v21-pre1

v21-pre1

Features

• New home region rule to fix AI spaghetti routes. New game rule, new UI in-game.
• Game is now won by accumulating 1,000 points. You get points per home region that you lead.
• New bird, the Owl, that takes the lead in regions faster.
• Spending ~4 quarters in a row with negative cash now bankrupts major airlines.
• Can now move the map with arrow keys.
• Long route lines now arc higher over the globe than before.
• Trunk routes are now thicker, and also brighter.
• Split the world into more smaller regions for the new home region gameplay.
• Added approximately 250 new cities, mostly in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Changes

• Route lines are now drawn in each airline's color by default.
• Lots of AI improvements, and changes to make them work with the new home region system.
• Regional airlines now tend to start in larger regions.
• Major airlines now start in unique regions.
• AI will now sell stock more aggressively to fund its other purchases.
• AI will now think twice before taking out a loan.
• Cities in a region get a small demand boost.

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug where some city populations were wrong.
• Fixed a bug where "CEO Rating Low" wouldn't appear during play.
• Fixed a bug where clicking the airport concourse button would have delayed responsiveness. Also fixed some other buttons.
• Fixed a bug where AI airlines would try to buy out regional airlines whose headquarters they did not fly to.
• Fixed a bug where AI airlines would not properly calculate the valuation of their buyout targets.
• Fixed a bug where AIs were paying for a new credit rating too frequently.
• Fixed a bug where AIs would judge routes by the profitability of *every* airline flying it, preventing them from cutting their losses when they were being attacked.
• Fixed a bug with the statistics charts.
• Fixed a bug where airlines founded mid-game did not get enough money to survive.
• Fixed a bug where AI airlines would rent and abandon concourses frequently.