Build 25343755

It's time for another patch!

The team has been hard at work on our second patch, with fixes and improvements for many of the issues you've reported!

Lots of optimization

• Lag when loading the Contacts app

• Lag when nearing the Columbus Circle roundabout

• Lag when opening VoogleMaps with lots of filters on

• Lag near the raw goods importers

• General optimization to avoid crashing and low FPS

Changelog

• Can toggle off all job board announcements

• Fixed some achievements not firing correctly

• Fixed player can't work at theater/cinema concession registers

• Added search to language dropdown

• Tutorial now points to your house even if you move

• Fixed Packing Tool icons

• Fixed can't recolor Room Divider Shelf

• Fixed all NPCs use the bathroom at the same time if you time skip in that building

• Help file searches now ignore missing accent marks

• Prevent private driver from spawning outside of map barriers

• Fixed a few tutorial issues

• Fixed duplicated bathrooms in AJ Pederson store.

• Fixed missing delivery jobs in Hudson Wholesale/Manhattan Movers area

• Fixed some stock alerts were slow to update

• Fixed some missing ground planes

• Fixed you can't use the packing tool for wall items

• Fixed tax alert not showing up immediately if you load into a save with a tax alert active

• Disable Ferris Wheel music if your character is wearing headphones or earbuds

• Can add curtains above windows with limited space above the windows

• Improve blinkers and stopping distances in NPC vehicles

• Fix some lighting, animations and textures

• Fixed an issue that could occasionally make traffic disappear

• Fixed hairdresser customers getting stuck at the register

• Fixed rain was visible in underground parking

• Show alert if business has no employees while it's open

• Fixed can't edit customer queue over a carpet

• Assigning driver alert now tells you what skill the driver must have if you attempt to assign an underskilled driver

• Fixed parking was blocking Industry City gas station exit

• Handtrucks are now the first item in your vehicle for easy access

• Show total cost when checking on existing delivery orders

• Fixed being unable to train unassigned employees if their business was deleted during recruitment

• Reduce number of customers using the bathroom

• Fixed can't walk between some parked cars

• Fixed some default store layout issues

• Fixed sometimes you'd see customers popping into position when you enter a store

• Added some special clickable locations for taxi/private driver like the public pool, or the Hamptons docks

• Fixed a couple tutorial events could misfire in specific cases

• Fixed cars now stop further back when you're trying to park.

• Added a third, higher viewpoint to Interior Designer mode for theaters and Hamptons homes

• Fixed Hamptons docks boat purchases reverting on reload

• Fixed golf score not properly resetting if you quit in the middle of a round

• Fixed golf quest not completing if passing time instead of playing

• Fixed gym quest getting confused if you buy two drink fridges for the first product quest

• Fixed incorrect selling price of items stored in your vehicles

• Added tooltips to candidate hiring / negotiating / dismissing

• Fixed points of interest were popping up late while driving through the city

• Fixed transparencies of lights and water overlapping

• Keep Player Point of Interest visible on VoogleMaps even when the player is off screen

• Fixed some UI and overlays

• Hide control hints when mini menu is up

• Fixed could earn too much from El Gato exploit

• Ensure private driver doesn't park on player vehicles

• Added lights to apartment entryways

• Fixed collider blocking entry to 4 22nd St.

• Updated some vehicle handling

• Allow purchase of either type of storage shelf for warehouse quest

• Fixed can fall through the floor after sleeping

• Fixed can swim through the ground in one pool

• Add VFX to car wash

• Uniform mannequins don't show the player's facial hair now

• Fixed some road issues

• Fixed installation firm blueprints wouldn't collect dirt properly

• Fixed taxes wouldn't reset if you were under the threshold the first year

• Added hotkey to skip bridge and fixed some issues with the popup not showing correctly

• Fixed a few props

• Fixed a wall grid in T2

• Fixed radio doesn't play if you load a saved game in a car while wearing headphones

• Fixed gambling with no business income wouldn't trigger taxes

• Hide the "Buy a Home" tutorial pointers after you've viewed them, even if you haven't purchased a home yet

• Mop returns to the nearest mop station instead of the first one placed

• Dirt spots fade out when cleaning now

• Fixed can't type numbers correctly for "produce up to" input box

• Fixed subway station camera wouldn't move if the search box was highlighted

• Fixed issue with interior navmesh getting blocked by objects that shouldn't be blocking anything

• Added custom game slider value for item resell value

• Fixed spotlights weren't hovering after placing

• Can't sit at computer games while holding an item

• Prevent parking in Onyx garage

• Fixed can't enter 1 21st St

• Fixed some issues with character movement!

• Fixed Scooter counting as wealth

• Fixed some issues scrolling

• Fixed some upgraded saves to 1.0 were showing 0 stores in MarketInsider for a day

• Fixed Glass Room Divider couldn't be placed at 90 degrees to each other in certain buildings

• Fixed some props blocking traffic on tight corners

• Fixed being unable to walk after closing a menu while scrolling

• Fixed backward wall in R3 theater

• Add environmental demands to MyEmployees filters

• Fixed double music at the casino

• Fixed wages wouldn't reset each day/week

• Fixed some issues with speaker spatial audio

• Fixed issue where installation firms would sometimes leave display cases or production machines unassigned.

• Updated some icons

• New business UI is clearer about which items you can import based on your current situation

• Fixed Manhattan Business School and Manhattan Movers logos got flipped.

• Updated funeral scene

• Fixed cars sometimes not hiding on bridge!

• Fixed issue causing schedule to show a red box for the full day with no hours listed

• Fixed some traffic issues

• Fixed some new games assigning rival stores to the wrong rival

• Added a couple missing employee demands

• Adjusted some SFX volume

• Taxis / Private Drivers can no longer travel to gated communities unless you own a home in there

Thank you for all the feedback and reports! This should fix the issues and optimization problems some players have been reporting, but please let us know if you're still having issues after this patch!~Hovgaard Games and the Big Ambitions Team