Difference between revisions of "Bus Simulator 2008"

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Bus Simulator
Bus Simulator 2008	2007
Bus Simulator 2009	2009
Bus Simulator 2012	2012
Bus Simulator 16	2016
Bus Simulator 18	2018
Bus Simulator 21	2021

General information

Also known as Bus Simulator and Bus Simulator Deluxe

Deluxe version appears to be just a more compact digital re-release with all the patches and bonus packs pre-installed

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Official website (unavailable)		Archived site. Deluxe version. Shareware that can be played for 30min unactivated. Activation servers are most definitely offline.

Demo

English retail copies, German retail copies and the non-Deluxe demo use the same exact executable file, regardless of patches or bonus packs

Essential improvements

Patches and bonus packs

Patch 1.40 & Bonus Pack 3

Not needed for Deluxe version.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\data^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\data^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

No save game cloud syncing information; you can edit this page to add it.

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Video and volume settings (unpatched and non-Deluxe demo versions)
Video and volume settings (patched and Deluxe versions)

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Control settings (unpatched and non-Deluxe demo versions)
Control settings (patched and Deluxe versions)

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
Czech				Localized retail release^[1]
English
German
Polish				Localized retail release
Russian

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP/Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 1.7GHz or similar
System memory (RAM)	512MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2GB hard disk space
Video card (GPU)	3D Video Card with at least 128 MB Video RAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

↑ "PC Bus Simulator 2008 - last accessed on 2022-06-09

[gamedir-1] 1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[2] "PC Bus Simulator 2008 - last accessed on 2022-06-09

[Note 1]

[1]

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 |vsync notes                =
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 |color blind notes          =
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+<gallery>
+Bus2008general.png|Video and volume settings (unpatched and non-Deluxe demo versions)
+Bus2008patchkeybinds.png|Video and volume settings (patched and Deluxe versions)
+</gallery>
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 {{Input
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 |acceleration option       = unknown
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-|mouse sensitivity         = unknown
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 |mouse sensitivity notes   =
-|mouse menu                = unknown
+|mouse menu                = true
 |mouse menu notes          =
-|invert mouse y-axis       = unknown
+|invert mouse y-axis       = false
 |invert mouse y-axis notes =
 |touchscreen               = unknown
 |touchscreen notes         =
-|controller support        = unknown
+|controller support        = true
 |controller support notes  =
 |full controller           = unknown
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 |steam cursor detection notes =
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+<gallery>
+Bus2008keybinds.png|Control settings (unpatched and non-Deluxe demo versions)
+Bus2008patchgeneral.png|Control settings (patched and Deluxe versions)
+</gallery>
 ==Audio==
 {{Audio
-|separate volume           = unknown
+|separate volume           = true
 |separate volume notes     =
 |surround sound            = unknown
 |surround sound notes      =
-|subtitles                 = unknown
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 |mute on focus lost notes  =
 |eax support               =
 |eax support notes         =
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+|royalty free audio notes  =
 |red book cd audio         =
 |red book cd audio notes   =
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+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Czech
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = n/a
+ |subtitles = n/a
+ |notes     = Localized retail release<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626044557/http://www.topcd.cz:80/pc-bus-simulator-2008.html|title="PC Bus Simulator 2008 | Simulátory | Autobusy | TOPCD.cz"|date=2022-06-09}}</ref>
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   |language  = German
   |interface = true
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+ |notes     =
+ |fan       =
+ |ref       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Polish
+ |interface = true
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+ |subtitles = n/a
+ |notes     = Localized retail release
+ |fan       =
+ |ref       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Russian
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = n/a
+ |subtitles = n/a
   |notes     =
   |fan       =
@@ Line 296: / Line 340: @@
 |OSfamily = Windows
-|minOS    = Windows XP/Vista
+|minOS    = XP/Vista
-|minCPU   = Pentium 1.7GHz or similar
+|minCPU   = Intel Pentium 1.7GHz or similar
-|minRAM   = 512MB RAM
+|minRAM   = 512MB
 |minHD    = 2GB hard disk space
 |minGPU   = 3D Video Card with at least 128 MB Video RAM

Developers

	IceBytes
Additional	Contendo Media
Publishers
Germany	astragon Entertainment
United Kingdom	GSP Software
Russia	Noviy Disk
Czech Republic	TopCD
Release dates
Windows	December 13, 2007
Reception
IGDB	N/A
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Vehicle simulator
Vehicles	Bus
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary
Series	Bus Simulator