Open Beta Patch v1.26o2 (12 may 2025)

[Grotius]

I can live with that rationale for the new branching rule. I do think there are some transaction costs involved in branching.

[MatthewVilter]

ORIGINAL: GodwinW

...the way I see it the fact that branches divide logistic points in half already signify that trucks cannot be in 2 places at once.
If the Logistics points did NOT decrease on a road splitting in two, then I see that trucks are in 2 places at once. So now I do not.

Yeah I agree. I mean if it is a small penalty that only applies near the edges of large complex networks I guess it doesn't really make much difference one way or the other but it still seems odd. [&:]

[Tchey]

Hi,

Is there an ETA for stable 1.04, or should we consider the game with a "rolling release update pace", or something else ?
What’s the general rule for updates with Vic, if any ?

No hurry, just curious, as the beta are nice but also brings some aspects needing a new game, and i prefer to play one long more than several shorts.

[Destragon]

ORIGINAL: Vic

Rationale for branching would be that there is only so many roads that can be served. Much like bus stops. A single truck cant be in 2 places at same time and a convoy would need to split up.

I think I massively overestimate how many trucks are part of a truck station. If it was something like 1 truck per 10 logistical points, then this problem wouldn't really happen. But if a truck station is only like 5 trucks or something like that, I could understand it.

[Vic]

ORIGINAL: Tchey

Hi,

Is there an ETA for stable 1.04, or should we consider the game with a "rolling release update pace", or something else ?
What’s the general rule for updates with Vic, if any ?

No hurry, just curious, as the beta are nice but also brings some aspects needing a new game, and i prefer to play one long more than several shorts.

Just posted beta-12.

I am almost ready to go to official v1.04

But want to make sure I am not introducing a new bug.

Could be any day now that I'll give green light to v1.04

best wishes,
Vic

[FAA]

Any plans beyond 1.04? Would you consider fixing complete with this version?

[Vic]

I am still working full time on fixing and finetuning and "small" improvements for some weeks I think. After I hope to switch time to adding a major feature which will take several months.

[Smidlee]

6/19

ORIGINAL: Vic

Hoping to make this one the next official v1.04.

6/20

ORIGINAL: Vic

Getting close to official v1.04 now.

6/25

ORIGINAL: Vic

Just posted beta-12.

I am almost ready to go to official v1.04

lol. I give up and started a new game with 1.03. Keep up the hard work. Awesome game.

[Vic]

ORIGINAL: Smidlee

6/19

ORIGINAL: Vic

Hoping to make this one the next official v1.04.

6/20

ORIGINAL: Vic

Getting close to official v1.04 now.

6/25

ORIGINAL: Vic

Just posted beta-12.

I am almost ready to go to official v1.04

lol. I give up and started a new game with 1.03. Keep up the hard work. Awesome game.

Almost there!

[Vhalor]

Have the initial three dialogue options that influence your starting profiles been removed or is their absence a bug?

[Tonzint]

Do you mean the ones at the end of planet generation which define your profiles?

Those are still a thing on beta 12 so you are probably facing a bug of some sort.

[Vhalor]

Exactly those. I generated 2 planets with "detailed planet generation" and in neither of them did I get the options. But now I generated another 3 planets and I got the options every time. Weird.

Something to note: I had done one planet before that with "Drop me in a game now!", where you don't get the options anyway. Can't seem to reproduce the bug again though.

[zgrssd]

ORIGINAL: Vhalor

Exactly those. I generated 2 planets with "detailed planet generation" and in neither of them did I get the options. But now I generated another 3 planets and I got the options every time. Weird.

Something to note: I had done one planet before that with "Drop me in a game now!", where you don't get the options anyway. Can't seem to reproduce the bug again though.

For the last one:
You are demanding "Drop me in the game right now!" Not being slowed down by those options, sounds like part of the deal.

A decision is still made, just a random one. Like for everything else that just progresses without reroll.

[zgrssd]

It sounds like beta 12 (or maybe a not yet published beta 13) is the final of this line:

"But i hear you. I'll take a look for the next version (not v1.04, but v1.04-beta1, since v1.04 is already sent to publisher) "
https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4842753#

[Vhalor]

ORIGINAL: zgrssd

ORIGINAL: Vhalor

Exactly those. I generated 2 planets with "detailed planet generation" and in neither of them did I get the options. But now I generated another 3 planets and I got the options every time. Weird.

Something to note: I had done one planet before that with "Drop me in a game now!", where you don't get the options anyway. Can't seem to reproduce the bug again though.

For the last one:
You are demanding "Drop me in the game right now!" Not being slowed down by those options, sounds like part of the deal.

A decision is still made, just a random one. Like for everything else that just progresses without reroll.

Don't mind the "Drop me in the game right now!" option not giving those options. Never even used that one before today.

That's also why I suspect, it has something to do with the bug I encountered. As it's only the first time I was affected by it.


About the bug itself:
There seems to be even more going on than just the three options not showing up, even when I used "detailed planet generation".

As the bug actually seemed to have messed up the planet I generated too, at least it doesn't show the "Planet Details" under help either. Now the bugged planet is a Siwa Planet with over 10 Billion people, though the other bugged one was "unclassified".

[eddieballgame]

ORIGINAL: Vhalor

ORIGINAL: zgrssd

ORIGINAL: Vhalor

Exactly those. I generated 2 planets with "detailed planet generation" and in neither of them did I get the options. But now I generated another 3 planets and I got the options every time. Weird.

Something to note: I had done one planet before that with "Drop me in a game now!", where you don't get the options anyway. Can't seem to reproduce the bug again though.

For the last one:
You are demanding "Drop me in the game right now!" Not being slowed down by those options, sounds like part of the deal.

A decision is still made, just a random one. Like for everything else that just progresses without reroll.

Don't mind the "Drop me in the game right now!" option not giving those options. Never even used that one before today.

That's also why I suspect, it has something to do with the bug I encountered. As it's only the first time I was affected by it.


About the bug itself:
There seems to be even more going on than just the three options not showing up, even when I used "detailed planet generation".

As the bug actually seemed to have messed up the planet I generated too, at least it doesn't show the "Planet Details" under help either. Now the bugged planet is a Siwa Planet with over 10 Billion people, though the other bugged one was "unclassified".

Many, many restarts per testing using all the 'betas' & have never encountered this 'bug'.

[CzarKasm]

I started a game last night with Beta 12, and once I hit turn four, my SHQ distribution to units slowed to a trickle for no apparent reason.

[Vhalor]

ORIGINAL: eddieballgame

Many, many restarts per testing using all the 'betas' & have never encountered this 'bug'.

Definitively a strange one. Though luckily also not a high priority kind of bug.

[zgrssd]

ORIGINAL: CzarKasm

I started a game last night with Beta 12, and once I hit turn four, my SHQ distribution to units slowed to a trickle for no apparent reason.

Most likely you just have not yet grokked Logistics. It is going around on this Forum.

[Grotius]

I'm looking forward to the new version! I'm curious -- what game engine and coding language is Vic using?