Transport INC version 1.3 is now out of beta and available to the public, just in time for the holidays. To celebrate this big holiday update, Transport INC will be 35% off for a limited time! If you do not own the game already, or you would like to surprise a friend with a holiday gift, now is the perfect time. This update includes many great new and improved features you can enjoy over your holiday break.
The buyout mechanic has been improved by introducing stocks. Companies now battle it out in the stock market to keep control of their company. If a company loses all ten of their stocks, they become in danger of being bought out!
Learn all about the stocks feature and more in the new in game wiki. This helpful tool is used to find information about different game mechanics. Each mechanic in the wiki is explained with text and pictures.
Story Mode has also been updated. New and improved tutorials have been added as well as leaderboards for each chapter. You can now compete against other companies all over the world to see who can beat each chapter the fastest. So even if you are a veteran player, there is something new waiting for you in Story Mode.
The Transport INC community has been beyond generous in helping us translate all of these new features to over 10 different languages! But not all languages have been fully translated. If you would like to help with translations or just want to get the latest updates and chances for early access to updates, consider joining our Discord server.
Many other quality of life fixes, updates, and improvements can be found in the full release notes below.
Happy transporting and happy holidays!
-Team
Change log:
Limited Time Holiday Changes
- Added Santa LTD to Story Mode
Major Changes
- The buyout mechanic has been massively improved to include stocks. This means that competitors now have the option to buy the player’s company and other opponent’s companies by purchasing enough stocks. Once a company is purchased, you can perform special actions with their vehicles, use their depots, and take a custom revenue share of their monthly profits.
- Added an in game wiki menu. This menu will let you explore many important game mechanics. Each mechanic will be explained with text and images.
- Added Leaderboards for each difficulty to all Story Mode chapters. You can now compete against other companies to complete the chapter the fastest.
- Updated layering structure to fix many layering issues
- Fixed an exploit where players could use managers for free
- Managers no longer perform full repairs for you. This action has been moved to subsidiaries
- Added a tutorial to Story Mode Chapter 9 explaining how to purchase stocks and buyout a company
- Added a tutorial to Story Mode Chapter 10 explaining how to purchase and use subsidiaries
Minor Changes
- Fixed some hints not showing
- Fixed issues with missing text or text not properly displaying
- Fixed minor graphical issues and made minor graphical improvements
- Made improvements and fixes to in game wiki
- Moved company name change to main menu. This company name will carry over to all game modes
- Completion of story mode missions are now permanently marked as completed. Missions can no longer switch back to incomplete if the condition is no longer met
- Disabled specific HUD menus and actions in certain story mode chapters for a better player experience
- Story mode chapters now include mission charts at the end of each chapter
- Fixed an issue in the Chapter 4 manager tutorial where the tutorial would sometimes not function properly
- Fixed an issue in Chapter 5 driver strike tutorial where the tutorial sometimes would not start
- Adjusted how the Chapter 5 license tutorial was activated
- Updated chapter 8 goal. All missions must be completed in 5 years instead of only 4 years
- Fixed a bug that caused the tutorial window to get stuck on screen during the Chapter 9 stocks tutorial
- Fixed loading issue in Chapter 9 that made an empty tutorial window appear on screen
- Fixed other minor Story Mode tutorial issues
- Detour button now flashes in bottom right menu for vehicles when they are faced with a situation that needs a detour
- Improved AI behavior with stocks
- Added the ability to customize revshare earned from purchased companies
- Fixed issues with performing special actions with purchased companies vehicles
- If a competitors vehicle menu is open during a buyout, the menu now updates properly
- Fixed an issue where players could perform a buyout on a company they owned no stocks in
- Adjusted color of blue opponent and stocks for better visibility
- Added PEACE TIME in free play settings. This can alter how many months all companies must wait before they can start purchasing stocks. The default Peace Time is set to “off” (zero months)
- Lowered price for additional cargo upgrade for the delivery van
- Made active vehicle upgrades visible in vehicles menu
- Added the ability to adjust the max wait time for a vehicle before departing in vehicle menus. This fixes an issue where vehicles sometimes infinitely wait for max capacity before departing
- Vehicle names now update properly when they are changed
- Vehicle name numbering now increases properly. Two vehicles can not have the same number
- Updated graphics for currently selected vehicles. The current vehicle selected will now be clearly highlighted
- Altered the speed of how fast each vehicle condition degrades
- The “wait for obstacle to be removed” option can no longer be used on vehicles that are not currently facing an obstacle
- Fixed issue where ticket prices for other vehicles would change when adding a new vehicle to a route
- Added logos for all companies. They are visible in the Companies Menu
- Fixed loading issue where company logos would appear as solid colored squares instead of logo images
- After building a route, the selected city no longer becomes unselected
- Added discord buttons to the main menu and default wiki page
- BETA tag added to all languages other than English to make players aware that some languages may not be fully translated
- Adjusted the way loans are calculated
- Fixed customer feedback glitch on hard mode
- Adjusted bankruptcy rules so players can not go bankrupt with a positive bank account balance
- Scroll bars have been added to scroll-able menus
- Driver payoff button now flashes red while drivers are on strike. This is to help communicate better to players that the drivers MUST be paid off to make them go back to work, as adjusting the salary is not enough. Drivers menu graphics have also been slightly altered to make the “driver payoff” easier to understand
- Updated Drivers salary demand behavior
- Fixed the auto-save function. The last five (5) auto-saves will now be kept rather than just one (1) auto-save file
- Updated graphics for performing dirty actions to opponents. The waiting process after performing a dirty action is shown differently now
- Fixed an issue where bankrupt opponents sometimes were not removed from the top right info panel
- The Taiwan region now also comes with the Fujian region, and vice versa
