0.1.18 Released

This update is NOT compatible with old saves.

Research

• Extended the tech tree to 2030, with multiple cores and more cache levels
• The tech tree has a new UI
• You can now control research funding with a slider
• Changed how research speed is calculated
• Increased ahead of time penalty from 300% to 350%
• There is now a 15% time discount for each year that you are behind in tech (up to 75%)
  
• Frequency technologies now gradually increase your maximum frequency relative to their research percentage, rather than increasing only when fully researched
  
• Research Projects are now locked until 2030
• Removed temperature projects

Market

• Changed how sales are calculated, which fixed a lot of issues
• There is now a transition period of 5 years when the PGA event happens
• Balanced Industries in a way that both MIPS and power consumption matter
• Industries: 0.5 watts is now considered to be good enough. Going below that number won't increase ratings any further
• Reduced popularity gain for CPUs that are missing sales
  
• CPUs that are missing too many sales will not gain any popularity

Economy

• Added inflation (only affects a few things, for now)
• The credit limit now increases over time

Production

• The math for Dies Per Wafer should be more accurate now
• Wafer Size no longer updates instantly. Now you have to spend money and wait for the lines to get upgraded
• Process Nodes: Wafer Cost is no longer global. Each company has their own Wafer Cost
• Unit Cost now takes into account the maintenance cost of 1 production line
• You can now sell production lines

AI

• Several improvements regarding research and financial decisions
• The game can now handle companies spawning over time
• The AI is now affected by the selected difficulty
  
• Added Koshiba, Phairchild and Morotola
• Inlet and EMD can now make multiple CPUs targeting different segments

CPU Creation

• The game now uses Wafer Yield instead of Failure Rate
• You can now overclock CPUs, at the cost of a drastic increase in power consumption
  
• Changed how power consumption is calculated
• Packages in the mid game now have a higher thermal efficiency (less heat from power consumption)
• Process Nodes now reduce the cost of cache (starting in the late 90s)
• Balanced cache
  
• Added cache capacity, which is based on die size and package technology
  
• Deflated IPC numbers to be closer to real life
  

QoL

• You can now pause/resume all project at once
• You can now turn off notifications
• You can now set a custom profit margin when automating contracts
  
• The game will now be paused after closing the bankruptcy warning
  
• Added a notification for when competitors release a new CPU
• The game now shows how much a CPU will cost when the Wafer Cost reaches its minimum value
  

Others

• Added more start dates
• Contracts will now only choose between the best offer of each company, rather than choosing between all offers
  
• Texas Increments contracts will always spawn, regardless if the CPU company is bankrupt or not
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed some visual bugs related to production automation
  
• Fixed notifications not disappearing sometimes
  
• Fixed a bug that caused AI Companies to evade taxes
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the Top Sales graph to show results of 30 years instead of 10
  
• Fixed an issue where the contracts window would never update CPU names

Many thanks to everyone who is participating in the beta on Discord. Your feedback helps a ton!