The Bus (tml)

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  1. CK95

    CK95 Well-Known Member

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    Has anyone had decent success getting TheBus running at a consistent framerate higher than 30fps (and making the game look better)?

    I’d sort of hoped that after 2 years in early access the game would of improved, but it seems it’s just going the way of aerosoft & devs are jumping right into content rather than fixing the rather severe issues.

    I have a 3070ti, 16GB DDR5 &12th Gen intel i7 and run all my games at 1440p, but I cannot get this gaming running and looking good at all. Even if I suffer the awful FPS, I still don’t think the game looks all that great.

    For me I have road textures popping in all the time & anywhere from 27 to 90fps unlocked.

    Asking here as the only active discussion space for it is Discord, which is pretty terrible since it’s just a live chat.
     
  2. stijn.claessens

    stijn.claessens Well-Known Member

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    Switch to Unreal 5 didn't help and now they are going to do it with Fernbus simulator too.
     
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  3. OldVern

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    Bought The Bus but not really impressed with it. In addition to the road textures phasing in and out, also getting vertical texture curtains appearing driving along. Now sitting fallow on my HD, but Aerosoft make DTG look good!
     
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    rennekton#1349 Well-Known Member

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    It's still in early access. Tsw is not in early access
     
  5. CK95

    CK95 Well-Known Member

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    This is my issue entirely - all whilst not even getting good performance.

    I get it’s in early access, but it’s been so for a couple of years now with no notable improvements, other than the switch to UE5 which only made things worse.
     
  6. OldVern

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    Sadly early access can also be an excuse to push out any old unfinished tat then suddenly wash their hands of any further development.

    I have little trust in Aerosoft being a previous customer of several products, notably the World Of Subways which got progressively worse and Fernbus which should really have warned me off The Bus.
     
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  7. stijn.claessens

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    They announced a DLC. So much for "testing" in Early access
     
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  8. stijn.claessens

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    So the closed phase 2 without AI busses implemented and are going to phase 3. All the "so close to release" talk shows that this will be another TML half baked product.
     
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    Moral of story… Never buy anything with TML or Aerosoft on the jacket!
     
  10. stijn.claessens

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    well City Bus manager is published by Aerosoft end is very fun. Also a game that really nailed early access.
     
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    Update on the progress of a console release Screenshot_20250414-092016.png
     
  12. CK95

    CK95 Well-Known Member

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    Aha, the game runs like trash on high end PC’s even with poor draw distance. They don’t even have AI busses yet, wouldn’t hold your breath for a console release, at least not a stable release.
     
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  13. TSW Nathan

    TSW Nathan Well-Known Member

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    Yeah. Sounds like it's gonna be like msfs2024 if not worse.
     

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