The Bus – Update 1.2

The second update for The Bus has just been released!

In addition to optimizing performance and physics, we took care of the line editor, corrected the passengers and much more.

You can see the full changelog here:

Changelog 0.6.41766 EA

Updated lighting systems: sunlight, moonlight, vehicle lights, street lights, buildings, etc.
Matrix displays updated
Removed incorrect localisations of matrix display strings
Updated vehicle physics
Performance optimisations
Onboarding passengers now walk to their correct seat instead of teleporting
Disembarking passengers now move from their seat and walk to the exit doors instead of teleporting
Disembarking passengers now choose the closest door to their seat’s position when exiting the vehicle
Disembarking passengers now can leave through any door
Bus line TXL: time of travel in-between bus stops updated
Operating Plan menu update
Added license plates to parking cars
Fixed a bug in the German license plate system, e.g. 5-digit numbers should no longer be possible
In-Game Editors: Deleting stops in lines now correctly updates all routes
Board Computer: You can now use Numpad on your keyboard to enter the tour code
Added a keybinding that allows pausing the mouse control input to enable mouselook
Incorrectly reported conflicts between key assignments have been fixed
Fixed bug where the standard operating plan wasn’t loaded correctly after resetting.
Weather templates have been updated
Geometries of buildings have been updated
Some traffic fixes for traffic lights, ROW (right of way) and speed limits
Some navigation fixes
Additional aspect ratio fixes for UI screens and HUD
Fixed some asset physics
Fixed some shader compiling errors
Update feedback reporting tool
Retarder now fades out correctly
Updated camera distance when using the photo mode
Dynamic weather templates are now loaded correctly from savegame data (will only work with new save game files)
Updated the positions of the roof hatches
Updated the positions of the observation cameras in the Scania Citywide 12M
Fixed traffic lights that don’t update on spawning
Passengers can now use different clothing patterns and colours
Reset vehicle function updated – should no longer place the vehicle into invisible walls and respects rear end of articulated vehicles and the maximum length of the vehicle
Fixed a bug where the photo mode could interfere with the vehicle controls
Fixed footstep sound not respecting effect volume settings
Updated collisions of some assets
Fixed 5.1 surround sound
Immediately adjust radio when the volume is changed in settings
Added additional bus stops
Updated position of bus stop Charité – Campus Mitte
Added missing announcement for bus stop Beusselstrasse
Scania Citywide: When taking a right turn the observation monitor will switch automatically to the right side exterior camera and switch back after completing the turn
Scania Citywide: Observation camera now switches to exterior rear door camera view, when the door is opened
Added locking to opening/closing radio streams to fix a rare game freeze
The volume slider in the radio GUI now blinks if set to 0 (Null)
Updated the behaviour of the driver’s cabin light
Updated bus stop marker visibility depending on an active route
Updated NPC performance
Fixed spawning NPC head direction
The last existing line in the Line Editor cannot be deleted anymore
Fixed overexposure in mirrors caused by light shafts
Updated steering velocity curve for Scania Citywide
Fixed eye adaption when using time of day slider in photo mode
Fixed reset vehicle function when near an invisible wall
Added function to reset player position in the pause menu when not driving a vehicle
Preparations for a terminal loop at Alexanderplatz/Memhardtstraße
Updated maximum Field of View values for Ultrawide displays
Updated traffic light timing at crossroad Alexanderplatz / Memhardtstrasse and Alexanderplatz terminal loop
Fixed route navigation at Alexanderplatz terminal loop
Fixed wheel material of NPC vehicles
Radio is now audible in the rear of the Scania Citywide 18M
Fixed invisible passengers in mirrors on low-quality settings when loading a savegame
Fixed radio becoming audible while changing volume in settings
Fixed weird radio sound on launch for certain PC configurations
Fixed the time display on the radio screen
Fixed reversing camera on low-quality settings
Fixed brake light sensitivity of NPC vehicles
UI text fixes
Other minor fixes