IOS V49 is Out Now!

This update expands life paths, business empires, banking systems, and core gameplay while improving stability, accessibility, and performance.

New Features

Empire Expansion

•	Added full Bus and Airport empire gameplay.

•	Added foundations for upcoming Farm, Supermarket, Bank, and Prison verticals.

•	Added new business paths including Cargo, Pizza, Ice Cream, and Cake.

•	Expanded tycoon visuals, tracking, and company status cards.

Business Hub Upgrade

•	Expanded UI for multi-vertical empire management.

•	Faster company setup and improved monitoring dashboards.

Banking and Credit Systems

•	Added Black Card eligibility system and application flow.

•	Added Lending Vault with approval tracking and policy controls.

•	Credit cards now enforce limits and support business-gated products.

•	Improved autopay and card management.

Purchasing Improvements

•	Activities now support cash or credit affordability checks.

•	Asset and vehicle purchases support single or split-card payments.

Career and NPC Improvements

•	Career flow split into Education and Work tabs with memory restore.

•	Added personality traits, seeded NPC appearance, and improved relationship behavior.

•	Added romance agreement system with updated jealousy logic.

Time Controls

•	Added configurable age-up pace (6 or 12 months).

Phone and Social

•	Added generated social DM inboxes with persistent snapshots.

•	Improved collaboration messages and filtering.

App Studio

•	Added Review Pulse and improved patch tracking.

Save Reliability

•	Improved save repair, crash recovery, and cloud sync protections.

Localization

•	Added Portuguese language support.

Visual, Accessibility, and UI Improvements

•	 UI improvements across Business Hub, Assets, and company screens.

•	New visual components for transport, mining, and tycoon systems.

•	New high-fidelity credit card visuals.

•	Added Compact View option.

•	Accessibility improvements across license flows and in-game apps.

Events

•	Added the 2K Celebration limited-time event with Red Ranger PopFig reward.

Gameplay Improvements

•	Major People system update.

•	Added gender customization in Life Architect mode.

•	Improved land sizing realism for hotels and properties.

Fixes

•	Fixed excessive property tax growth.

•	Fixed mining rigs pausing incorrectly.

•	Fixed Spicy Fans follower tracking.

•	Fixed house selling restriction issues.

•	Fixed injury triggers not occurring.

•	Fixed credit card purchasing issues.

•	Fixed children incorrectly paying property taxes.

•	Fixed deceased characters appearing in yearly summaries.

•	Fixed jealousy logic not triggering.

•	Prevented having both part-time and full-time jobs.

•	Fixed sports retirement bug.

•	Fixed social media jobs not granting followers.

Working on refining the new businesses and more requests and bugs!