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I believe the Taxes field in the Quarterly Report is using the previous quarter's tax payment instead of the tax for the quarter being reported.

This is a new game in 1952. Production began in January.

Q1 / March 1952
The Monthly Summary for March shows:
Total Taxes: $893,799

However, the Q1 Quarterly Report (three months ended 3/1952) shows:
Taxes: 0.000 million

Q2 / June 1952
The Monthly Summary for June shows:
Total Taxes: $2,881,435

However, the Q2 Quarterly Report (three months ended 6/1952) shows:
Taxes: 0.894 million

This corresponds almost exactly to the $893,799 tax paid in March, i.e. the Q1 tax, rather than the current Q2 tax.

The other Q2 figures in the upper section appear to use the correct April-June period:
Vehicle Sales:
April: $3,029,232
May: $3,616,044
June: $3,616,044
Total = $10,261,320, displayed correctly as Sales = 10.261 million.

The Q2 pre-tax expenses also reconcile with the monthly reports after excluding the June tax payment, and the resulting Operating Profit is approximately $8.231 million, matching the Quarterly Report.

However, Net Income is then calculated using the old Q1 tax:
$8.231M - $0.894M = approximately $7.337M
which is exactly what the Quarterly Report displays.

If the current Q2 tax payment of $2,881,435 were used instead, Q2 Net Income would be approximately $5.349M.
The tax calculation itself appears to be working correctly in the Monthly Summary. My HQ tax rate appears to be 35%, and both quarterly tax payments reconcile closely with the underlying quarterly profits. The issue seems to be specifically which tax value the Quarterly Report retrieves.

Environment:
Game version: v2.0.0.15 (Steam)
Windows: Win11
Windows regional format: Hungarian (Hungary)
Game language: English

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I believe the Taxes field in the Quarterly Report is using the previous quarter's tax payment instead of the tax for the quarter being reported.

This is a new game in 1952. Production began in January.

Q1 / March 1952
The Monthly Summary for March shows:
Total Taxes: $893,799

However, the Q1 Quarterly Report (three months ended 3/1952) shows:
Taxes: 0.000 million

Q2 / June 1952
The Monthly Summary for June shows:
Total Taxes: $2,881,435

However, the Q2 Quarterly Report (three months ended 6/1952) shows:
Taxes: 0.894 million

This corresponds almost exactly to the $893,799 tax paid in March, i.e. the Q1 tax, rather than the current Q2 tax.

The other Q2 figures in the upper section appear to use the correct April-June period:
Vehicle Sales:
April: $3,029,232
May: $3,616,044
June: $3,616,044
Total = $10,261,320, displayed correctly as Sales = 10.261 million.

The Q2 pre-tax expenses also reconcile with the monthly reports after excluding the June tax payment, and the resulting Operating Profit is approximately $8.231 million, matching the Quarterly Report.

However, Net Income is then calculated using the old Q1 tax:
$8.231M - $0.894M = approximately $7.337M
which is exactly what the Quarterly Report displays.

If the current Q2 tax payment of $2,881,435 were used instead, Q2 Net Income would be approximately $5.349M.
The tax calculation itself appears to be working correctly in the Monthly Summary. My HQ tax rate appears to be 35%, and both quarterly tax payments reconcile closely with the underlying quarterly profits. The issue seems to be specifically which tax value the Quarterly Report retrieves.

Environment:
Game version: v2.0.0.15 (Steam)
Windows: Win11
Windows regional format: Hungarian (Hungary)
Game language: English

  Q2_.jpg (Size: 489.08 KB / Downloads: 1)

  Q1.jpg (Size: 509.76 KB / Downloads: 1)

  M6.jpg (Size: 560.26 KB / Downloads: 2)

  M3.jpg (Size: 560.66 KB / Downloads: 2) ]]> https://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4847 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:25:21 -0400 Mylodon]]> https://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4847
I believe I found a date range issue in the vehicle table at the bottom of the Quarterly Report.
I started a new game and production of my first and only vehicle began in January 1952. The Q1 report looked correct, but the Q2 report revealed that the vehicle table appears to include March through June, i.e. four months, instead of only April through June.

My monthly figures are:

March 1952
Produced: 223
Sold: 363
Vehicle Sales: $2,465,496

April 1952
Produced: 446
Sold: 446
Vehicle Sales: $3,029,232

May 1952
Produced: 557
Sold: 557
Vehicle Sales: $3,616,044

June 1952
Produced: 557
Sold: 557
Vehicle Sales: $3,616,044

For Q2 (three months, April-June), I would therefore expect:

Produced: 1,560
Sold: 1,560
Income: $10,261,320

However, the Q2 Quarterly Report vehicle table shows:

Produced: 1,783
Sold: 1,923
Income: $12,726,816

These displayed values match March + April + May + June exactly:

Produced:
223 + 446 + 557 + 557 = 1,783
Sold:
363 + 446 + 557 + 557 = 1,923
Income:
$2,465,496 + $3,029,232 + $3,616,044 + $3,616,044 = $12,726,816

Interestingly, the upper part of the same Q2 Quarterly Report uses the correct April-June period. Its Sales value is 10.261 million, corresponding to:
$3,029,232 + $3,616,044 + $3,616,044 = $10,261,320

So this appears to affect specifically the vehicle table's date range.

Q1 did not make the problem obvious because vehicle production only started in January 1952, so including one month before the quarter would add no vehicle activity there.

Environment:
Game version: v2.0.0.15 (Steam)
Windows: Win11
Windows regional format: Hungarian (Hungary)
Game language: English

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I believe I found a date range issue in the vehicle table at the bottom of the Quarterly Report.
I started a new game and production of my first and only vehicle began in January 1952. The Q1 report looked correct, but the Q2 report revealed that the vehicle table appears to include March through June, i.e. four months, instead of only April through June.

My monthly figures are:

March 1952
Produced: 223
Sold: 363
Vehicle Sales: $2,465,496

April 1952
Produced: 446
Sold: 446
Vehicle Sales: $3,029,232

May 1952
Produced: 557
Sold: 557
Vehicle Sales: $3,616,044

June 1952
Produced: 557
Sold: 557
Vehicle Sales: $3,616,044

For Q2 (three months, April-June), I would therefore expect:

Produced: 1,560
Sold: 1,560
Income: $10,261,320

However, the Q2 Quarterly Report vehicle table shows:

Produced: 1,783
Sold: 1,923
Income: $12,726,816

These displayed values match March + April + May + June exactly:

Produced:
223 + 446 + 557 + 557 = 1,783
Sold:
363 + 446 + 557 + 557 = 1,923
Income:
$2,465,496 + $3,029,232 + $3,616,044 + $3,616,044 = $12,726,816

Interestingly, the upper part of the same Q2 Quarterly Report uses the correct April-June period. Its Sales value is 10.261 million, corresponding to:
$3,029,232 + $3,616,044 + $3,616,044 = $10,261,320

So this appears to affect specifically the vehicle table's date range.

Q1 did not make the problem obvious because vehicle production only started in January 1952, so including one month before the quarter would add no vehicle activity there.

Environment:
Game version: v2.0.0.15 (Steam)
Windows: Win11
Windows regional format: Hungarian (Hungary)
Game language: English

  Q2.jpg (Size: 494.59 KB / Downloads: 1) ]]> https://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4838 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:20:05 -0400 JC_Denton]]> https://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4838
If you go to the Top 50 All-Time sales and then select a sub-category, it says e.g. "1081 All-Time Sales Until 1956" rather than "Landaulet All-Time Sales Until 1956".

Spotted when I was checking sales charts after making quite possibly my first-ever profitable Landaulet.  The market for those tends to be minuscule!]]>
If you go to the Top 50 All-Time sales and then select a sub-category, it says e.g. "1081 All-Time Sales Until 1956" rather than "Landaulet All-Time Sales Until 1956".

Spotted when I was checking sales charts after making quite possibly my first-ever profitable Landaulet.  The market for those tends to be minuscule!]]> https://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4837 Thu, 11 Jun 2026 06:28:32 -0400 ogzhnpcmn]]> https://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4837
Lock feature at component research is not working like it does with research department. And some of the components needs to be built in order to generate component design skills. Like for example im at 2003 never done a wankel engine and never funded it but its 7.73 however series-hybrid is only 5.74 which i did that once. Same with the phev and dual phev i've been funding them but it wont increase until an engine built.

Thanks]]>
Lock feature at component research is not working like it does with research department. And some of the components needs to be built in order to generate component design skills. Like for example im at 2003 never done a wankel engine and never funded it but its 7.73 however series-hybrid is only 5.74 which i did that once. Same with the phev and dual phev i've been funding them but it wont increase until an engine built.

Thanks]]> https://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4836 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:19:59 -0400 ogzhnpcmn]]> https://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4836
Im at 1998 with 322,75 engine, 31,4 Electric layout, 29,90 electric cylinder and 31,41 electric 1 fuel research points but fuel 2 and subsequent upgrades are not unlocking. Is it changed with second gear or is this a bug? Here is my save game file, which is above 1 gb: drive]]>
Im at 1998 with 322,75 engine, 31,4 Electric layout, 29,90 electric cylinder and 31,41 electric 1 fuel research points but fuel 2 and subsequent upgrades are not unlocking. Is it changed with second gear or is this a bug? Here is my save game file, which is above 1 gb: drive]]> https://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4829 Sat, 09 May 2026 00:31:45 -0400 JC_Denton]]> https://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4829
How to reproduce:

 - Start a 2nd Gear game in the year 1910, base city map (or any other).  Go to design an Inline 2 engine.  Note the rough cost.  Switch to Inline 4.  The cost is marginally higher.  Switch to Inline 8.  The cost is marginally higher.
 - Start a 2nd Gear game in the year 1911, base city map (or any other).  Go to design an Inline 2 engine.  It's quite a bit more expensive than 1910, but it's supposed to go up over time, right?  Switch to an Inline 4.  The cost roughly doubles over the Inline 2.  Switch to Inline 8.  The cost roughly doubles over Inline 4.

Expectation: Costs go up over time
Not expected: Increasing cylinders goes from a slight difference in cost to a proportional-to-cylinder-count cost in one year

Is this intentional?  It might be the pre-1911 years that are the aberration; I see that the 1911 behavior applies in 1995 as well.  Checked 1st Gear as well as 2nd Gear; the behavior appears to be the same.

Maybe I never noticed it before because it's my first game being a pure engine-design firm, rather than a vehicle-selling company, and with enough vehicle sales that impact of the increase in engine design costs become, if not a rounding error, low.  But when engine design costs are my primary expense, the sudden change is hard not to notice!]]>
How to reproduce:

 - Start a 2nd Gear game in the year 1910, base city map (or any other).  Go to design an Inline 2 engine.  Note the rough cost.  Switch to Inline 4.  The cost is marginally higher.  Switch to Inline 8.  The cost is marginally higher.
 - Start a 2nd Gear game in the year 1911, base city map (or any other).  Go to design an Inline 2 engine.  It's quite a bit more expensive than 1910, but it's supposed to go up over time, right?  Switch to an Inline 4.  The cost roughly doubles over the Inline 2.  Switch to Inline 8.  The cost roughly doubles over Inline 4.

Expectation: Costs go up over time
Not expected: Increasing cylinders goes from a slight difference in cost to a proportional-to-cylinder-count cost in one year

Is this intentional?  It might be the pre-1911 years that are the aberration; I see that the 1911 behavior applies in 1995 as well.  Checked 1st Gear as well as 2nd Gear; the behavior appears to be the same.

Maybe I never noticed it before because it's my first game being a pure engine-design firm, rather than a vehicle-selling company, and with enough vehicle sales that impact of the increase in engine design costs become, if not a rounding error, low.  But when engine design costs are my primary expense, the sudden change is hard not to notice!]]> https://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4822 Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:45:44 -0400 JC_Denton]]> https://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4822
14:57:48:
Attempting to save database
14:57:48: Pending:

14:57:48:
Exception Occured saving db.
file: C:\Users\gc\programming\Kompex-SQLite-Wrapper\src\KompexSQLiteDatabase.cpp
line number: 423
error: database is locked

In this case the database was locked because another program had a connection to the database open.  Probably not a problem for an average user, just for modders.

More concerning is that the UI didn't provide any notice of the failure to save, including for a manual save.  It should succeed in 99.99% of cases, but since this is a game that can be played for long sessions, I'd rather know if there's an issue saving than find out the hard way that my progress was lost in that 0.01%.

  Logfile - Error Saving DB.log (Size: 4.44 MB / Downloads: 0) ]]>
14:57:48:
Attempting to save database
14:57:48: Pending:

14:57:48:
Exception Occured saving db.
file: C:\Users\gc\programming\Kompex-SQLite-Wrapper\src\KompexSQLiteDatabase.cpp
line number: 423
error: database is locked

In this case the database was locked because another program had a connection to the database open.  Probably not a problem for an average user, just for modders.

More concerning is that the UI didn't provide any notice of the failure to save, including for a manual save.  It should succeed in 99.99% of cases, but since this is a game that can be played for long sessions, I'd rather know if there's an issue saving than find out the hard way that my progress was lost in that 0.01%.

  Logfile - Error Saving DB.log (Size: 4.44 MB / Downloads: 0) ]]> https://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4813 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:31:27 -0400 Iron Tarkus]]> https://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4813
  Seth 2nd Gear Save.rar (Size: 5.31 MB / Downloads: 1) ]]>
  Seth 2nd Gear Save.rar (Size: 5.31 MB / Downloads: 1) ]]> https://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4806 Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:25:36 -0400 panda]]> https://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4806 https://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4804 I used the save to start from scratch, redid my work on turn one, and progressed one turn at a time through turn 5. This time instead of a CTD I got a freeze on turn generation. Starting a new thread for this one because it has a new log file. 2nd Gear branch, v2.6.0.1

  Logfile.7z (Size: 167.83 KB / Downloads: 1) ]]> https://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4804 I used the save to start from scratch, redid my work on turn one, and progressed one turn at a time through turn 5. This time instead of a CTD I got a freeze on turn generation. Starting a new thread for this one because it has a new log file. 2nd Gear branch, v2.6.0.1

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  Logfile_1_SessionAgo - Copy.7z (Size: 374.96 KB / Downloads: 2) ]]> https://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4795 Thu, 19 Feb 2026 18:23:06 -0500 cavjj]]> https://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4795
- Upon launching the game from Steam I got the following error: Failed to start process for this game: "An Application Control Policy has blocked this file." (0x11C7)
- Verified game files integrity (3 files were downloaded). Same error upon attempting to relaunch the game.
- A standard Windows restart fixed the error and allowed me to launch the game via Steam.

I haven't directly attempted to modify,move,delete the game files. No mods. I'm unsure what the three files were - if there's a way to check I'm happy to do so.]]>
- Upon launching the game from Steam I got the following error: Failed to start process for this game: "An Application Control Policy has blocked this file." (0x11C7)
- Verified game files integrity (3 files were downloaded). Same error upon attempting to relaunch the game.
- A standard Windows restart fixed the error and allowed me to launch the game via Steam.

I haven't directly attempted to modify,move,delete the game files. No mods. I'm unsure what the three files were - if there's a way to check I'm happy to do so.]]> https://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4793 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:21:33 -0500 Big-D]]> https://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4793
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  Screenshot 2026-02-18 181959.png (Size: 369.02 KB / Downloads: 8) ]]> https://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4781 Thu, 12 Feb 2026 02:29:07 -0500 Electromechanist]]> https://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4781
I made another chassis very quickly/cheaply to test this by putting a trailing arm in front and a sliding pillar in the rear. I then had component experience/skill for sliding pillars, but not for trailing arms.

Also, Design Skill is typo'd as "Desing Skill". Is there a designated place to report minor text/UI things like typos or inconsistencies that seem frivolous for a whole thread?
The settings menu's renderer selection "question mark button" currently states that the game is limited to OpenGL2/1.1 for Unix based systems, and that "we may get OpenGL3" in the future. Not important, but I noticed it. Feels like a neat reminder of how much progress has been made under the FBS! 

  1901 staaart.db (front pillar gave no xp).zip (Size: 1.36 MB / Downloads: 0)

  after checking bug.db.zip (Size: 1.4 MB / Downloads: 0)

  sliding pillar should have xp also desing.png (Size: 289.53 KB / Downloads: 4)

  front suspension gets no xp.png (Size: 262.24 KB / Downloads: 3) ]]>
I made another chassis very quickly/cheaply to test this by putting a trailing arm in front and a sliding pillar in the rear. I then had component experience/skill for sliding pillars, but not for trailing arms.

Also, Design Skill is typo'd as "Desing Skill". Is there a designated place to report minor text/UI things like typos or inconsistencies that seem frivolous for a whole thread?
The settings menu's renderer selection "question mark button" currently states that the game is limited to OpenGL2/1.1 for Unix based systems, and that "we may get OpenGL3" in the future. Not important, but I noticed it. Feels like a neat reminder of how much progress has been made under the FBS! 

  1901 staaart.db (front pillar gave no xp).zip (Size: 1.36 MB / Downloads: 0)

  after checking bug.db.zip (Size: 1.4 MB / Downloads: 0)

  sliding pillar should have xp also desing.png (Size: 289.53 KB / Downloads: 4)

  front suspension gets no xp.png (Size: 262.24 KB / Downloads: 3) ]]> https://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4777 Mon, 09 Feb 2026 03:32:24 -0500 ANiChowy]]> https://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4777

There is no way to search for engine height which makes matching an engine to a chassis tedious and requires manual review of all options.

Additionally, the random button here does not anchor properly in the window.]]>

There is no way to search for engine height which makes matching an engine to a chassis tedious and requires manual review of all options.

Additionally, the random button here does not anchor properly in the window.]]> https://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4776 Mon, 09 Feb 2026 01:34:55 -0500 ANiChowy]]> https://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=4776
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