Frequently Asked Questions

Note to our OMSI addons
Upcoming time change from CET / winter time to daylight saving time.
The clock will be set forward to 03:00 on the night from Saturday to Sunday, 26.03.2023 at 02:00. So the night is one hour shorter.

Tours scheduled between 02:00 and 03:00 cannot be guaranteed to run due to the time change.

Control Center Simulator
- Does the Control Center Simulator replace the Bus Company Simulator?
  
  No. The Control Center Simulator is an extra DLC for OMSI 2, which is also compatible with the Bus Company Simulator. Both products are different and complement each other. The Bus Company Simulator concentrates on the management and playing in a virtual bus company, the Control Center Simulator on the collective organizing and driving of control center events.
  
  The 3D company premises is a very extensive revision of the BCS company premises. (Changelog). Bus Company Simulator users receive the new company premises as a free update, thus also the compatibility between the products is guaranteed. In addition, BCS users receive a discount on the Control Center Simulator.
  
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- Is a headset required?
  
  No, a headset is not required. If you want to use the voice chat anyway, it is possible to use it with an Android or iOS device. It is also possible to communicate via text messages between the control center and the bus driver.
  
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- Can I use buses from my BCS company in LSS?
  
  Yes, if you link the control center event with a BCS company, you can use all buses of the company in the control center event. You can also rent more buses at a low price.
  
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- Compatibility with BCS
  
  The Control Center Simulator will be compatible with the Bus Company Simulator.
  
  Each control center event can be linked to a company. 50 % of the profit will then be transferred to the account of the linked company after the control center event has been completed. In addition, the company's existing fleet can then be used for the control center event.
  
  The other half of the profit is distributed to the participants of the control center event. Each participant who plays with his Bus Company Simulator account gets the money credited to his multiplayer account.
  
  The BCS Minimap can also be used for control center events to see other players on the minimap.
  
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- Compatibility with OmniNavigation
  
  The Control Center Simulator will be compatible with OmniNavigation. OmniNavigation can also be used for control center events to see other players on the minimap.
  
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- What remuneration does a player receive for participating in a control center event?
  
  In the Control Center Simulator you don't play alone, but together with other players. In the end, the performance of all players decides how much money each participant is paid out. The revenues and expenses of all players are settled together in a shared account. In the end, the profit made by the control center event is divided between all participants (67%) and the linked BCS operation (33%). How much each individual participant receives of the total amount depends on the LPs earned in this control center event through tours and events. Via the main menu, the evaluation can be called up for each completed control center event, which shows exactly who received how much money.
  
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- How can i launch the Control Center Simulator?
  
  There are two ways to start the Control Center Simulator, depending on whether you have linked the Control Center Simulator with the Bus Company Simulator.
  
  General: After the download and installation, the Control Center Simulator can be started via the desktop shortcut.
  
  With Bus Company Simulator shortcut: The Control Center Simulator can be started via the Bus Company Simulator. In the main menu of the Bus Company Simulator there is a large visible link to the Control Center Simulator, there you can start the Control Center Simulator. The advantage of this is that the 3D company premise must not be downloaded several times.
  
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Bus Company Simulator
- How is the company rating calculated?
  
  The company rating in the Bus Company Simulator is very complex and is made up of many different factors. The most important of these (82%) are shown in-game on the company's statistics page. The remaining 18% of the rating results from comparative values across all companies. This compares how things are going in the companies in general and in what way the achieved results were reached. Since all this is put in relation to each other, it can happen that companies lose a few percent when other companies have improved.
  We do not go into detail about what data is included in this comparison in order to ensure that companies that want to have a high rating make an effort in all areas of company management and also in dealing with the employees and do not only focus on the factors that improve the rating.
  
  What can be the reasons for a sudden drop in the company rating?
  1. As explained above, it can happen that the rating decreases while the performance remains the same, when other companies have increased. The reason for this is that the rating should never exceed 100% and is therefore scaled.
  2. Only the last 30 days are taken into account for the rating. Therefore, it can happen that very positive performances, which have raised the rating in the last 30 days, are suddenly no longer taken into account as soon as these are longer than 30 days ago.
  
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- Reset career
  
  Open Main-Screen and hit the Button „Manage profile“. Here are the options to reset your career („Reset singleplayer career“ and „Reset multiplayer career“). After done this, you'll start from vanilla. like the first time you played ever. Please note: You can't clear your overall progress!
  
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- How often may I change my username?
  
  The username may only be changed once every 180 days. Please think carefully before changing your name.
  
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OmniNavigation
- Key is linked with too many different OMSI installations
  
  You can link your license here and request a reset.
  
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Advanced Omnibus Driver
- Which Company rating is required for expansion?
  
  The following operating evaluations are required for expansion:
  
  40% for the second map
  
  43% for the third map
  
  46% for the fourth map
  
  49% for the fifth map
  
  52% for the sixth map
  
  55% for the seventh map
  
  58% for the eighth map
  
  61% for the ninth map
  
  64% for the tenth map
  
  67% for the eleventh map
  
  70% for the twelfth map
  
  73% for the thirteen Map
  
  76% for the fourteenth map
  
  79% for the fifteenth map
  
  Companies with a Lifetime operating license have the possibility to expand to 20 maps:
  
  80% for each additional map
  
  These values also apply if one or more maps have been removed immediately before.
  
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- Automatic updater does not work
  
  Solution: Close the Updater and start it as an administrator (in the installation path of the software is the "updater.exe").
  
  If this does not help, try to delete the file which can not be updated or restart the PC.
  
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- Manual
  
  AOD-Singleplayer Manual
  
  AOD Multiplayer Manual
  
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- Advanced Omnibus Driver doesn't start
  
  If the Advanced-Omnibus-Driver (AOD) doesn't start, please check the following things:
  
  * Do you start AOD as an Admin? - To check it, do a right-click at Advanced-Omnibus-Driver (AOD) Icon and click on "Properties". Use the column "compatibilty" and make sure that the mark is set at "start as an admin". If not, please set it and click on "OK"
  
  * Have you already installed Java? - Please download and install the current version of Java.
  
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- The AOD info bar in OMSI obscures the "Start" button in the main menu
  
  Delete the "aodsettings.cfg" in the OMSI directory, then the info bar will appear again in the upper right corner of the default location.
  
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- A bus is not listed which I would like to drive
  
  If some buses are not listed here, please check the following:
  
  - Is the bus on your Ignore list in the settings?
  
  - Is there at least one bus file and at least one org file in the folder of the bus (in the OMSI / Vehicles folder)?
  
  - Are there subfolders 'Model', 'Script' and 'Texture' in the folder of the bus?
  
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- Error message: The software should be run as an administrator
  
  Solution: Right click -> Run as administrator
  
  If that does not help then restart PC.
  
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- What happens if I can not drive my layer?
  
  You can cancel this layer at any time.
  
  If you do this in time, you will find someone who takes over the layer for you.
  
  This layer will be visible to everyone within the company office from 60 minutes before and up to 10 minutes after departure.
  
  If your company is connected to other companies, other companies will also display this layer in the list of agency trips.
  
  So you have a higher chance that a vetretung finds itself.
  
  If your shift expires without representation, the passengers are annoyed.
  
  For this reason you have to pay a penalty to the company.
  
  Calculated if you do not release the layer for representation: 100, - EUR
  
  If you cancel the shift however, nobody finds itself: only 20, - EUR
  
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- Manually connect to AOD App
  
  Dear User,
  
  we will help you to connect your cellular succesfully with your Wireless Network, if it won't be done automatically:
  
  Please start the Windows-Prompt (Push Windows Key - insert CMD and click onto start)
  
  Now insert "ipconfig" and hit return.
  
  At the prompted LAN-Section you'll find your local IP (mostly IPv4)
  
  You had to use this IP-Address in your AOD App at your cellular and hit "Connect".
  
  Attention: You had to be already spawned with your Bus at OMSI! You can't connect in AOD Main-Screen or otherwise. You had to start a tour in AOD and all be prepared to start your trip in OMSI!
  
  Sometimes it also helps to disable the anti-virus program or to set an exception for the aod.exe.
  
  It is necessary that the mobile phone and the PC are on the same network. That means the mobile phone must be connected to WLAN and the PC with WLAN or LAN.
  
  It can also help to turn off the firewall because it can block the connection.
  
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