Build #72 - Loading screen, pocket watch, fixed starting underground and more!

Hi everyone, we have some exciting changes today!

Reworked game loading:

We reworked the way Derail Valley is being loaded, preventing issues such as falling through terrain at game start. It now shows a loading screen with progress percentage, completing all loading before you actually start playing. VR players: note that the loading screen will only appear on the monitor, not in the headset.

Pocket watch:

You can now buy a watch in shops, letting you measure time, using either its stopwatch or timer functionality. This is useful when chasing your job time bonus! When used as a timer, the watch will ring when it counts down to zero, even if it’s in the inventory.

In VR the watch is placed a bit inconveniently high in the store, but note that in due time we will rework the shop layout.

Other notable changes:

• Parked trains no longer slide on slopes
• Potentially made game playable on undefined controllers (e.g. Pimax with Vive)

Our focus is now on hazmat jobs and related improvements!

Full changelog:

Build #72 - April 19, 2019:

System:

• Reworked game loading \ Now shows loading progress (screen only) \ Fixes player falling through terrain when starting game \ Smoother experience after game loads in

Items:

• Added pocket watch \ Can be bought in shops \ VR controls: Button - start/pause, Knob - set time \ NonVR controls: LMB - start/pause, Scroll - set time \ To use as stopwatch, start at zero time \ To use as timer, start at set time \ Alarm goes off when timer runs out \ Works while in inventory too \ Gets its status saved during play
• Save-game can now track item-specific states

Trains:

• Trains no longer slide when parked on a grade
• Increased coupler strength 50%

Controls:

• Potentially fixed undefined device controllers not working (e.g. Pimax with Vive wands)
• Fixed walk/run speeds in nonVR being increased in a recent build

Misc:

• Added pages about derailing and item storage to DV Guide
• Fixed crash when using teleport console commands while being on a vehicle
• Halved job validator cooldown