Capitalism 2 and Capitalism Lab Forum

Latest update: please note that the post-release beta version has been rolled out for release. Please download the latest Release version 9.0.10 from viewtopic.php?f=7&t=9096

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Version 9.0 is a major milestone for Capitalism Lab as our programmers spent a significant amount of time enhancing the code to support the concurrent display of two windows of the Information Center, which has long been requested by the community.

Here is one of the many use cases: by opening the Corporate Details window adjacent to the Stock Exchange window, you can now quickly view the corporate information of a stock in which you are interested in investing.

Please download the installer from https://caplab.b-cdn.net/CapLab_Post_Re ... taller.exe



DETAILS OF THE NEW FEATURES:

Viewing two windows of Information Center at the same time
When the game display resolution is set to at least 1900 pixels in width, the game can now display two windows of the Information Center side by side under the following circumstances, allowing you to browse information more effectively.

1) On the Corporations list window, click on a corporate logo to open the Corporation Details window for the selected corporation.

2) On the Corporations list window, click on a person portrait to open the Person Details window for the selected person.

3) On the Products list window, click on a product image to open the Product Details window for the selected product.

4) On the Stock Exchange window, double-click on a stock to open the Corporation Details window for the selected stock.

5) On the Bond Exchange window, double-click on a corporate bond to open the Corporation Details window for the selected corporation.

6) On the Person list window’s Summary page, click on a person record to open the Person Details window for the selected person.



New Person Portraits
Added over 10 new person portraits into the game.

New “Career History” Page on Persons List
This page shows a person’s career history of persons.
For those persons who are using AI-generated images, you will see large portrait images.



New Display Modes
1360x768 (borderless windowed mode)
1910x960 (windowed mode)
1900x1200 (borderless windowed Mode)
3840x1600 (Full Screen Mode and Borderless Windowed Mode)

Interface Improvements
The icons on the main menu have been revamped using AI-generated images.



To translators: please download the PSD files of the new main menu options from: viewtopic.php?f=22&t=9051

A new flat style is used for window display in the game.

Management Policies Improvement
You can now set “Internal Sale” of firms managed by your COO or CEO of your subsidiary to “Group” by default.
“Group” means that Group Supersedes Internal Sale.

If this is enabled, any firms in your company and subsidiaries will always be able to buy products from each other, regardless of the Internal Sale setting.



Auto Setup Farm Production
Added a checkbox for setting whether to set up an Inventory unit between a Crop Growing unit and a Sales unit.



Removal of the Cap on Firms
Removed the cap on the maximum number of firms you can build in a game.

More AI Persons in a Game
Increased the maximum number of persons in a game to 150.

More AI Competitors
Increased the maximum number of AI competitors that can be set in a script from 65 to 70.

Increased the Cap on Bond Issues
The cap on the issue size of a new bond has been increased from $1 billion to $100 billion.

Thanks for the update! Do you have plans to incorporate AI-generated content into other parts of the game besides images?

SchrodingerGargoyle wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 8:28 am Thanks for the update! Do you have plans to incorporate AI-generated content into other parts of the game besides images?

Do you have any suggestions about the types of AI-generated content you want to see in the game besides images?

I believe it should also be possible to integrate real-time AI generation capability for text and images in CapLab. Any ideas on how this can be integrated with the gameplay if it is feasible technically?

非常感谢Enlight游戏程式开发团队及David先生的辛勤制作与更新！给世界各国的“金融帝国实验室”游戏玩家们带来精彩与感动，请大家一起为本游戏加油！:D

Love to know that the devs play the game to its limits and realized bond limits were way too low at 1 billion. Repaying those things on a deeply leveraged bank was annoying as hell. God bless team. Keep up the great work. QOL was improved 500% this update.

On the matter of AI generated content, Company names can get stale after a while considering they do not have the same qualities every game. Having unique company names every game could be interesting.

Logos need a revamp, glad to see some integration of ai. Would love to see more market related additions, such as board seats, proxy battles, activists/hedge funds, etc.

longandshort wrote: ↑Fri Jun 23, 2023 4:01 am Logos need a revamp, glad to see some integration of ai. Would love to see more market related additions, such as board seats, proxy battles, activists/hedge funds, etc.

when reaching X % of the shares, it wins 1 or 2 seats on the board of directors. When making an OPA, having to depend on the acceptance or not of the offer by the shareholders. These are things that would bring the game to reality and would be very interesting.

The possibility of being able to open a real estate fund and manage the resources of that fund and earn an administration fee would also be really cool. Of course it has a very high range of possibilities.

But will we see something like this in the future?

I would very much like to see it.

David wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 9:20 am

SchrodingerGargoyle wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 8:28 am Thanks for the update! Do you have plans to incorporate AI-generated content into other parts of the game besides images?

Do you have any suggestions about the types of AI-generated content you want to see in the game besides images?

I believe it should also be possible to integrate real-time AI generation capability for text and images in CapLab. Any ideas on how this can be integrated with the gameplay if it is feasible technically?

There is an issue with the BETA version, if you click on the new game icon it says "Cannot play DirectSoundBuffer", can anyone help?

kylelaff1 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 23, 2023 1:06 pm There is an issue with the BETA version, if you click on the new game icon it says "Cannot play DirectSoundBuffer", can anyone help?

Please try the following solutions:

1) You may also want to check your 'Sound' settings -
Control Panel > Sound > select Speakers and then Properties > Advanced.
If the Default Format is at 24bit, 48000Hz or higher, lower this setting to 24bit, 44100Hz
(normally 48000 Hz should be as low as you need to go).
If this helps the game has a low end audio.


2) Disable the sound device or switch it to another sound device temporarily and see if it will help.

3) Download the latest DirectX update from: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... laylang=en