EA 0.5 Preview Build 2444 - Patch Notes
EA 0.5 Preview Build 2444 introduces balancing tweaks to shopper flow and pricing dynamics, Rivals counterattacks with market manipulation and employee poaching, and new Candidate Negotiation for salary bargaining, plus numerous bugfixes.
▲Buffs1
- Balancing: Customer Flow & PricingExpensive items now reduce customer flow; items not listed as primary or additional items also reduce customer flow. These changes decrease traffic around certain items to balance pricing influence.higher→lower
✚Bug fixes2
- Bugfixes & QoL
- Multiple fixes including pricing defaults, BizMan display issues, negative numbers, office switching, HR health insurance, DJ controls and muting, parking legality, stage lights visibility, AI valuation, and softlock fixes.
- Softlock fixes for grabbing items while carrying or in placement mode.
◆Other changes9
- Balancing: Customer Flow & Pricing
- Fruit and Veggies now sell for a higher price, improving product profitability.
- Fast Food was slightly overbuffed in the last patch, and that was been fixed, returning it nearer to intended pricing/value.
- Rivals CounterattacksAdds a framework where successful counterattacks will gradually reduce rival weekly income, affecting their valuation and buyout chances.→lower weekly income
- Rivals Counterattacks: Price ManipulationPrice Manipulation:Lowering your selling prices below market value will force rivals in the neighborhood to drop their prices as well.
- Rivals Counterattacks: Market ManipulationMarket Manipulation:Open stores selling similar items to rivals lowers demand for those products and reduces their customer flow.
- Rivals Counterattacks: Employee PoachingEmployee Poaching:You can view rivals' employee lists and attempt to poach them; stolen staff are replaced by inferior employees, lowering rival customer satisfaction and losing customers.
- Candidate NegotiationNegotiation:New negotiation mechanic to bargain salaries with all employees, whether recruited, headhunted, or poached.
- Bugfixes & QoL
- Added blueprint versions to prevent newer items from breaking older branches.
- Custom games started before EA 0.5 now include rivals in sessions.
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Patch history
- →EA 0.11 Build 3542 - Patch NotesJul 7, 2026 · 1mo
A stability and QA-focused patch adding crash reporting and input handling improvements, with numerous fixed issues related to in-game procedures and UI, plus localization and data display refinements.
- →EA 0.11 Build 3540 - Patch NotesJun 25, 2026 · 2mo
Bug fixes focusing on vehicle storage interactions, repair station behavior, tax warning messaging, and loading issues.
- →EA 0.11 Build 3538 / 3539 - Patch NotesJun 23, 2026 · 2mo
Changelog focuses on localization fixes, quality of life improvements, and numerous bug fixes across factories, markets, scooters, conessions, and staff management in Big Ambitions version EA 0.11 build 3538/3539.
- →EA 0.11 Build 3537 - Patch NotesJun 19, 2026 · 2mo
Changelog focuses on stability and localization fixes, plus ongoing GE Force Now issue investigation with a general note of patch ETA.
- →EA 0.11 Preview Build 3530 / 3532 / 3534 - Patch NotesJun 15, 2026 · 2mo
Patch notes for EA 0.11 Preview Build 3530/3532/3534 fix several QA issues including English text, mod/blueprint issues, vehicle-enter pause bug, and UI strings, plus cosmetic/logo icons.
- EA 0.11 Preview Build 3527 / 3528 - Patch NotesJun 11, 2026 · 2mo
This patch focuses on a large collection of bug fixes across gameplay systems, UI text, and quality-of-life issues, including item rotation save fixes, blueprint filters, and various miscellaneous stability improvements.
+10→ - EA 0.11 Preview Build 3523 - Patch NotesJun 5, 2026 · 2mo
EA 0.11 Preview Build patch adds quality-of-life fixes, bug fixes, and new content like Energy Drinks, with several stability and UI improvements.
+4−1→ - →EA 0.10 Build 3468Jun 3, 2026 · 2mo
Tiny compatibility patch addressing mod/blueprint compatibility between EA 0.10 and the upcoming EA 0.11 Experimental.
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