Update Notes For v0.52.00
Author: PokingWaterGames,
published 2 months ago,
This update is mainly about improving the asset decay system for a more accurate simulation. Previously, all your business and household assets would lose condition at a fixed rate. You'd buy a set of office computers and some years later they'd all expire at the same time.
Now some assets will only lose condition when they get used by someone. For example, a Delivery Driver spends 100% of their work hours driving so they will wear out their vehicle much faster than a Real Estate Director, who spends only 25% of their work hours driving.
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This applies to the household and personal assets as well. When cooking food at home, the oven is only use 50% of the time. On the other hand, a Chef at a restaurant would use it 100% of the time and therefore wear out the oven sooner.
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It also means you can do things like buy a ton of trucks for your single person Trucking Company and not worry about them decaying prematurely.
On a separate note, I apologise to the 5.9% of Canadian players who had their maple-covered country relegated to a Steam Workshop mod. Calgary is now available in the base game, although if you're already playing the city using the workshop mod you should keep the mod enabled.
[h3]===0.52.00===[/h3]
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[*] Added Calgary as base game city
[*] Singapore - removed new site spawns from Malaysia parts of the map
[*] Switched many assets condition change from time-based to usage-based
[*] Removed Sleeping Surface tag from Sofa
[*] Business Fitness Centre increased base job hours ~33%
[*] Business Real Estate Agency requires Private Transport for some jobs
[*] Lots of minor tweaks to different player business job hours, asset usage rates and revenues
[*] Business removed reputation gain from completing contracts
[*] Business increased reputation gain from completing all jobs each month
[*] Changed contract performance display and fail threshold
[*] Fixed end of month summary saying contract was completed when it was failed
[*] Reduced number of notifications that make a sound
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