0.15 Now Available on Itch.io

A new demo version has been uploaded to the usual location on Itch. Lot's of good changes including ladders, new animation and pushing! Details below:

0.15 Demo Change List

• Various improvements have been made to Keiko's Push action

  • Pushing the truck should now consistently & correctly push the truck

    • New Push animations for Keiko to help add to the weight of the action

    • New audios for Push action to further help add to the weight of the action

    • Push now has a cool anime particle effect on impact

• "No Reverse Gear" Attribute on Transmission now provides a bonus of -20% to transmission weight

• Pushing fixes should now mean the "No Reverse Gear" attribute is less punishing, though removal of the attribute is still being considered

• New Crouch animations for Idle, Push, Strafe and Walk

• New Prone animations for Idle, Push, Strafe and Crawl

• New standing animations for Idle, Walking, Running, Push

• New Keiko pose for the character customisation screen

• Fixed Air Filter condition scaling Air Purity attribute incorrectly

• Added a "+" to Air Purity attribute for Air Filters to show that it's an additive value

• Fixed pot hole mesh issue for Inaka_Straight_08 and Inaka_Straight_08_B Tiles

• Tyres will now become flat when the operation breakpoint is passed

• Fixed tape not being removed from flat tyres

• Flat tyres now reduce grip by 40%

• Can now use the Push action on physics objects

• Can now push cargo placed in the cabin and trailer of the truck

• Front End change, "No Reverse Gear" Now only generates on Hard and Wildcard trucks

• Front End change, "Manual Transmission" Now only generates on Medium, Hard and Wildcard trucks

• Fixed emergency phone locations on Inaka_Curved_07, Inaka_Curved_06, Inaka_Curved_05

• Fixed issue with emergency phones not returning player home and causing a soft lock

• Fixed phone cable not showing when picking up the receiver

• Job items can no longer be sold to Auto Shops

• Tyre "popping" now unbalance the truck (with increased effect at higher speeds)

• New tyre wear system

  • Tyre wear is called 4 times a second

    • Base tyre wear rate is calculated by 0.0001f * _speed; (called 4 times per second)

    • Skidding multiplies the rate of wear

    • Tyre wear is then doubled if the tyre type does not match the terrain it's designed for

    • Work to continue here when different weather condition and terrain condition tyres are added

• Tyre pressure changes now affect fuel consumption and turning speed

  • Lower tyre pressure will increase fuel consumption up to 50% more

    • Lower tyre pressure will decrease turning angle up to 50% less

• Road condition of the town should now save correctly

• Fixed Pot Holes continuously damaging wheel

• Fixed issue with fuel tanks built into engines not referring to engine condition, causing leaking when condition was full

• Adjusted foliage around Kusahiro trucks to aid visibility

• Fixed air filters spawned on 547cc E05A I3 not being secured

• Fixed soft-lock caused by trying to start a cable-start engine on a Kusahiro

• New overheating effect for engines

• Fixed wheels stored on the truck vanishing

• The Daizo GX390 engine texture now correctly displays GX390 rather than GX120

• Fixed petrol station fuel visual numbers not resetting after purchase

• Fixed issue where truck bed couldn't be placed if the vehicle was missing fuel tanks

• Fixed issue where heavily rusted and damaged components wouldn't stop leaking if tape was applied to them

• Added tool tip "Condition Too Low (5%)" when trying to tape a component that is equal to or below 5% condition

• Added tool tip "Already Taped" when trying to apply tape to a component with tape already applied

  • Also fixes an issue of wasting tape when reapplying

• Fixed reference issue when removing tyres that may have lead to more serious issues

• Fixed issue with cargo area check being too large causing it to grab installed wheels

• Fixed issue where suspensions would pop out when trying to install them

• Fixed radiator not having pick up, place and impact audios

• Fixed water bottles not having pick up and place audios

• Transition to crouch when using car jack should now be immediate

• Lighting at dusk and dawn should now be much better (Trees shouldn't appear black)

• Fixed issue with spanner UI remaining on screen after closing the tool bag without picking up a spanner

• Fixed the large spanner outline not disabling when mousing over another spanner in the tool bag

• Fixed Wheels not converting radius to diameter correctly, affecting their shown size in inches on the UI

• Fixed a collider reference call for cab protector's on truck beds when dropped by the player

• Material description texts replaced with "Component is made from..." rather than "Material is made from..."

• Fixed being able to disassemble loose engines outside of the truck after loading in

• Can now climb the ladder in the garage pit

Nice little update to tide you all over while I work on the next thing. Speaking of...

Thanks again for the continued support, it's really helping!

Greg