Patch Notes 10

Patch Notes 10:

Bug Fixes

    1.  Stock Prices not updating properly.

Updates

    1. Refined stock price modifiers, and integrated the 8th variable, to provide the player with greater influence over stock price.

    2. Manual saves removed due to numerous issues. The game autosaves whenever the player submits a quarter.

    3. Credit Rating factors heavily modified, loans now factor heavily into the equation.

    4. Major balance changes to prices/costs.

   5. Modified price change function.

   6. Added News Paper with stories that show population/environmental well being.

    7. Tweaked Strike system.

    8. Credit Rating will affect the loan offers you get.

    9. Population and Environmental Health have influence on the game.

Identified issues

    1. Bug - Board of Directors mood/patience. BoD mood update not displayed properly. Also possible for their patience to get stuck.

    2. Issue - Since auto saves trigger on Quarter Submit, if you lose trying to load that save will automatically put you in a lose state.

    5. Music can cutout unexpectedly (may only be on Web export. Likely fixed by Patch 9)

    6. 1 of 8 Stock Price factors not fully integrated. 

    7. Population and Environmental Health have no gameplay effect.

    8. Board of Director cards don't close unless player clicks the "X" button, but should close when you click anywhere else.

    9. Board Members each only have one response tied to the Talk option.

    10. User can save at any time, but gets sent back to the Quarterly Roundup which can lead to some issues. Will likely make it so saves happen any time the quarter is submitted, as I believe that should lead to things being calculated correctly for the most part.

    11. Loading save files from old versions will not work. May be able to make 0.8 saves compatible, if it's worth it.

Dormant Bugs (Reported, but not seen in 2 or more patches)

    1. Bug - Unidentified bug causes game to crash (maybe due to research limits/getting more labs).

    2. Potential Bug, cost for Bribe/Praise may not always subtract correctly (need more testing).

    3. Potential Bug (hardware/OS related) Board interactions not resetting in between quarters.

Temporary Fixes (May be patched after release)

    1. Trying to go back a track while looping breaks the music. (Removed track cycling)

    2. Taking out more than 1 loan at a time breaks the math (current fix: applied limit of 1 loan)

Testing Only (Issues that only matter for power users)

    1. Dev console: when opening doesn't display player funds correctly.

    2. Save File is currently in plain text rather than encrypted. Maintaining for now, give the player's freedom, but watch out for the DRM.

    3. There is no password on the Dev Console/Cheat Menu