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.
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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.
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[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:
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[*] 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
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[b]Changelog 0.20.65615 EA Beta[/b]
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[*] 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
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[b]Changelog 0.20.65953 EA Beta[/b]
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[*]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**
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[b]Changelog 0.20.66246 EA Beta[/b]
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[*]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**
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[b]Changelog 0.20.66646 EA Beta[/b]
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[*] 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
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[b]Changelog 0.20.66917 EA Beta[/b]
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[*] 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
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[b]Changelog 0.20.71046 EA Hotfix Beta[/b]
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[*] 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**
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[b]Changelog 0.20.71270 EA Hotfix Beta[/b]
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[*]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**
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[b]Changelog 0.20.71617 EA Hotfix Beta[/b]
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[*] 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
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* 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