Hello everyone!
Testing build has been updated to 1.18.6! If you want to try it out, but are not on the Testing build, you can find our little tutorial on version switching here.
There are no save game changes between 1.18.5 and 1.18.6. Although some changes may not take effect until you have a new save game.
So what's in 1.18.6? 1.18.6 was the second round of GUI tweaks and fixes. This is where I go through and fix minor bugs throughout the GUI and add in little features that people have been requesting. We've also updated our third-party libraries. If you're using Windows 10, and had to disable DirectX plugin for the game to run, you may want to try this build. Please let me know if it works for you.
1.18.6 has many new helpful features. You can now use escape key to close windows, tab to cycle through textboxes, and clicking on scroll bar buttons now works properly. We've added a borderless window option for people with multi-monitors, and there is now a GUI to look at while you end your turns (may expand this in the future with a report of some type.)
So what's planned for 1.18.7? 1.18.7 is the last build before 1.19. Of note, hotkeys, window resizing, saving resized windows, more clean up of GUI in worldmap, RnD, and standalone designer. Possibly some added expenses (may be pushed back however.) And a few other things. In all there are 22 tickets for this build, not including unticketed forum posts between now and then.
Anyhoo, Enjoy!
Change Log:
-GUI Tweaks: Added Version News window title, fixed New Game year offset, Radiobox size increased, Bigger Checkboxes.
-Load game window size increased, removed horizontal scroll
-Save games are now sorted by last save date.
-Settings text offsets fixed, combo boxes now scroll
-Removed all empty spaces in GUI sheets, textboxes will no longer have 1 blank space in them on default.
-Fixed bug in scroll bars that caused weird behaviors when clicking the scroll buttons.
-Clicking anywhere on the scroll bar will automatically scroll to that percentage on the bar.
-Hitting Escape on any open window with a title bar will close that window and focus the next window with a title bar. If no windows are open, the Menu will open or the program will exit.
-New Game City Selection GUI Tweaks: Top bar moved to bottom, Help Button resized, City Name has bigger font, added $ and commas where needed, bigger star ratings, bigger select button, Player Logos now scrollable, Limit Player Name and Company Name to 32 characters.
-Added an End Turn State GUI.
-End Turn Progress.
-End Turn Did You Know System.
-Office GUI Tweaks, Removed Tips, Enlarged Buttons, Removed horizontal scroll from lists that don't need it. Added up and down buttons to End Turn amounts. Sales book and other "titlebar-less" windows are now moveable.
-Disabled Windows window resizing by dragging or hitting maximize button.
-Implemented tab support for textboxes.
-Standardized upper panel buttons for all "States"
-Implemented Racing Filters so you can easily find series.
-Vehicle and Engine selection in Racing now shows detailed information about selected item.
-GUI Tweaks for Racing "State" of the game.
-Borderless window option.
-Disabled close button in windows
-Updated Ogre3d, Freetype, Freeimage, zzip, zlib
-IPO confirmation message.
-RnD loading times reduced.
-Fixed material ID's on bumpers so they're paintable.
-Fixed failure to load saved cars when using a different language.
-Fixed new model default leather and metal material.
-Fixed showroom paint loading
-Fixed repeat new technology memo
-Fixed saved cars materials, made it work with multiple materials.
-Vehicle Type lists in RnD are in alphabetical order.
-Can stop multiple sim turns by holding down space bar.