Just before Christmas we are happy to fulfill three of the most common wishes today: Our latest free update for Bus Simulator 18 not only introduces a new Sandbox game mode as well as a Free Roaming drive mode but also the option to place skins on the windows of your buses!
Here is an overview of the new features, game improvements and bug fixes:
Changelog - Update #6
Features:
- Free Roaming (new drive mode)
- At the start of a route you can set "Free Roaming" option.
- The start will be the same as in normal mode.
- There are NO routes or bus stops shown on the GPS.
- In free roaming mode you won’t get any bonuses or penalties.
- Helpful messages will be shown as normal.
- The drive can be canceled via the pause menu at any time.
- Sandbox Mode (new game mode)
- Will be unlocked after reaching Level 8.
- To activate this game mode, it has to be selected while creating a new company (an existing company can NOT be changed).
- The Sandbox Mode is multiplayer compatible.
- The player has unlimited money available.
- The player starts at the highest experience level.
- Everything is available from the beginning: bus stops, busses, decals, colors, wraps etc.
- All bus stops are at the highest level.
- There aren’t any story missions, but if you want to play the tutorial at the start of the game, you are free to do so. The company tutorials are also available (without Mira).
- Helpful messages will be shown as normal.
- Skins on Windows:
- Skins can now also be placed on the windows of the buses.
- New UV maps for the game’s buses have been integrated into the game and the Modding Kit.
- Function to optimize the appearance of older skins has been added in the customizing menu of the buses: skins on windows can be activated, deactivated and scaled.
Fixes:
- Multiplayer: Crash at the end of the loading screen fixed.
- Multiplayer: The game loads faster after clicking the „load company“ button.
- Multiplayer: The game shouldn’t crash anymore when a client is entering a multiplayer game.
Next to this our Bus Simulator 18: Modding-Kit documentation is now available in three languages: English, German and French. Here are the links to the documents:
English:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/145HmPFdIWdLTnIr6GHrecBjGIC84jRUgQLQUMtY9J4Q/
German:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uM_57uwuX3ilN6JIdp4DhccTnOCIVqcmeKj_ml_oEvk/
French:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bC6WT6VNX6KVd_XtDDGZd4LZI8itneI8_xq6eTt3IBg/
Important note: With our Update #6 we have integrated new UV maps for the different bus models into the game and the Modding Kit. In the Modding Kit the new UV maps can be used as templates for your bus skins. Please take note, that the new „Skins on Windows“ function as well as the new UV maps of the buses may cause the problem that some of the older bus skins aren’t shown as expected anymore. This problem usually occurs when the textures of the skins initially haven’t been tailored properly to the windows and other elements of the respective buses. If you are experiencing optical issues with your favorite skins of the Steam Workshop, you can try to fix it by deactivating the skins on windows function in the customizing menu for the buses. If this doesn’t do the trick, please contact the creators of the mods and ask them to optimize it for the new UV maps and the skins on windows function.
