Capitalism Lab: post-release beta version 6.3.01 now available

Click here to download Capitalism Lab installer (v6.3.01)

This version comes with a bunch of new features that enhances functionalities of the stock market, company acquisitions and subsidiary management.

New Features and Improvements:

1) Stock Market Enhancement

A new option to view the Cumulative Performance of a stock in the past 1, 3, 5 and 10 years has been added to the Stock Market window. It allows you to assess the performance of a stock in better perspective. 

To switch the view, click the new icon at the top-right of the Stock Market window or press the hotkey ‘a’.

 2) Mass Transfer Firms 

When you intend to transfer a sector of business from one company under your control to another, you could use the mass transfer function. The companies involved in the transfer of firms must be either your main company or a subsidiary company with at least 75% ownership.

To do so, access the Corporate Details screen and select the company from which you want to transfer firms. Then click the [Transfer Firms] button.

You may select all firms in a sector easily with the [Select All] button. For example, select Retail Stores from the firm type filter to narrow down the list to show only retail firms, then click the [Select All] button. 

For more details, please see Mass Transfer Firms on the Capitalism Lab web site.  

3) Using Your Subsidiary Company to Acquire a Private Company

You can now use your subsidiary company to acquire a private company. After clicking the [Acquire] button on the Corporate Details screen of the target company, you can choose the company that will make the acquisition, as shown in the following screen. 

For more info, please see the Capitalism Lab web site.  

4) New Product Images

The following new images have been added to the game to represent the products. 

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Now it is your turn - use the new features introduced in this version to build your own massive conglomerate holding company!

Gameplay Balance Improvements

This verison also comes with a number of important gameplay balance improvements that enhance playability.
 
1) Each AI person will not build more than one mansion, so that mansions from AI will no longer clutter the city center.

2) AI corporations will not always set up factories in cities with the lowest labor cost. This will lead to a more even distribution of factories in different cities. If it is the city where the corporation is based in (as hinted by the location of its HQ), the AI may favor that city. 

3) Natural resource sites will always be generated outside the city center. 

4) Improved the central bank’s decisions on interest rate changes when the Inflation mode is off.

5) Improved the advertising incomes of traditional media firms.

6) Improved the simulation component governing the acquisitions or losses of the visitors/audience of traditional media firms and Internet firms.

7) Economic conditions will affect local companies' advertising spendings on traditional media companies and web companies.

8) Increased the profitability of Internet firms.

9) AI will stop producing new versions of a software product if the OS company has ceased operations and will eventually stop producing or selling software products that run on the OS.

10) The IPO price will be $100 instead of $10 if the total number of shares pre-IPO reaches 100,000,000 shares.
 

Preview of the Upcoming Banking and Finance DLC

The Banking and Finance DLC simulates the financial world with a level of realism that is unprecedented in video games. It offers a powerful suite of new features that allow you to set up banks and insurance companies, issue and trade bonds, and invest in global stocks.

Borrowing Loans from Banks Operated by Corporations

In the Banking and Finance DLC, there is no longer a central bank to meet all your lending needs. Bank loans are simulated in greater details.

You must borrow from commercial banks operated by corporations. Each may offer you a different credit limit and interest rate.

If you corporation possesses a bank, you can even borrow from your own bank.  

Click here to read more about Bank Loans

Click here for more info about Banking and Finance DLC

Capitalism Lab DLCs Currently Available

The Subsidiary DLC introduces new features for conquering the business world on a grander scale!

The City Economic Simulation DLC lets you build new cities from scratch and play the role of mayor while simultaneously growing your business empire!

The Digital Age DLC offers you an exciting opportunity to build a tech startup at the dawn of the digital age and oversee its growth to eventually become a tech powerhouse that joins the ranks of tech titans such as Microsoft and Google.

Download User-Created MODs for Free and Build Your Business Empire with Tons of New Products and Businesses. 

RealWorld MOD by Piermario

The RealWorld Mod is the most popular mod for Capitalism Lab, with over 600 products and 900 customized product images, plus lots of new logos and portraits. It is the essential mod that we recommend to all Capitalism Lab players.

Capitalism World Mod by Arcnor

The Capitalism World Mod uses the mod system in a truly creative way, adding an amazing array of new industries to the game, including airlines, insurance, banking and telecommunication, electric cars and even rockets (yep you can build your own SpaceX).

Modern World Mod by Saffgee

The Modern World  Mod adds an unbelievable amount of product depth, manufacturing chains and retail specialisation and tries to replicate how a modern, modular corporation may need to go about its business, whilst still using some of the games conventions to find creative problem work-around’s.

Video Game Thumb Candy MOD by BioBiro

While there is no shortage of games on the market that let you manage a video game development company, none of them matches this mod in terms of offering you an unique opportunity to produce video game console hardware and dominate the video game software market at the same time (imagine a behemoth company combining Sony and EA.)
 

Poll at Capitalism Lab forum

The following shows the retail stores with revamped 3D models that have been added to the current version.

To have more new 3D models coming in the near future, tell us your opinion by participating in this poll:

Poll: Which other retail store you would like to see a 3D new model to be made for?

Visit the official website www.CapitalismLab.com for more information

Or visit the Capitalism Lab forum  

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