EA 0.4 - Optimization #1

Happy Holidays! It's time for the EA 0.4.

If you've logged into the game in the last couple of weeks, you should be enjoying the Christmas Spirit already! Let us know if you've enjoyed the Halloween and Christmas decorations, and what other decorations you'd like to see! And be sure to set up a Christmas tree in your apartment or one of your businesses before Christmas Day, just in case Santa comes by!

What's new in EA 0.4

Electronics Store

• Player or AI run shop

• 6 New Products

  • ZanaMan Phone

  • Arty Fish Phone

  • ZanaMan Smart Watch

  • Arty Fish Smart Watch

  • Rhythm By Tre Headphones

  • Noize Boss Earbuds

• New Product Display Table

• Requires High Security

New Items

• Water Cooler

  • Can be used for Employee Demands

• Kabob

  • Sold in Fast Food Restaurants

  • Placed on the Industrial Grill

  • Kabob's Kebobs should now actually serve Kabobs!

• Cigar Shelves

  • CosmeticBalancing/less inventory and more customers per hour

  • Box of Cigars now holds more

  • Original shelf is now "Large Cigar Shelf"

  • Added "Medium Cigar Shelf" variation

  • Added "Small Cigar Shelf" variation

• Checkout Counter

  • Original counter is now "Checkout Counter Right"

  • Added "Checkout Counter Left" variation

• Executive Desk

  • Original desk is now "Executive Desk Left"

  • Added "Executive Desk Right" variation

• Coat Check

  • Original item is now "Coat Check Left"

  • Added "Coat Check Right" variation

• Preben Sofa With Chaiselong

  • Original item is now "Preben Sofa With Chaiselong Right"

  • Added "Preben Sofa With Chaiselong Left" variation

A few random goodies

• When you load the main menu, you'll hear new Big Ambitions original Theme Music

• Added the Park Tree "X-Ray" effect to trees on the entire map to help visibility while driving

• Added "Building Hider" effect to the bridge to help visibility while driving

• For our 11 supported languages, the game should be between 99%-100% translated!

• Saved Game Compatibility. EA 0.4 will automatically convert saves from your most recently played version, whether that was EA 0.1, EA 0.2, or EA 0.3!

Employee Demands

• Office Employees can now demand a Water Cooler

• Office Employees can now demand more variety of chairs/tables

• Employee Chair / Desk demands are now fulfilled if you have a more expensive item.

  • Meaning, if you give the employees the best desk and chair, their demand for any desk/chair will be satisfied

Cleaners/Cleaning

Up until now, Cleaners have been a bit overpowered - so much that you barely needed any time to clean a very busy building. Also, there times when customers/employees weren't leaving behind as much dirt as they should have been, which also made the cleaner's job too easy!

These have been balanced a bit more, which means, you should be needing cleaners a lot more now. Additionally, if you use the auto-schedule for cleaners, they go back to a more proper schedule that follows their demands!

Vehicle Handling

• Added driving / lane-assist.

  • As long as you're relatively close to the lane, the vehicle will automatically straighten out after you finish manually steering.

• Reworked vehicle handling to make the cheap cars, heavy trucks, and fast sports cars feel more accurate

• Autopark no longer parks your vehicles on top of your other vehicles

• If your vehicle falls through the ground, it will be automatically recovered

• Fixed several parking spots