GearCity

Visual Entertainment And Technologies Developer

KISS ltd Publisher

2014-05-30 Release

Strategy Simulation Singleplayer EATags

Game News Posts: 165

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse

Very Positive (1305 reviews)

http://www.gearcity.info/

Steam Store

The Game includes VR Support

Public Linux Depots:

GearCity Linux [1.25 G]
GearCity 64-Bit Linux [3.26 G]

64-Bit Testing Build Engine Upgrades

Greetings Everyone, I have spent the last month or so working on upgrades to our home made engine, Beardgine. Version 2 of this engine has reached parity with the old version. The original Beardgine has over 9 years of testing behind it. To make sure Beardgine v2 is as stable (if not more stable) I am using all of you on the Testing Build as beta testers. (That's what the purpose of Testing Build is.) So if you are on a 64-bit computer and are subscribed to Testing Build, you are using the new engine. In the upper left hand corner of the Main Menu it should say "x64 BG2". If not, you do not have the new engine yet.

If you have any problems with the new engine, please report them here. If you are unability to play the game, please switch to the None/Default build in the Steam Beta tabs. Currently there is no difference in gameplay between the two builds.

So what's new in this engine?

We have mostly upgraded various libraries to the latest version. We also replaced several discontinued libraries and APIs with alternatives. The most noticeable change for all users is the replacement of Berkelium (Chromium 12) with CEF (Chromium 70). This should give us a more stable reports system, however it is slower than the old browser in some respects, especially on Windows OpenGL2. The engine is also 64-bit for all operating systems. OpenAL has been switched from the Creative version to OpenAL-Soft on Linux and Windows. Which will hopefully fix the rare audio issues we have with usb-headphones. For OSX users, we have done a major overhaul of the backend. We have replaced Carbon with Cocoa, and all that entails. Sadly, this has caused us to lose the "Hardware Mouse" feature, but the game is significantly more stable and faster on modern versions of OSX.

All OSs: Ogre3D 1.7.1 and 1.8.1 (OSX) -> Ogre3D 1.10.12.
All OSs: Berkelium (Chromium 12) -> CEF 3538 (Chromium 70).
Linux & Windows: OpenAL 1.1 -> OpenAL-soft.
All OSs: OgreOggSound 1.21 -> 1.27
Windows & OSX: Ogg and Vorbis latest builds
Windows & OSX: OIS latest builds
All OSs: Latest Freetype.
All OSs: Removed Freeimage.
All OSs: Removed CG shaders system.
OSX: Replaced Carbon with Cocoa API.
OSX: Replaced windowing system with GLFW.
Linux: SDL 2.0.2 -> SDL 2.0.9.
Linux: glibc requirement increased to 2.19

(Probably a few more smaller things which I failed to rememober or list.)

Upcoming plans for the engine?

Attempt to implement OpenGL3 renderer. (Depends on shader hang ups and the need to replace the OpenGL2 renderer in Windows.)
Attempt to implement resizeable reports/webrowser windows. (Early testing of this feature is looking good so far.)
Attempt DPI scaling for people running 4k resolution on 13 inch screens....
Attempt to implement DirectX9ex for Windows 7 users and newer.

A 32-bit build of BGv2 is possible in the future if the OpenGL3 renderer fixes performance issues in Windows. In the meantime we will maintain both versions of the engine.

Known Issues:

OSX: Terminal pops up when you run the game.
OSX: Hardware mouse mode does not work. (May not be fixed.)
OSX: Backspace does not work. (Use Delete key)
All OSs: Webpage buffer is not cleared with blank pixels before loading a new page.
All OSs: Showroom lighting still poor.
Windows: Shaders do not work in DirectX.
Windows: OpenGL performance is slow.
Windows: Enabling Shadows Crashes the game in DirectX

[ 2019-01-12 10:50:28 CET ] [ Original post ]

Have you ever dreamed of running your own car company? Do you often find yourself drawing vehicle designs on the margins of your papers? Ever wondered what it would be like to be the next Henry Ford or Enzo Ferrari? Now you can with GearCity.

GearCity is an Automobile Manufacturing Business Simulator. Design chassis, engines, transmissions, and vehicles. Manage production lines, supplies, prices, and employees. Build factories and distribution branches. Set marketing and racing budgets, and most importantly stay profitable. All while hundreds of AI marques attempt to do the same thing.

GearCity offers a wide variety of design choices and near endless amounts of freedom when running your company. Do you want to make a pickup truck marque in Africa? A Russian supercar company? A German luxury brand? Maybe you want to be a generic marque in America? Or a budget car company in China? Let your imagination free and choose your own path.

Armed with a realistic economic simulator with historical purchasing power parity per capita, population, and economic data for over 250 cities, GearCity aims to be a hardcore realistic business simulator. This is not a typical casual tycoon game. Instead GearCity is a modern descendant of the classic 90s management games Detroit and MotorCity. Despite the fidelity of the simulation, once you get the hang of the game it is fairly simple and easy to play. You can choose a more abstract style, or dive deep and micromanage every detail.

GearCity currently offers:
120 Years (1440 Months/Turns) of gameplay.
274 Cities with historical economic and population data.
300 Marques inspired by real companies.
29 Vehicle types
200 Moddable vehicles
56 Vehicle Accessories
20 Basic Tutorial Videos
240 Historical Events
Dynamic consumer demands based on user input.
Realistic consumer AI.
Stock Market system.
Marque creation, spinoffs, and takeovers.
Race Funding system.
Marketing
Factory management.
Distribution management.
Transport management
Labor and Unions management.
Lobbying
Charts
Data Reports
And much much more.

MINIMAL SETUPOS: 32-Bit with glibc 2.17 or higher
Processor: 1.2 GHzMemory: 1 GB RAM
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: 128MB with OpenGL 1.2 Support
Storage: 6 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: 32-Bit Version
RECOMMENDED SETUPOS: 64-Bit with glibc 2.19 or higher
Processor: 3 GHzMemory: 4 GB RAM
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: 512MB with OpenGL 2.0 Support
Storage: 10 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: 64-Bit Version

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