Greetings everyone!
This will be a short update, as I am busting but to try to get this milestone done.
FBS Fundraising
Fund raising is paused until four months after the release of version 2.6.0.1. (Assuming no needs for hotfixes.)
GearCity: 2nd Gear
I'm currently halfway done with the Milestone #6 bounties. Although,...
Greetings everyone!
This will be a short update, as I am busting but to try to get this milestone done.
FBS Fundraising
Fund raising is paused until four months after the release of version 2.6.0.1. (Assuming no needs for hotfixes.)
GearCity: 2nd Gear
I spent the last couple weeks working on GearCity and GearCity: 2nd Gear. I clea...
2025-10-07 18:51:31 +0000 UTC View Posthttps://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4727
2025-09-20 16:24:21 +0000 UTC View PostGreetings everyone! In order to boost voter turn out, we're allowing voting on Patreon! If you have the ability to vote on the forums please do so. Remember, even if you are no longer subscribed, you can still vote with your forum account!
If you can't access the links at the bottom, you're either not logged in, you don't have an account, or you haven't messaged me to link your forum ac...
Greetings, everyone!
I'm happy to announce that the community has successfully financed Milestone #6 of the Feature Bounty System.
This milestone is the last milestone of the year, and I will pause FBS fundraising until sometime next year. I will determine the date after completing Milestone #6.
Voting will start Monday the 8th and last for 10 to 14 days. We ha...
Greetings Everyone!
FBS Fundraising
We raised $1,745.85 since the last update, bringing us up to $3,278.94. We have surpassed our $2,500 goal for Milestone #6!
Voting will begin Monday, September 8th and will last between 10 and 14 days. Fundraising will halt on Monday the 8th as well. You will get voting points for contributions made between now and then, bu...
2025-09-03 16:35:10 +0000 UTC View PostGreetings everyone!
Since the August FBS update, more work has gone into the Order New Aircraft UI. The last image of the Order New Aircraft table was slightly incorrect, as it was mixing some UI from the UI demos I showed off in AeroMogul Update #5. I fixed that issue, and then begin to work on the back end system to pass updated data between the server and client.
When you open ...
Greetings Everyone!
FBS Fundraising
We raised $741.81 in July. $658.95 came from Patreon, $82.86 from PayPal. That brings our total to $1,533.09 toward our $2,500 goal for Milestone #6. Remember, we’ll also have an additional bonus $500 from the failed artwork in Milestone #2.
At the current pace, we will likely hit our numbers in 2 months.
I have ...
Greetings everyone! I wrote this 2 days ago, but keep forgetting to post it!
I have been able to return to working on AeroMogul after the launch of the latest GC and GC:2G updates. I resumed updating the existing UI elements to get them into a more releasable state. As mentioned before, I am working right to left, top to bottom. I left off with the in-game settings panel. I didn't do muc...
Greetings everyone,
FBS Fundraising
The first month of Milestone #6 Fund Raising is complete. We've raised $773.67 in June and the few months before on unintentional payments. We also had a carry-over balance of $17.61, putting us at $791.28 toward our $2500 Milestone #6 goal.
I'm expecting to hit our goal in about 3-4 months.
GearCity: 2nd Gear
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Greetings, everyone,
This month’s FBS update is free for non-contributors to access, so I don’t need to make multiple news posts. We’ll return to our normal contributor-only FBS posts after this one.
FBS News
FBS fundraising has resumed, and both Patreon and 2025-06-01 06:42:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings Everyone,
As mentioned in the previous update, I will be moving servers soon. Most of the old server has been backed up on the new server, but I have not started up services on the new server. I plan on doing that this evening (Sunday May 4th, Eastern US time.)
FBS Fundraising
This is the last month that FBS fundraising is paused. Fundraising will r...
2025-05-04 06:52:13 +0000 UTC View PostGreetings everyone!
First a small notice. Recently my server host raised prices by nearly 200%. So, I'll be looking for a new server host in the coming weeks. Then I will migrate over operations. This may cause some headaches with things like email deliverability, depending on the host I choose. That being said, it's long overdue. I hope to make redundancy upgrades and buy a block of IPs...
Greetings Everyone,
Two more months left to focus purely on AeroMogul. Let's look over what I've done since the last update.
FBS Fundraising
The FBS system will resume in June. I expect to set the goal to $2000 with an additional $1000 from the leftover money from the failed artwork in Milestone #2.
GearCity: 2nd Gear
As mentioned ...
2025-04-04 15:26:39 +0000 UTC View PostA small refresher: AeroMogul is made up of two parts—the "Logic Server/Engine" and the "Client." The Client consists of the GUI and 3D elements. It’s what you interact with. The "Logic Server" or "Logic Engine" handles everything that happens in the background, including AI, calculations, data storage—everything that makes the game function. It also manages networking. Even in single-play...
2025-03-20 17:11:02 +0000 UTC View PostGreetings Everyone,
This month's update is a bit late because it's tax season for me. And as you can imagine, my taxes are a bit nightmarish and due a month before most other people because all the local/state taxes due on the 1st require my federal tax data. Oh well. There isn't too much progress to report since the last update either.
FBS Fundraising
The FB...
2025-03-06 20:22:08 +0000 UTC View PostFinally another AeroMogul update. It's amazing the amount of progress that can be made when I'm not touching GearCity all the time.
As mentioned last time, I'm in the process of going through the existing code, cleaning it up, fixing bugs and edge cases, and expanding functionality of the code slightly. Since the monthly update, airlines now purchase aircraft on the used market, although...
2025-02-19 07:33:55 +0000 UTC View PostGreetings Everyone,
I took a week off to clean my house. To call it a pig sty would be an insult to pigs. I'll probably take the next week off to work on the outside. There is a chance folks walking on my staircase might fall through. 
FBS Fundraising
The FBS system will resum...
Read more about it here: https://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4638
2025-01-10 14:48:37 +0000 UTC View PostGreetings Everyone,
I'll be keeping things short this month, since I have a release in a few days which will detail more information in MIlestone #5.
FBS Fundraising
The FBS system will resume in June. I expect to set the goal to $2000 with an additional $1000 or so from the left over money from the failed artwork in Milestone #2.
GearCity: 2nd G...
2025-01-04 03:22:06 +0000 UTC View PostGreetings Everyone,
Another quick monthly update.
FBS Fundraising
The FBS is still paused while I work on Milestone #5. I will announce the reopening date at the start of next year. I’ll try to remember to pause the Patreon system at midnight (I have to pause it each month manually.) If I forget, and you’re charged, it will still be credited t...
2024-12-03 19:17:19 +0000 UTC View PostGreetings Everyone,
This month's news will be quick because I want to put the time into working on Milestone #5.
FBS Fundraising
As you probably know, I have paused FBS fundraising until next year. Patreon charged a handful of people on November 3rd. This is because I can only pause fundraising monthly, and I missed the 8-hour window to repause the system. No...
2024-11-04 19:10:08 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone. The results are in. You can find them on the official forums: https://ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4627
2024-10-16 16:12:51 +0000 UTC View PostGreeting everyone,
A decent sized bug fix patch today that addresses some long standing and recent issues with the game.
In Windows, you should see improvements to alt-tabbing support in DirectX9. I was able to get the OpenGL2 memory leak resolved in my test program. But upon testing the full game for release the issue remained. This issue will require more investigation.
I...
Greetings Everyone,
I want to apologize for this post's lateness. I was out of town for the weekend, and my login credentials had expired on my out-of-town laptop. I don't think accessing my password manager remotely was worth the effort.
FBS Fund Raising
We raised $651.47 this month, $541.78 from Patreon and $109.69 from PayPal. This put us over the top and f...
2024-10-07 15:37:43 +0000 UTC View PostGreetings everyone!
In order to boost voter turn out, we're allowing voting on Patreon! If you have the ability to vote on the official forums, please do so. I will update the caucusing thread with vote counts for both locations within every 72 hours.
It is time to vote for Milestone #5 Bounties!
Please comment your votes in this thread. POST ONLY YOUR VOTES. I will del...
2024-10-04 14:45:56 +0000 UTC View PostMilestone #5 is funded! Read about it here: https://ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4621
This thread is for Patreon caucusing. The main caucusing thread is here: https://www.ventdev.com/forums/showt...
Updated GearCity and GearCity: 2nd Gear.
Instead of me fighting formatting issues here on Patreon (no bb code or markdown languages here), read about it on our news page: https://ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4607&pid=10917
Greetings Everyone,
FBS Fund Raising
We raised $592.38 this month, $546.87 from Patreon and $45.51 from PayPal. This puts us at $2316.14 toward our $2500 goal. When we reach this goal, we will get a $1000 bonus from Milestone #2's failure, and I will also be putting an additional $20 from a semi-finished bounty. As a reminder, I will temporarily pause FBS fundraisin...
2024-09-03 15:35:13 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone, I have released GC:2G v2.4.0.0, you can read more about what's in it here: https://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4585
Please let me know if you run into any issues or have any questions,
Thanks!