BUILD EMPIRE: Construction

■ Org chart A player told us that the deeper the hierarchy — sections under departments, heads of each division, vice presidents — the more immersive the game feels. People now has an Org/Execs tab. Under the president sit the Building, Civil Engineering, Development, Administration and Technology divisions, with departments, sections and groups below them. Alongside head office, branches are listed from north to south (overseas bases are grouped into one International Branch, with a group for each region), and every active job appears as a site office under a works section, with its site manager. Administration includes Corporate Planning, and the Building Division has a Safety & Quality department. The chart grows as your company grows. Tap "View the full org chart" to open a boxes-and-lines chart full screen, with headcounts and the names of division heads and general managers. Pinch to zoom and drag to move. ■ Sections Each time a department reaches Lv 5, 15, 25, 35, 45 and 50, you can set up one more section — fully grown, it has every section. Choices include Public Sector Sales, Works Administration, Safety & Environment, Quality Control, Legal & Compliance, Public Relations, Renewable Energy, the Environment Lab and more. Each department has its own choices, each with a small effect. Building Construction starts with a building works section and Design with an architectural design department; as they grow, an MEP works section and structural and MEP design departments appear on their own. Civil Design splits into Bridge, Tunnel and Geotechnical Design too. ■ Executives As your company moves up the stages, seats open for directors, managing directors, senior managing directors and vice presidents. Executives head a division and boost its departments. Each March, at year-end, a candidate is put forward from your department general managers. Terms are two years, and you set the executive pay level. Every department has a named general manager, and you can pick a new one from the section managers once a year. ■ Executive scandals Once in a while, a whistleblower report about an executive arrives. An internal investigation usually settles it before it goes public. If it hits the news, you choose whether to apologize and dismiss them or stand by them. "Forceful" executives give a bigger boost, but carry a bigger risk. ■ President's name Set it when you start a company, or at the top of the org chart. ■ With Premium Set pay for each executive, rename divisions, departments and sections, and choose executives from three candidates. ■ Faster Sites tab A player reported that the Sites screen took about 5 seconds to open once they had many projects. We now do the heavy counting once and show 30 cards at a time (tap Show more for the rest). Even with 200 sites, it opens right away. ■ Also ・The Construction department has a new name in the Japanese version (nothing else changes) ・Fixed the People screen in English showing morale and turnover in the wrong places ・Fixed the grade pay and bonus −/+ buttons on the Pay screen not updating the numbers ・Saving now writes to your device far less often, which is easier on battery and storage