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With Patch 0.1.5985, the game receives numerous improvements, new features, and bug fixes — ranging from an overhauled save game system and course selection to enhancements for the editor, missions, fire station, vehicles, and game world.

Here you can find the complete patch notes:

Changelog Patch 0.1.5985

Overhaul of Course Selection:

• You now have to talk to the course instructor in his office in the morning to register for a course.

In-Game Editor:

• Game time is now paused while using the editor

• Steam Workshop License Agreement is displayed if it has not yet been accepted

• Added a note about the visibility of Workshop missions in the upload window

• The name and keyword displayed when the mission is dispatched can now be configured

• Fire outbreak can now be configured per object; if none is set, all objects will ignite (as before)

• Unverified missions created in the editor are no longer added to the mission rotation (as with Workshop uploads)

Missions:

• False alarm probability can now be configured individually for each mission type

• More variation in randomly generated objects at the scene

• Adjusted AI behavior during cleanup; roller doors remain closed if all equipment behind them is complete

• Oil spills should no longer result in false alarms

Fire Station:

• The barrier no longer closes while the HLF is still underneath it

• NPCs at the station can now be asked for directions

• NPCs sitting on chairs can now be spoken to and have a voice animation

• Smoother transitions between the characters' emotional states

• Added more dialogue variations when talking to NPCs

Vehicles:

• Added interior for the RTW

• AI vehicles now have license plates

• Fixed floating vehicles in traffic

• Improved sorting of objects behind roller doors

Game World:

• Vegetation now moves subtly in the wind and strongly during storms

• Fixed an issue with the normal map on some roads

• Further expansion of the game world: roads paved, new buildings added, vegetation added, fences placed, etc.

• Adjusted flag behavior for different weather scenarios

UI:

• Fixed incorrect line breaks in the task display

• Certain ControlHint buttons can now also be clicked with the mouse

• Radial menu now closes correctly when using the PA

• Course locations are now displayed correctly in notifications

Tutorial:

• Florian no longer takes his time when guiding the player to the various locations

• Increased trigger range for Florian on Day 2 before the shift supervisor's office

• Tobi now goes directly to the gate at the end of the introductory course

Savegame:

• Savegame format changed, versioning implemented for future updates => Existing savegames will no longer be recognized!

• Fixed incorrect player position after starting a new shift

• Steam Cloud enabled for savegames

Miscellaneous:

• Fixed incorrect skill calculation caused by floating-point inconsistencies

• The game is now also supported by Geforce Now

• Water supply: Overhauled the connection system to allow multiple compatible hoses to be connected and to prevent cases where, for example, a fog nozzle appears to be visually connected to a distributor

• Connection system: Items can now only be stored once all objects attached to them have been removed

• Fixed an issue where hoses carried by NPCs were sometimes not placed correctly on the ground

• Corrected Halligan tool interaction point on training doors/windows

• Fixed crash on game startup (EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION 0x0000000000000140)