The Bus Update 2.4 - Beta

Mar 25, 2021
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The Bus

The Bus is the next generation of city bus driving simulation. Sell tickets and transport passengers with various buses on different lines across the German capital Berlin on a realistic scale of 1:1.

Update 2.4 of the Early Access of The Bus is now available as BETA for testing. This beta adds multiple improvements and bug-fixes to The Bus. For the full detailed list of changes, please, see the changelog below. --- Please create backup copies of your savegame files before switching to the EA BETA Update. Savegames may not be compatible with the new version of the game. --- [b]ATTENTION: This is a BETA update. Technical problems, instability of the game as well as bugs during gameplay can be possible.[/b] How to install the beta version of the update? Quite easily: [olist] [*] In your Library, you click with the right mouse button on the entry of the "The Bus" [*] In the drop-menu, you click on the entry "Properties" [*] In the window "The Bus - Properties" you select the tab "BETAS" [*] In the field "Select the beta you would like to opt into:" select the entry "beta-beta" [*] Now you can close the window and the beta version of the update should download right away [*] After downloading the update you can start The Bus via the "PLAY" button [*] In the main menu should now be the corresponding version number of the beta version of the update and you can test the update [/olist] --- [b]Changelog 0.20.65615 EA Beta[/b] [list] [*] Map converted to World Partition [*] Fixed traffic lights [*] Added Christmas Decoration [*] Fixed eCityBus Driver Window sound [*] Adapted drive behavior of eCitybus [*] Fixed cashier buttons wrong when driver door is open [*] Fixed spawning of AI vehicles at many places [*] Fixed several invisible collisions [*] Level Art Fixes [*] Performance Optimizations [/list] [b]Changelog 0.20.65953 EA Beta[/b] [list] [*]Fixed all stops displayed on navigation [*]Fixed navigation at line 100 & 245 [*]Prevent Reset from moving bus onto train tracks [*]Fixed Passenger Stop Request [*]Fixed broken menu overlay [*]Fixed missing grass across the map [*]Added shadow fading [*]Fixed Atron showing 24h delay [*]Level Art Fixes [*]Performance Optimizations** [/list] [b]Changelog 0.20.66246 EA Beta[/b] [list] [*]Fixed crash related to shadow fading [*]Fixed Passengers spawning below the Ground [*]Fixed indicator lever not updating in some cases [*]Fixed kneeling not working at start [*]Level Art Fixes [*]Performance Optimizations** [/list] [b]Changelog 0.20.66646 EA Beta[/b] [list] [*] Fixed passengers not entering when half door is blocked in ecitybus [*] Fixed Radio not playing [*] Fixed Suspension in scania citywide [*] Fixed Navigation sometimes not working [*] Fixed atron delay incorrect time [*] Level Art Fixes [*] Performance Optimizations [/list] [b]Changelog 0.20.66917 EA Beta[/b] [list] [*] Fixed different currencies not appearing in some places [*] Setting visibility to low, now turns off HLOD’s [*] Increase Retarder force [*] Level Art Fixes [*] Performance Optimizations [/list] [b]Changelog 0.20.71046 EA Hotfix Beta[/b] [list] [*] Fixed map loading too late [*] Fixed stop request sound for vdl citea [*] Fixed rear lights on vdl citea [*] Fixed repaints not applying correctly on vdl citea [*] Fixed navigation starting at wrong stop [*] Fixed Atron showing wrong delay [*] Fixed bus matrix showing wrong text [*] Updated Repaint Templates Citea [*] Citea controller controls [*] Added option to disable subtitles [*] Level Art Fixes [*] Performance Optimizations** [/list] [b]Changelog 0.20.71270 EA Hotfix Beta[/b] [list] [*]Ticket price may show as ??? until the ticket is selected [*]Fixed citea horn button movement* [*]Fixed scania interior collision* [*]Upcoming map areas now get preloaded [*]Added new Traffic Chaos Events [*]Fixed skipping of stops [*]Level Art Fixes [*]Performance Optimizations** [/list] [b]Changelog 0.20.71617 EA Hotfix Beta[/b] [list] [*] Fixed indicator lever being attached to driver door VDL* [*] Fixed parts of traffic chaos events appearing on the map* [*] Fixed mod priorities getting shuffled at startup [*] Added hint for door getting blocked by wheel [*] Fixed flickering street patches* [*] Fixed Citea Vehicle ID being cut off* [*] Level art fixes [*] Performance optimizations [/list] * Only occurred during the BETA test of this update ** Please, be aware that the impact of performance optimisations varies from system to system due to hardware configurations, installed software, and other programs running in the background