Campaign - World map?

[Lifeline83]

I purchased this game years ago and since then hoping for an update of the campaign map, to include realistic car markets.

It would be great to start as car manufacturer in Europe, USA, Asia or elsewhere and making our way up from the local market to an international business.

Am I the only one hoping for this feature to be added sooner rather than later? I started to read about the Grand Campaign years ago, but it seems to be always in the far future plans.

I feel that playing in the fantasy land of Gasmea, Fruinia, etc... is so immersion breaking that it makes me not to play the game at all.

Just wondering what the general feeling of the community is. Any thoughts?

[MirkoC407]

You are not the only one hoping for it. As far as I know it is also on the list what shall follow, but to be found more in the area of "later"

[[CAMSO] MrChips]

That is still a planned feature for the Grand Campaign, but it is still a ways off.

[smasher]

I dont mind Gasmea and Fruinia. but. devs, can you expand the world map maybe? like. a few more countries. and maybe country dynamics? having the same world map and flags is.. i dunno. but maybe not immersive into the world?

[Kokusho]

An option to randomize the country characteristics would be nice for unique playthroughs. Even if it's just simple stuff like starting tech pools, desires, car type unlocks, etc.

[[CAMSO] MrChips]

The Automation game world currently serves its purpose, which is primarily to give us an environment to test out campaign mechanics in a varied, but not overly-complex world. The countries are very carefully designed so that they have the maximum benefit for that purpose.

Immersion will increase as we continue development of Automation; we have a lot of game world-related things that we would like to do still!

[FentaRino]

CAMSO MrChips eredeti hozzászólása:

That is still a planned feature for the Grand Campaign, but it is still a ways off.

Hi Dev-kun, does/will the campaign have events affecting price of things?

[[CAMSO] MrChips]

Dan eredeti hozzászólása:

Hi Dev-kun, does/will the campaign have events affecting price of things?

It's something we are thinking about, but that's fraught with gameplay issues so we would have to approach this carefully and thoughtfully. At the end of the day, it's basically the random number generator bestowing a blessing or a curse on players, and that often isn't really fun.

[MirkoC407]

Once you switch to the real world map you can at least utilize real history, like the 1970es oil crisis putting sudden shifts in demand from large to small cars or the one or other effect on raw material prices, making your cars much more expensive when steel prices skyrocketed.

[FentaRino]

MirkoC407 eredeti hozzászólása:

Once you switch to the real world map you can at least utilize real history, like the 1970es oil crisis putting sudden shifts in demand from large to small cars or the one or other effect on raw material prices, making your cars much more expensive when steel prices skyrocketed.

Real world map + events could be a bit CBT tho, because lets assume that you choose the USSR as your starting nation, the events would affect you differently than the US

And you would have different markets and how market works