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eMo AERO Boss Changelog

What's new in eMo AERO Boss 0.5.85

Dec 14, 2013
  • New features:
  • The ability to lend money was added. This option is now available on Company Finance panel.
  • New content:
  • Bombardier manufacture was added
  • The following Bombardier planes were added: Q200, Q300, Q400, CRJ200, CRJ700, CRJ900, CRJ1000, CS100 and CS300 (Thanks to Scott)
  • 7 new Company Logo pics were added
  • Improvements:
  • UI improvement: filtering by Regional branch was added on Routes panel
  • Logic to generate AI company names was enhanced
  • Logic to define Max Number of slots that can be reserved at one time was updated. Now it depends on political relatios between countries
  • Fixes:
  • Issue in calculation of insurance compensation in case of plane crash was fixed
  • UI defect fix: Edit and Close buttons were active for AI players. That was fixed

New in eMo AERO Boss 0.5.82 (Dec 2, 2013)

  • Insurance Feature:
  • Insurance budget was added to the game. There are 5 level of insurance coverage that secure different risks:
  • Minimum - Passenger liability insurance
  • Low - Public Liability Insurance
  • Medium - Ground Risk hull insurance: Not In Motion
  • Upper Medium - Ground Risk hull insurance: In Motion
  • High - In Flight Insurance (cover everiting) Each next level of insurance coverage includes all risks covered by previous level(s).
  • News Board tool was added to show notifications about important business events.
  • New content:
  • B777-8X and B777-9X planes were added
  • A350-800, A350-900 and A350-1000 were added
  • B737-MAX-7, B737-MAX-8 and B737-MAX-9 were added 4. A319NEO and A321NEO were added
  • Improvements:
  • Initial setup of max slots in airports was added
  • Differentiation of supersonic flights in fare and flight time calculations was added Support for latest version of Java (1.7_45)
  • Fixes:
  • Defect fix: Fix for UI freeze when several subsequent events occur
  • UI defect fix of issue: Plane models summary page was not updated with ordered planes info
  • UI defect Fix for "doubled" expenses after game load
  • Defect fix: incorrect orders from previous game in save game in case new game started via Game Main menu was fixed
  • UI Defect fix: Occupied slots were not updated when number of flight per week changed. That was fixed
  • Defect fix: failure severity calculation logic was corrected
  • Other:
  • Minor Re-balancing of game events and calculations

New in eMo AERO Boss 0.4.77 (Sep 14, 2013)

  • Improvements:
  • Ordering of Regions in Regions Economy report and Airline companies in City Airport view was enhanced. Now all entities are sorted alphabetically.
  • Minor stability improvements in Planes ordering and Slots ordering mechanisms
  • Screen to display Airport Extension event was corrected and enhanced
  • Fixes:
  • Defect fix: Regional Economy Report shows incorrect Regional Economic Climate after load of previously saved game. That was fixed.
  • Defect fix: In case there is one plane assigned to a route and that plane is crashed, number of flights per week set to 0 on Edit Route screen.
  • As result in order to resume operation on that route that was require to type number of flight manually.
  • Normal control of flights per week was not working. That was fixed.
  • Defect fixed: when you buy big number of expensive planes total price value calculated incorrectly (10 x A340 for example).
  • Defect fix: Shares information was not stored in Game Save file
  • UI fix on Route open/edit screen to display correctly number of planes required (in some cases that number was not updated correctly)
  • UI Defect fix: complex routes table is not updated when one of the routes is closed. That was fixed.
  • Defect fix: Complex Routes are not updated when associated airplane crash. That was fixed.
  • Defect fix: Airport Extension initiated twice. Trigger for airport extension was corrected.
  • Other:
  • Minor re-balance of Region Economy change events

New in eMo AERO Boss 0.3.65 (Aug 2, 2012)

  • New features:
  • International relations between countries were introduced. Relation affects travel between countries therefore affects airline business.
  • New system game property "run in window mode" was added
  • New content:
  • Plane Models added:
  • B717-200, B747-400D
  • Cities added: Montreal, Charlotte, Salt Lake City, San Antonio and Seattle
  • Fixes:
  • Link to game project home page was corrected
  • Other:
  • User manual was updated with international relations section
  • Other minor improvements/changes

New in eMo AERO Boss 0.3.62 (Jun 1, 2012)

  • New features:
  • Major update to gameplay: the ability to modify Transit (Transfer) Route parameters was added
  • Minimap was added
  • An ability to setup successor model on plane model was added
  • Game generator was enhanced: if country is part of political block, only manufactories located in this political block will be used
  • New configurable generation logic for start game parameters was implemented
  • Logic around Regional Branches was enhanced:
  • Now Open of Regional Branch became time consuming operation (before it was created immediately, few months now)
  • Support for financial implications from having regional branch was added (i.e. monthly operational cost)
  • UI improvements: Information about regional branch was added to City>Branches screen
  • Stock Market (old Shareholders) tab was added to Airline screen. Basic stock information is now available.
  • Operations with Transit routes were enhanced: the ability to apply discount on Complex Route was added
  • New property in game config file was added - display_titles_on_main_control_frames
  • World Economy report was enhanced: new parameters added: Population Growth Rate, Economy Growth Rate, Tourism Growth Rate
  • Logic for calculation of price impact on route demand was enhanced: Cities Economy, Service level and Brand Value in cities now affects price impact. Also previous calculation mechanism contained a bug, that was fixed as well.
  • Display properties were added to Properties menu: new property "Tooltips Endabled" allows to disable/enable tooltips
  • Game start settings screen was enhanced: the ability to select Home Region was added. Only cities from this Region will be in Home City selection combo box.
  • New content:
  • Plane Models added: L1049, B777-200, B777-300, B737-600, B737-700, B737-900ER, B767-200(+ER),B767-300(+ER), Tu204-300, B787-8, B787-9 ERJ-145, E-170, L1011-200, L1011-500 IL96-400, IL62, A300, A310-300, A340-600, A380-800, A320-NEO, An-140, MD82, MD83, MD87, Fokker 70, Fokker 100 McDouglas MD-11, VFW-Fokker 614, SE210-Caravelle-10B-Super, ATR 42-300, ATR 72-200, ATR 42-500, ATR 72-500 Convair 880, Convair 990, MD-90-30 2. Cities added: Bogota, Addis Ababa, Boston, Jakarta, Lagos, Las Vegas, Manila, Santa Cruz, Suva Yakutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Chongqing, City of Christchurch, City of Washington D.C. Adelaide, Bangalore, Cancun, Frankfurt, Houston, Minneapolis, Osaka, Panama city, Sapporo, Tashkent, Taipei, Dublin, Glasgow, Guayaquil, Oslo, Rostov-on-Don, San Juan Algiers, Makassar, Kingston
  • UI improvements:
  • World Economy panel was improved: icons for parameters were added
  • UI improvement: Icons were added to buttons on Plane Crash screen
  • Icons for airliner maintenance discounts were added
  • Usability improvements in Plane model introduction dialog: size of window was correct, icons were added to buttons
  • UI enhancement: layout of Airport slots distribution between airlines was corrected
  • Company Orders Panel was enhanced: order execution progress bar was added
  • UI improvement: layout of Routes table and Open/Edit Route dialog was improved
  • UI enhancement: the ability to filter direct and transit routes was added.
  • UI improvements: columns size in transit routes, unified fleet discounts tables was arranged to display information more accurate by default
  • UI improvement: transit routes table was enhanced - distance and fare price information was rearranged
  • UI improvement: tooltips were added to direct and transit routes tables
  • UI enhancement: New tab was added to Company Fleet screen (old name Planes) to display technical specification of airliner models used by airline company
  • UI improvement: Competition report: the ability to display profit for transit routes was added
  • Icons for An10 and An10A were updated
  • UI improvement: Airline plane models characteristics panel layout was corrected
  • UI improvement: conditions when Sell Plane button enabled corrected
  • new icons for BAC1-11-200, Lockheed L188, SE210 Caravelle
  • Berlin, Chicago, Madrid, San Fransisco, Havana icons were corrected
  • Other minor UI enhancements
  • Fixes:
  • Plane Model introduction message now appear only for available manufactures
  • City information panel: bug fixed: Economy/tourism/population information was not updated on the screen when it actually changed
  • Minor corrections in Game generation logic
  • UI bug fix: Flights per week parameter in Open/Edit route dialog was set to 0, that would not allow to change it via spinner buttons. That was corrected
  • UI bug fix: Planes overview panel was not updated when airline company changed. That was fixed.
  • UI bug fix: Sorting by city name in Company Routes panel was not working. That was fixed.
  • Bug fix: Airport finances were not stored during Save/Load operations.
  • Bug fix: Unified fleet discount was not applied correctly when there are edge number of planes in airliner that required for discount.
  • Admin console item was removed from Reports menu
  • Bug fix: logic for transfer passengers on Route was corrected
  • Bug fix: Historical events happen more than once in case game loaded after their targeted date
  • Bug fix: there was a mistake in passengers distribution logic, that lead to rapid passengers number drop in some cases. That was fixed.
  • Bug fix: competition report: same competing route displayed twice in the report. That was fixed
  • Bug fix: competition report: transit routes were not shown in competition report
  • Some city icons were corrected/updated
  • Default path to saves directory was corrected
  • Other minor UI fixes
  • Balancing:
  • Airbus plane models were corrected: parameters and icons correction 2. Content update: some airliners parameters were corrected to be more accurate 3. Gameplay balancing: some airliners prices were corrected 4. Balancing: Maintenance Budget and Service Budget expenses were adjusted
  • Other:
  • User manual was added