when opening the mini-menu in-game
• Better search ability, when typing in drop-down menus,
• Can now use your Operating System number formatting (example: 1,000 vs 1.000)
• UI pop-ups don't show when mopping
• Improved number inputting
• Improved UI scaling on many items for super widescreen monitors
• New Pricing & Inventory tooltip per item
  • Shows how items were sold at different price points in the last week
  • Now includes Hair Care Products that were used in different hair services (previously it only showed the items actually sold)

Art

• Added furniture items at stores have "for sale" tags on them
• Added elevator to K1 buildings
• Added more street vents
• Made glass shelves on Rounded Shelves more visible.
• Improved tree hider
• Prevented a few furniture items from going through walls.
• Improved asphalt color
• Casino Upgrade - lots of new animations and now AI guests join you on the casino boat!
• Can freely rotate objects before placing then on a table/desk
• Computers can be used on Round Table now
• Upgraded fueling area to fit Freight Trucks
• Upgraded Gas station repair shop
• Improved gas station interior

Audio

• New, expanded tracklist of music
• When using your own music, the lag issues should be fixed now!
• Jingles/Ads! After a few songs, you'll hear a short radio ad/jingle for an in-game business!
• Each AI business has specific radio settings
• Radio music now continues to play in BizPhone Apps or while looking at VoogleMaps
• Radio tracks won't restart when you enter buildings/vehicles
• Fixed when fast-forwarding time, the radio station changes
• Speakers placed in buildings are no longer controller by BizPhone volume
• When player DJs at home, the DJ booth now plays music
• Water sounds from fountains
• Adding boxes to hand truck
• Adding product into a shopping basket
• Police Sirens (ambient sounds)
• Forklift Sounds
• Better "error" sound

Traffic / Vehicle

• Reduce vehicle damage by 20%
• Broken/sputtering vehicle engine sounds when the car is out of fuel or too broken to drive
• Better vehicle crash sounds
• Can enter vehicles (including taxis) from either side now
• Fixed 3rd Ave / 7th St light out of sync
• Fixed several issues with large trucks on 6th Ave
• Fixed traffic gets stuck at 30 2nd Ave

Bug

• Fixed issues where you could get stuck in Manhattan Business School
• Fixed issues making it difficult to click in some situations
• Fixed left-click now grabs boxes
• Fixed a couple memory leaks
• Fixed issue if you click to "discard" an item while your mouse was over an employee
• Fixed some issues causing the time to appear incorrectly
• Fixed could exit a scooter without stopping
• Fixed product backorders could overlap the same item that was already on backorder
• Fixed repair UI not appearing if you leave the vehicle in the garage overnight
• Fixed cash register customer queue resetting the path in some instances
• Fixed issue where time could sometimes unpause in a building preview
• Fixed forklift can grab items that are out of stock
• Fixed scheduling display issue with two shifts, if you put the second shift in front of the first
• Fixed dirt doesn't generate on tables/chairs if the player isn't in the business
• Fixed dirt doesn't generate from customers in front of the cash register
• Fixed MarketInsider events shouldn't include office fees
• Fixed the building hider sometimes activating when it shouldn't or not activating when it should
• Fixed camera doesn't lock to car in warehouses or underground parking
• Fixed an issue where player could soft-lock themselves if they got a $14,999 loan instead of $15,000
• Fixed employee demand exploits with scheduling: Employee now remembers how many days and hours they have worked that week, so you can't adjust their schedule in the middle of the week to make them work longer
• Mouse driving has returned to "click" to accelerate (rather than based on the mouse position)
• Fixed "MyEmployee" alert indicator not updating if the employee offer has expired
• Fixed various collider and navigation bugs
• Fixed no confirmation on mass candidate actions
• Fixed changing business type while waiting for interior installation can cause soft-lock
• Fixed changing the autosave timer was not updating until after the next autosave
• Fixed soft-lock if hairdresser closes while player is getting a haircut
• Fixed default rotation of wooden product case is wrong
• Fixed health insurance wasn't listed on EconoView
• Fixed some incorrect placement/navigation in Ika
• Fixed incorrect Cigar Shelf capacity in help files
• Fixed could interact with two activities (TV / computer / bed) at once and soft-lock yourself
• Fixed blueprints don't save the hand truck location
• Fixed issue where your character was trying to navigate to an object you deleted
• Fixed failed furniture deliveries that were sporadically happening
• Fixed that other cabinet types weren't fulfilling a tutorial objective.
• Fixed LuxConcept customer queue
• Fixed eating food while in business school could soft-lock you
• Fixed sometimes can't discard mop
• Fixed Jensen Capital front desk worker wrong uniform
• Fixed hand truck makes noise while paused
• Fixed Interior Designer reset some unsaved floor designs when overlapping with new floors
• Fixed subway names were showing the wrong names
• Fixed a few issues related to longer game sessions.
• Fixed Contacts App showing wrong opening hours for businesses
• Fixed some instances where MarketInsider was showing the wrong number of items
• Fixed multiple speakers don't always sync up in larger buildings or after being placed
• Fixed noticeable loop in Vord Tiara Vic
• Fixed some issues causing players to see boxes of "undefined"
• Fixed antialiasing not activating when changing settings in-game
• Prevented newer blueprints from being seen in older versions of the game (doesn't apply to blueprints created prior to EA 0.5's full release)

EARLY ACCESS 0.4 BUILD 2265 HOTFIX (FEBRUARY 2024)

• Fixed clock/time issue

EARLY ACCESS 0.4 BUILD 2263/2264 HOTFIX (JANUARY 2024)

• Fixed game-breaking issue caused by Electronics Stores in C2 buildings
• Fixed customers getting stuck in a "full queue" that didn't exist
• Fixed customers per hour randomly dropping to 0 at 01:00
• Fixed customers not counting for the correct hour
• Fixed a few issues that were causing warehouse and headquarters to become corrupted
• Fixed furniture deliveries being duplicated
• Fixed "out of stock" items impacting pricing
• Fixed playing on laptop gives "Magic" happiness
• Fixed warehouse camera shakes and doesn't lock to car
• Fixed blueprints loading forever due to a Steam delay when a blueprint is deleted
• Fixed can open Interior Designer while driving indoors
• Fixed can fall through dock on an Electric Scooter
• Fixed female characters getting surnames as first names
• Fixed can't click Stage Lights at AJ Pederson

EARLY ACCESS 0.4 BUILD 2260 HOTFIX (DECEMBER 2023)

• Fixed buying a business when it's closed results in no opening hours or invisible workstations
• Fixed sometimes after cleaning one spot, your character would run back to the cleaning station
• Fixed issue causing corrupted saves
• Fixed Fruit and Vegetable stores not functioning
• Fixed pricing satisfaction going down lower than it should in some districts
• Fixed the amount of dirt in coffee/fast food was accumulating too quickly
• Fixed joining a long customer queue can put you outside
• Fixed scooter is slow to initially accelerate
• Fixed issue where you'd still get maximum customers even with empty employee stations
• Fixed issue that was causing deliveries to be duplicated
• Fixed Ika Bohag was missing large clocks during the Christmas layout
• Fixed Lux Concept couldn't purchase a few items
• Fixed the toggle "Hide Cleaners" wouldn't reset properly when switching between businesses
• Fixed glitch that would sometimes allow infinite happiness in your own nightclub.
• Fixed can't buy items from gas station
• Fixed autopark could escape the map on one street
• Fixed unassigned buildings were not appearing in BizMan
• Fixed bank Investment Risk text that was appearing incorrectly

EARLY ACCESS 0.4 BUILD 2255 HOTFIX (DECEMBER 2023)

• Fixed Uncle Fred Warehouse Pallet quest wasn't completing
• Fixed player gets kicked off register at midnight
• Fixed clicking the cleaning station while holding a hand truck could soft-lock you
• Fixed rugs, carpets and dance floors could be attached to some building doors
• Fixed exiting a warehouse or parking lot so you don't crash into traffic
• Fixed can't grab any dance floor from AJ Pederson and Son
• Fixed money was being displayed as a signed int rather than a float, so if you got too much money, it would appear to be negative.
• Fixed could get stuck in the "void" after previewing a building and pressing a certain key combination
• Fixed couldn't color door in D2 building
• Fixed the gym's computer was backward
• Fixed customer queue gets stuck in AJ Pederson and Son

EARLY ACCESS 0.4 BUILD 2254 HOTFIX (DECEMBER 2023)

• Fixed Uncle Fred objective wouldn't complete when renting a warehouse
• Fixed Uncle Fred importing objective wouldn't complete when receiving first warehouse order
• Fixed Logistics Managers stopped being able to do warehouse-to-warehouse deliveries

EARLY ACCESS 0.4 MAJOR UPDATE (DECEMBER 2023)

New Additions and Modifications

• New Store/Business Type: Electronics Store
• New Products:
  • ZanaMan Phone
  • Arty Fish Phone
  • ZanaMan Smart Watch
  • Arty Fish Smart Watch
  • Rhythm By Tre Headphones
  • Noize Boss Earbuds
  • Product Display Table
• New Items:
  • Water Cooler
  • Kabob
  • Original shelf is now "Large Cigar Shelf"
  • Medium Cigar Shelf
  • Small Cigar Shelf
  • Original counter is now "Checkout Counter Right"
  • Checkout Counter Left
  • Executive Desk
  • Original desk is now "Executive Desk Left"
  • Executive Desk Right
  • Coat Check
  • Original item is now "Coat Check Left"
  • Coat Check Right
  • Preben Sofa With Chaiselong
  • Original item is now "Preben Sofa With Chaiselong Right"
  • Preben Sofa With Chaiselong Left
• When you load the main menu, you'll hear new Big Ambitions original Theme Music
• Added the Park Tree "X-Ray" effect to trees on the entire map to help visibility while driving
• Added "Building Hider" effect to the bridge to help visibility while driving
• For our 11 supported languages, the game should be between 99%-100% translated!
• Saved Game Compatibility. EA 0.4 will automatically convert saves from your most recently played version, whether that was EA 0.1, EA 0.2, or EA 0.3!
• Office Employees can now demand a Water Cooler
• Office Employees can now demand more variety of chairs/tables
• Employee Chair / Desk demands are now fulfilled if you have a more expensive item.
• Cleaners rebalanced
• Added driving / lane-assist.
• Reworked vehicle handling to make the cheap cars, heavy trucks, and fast sports cars feel more accurate
• Autopark no longer parks your vehicles on top of your other vehicles
• If your vehicle falls through the ground, it will be automatically recovered
• Fixed several parking spots were not allowing legal parking
• Fixed several spots where AI traffic would get stuck
• Fixed mouse-driving so you can make purchases at NY Distro
• Fixed selling car in the street blocks traffic
• Can no longer exit car while paused
• If your car is parked in the car repair shop, you no longer get a ticket
• Added emoji system

Coding Revamp

• Rewrote office demand is calculations
• When you enter the store, customers should already be inside
• Customers return their shopping basket instead of walking out with it
• Customers no longer leave at midnight
• If a cash register closes, the customers will shift to a different cash register, instead of leaving
• Cash Register / Checkout Counter times should much more closely match the simulation (except Fast Food and Coffee Shops)
• Fast Food and Coffee Shop employees now only visit each station one time per customer. If the customer orders 5 burgers, the employee grabs all 5 at once, which helps speed up the flow.
• Increased FPS (20+ FPS increase in some cases), especially at night and in low performance machines!
• Lowered VRAM Usage over 30% - Under highest settings, VRAM usage went from 6.1 (EA 0.3) to 4.2 (EA 0.4) Gb
• Lowered Memory Usage nearly 10% - Memory usage went from 3.6 (EA 0.3) to 3.2 (EA 0.4)
• Reduced lagging/hanging when exiting the game
• Optimized game loading. Especially massive saves now load significantly faster - Game with over 125 businesses went from 11+ Minutes (EA 0.3) to 47 seconds (EA 0.4)
• Optimized Icons, Textures and 3D assets
• Fixed a couple memory leaks

Bug Fixes / Upgrades

• Fixed clicking a Cash Register/Checkout Counter while your mouse hovers over an AI employee
• Fixed clicking Interior Design options while your mouse hovers over an AI employee
• Fixed you’re in a checkout line (or getting a hair cut, etc) in a player-owned store when it closes
• Fixed if you click Autopark while the sleeping UI is visible
• Fixed buy Casino Ticket while paused
• Fixed issues with HR Mangers getting Insurance if they were hired by Head Hunter
• Fixed buy your own furniture and break the store
• Fixed trapped in "Void"
• Wholesale/Import prices have increased
• Customer flow has decreased.
• Security requirements have been lowered to their proper value
• "Free" haircut at your store was previously still charging you. It is free now
• Fixed color issue when resetting Hairdresser Chair
• Added logo to Truck Garage business.
• Fixed issue where you still collect "Cover Charges" if you change a Nightclub to another business
• Fixed issue where customers were trying to buy “coat checks” and “cover charges”
• Fixed issue where you could begin an Interior Installation without picking a blueprint
• Fixed issue if the blueprint was deleted after beginning Interior Installation.
• Fixed issue where furniture acquired in a blueprint didn't count toward "Bling Bling" achievement
• Clarified Fast Food Business Quests to avoid confusion
• Removed 75m size restriction from the Fast Food Business Quest.
• Fixed hospital treatment quest doesn't checkmark (until new hour)
• Fixed quest for the player to buy a drinks fridge so it accept the large drinks fridge too
• Fixed Gift Shop “Tutorial Finger” not scrolling with businesses
• Fixed MarketInsider "Tutorial Finger" was pointing to the wrong icon
• Fixed “A Fresh Start” lasting forever if you ignore the tutorial
• Fixed various hard to click/enter buildings
• Fixed various Building Hiders
• Fixed various player/vehicle collider issues
• Fixed issue where you couldn't grab an object if it was right by the door
• Fixed you can right-click while using auto-run now to rotate camera
• Fixed issue where pedestrians run into Candy Canes
• Fixed clicking on the hospital chairs (Insurance / Mr. Ternity) wouldn’t let you sit down
• Fixed issue that allowed a handtruck/scooter into the Gym or on the Casino Boat
• Fixed missing wall grid on C1 wall
• Fixed Pull-Up bar would interfere with objects on the other side of a shared wall
• Fixed Can Put Carpets and Dance Floor On Roof
• Fixed so now you can place an exit Sign above the door in in A1 / A2 / A3 buildings
• Expanded “X-Ray” Tree effect to all trees to help with parking and road visibility
• Removed restriction for home gym equipment that requires workout clothes
• Fixed warehouse doesn't check inside door for vehicles
• Fixed damage from driving into parking garage
• Fixed could drop a mop onto a hand truck
• Fixed could drop a shopping basket onto a hand truck
• Fixed problems when grabbing items from a shelf as a delivery is happening
• Fixed dirty being highlighted when you enter a building
• Fixed teleportation when you click on object and use WASD
• Fixed player gets stuck between door and wall
• Fixed player gets stuck outside the building entrance while inside the building
• Fixed character running into walls at 11 4th St
• Fixed Angled Crates don't angle properly when placed
• Fixed you have no energy but you can still dance
• Fixed teleporting after a Subway ride from Metro Wholesale
• Fixed can't click on cleaning station to return mop
• Fixed AJ Pederson and Son - Can't click on Dome Camera to Purchase
• Fixed a lot of visible seams in the roads
• Improved outdoor lighting/shadow simulation through the day
• Fixed/Improved some item color customization
• Added some new animations and textures
• Added female skirt clothing option
• Fixed issue where Casino employee was wearing multiple characters smashed together.
• Fixed an issue where edges of exterior buildings would flicker when the walls are "hidden"
• Fixed Ika Bohag outline flickering near the entrance
• Fixed sometimes AI vehicle tires were visible in Voogle Maps
• Fixed sometimes "delivery truck" drivers, and pedestrians would be visible in Voogle Maps
• Fixed some lights could pass through walls
• Fixed uniforms don't update if you're In the building
• Fixed issue where main menu music would continue to play if the game was paused when loading
• Fixed issue where main menu music wouldn’t play when returning to the main menu from the game
• Fixed issue where some SFX wouldn't play while placing objects if the game was paused
• Fixed so pausing the game mutes all other sounds including engine noises and ambiance sounds
• Turned music off while on Scooter
• Fixed music outside the club wasn't impacted by volume settings
• Replaced a few Sound Effects
• Fixed recruiter message that claimed you cancelled your request after trying to recruit
• Quick Link button to "See Candidates" from Recruiter text messages
• Alert on BizPhone Candidates App when new recruits are available
• “Not duplicated” warning has been clarified
• Cleanliness Demand has been clarified
• Fixed you can't put a security panel on one side of the door.
• Fixed Hairdresser and Coat Check stations would make money with no employees
• Fixed issue where you could hire the same employee twice if you pressed a specific button sequence
• Fixed issue if player becomes exhausted while working a register in Interior Design mode
• Fixed an issue where inventory stored in a vehicle inside a warehouse would mess up imports.
• Fixed so customers use Digital Scale based on the scale placement instead of the counter placement
• Fixed issue where the 49 2nd St Warehouse would launch your freight truck out the exit and cause crashes
• Fixed issue where empty POS would try to refill by taking your purchased paper bag of items instead of using the correct box of paper bags.
• Fixed small floating square signs at 18 2nd Ave
• Fixed invisible "Cocktail Neon" Sign Above Neon Circle
• Fixed the map can be opened/closed from the fullMenu with the 'M' button
• Fixed some demands like "mousepad" are checked when the employee is not assigned yet
• Fixed AI customers appear inside buildings when you are outside
• Fixed modern cabinet attachments are backward
• Fixed AI sometimes appearing In the Fountain
• Fixed deliveries to some locations were on the street
• Fixed customers steal if you have no paper bags
• Fixed if your final employee training is less than 10%, the price adjusts to match
• Fixed high queue waiting time at IKA
• Fixed "No Cleaning Shifts" not being fulfilled
• Fixed so buying building and overtaking store now removes them from MarketingInsider app
• Fixed backward placed item against wall makes AI stuck
• Fixed several non-reachable items in IKA Bohag
• Fixed in a custom game with no hunger, you can still get sad from not eating
• Fixed so employees don’t get 4 Demands
• Fixed employee stands on wrong side of counter with glass
• Fixed employee wants no weekends, has no weekends, and is unhappy
• Fixed boxes unpack themselves
• Fixed joining a long customer queue can push you outside
• Fixed can't see car, even though you can see the icon while in a building
• Fixed player money UI now shows a rounded down figure to avoid showing more money than the player actually has when rounding up
• Fixed alignment of the 1 on the time machine clock in numbers like 1:00, 11:00, 21:00
• Fixed some spots where Chinese characters weren’t displaying properly
• Fixed if you rename a business, the "temporarily closed" alert stays up now
• Fixed "Manage Cargo" UI match other UI boxes
• Fixed HR Manage skill level wasn't rounded in certain places
• Fixed a few text descriptions
• Updated some Voogle Map Filter colors
• Fixed "Set Destination" button didn't work in the EconoView App
• Fixed Map Icons weren't fully synced to the camera movements
• Fixed issue where hanging signs could show the wrong item
• Fixed issue where sometimes clicking would create two ground-click indicators
• Fixed Scheduling issue where a 0-hour shift would be assigned at midnight
• Fixed display issues when previewing a building
• Removed Text "Click to Watch" on Interactable Items (TVs) in AI Store
• Added a red badge icon on MyEmployees when candidates are available
• Changed color of “Paid” parking to better differentiate from “Illegal” parking
• Fixed situations where outdoors delivery pallet UI was visible indoors
• Fixed business “Minimum 1 Product” now only should checks for primary products
• Fixed setting a waypoint in a parking garage wouldn’t appear above ground
• Fixed after placing an Interior Installation order, they now ask "do you want another?
• Fixed after requesting Health Insurance Manager, they now ask “do you want another?”
• Fixed can't reuse warehouse name if old warehouse was shut down
• Fixed Auto-Fill now confirms you want to use it and overwrite your schedule
• Fixed recruitment message Says "jobdemand_PartTime"
• Fixed clicking and dragging makes UI Pop Up on Mouse-Up
• Fixed clicking message popup alert doesn't clear the message notification
• Fixed gas station repair wasn’t always showing the most up-to-date repair amount
• Fixed if you extend your store hours while working, the UI doesn't update
• Fixed building sign colors don't match what was set
• Fixed if you load into a game holding a mop, the mop UI is partial
• Fixed hotkey for "Do Order (Free)" doesn't work
• Fixed you can’t click on the map while holding a mop
• Fixed Logo/Icons have weird white line artifacts
• Fixed employee schedule list resets to top each time you click a new day
• Fixed BizMan Alerts wrongly persist between businesses
• Changed employee schedule overlay from "Right-Click To Remove" to “Right-Click to Manage”
• Fixed uniform - female shirt shows the wrong thumbnail
• Fixed Uncle Fred text box now goes away if he is paused
• Fixed wholesale delivery contract has no cancel confirmation
• Made next radio station button smaller
• Fixed laggy BizMan > Schedules
• Fixed if you pass out while looking at "Preview Terminal" UI, it stays visible
• Fixed outdoor business sign doesn't match BizMan settings color
• Fixed for "Blueprint by [Unknown]" user names
• Fixed achieved 100% Employee Satisfaction but only 2 of 3 demands are satisfied
• Fixed Paper Bag highlights randomly when leaving building
• Fixed When click-dragging on scheduler, maintain schedule length
• Removed Coat Check Fee from MarketInsider
• Fixed you could open two Ika Flatbed Inventory sheets and accidentally delete everything
• Fixed sometimes the Loading screen doesn't fade out completely
• Fixed sometimes the UI Destination was visible when previewing a building
• Fixed random warning dot when entering/loading building

EARLY ACCESS 0.3 Build 2054 HOTFIX (OCTOBER 2023)

• Fixed issue where Headhunter couldn't recruit Graphic Designers unless they were extremely high-skill
• Fixed issue that sometimes caused the game to lock up when completing the Uncle Fred Marketing quest.
• Fixed issue that caused the scheduler to "forget" your schedule, specifically when you purchased multiple versions of a store of the same name.
• Fixed issue with Hairdresser and Security Guard Interior Score going to 0 if the player is in the store
• Fixed issue with how gambling is calculated - the initial bet and losses previously were ignored, but now they are subtracted from the total before calculating taxes.
• Fixed issue loading blueprints where the game would lock up because it was downloading
• Fixed issue where sometimes the correct building size for Uncle Fred's Fast-Food quest wouldn't be available
• New Seasonal Decoration: Jack-O-Lanterns

EARLY ACCESS 0.3 Build 2049 HOTFIX (SEPTEMBER 2023)

• While fixing one issue for 2048, we apparently locked the freight trucks out of the warehouses. So we fixed that here!
• One change we made to prevent overall stuttering, ended up causing lag when initially entering a building, so we fixed that one here too!

EARLY ACCESS 0.3 Build 2048 HOTFIX (SEPTEMBER 2023)

• We patched up a couple spots that were causing some big lag spikes. Things should be running very smoothly now!
• Would open without any drinks, which means no customers arrived. Now the Nightclub requires drinks to open
• Fixed that the Coat Check wasn't appearing in BizMan or Econoview
• Fixed Wrong Sound Effects for Mersaidi MGA GT, Anselmo AF90, UMC Desert
• Fixed "slippery" handling for UMC Nunavut
• Fixed issue where vehicles would drive extremely slowly
• Fixed Electric Scooters wouldn't respawn until you reload
• Fixed warehouse UI allowed players to "enter" (teleport) to the warehouse from anywhere
• Fixed Paper Bags weren't giving any alerts when a cash register was empty
• Traffic lights now display properly again, going Green > Yellow > Red > Green
• Fixed MarketInsider was not properly showing the Providers / Demands of Hair Care Products
• Fixed could enter a building under construction (Installation Firm) by entering through the elevator
• Fixed an issue with Blueprints where packed furniture would appear as "undefined"
• Added "BusinessType" to Blueprints for better sorting (old blueprints will need to manually add this filter)
• Added Standing Digital Scale to Default Supermarket Layouts that included Fruits and Vegetables
• Fixed a couple UI Display/Interaction errors
• Clarified a few UI text, F1 Help, and Translation errors

Balancing Changes

• Hairdresser Chair / Hairdresser Chair Modern - 5 Customer Capacity
• Hairdresser Head Wash - 10 Customer Capacity.
• Jewelry Stores required 3 fully trained Security Guards for maximum coverage. This has been reduced to 2.
• Players weren't sure if they needed to have guards when the store was closed, so security now clarifies that the store is closed/secured rather than showing a lower percentage when the guards are gone.
• Existing Camera Coverage is now indicated when you place a new camera. This would allow you to see what is already covered when you're placing additional cameras.
• The amount of theft has been reduced. Thieves were a little too active.
• Security Guards now have Security Vests to make sure you know they mean business!

EARLY ACCESS 0.3 Build 2043 HOTFIX (SEPTEMBER 2023)

• Taxis were flipping over and causing chaos. We asked them to stop.
• Some Taxis were also just taking the player and leaving the camera behind! Fixed that too!
• Coffee shops all heavily dropped in profit in 0.3. But now the customers love you again.
• Players weren't receiving money from Hairdressers if the player worked at the register. This has been fixed!
• Blueprints were shy and didn't connect to your store properly. Now they should!
• Some players had UI alerts that wouldn't go away. We believe that is fixed too! (be sure to let us know if you still see it, though!)
• Paper bags deleted themselves from your inventory lists, but we brought them back.
• Security Guards are visible now! Take that, criminals!
• Sometimes Uncle Fred's required starting buildings were full. That should be fixed!
• Opening the F1 menu while in the map would unpause the game. Oops, we stopped that.
• Your messages from City Workforce might have been labeled "Kristian Bahood". We updated your phonebook!
• El Gato finally remembered to update its menu to mention it sells Ice Cream!
• Fixed some issues with employee workstations and customer queues that were causing crashes while the player is in the store!
• Nightclub customers weren't bringing in many coats for the coat check.
• If you unassigned an employee while in the building, they kept working. Now they get properly kicked out!
• Added an icon to each element of the "workout" outfit to make it easier for players to find.
• Fixed a handful of UI issues, SFX, and animation issues.
• Did some graphic cleanup that should help with image-stuttering slightly.
• Fixed some vehicle interaction issues.
• Fixed several cases where vehicles would fall through the ground. If you do experience this still, please report it with F2 so we can fix it!
• Imports/wholesale deliveries were moved to 02:00
• UMC Desert was nerfed slightly to have 14 capacity and cost $8000.
• Midtown's highest acceptable prices was lowered a little bit. If you were previously targeting the highest prices, your prices will have been adjusted to ensure your customers didn't revolt.
• Buying cheap clothes wholesale/import cost 30% more now.
• Buying expensive clothes wholesale/import cost 50% more now.

EARLY ACCESS 0.3 MAJOR UPDATE (AUGUST 2023)

New Additions

• New Feature: Blueprints
• New Event: Product Shortages & Backorders
• New Store: Interior Installation Firms
• New Business Types:
  • Nightclubs
  • Hairdressers
• New Employees:
  • DJ
  • Hair Stylist
  • Security Guard
  • Headhunter
• New Items:
  • Dance floors
  • Disco Ball
  • Neon Lights
  • Modular cocktail bar
  • Barstools
  • DJ Booth
  • Hairdresser Chair
  • Hairdresser Chair Modern
  • Hairdresser Head Wash
  • Hairdresser Mirror
  • Hairdresser Shelf
  • Security Panel
  • Security Camera
  • Dome Security Camera
  • Security Guard Locker
  • Phone
  • Office Phone
• New Product: Ice Cream

Balancing Changes

• Clothing Store market rebalanced
• Food inventory box quantities increased

Graphic Updates

• Character hair has been redone.
• Picture frames have pictures in them!
• More custom coloring of items
• New Clothes
• New Furniture
• New Delivery Truck (AI Only)
• Show lights in windows at night if the business is open
• Many new and updated animations
• Fixed hand-placement animations to line up better

AI

• AI randomly hangs out around the city
• AI gathered at the nightclub
• Customers leave if you temporarily close the business
• New Layouts for all AI businesses in all building sizes
• Added new Secondary Items
• Added Security
• Added Cleaning Station
• Added Storage Shelves

UI Updates

• Shift + Click to multi-select in MyEmployees
• Employee Training time remaining
• "Next Business" dropdown section for BizMan/Econoview
• Warehouse driver UI clarification
• Updated Uncle Fred objectives / tutorial finger pointing for clarity
• Much better auto-fill scheduling and distribution through the week,
• Interior Design Undo/Redo

Traffic and Electric Scooters

• Vehicle handling has been completely redone
• Traffic should actually let you park now
• Traffic shouldn't crash into each other as much
• Autopark should work a lot better for street parking now
• You can rent an electric scooter to get around town faster

Employee Demands QoL Updates

• If an employee is being trained by HR and gets a new demand that is already being fulfilled, you won't get a text about it
• If you are in story mode and haven't unlocked HR yet, employees won't demand Health Insurance

AJ Pederson & Son Expansion

• Building interior has expanded to fit a bunch of new items
• Nightclub furniture / DJ Booth
• Hairdresser chairs and other furniture
• All Security devices

Misc

• New Wall-Grid placement system
• New snapping system for thin objects like the bookshelf, so they can be against the wall
• New Radio Stations including one for your own MP3s
• New hospital floor lines to help you find the exit!
• New dynamic signs
• Self-Serve at order-based business even if there are no employees working
• Game pauses while you place an order at the register, so you don't lose your place in line
• Taxi travel time, adjusted based on game speed settings
• Gambling winnings are now taxed
• Added floor markers in Hospital to guide players to the exit.
• Greatly expanded "F1 Help" Guide

Fixed Bugs

• Fixed - Employees were invisible in Sommerhus Chair*ixed - Couldn't store donuts in fridge
• Fixed - Building preview shows placement grid
• Fixed - Items were sitting sideways on Counter with Glass
• Fixed - Mesh missing 52 5th Ave
• Fixed - Desktop Computer couldn't be placed on Standard Desk
• Fixed - Various Issues when buying an AI store
• Fixed - "Seven" 7th St Map Text UI issue
• Fixed - Couldn't change business name if only change was capitization
• Fixed - You could click "sleep" or "work" while in VoogleMaps
• Fixed - HQ could get stuck in "temporarily closed"
• Fixed - Employee was happy with some night hours while demanding "no night shifts"
• Fixed - so you can scroll in the Employee Scheduler
• Fixed - the Logistics UI that was scrolling backward
• Fixed - finishing some warehouse achievement would give apartments achievements
• Fixed - issue where If you gamble in the last couple seconds of the night, it would keep your money
• Fixed - a bug where you could order items at your own store even if they were sold out
• Fixed - a bug that would supposed freeze while you get health insurance
• Fixed - a bug where you could sometimes access the subway transport from anywhere on the map
• Fixed - a bug where the truck garage would play the opening SFX while staying closed
• Fixed - issue where cleaners hours were counting on their day off.
• Fixed - "Keep Calm and Squat On" GPS map icon
• Fixed - UI for Importers to properly show how long until opening hours when closed.
• Fixed - UI on registers to properly show the percentage of the shift completed
• Fixed - navigation on a couple items at Ika Bohag
• Fixed - repeating delivery text UI so all languages could read it
• Fixed - some texture issues around the city
• Repairing your Car costs have been cut by half.
• Fixed - Employee Demand OLs match the formatting from the MyEmployees page
• Fixed - missing graphic elements
• Fixed - exhausted animation not playing after driving
• Fixed - a glitch that would allow you to drive two vehicles at once
• Fixed - a glitch that allowed you to drive into an apartment
• Fixed - an issue that allowed Freight Trucks to back over the border boundariesa
• Fixed - an issue where trucks quickly leave a warehouse and smash things across the street.
• Fixed - an issue that causes Freight Trucks to turn white after a white
• Fixed - an issue where the player couldn't run down the Parking Garage at 10 Broadway
• Fixed - an issue where the NY Distro forklift would lose purchase products.
• Fixed - the bridge in Hell's Kitchen so you can't drive through to
• Fixed - a bug where game with glitch if you work past your shift
• Fixed - a bug where it you double tapped "F", it would fire frzeeze you in place
• Fixed - a bug where you would get stuck in the queue if the shift ended while you stood there

EARLY ACCESS 0.2 BUILD 1869 HOTFIX (JULY 2023)

• Fixed issue where changing options before starting a game for the first time breaks the game
• Fixed issue where Gas Station / Car Repair UI wasn't popping up properly

EARLY ACCESS 0.2 BUILD 1868 HOTFIX (JUNE 2023)

• Fixed some issues if you changed options/settings in the main menu before starting the game
• Fixed some issues if you cancel while waiting in line for a checkout counter
• Fixed an issue with hotkeys being activated while naming a business
• Fixed an issue where some UI like using the TV or sleeping were activated while in VoogleMaps
• Fixed an issue where a couple of items like the restaurant booth could push you outside while designing your store
• Fixed an error where you could start the Uncle Fred tutorial while in sandbox mode
• Fixed a color/design issue with Cabinet End (right) not matching the others

EARLY ACCESS 0.2 BUILD 1867 HOTFIX (JUNE 2023)

• Cleaners forgot how to clean, and stores were being called dirty even when they weren't…that should be fixed now.
• We told the AI to calm down and leave a few buildings for the player! If you're already in a saved game with no free buildings, it might take a few weeks for it to balance out, but after that, it should be a lot easier to find available buildlings.
• In EA 0.2, Uncle Fred starting sending you to the wholesaler to get deliveries, but with a $1,000 delivery fee, that was a bit unreasonable. It's now much easier to handle at $400.
• If your business was temporarily closed, the employees weren't getting credit for their 4-days a week or 5-days a week demands. This has been fixed.
• Fixed an issue that caused the "MarketInsider" objective to display twice for some languages instead of showing the proper business school objective.
• Employees should no longer ask for insurance at 50% skill. They will wait until they are closer to 100%.
• Insurance has a 10-employee minimum. Previously, if you had fewer than 10 employees, the insurance wouldn't activate. Now it does activate, but you pay for the 10 employee-minimum.
• Previously, if you tried to get Gold Insurance but your HR Manager was too low level, it just didn't offer you Gold. Now it shows you Gold but explains why you can't get it.

EARLY ACCESS 0.2 BUILD 1866 HOTFIX (JUNE 2023)

• Only for savegames started before Build 1866: Internally forced demand to 100% for all office-based businesses.
• Only for savegames started before Build 1866: Disabled employees' ability to generate any new demands.

EARLY ACCESS 0.2 BUILD 1865 HOTFIX (JUNE 2023)

Reinstated new and improved Employee Demands update

• Employees now send a message with their updated demand, which includes a link directly to that employee so you can manage them.
• These demands won't impact their schedule status (full-time vs part-time, etc)

Office Jobs - Big Revamp

• Balancing - Office job fees previously were able to be increased up incredible high - this has been balanced to be more in-line with their retail counterparts.
• You'll also want to keep an eye on the hours and days you're open to find which hours are most profitable to work in.
• 1-Person Offices now get clients! Fixed a bug where previously they wouldn't get any.
• Customers-per-hour was confusing as some clients would stay for more than 1 hour. Now clients all stay for 1 hour each to make things more clear, which means it's possible to hit your maximum customers per hour!

UI

• Fixed some UI in widescreen issues
• Fixed Warehouse UI says "closed"
• Fixed issue preventing Warehouse / Headquarters exterior signs from being edited
• Added price label to diploma school panel
• Added tooltips to some custom game modifiers in main menu
• Fixed Fuel never shows 100%, even when full
• Fixed roulette "Please select a number" bug

FIXES

• Fixed bug causing some HQ-based employees to not regenerate satisfaction.
• Fixed Hoarder Achievements only updating on a new hour
• Improved barriers placement (placing rope/belt/shop barriers now have more freedom)
• Increased HR Manager max employees from 25 to 50
• Increased passive skill gain for AI employees when working
• Reduced traffic aggressiveness
• Ensure there's always an available building to satisfy the second Uncle Fred Business size
• Fixed fired HR Managers breaking insurance manager dialog
• Fixed can't reach 100% cleanliness in some scenarios
• Fixed Treadmill could be placed inside other objects
• Fixed can't walk under pullup bar when attached to door
• Fixed interior designer changing all colors of items of the same type
• Fixed could refill cash registers from far away
• Fixed could hire a cleaner for a Warehouse
• Fixed couldn't reach 100% Interior Design Score in certain buildings (A1, A2, C1, M1)
• Fixed 3 5th Avenue wrong pallet position
• Fixed player's customer service skill disappearing
• Fixed can't load some old savegames
• Fixed Old Logistics schedules wouldn't delete when shutting down a business
• Fixed Marketing Campaigns wouldn't cancel if the Business was switched to a Headquarters
• Fixed Salad Bar has no placement arrow
• Fixed TimeMachine on split-shift ignoring break between shifts
• Fixed Purchasing Agent training is now done after deliveries to prevent delivery failures due to prices going under the minimum purchase order
• Fixed player could pick up and move some objects while interacting with them
• Fixed can enter building while riding subway
• Fixed Restaurant Booth attaching random items and getting stuck (you can put small flowers on it)
• Fixed "Graphic Tablet with screen" now also satisfies "Graphic Tablet" demand
• Fixed BizPhone's message notification not going away in some cases
• Fixed Bling Cribs Achievement wasn't counting deliveries. It should properly count any new items you put in the apartment, but any items it missed before still won't count
• Fixed some issues causing the camera zoom to stop working
• Fixed Persona Goal Achievement to say 90m apartment instead of 100m
• Fixed if store is "temporarily closed" employee's scheduled hours didn't satisfy their demands
• Added alert that the store is temporarily closed
• Fixed run animation not making step sounds
• Reduce volume of footstep sounds
• Fixed can get stuck in Vantander reception
• Fixed cancelling some dialogs soft-locking the game
• Fixed sleeping on Luxury Yacht/Yacht soft-lock
• Fixed some female shirts in uniform had weird shadows
• Fixed uniform customizer heads disappearing
• Fixed "Missing Uniform" complaint to only include those who are currently working
• Fixed "Are you sure" dialog unpausing early

EARLY ACCESS 0.2 BUILD 1856 HOTFIX (MAY 2023)

• Added "Insurance Demand" to the HR coverage employee list
• Fixed issue causing the Health Insurance Manager to stop sending HR Managers Health Contracts before every HR Manager had one.
• Fixed Female character sliding while pushing a flatbed/handtruck
• Fixed after using a handcart, players lift weights with one arm
• Fixed new Uncle Fred objectives pulling players backward in the story when they've already completed the previous objectives.
• Fixed vehicles that had fallen through the map, should be recovered now.
• Fixed couldn't rebind "C" Key
• Fixed Empty Bakery Showcase in Coffee Shops in C2 building, AI businesses
• Removed extra "Laptop" entry from F1 menu
• Fixed multiple uniform presets not saving properly

EARLY ACCESS 0.2 MAJOR UPDATE (MAY 2023)

• New Business Type: Fruit and vegetable store
• New Business Type: Graphic designer
• New Items: Chairs, tables, barriers, counters, shelves and more!
• New Happiness Booster: Added Fitness/Gym
• Options: Add game speed variable
• Options: Added new key bindings for vehicle reverse camera, help system window, feedback window, quicksave and map
• Options: Added option to drive the car with the mouse
• Product Balancing: expensive gifts, cheap jewelry, expensive jewelry, all clothing
• Updated Layouts: Jensen Capital, Gas Station, McCain’s eMarketing, IRS, Vantander Bank, City Ads, Manhattan Luxury Cars, General US Trucks, Manhattan Business School
• Donuts: Changed Donuts producer from Industrial Fryer Machine to Bakery Showcase
• 9Paper bags: Single paper bags can now be placed above tables
• Ika Bohag desktops: Now use standard tables instead of office desks
• POS update: Allow buying products in player owned businesses
• Employees: Benefits program
• Radio: Local mp3 files support
• Casino Exploit: Disabled saving on Casino Boat
• Camera: Improve the experience when buildings are blocking player vision
• Story Mode: Revised progression and flow
• Story Mode: Allow quitting story at any time
• Help System: Adding pages for missing products
• UI: Improved and optimized notification list window
• UI: Optimize spacing for all languages
• UI: Added 'Cancel' button to bank dialog
• UI: Added 'no businesses' dialog to Recruitment Agents
• UI: Added specific transaction label for furniture delivery refund
• UI: Improve double save-button in Bizman Settings
• UI: Add Logistics Manager table sorting
• UI: Add Purchasing Agent table sorting
• UI: Revise/simplify Purchasing Agent UI
• Bizman Schedule: Automatically activating Monday-Friday from 8:00 - 16:00 by default
• Traffic AI: Leave space for players trying to parallel park
• Customer AI: Behavior and queue-system improvements
• Customer AI: Improved restaurant booth to handle up to 4 customers
• Improved Characters: more variations
• Improved Characters: Improved item attachments visualization
• Improved Characters: Fixed gender not being localized in employee candidates
• Improved Characters: Fixed gender of AI businesses employees not randomizing
• Performance: Fix fps dropping when inside or close to park(s)
• Performance: Increase performance of pedestrians/customers
• Performance: Added low detail city map setting
• Performance: Steam Deck optimization
• Customer Satisfaction: Expand interior variables

EARLY ACCESS 0.1 BUILD 1727 HOTFIX (APRIL 2023)

Quality of Life/Player Requests

• Added new music
• Added warning when car is too damaged to drive
• Added small animation to Pause Button when game is paused
• Added earlier retirement notice
• Added "Browse Inventory" to importers
• Added elevator to 13 3rd Ave to get back down to the parking garage
• Updated F1 Help information
• New Localizor strings, including gender localization

Handtruck improvement

• Added HandTrucks to missing offices (building types A3 and K1)
• Allow players to put Handtruck away, even if another Handtruck has spawned in its place
• Allow grabbing boxes when using Handtrucks

Employees

• Fixed an error preventing training an unassigned employee
• Fixed error that allowed employee assignment while training
• Fixed error that prevented assigning cleaners to office businesses with Mass Employee Actions
• Employees finishing training now don't lose satisfaction until midnight

Errors and crashes

• Fixed issues caused by using quotes in player business names
• Fixed navigation issues with parking elevator
• Fixed an error preventing building signs from updating correctly after being renamed
• Fixed an error where the game wouldn't remember vehicle keybinds after reloading
• Fixed soft-lock when pausing before purchasing a Casino Ticket
• Fixed soft-lock when selling item and placing it while on confirm panel
• Fixed soft-lock when hitting ESC during vehicle showcase animation
• Fixed issues with saving/loading game compatibility
• Fixed some crashing issues by upgraded Unity to 2021.3.23

EARLY ACCESS 0.1 MAJOR UPDATE (MARCH 2023)

• Performance improvements
• New color picker + Hex input
• More and optimized pedestrians
• Minimum PC specifications warning
• Quality of life improvements
• Changing player clothing in apartments
• Final testing/preparations
• Video trailer for Early Access release
• Steam Early Access release 🥳

BETA 9 (FEBRUARY 2023)

• Underground garages for high-end apartments and offices
• Customer demands
• Purchasable boats & yachts (not sailable)
• New Uncle Fred objectives
• End game: Doctor's appointment
• Hiding pedestrians when hit by traffic
• Death and end of game
• Welcome screen/language selector
• Steam Achievements
• Auto-run/follow the mouse feature
• Improve indoor lighting, reflections and shadows

BETA 8 (DECEMBER 2022)

• Customizable jpgs for business logos
• Customizable employee uniforms
• Customizable furniture colors
• Warehouses rentes out by AI
• Handtruck station (allows changing location)
• Added prices to Interior Designer
• Added negative interest rates
• Improved walking animation/speed
• Revised marketing
• Watch TV feature
• Performance improved city map
• Improved customer AI: Sit down at tables and eat + general shopping behavior
• Improved employee AI: Added animations when using appliances
• Expanded customer AI: Added animation for using garbage bins
• New items: indoor plants, large sofa split into 2, restaurant booth, gaming chair and Scorpio gaming setup
• Improved animation when exhausted
• Added faint animation when player collapse from exhaustion
• Revised auto-saving
• Added in-game pointers to tutorial objectives
• New product: Cupcakes
• EconoView: Full table-view of transactions
• MyEmployees: Mass-action support
• New cars: Anselmo AF90, Vord Tiara Vic
• Custom key binding
• Revised Vehicle UI
• General improvements to scrollbar
• Various new Uncle Fred objectives
• Bizman Insight: Alerts streamlining update
• Traffic: Reduce yellow-light duration of intersections
• Add 'Slot' decal to warehouses
• Major indoor performance improvements

BETA 7 (NOVEMBER 2022)

• New furniture: Luxurious speaker
• New furniture: Luxurious TV
• New furniture: Gaming PC
• Play videogames feature
• Improved characters and clothing
• Improved customer AI
• Customizable customer queues
• Investment funds
• Improved pedestrian AI
• Controller Mode and improved character controls
• Steam Deck support
• Garment District: More F1 apartments
• Sleep quality (based on environment)
• Adding more boats and yachts to the marina
• Super luxurious residential apartment
• New vehicle: Mercedes AMG GT inspired
• Limited energy boost from caffeine consumables
• Volume slider for car radio

BETA 6 (SEPTEMBER 2022)

• New vehicle: Ambulance
• New vehicle: Police car
• Introduce difficulty levels: Impacting competitiveness, tax rates, etc.
• Custom Game Mode: Adjustable unlocks, progress, starting money, etc.
• Allow skipping tutorial/Uncle Fred
• HR Manager (HQ): Auto-scheduling, temporary employees, and auto-training
• Bizman Schedule: Auto-fill feature
• Major performance optimization
• Revised Uncle Fred dialogs + voice acting
• Adding radio/music to stores and businesses
• Support for imperial units and 12-hour time
• New app: Notifications - listing all earlier notifications
• New vehicle: Rolls Royce Phantom inspired
• Adding flatbed to IKA Bohag to transport up to 8 boxes

BETA 5  (AUGUST 2022)

• Furniture/appliance delivery service
• New vehicle: Mustang 67 inspired
• New vehicle: Ford F-150 inspired
• Revised loan system
• Improve pedestrian AI
• New special: Casino
• Introduce parking zones
• Adding physical employee demands
• Improve vehicle handling/controls
• Introduce employee aging and retirement
• Allowing collapsing UI overlays
• Additional 20 new tracks to radio
• Support for UI scaling (%)
• Optimized UI for long words/sentences (localization)

BETA 4  (AUGUST 2022)

• Improved UI: Bizman business list
• Improved UI: Start new business
• Added Gas stations
• Implement vehicle fuel system
• Implement vehicle conditions
• New special service: Car workshop
• Real estate investment: Allow buying buildings and earn rent
• Completion of Murray Hill neighborhood
• City Hospital + exhaustion/death
• Added happiness variable to player
• New business types: Florist
• Tax System & IRS Government Building
• New vehicle: BMW 3-series stationwagon inspired
• Balanced employee salaries + job demands

BETA 3  (JUNE 2022)

• Add localization/translation support
• In-game radio stations/music
• More sounds + improved ambience sounds
• Demo version
• Neighborhood filter to citymap
• City taxis for quick transportation
• More subway stations
• Improved lighting and time of day feeling
• Real character portrait in topbar
• Buildings decorations (scaffolding + roof details)
• Improved notifications (more types + timestamp)

BETA 2  (APRIL 2022)

• Completion of Midtown neighborhood
• Improve BizMan Schedule UI
• Improve Customer Capacity UI
• Revised cleaning schedule
• Support for selling furniture, products and vehicles
• Redesigned item overlays
• Vehicle Auto-Park feature
• Building previews + More info in Bizman Presentation
• New market demand system
• Large retail building layout
• Redesigned main menu
• Auto-save/recovery-save functionality
• New business type: Web Development Agency
• Improve functionality and performance of UI tables

BETA 1  (MARCH 2022)

• New Car Controller with engine sounds
• New interior floor and wall types
• Allow modifying color of interior designer materials
• Persona App: Player achievements and goals
• Buy competitor businesses for sale
• Large-sized residential apartment

ALPHA 10  (FEBRUARY 2022)

• Introducing Headquarters
• Logistics Manager (HQ): Allow setting up automated delivery of products
• Purchasing Agent (HQ): Allow importing products from the harbor
• New building type: Warehouses
• New employee type: Truck Driver (Delivery)
• Help System: In-game documentation
• Business Logo editor: Choose upload art. Change color

ALPHA 9  (JANUARY 2022)

• New app: Contacts - Allow phone calls to businesses
• New building type: Office
• New business type: Law Firm
• Delivery contracts: Automated wholesale deliveries
• New vehicle: Porsche 911 inspired
• Automated cleaning through cleaning employee type
• New employee type: Lawyers

ALPHA 8  (DECEMBER 2021)

• Completion of Hell's Kitchen neighborhood
• Character customization (new game: gender, skin color, age)
• New special building: Advertising Agency
• New traffic system
• Improve vehicle controller/mechanics
• Customer Capacity and Popularity (Marketing)

ALPHA 7  (OCTOBER 2021)

• New business type: Coffee Shop (coffee, croissants, etc)
• New business type: Liquor Store (cigars, wine, etc.)
• Customize floor and walls
• Introduce employees calling in sick
• Introduce employee demands
• Building sign editor: Choose font, sign type and colors
• New vehicle: Freightliner M2-inspired truck

ALPHA 6  (AUGUST 2021)

• Sleeping benches: Quickly have a nap around the city
• New items to existing businesses; Expensive Gifts (Gift shop), Hotdog + Grill, Burger + Station, Pizza + Oven
• Medium-sized residential apartment
• New business type: Jewelry Store
• Large furniture store
• New items: King-size bed, rounded shelf, floor lamp, potted plant, modular kitchen pieces
• Introducing subway system

ALPHA 5  (JULY 2021)

• Completion of Garment District neighborhood
• Night scene completed (street lights + light on vehicles)
• 2 new vehicles (Nissan Rogue + Mercedes S Class inspired)
• Added female characters
• 2 new clothing variants for pedestrians
• Improved camera controls
• Customer insight
• EconoView business-specific view
• Employee improvements; Adapt to hiring variables. Add training functionality