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+You'll need to select the vehicle from the list (#1) that you want to make a new generation of. Then click the "New Generation" button (#2) to open the New Generation Panel.
+In this panel, you'll find three blue buttons (#3). These buttons are for component selection. Clicking any of these buttons will pull up the component selection window. If you decide to change a component, you'll have to pay additional development costs (#4). The base development cost for a new generation is 15% of a new design's development cost. If you change a component, you'll lose some of the discounts. For a gearbox change, it is only 5%. An engine change is 5%, but it also requires the gearbox development costs for a total of 10%. If you decide to change a chassis, the design will cost the same as designing a new vehicle.  You can find the total percentage of development costs in the upper right (#5).
+The checkbox on the center-right of the window (#6) will end production, scrap inventories, and replace the old generation vehicle with the new generation vehicle when the new generation is completed. We highly recommend checking this box to save you time and frustration.
+Finally, you have two options. If you plan on not making any changes to your sliders or body design, you can click “Quick Trim” (#7). The game will skip the designer phase and quickly make your new generation, thus completing the design.
+But if you want to adjust sliders or make changes to the vehicle body, you'll need to click the “Design It” button (#8).
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+If you choose to continue with the advanced designer, it will work exactly like the advanced designer when designing new vehicles. Unfortunately, there is no way to switch to the Assisted designer.
+When making design changes, please note, you will only get the generation discount while the sliders are within a reasonable limit of the parent model. If you make the new generation significantly better, you will lose the new generation discounts. Although if you changed out the chassis, this won't matter. If you did not change the chassis, please keep an eye on the design costs while you are adjusting sliders.
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+If you plan on making modifications to your component designs, the game gives you the option to make new generations of the vehicle using these designs with the “Refit” system.
+To use the refit system, you must check the “Refit Old Designs” checkbox before modifying the component. Click the “Modify” button (#2) when you're ready to modify the component. This action will open the Refit window.
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+The refit window is broken into two parts. The vehicles that were using the design are in the left list (#1). Vehicles entries that are yellow have already had a new generation designed recently. Selecting a vehicle from the list will load its information. In the center-right section, you'll find the costs and buttons to make the new generation (#2, #3). The "New Generation" button will create a New Generation of this vehicle, using the same components like the previous generation, except with the latest revisions. The "New Generation and Replace" button (#3) will do the same, except it will also replace the old design with the new design in all factories and branches. And it will end the production of the old design.
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+If you plan on modifying more than one component, you should modify two of the components before modifying and refitting the third component. Otherwise, if you refitted and made a new generation after making modifications to the first component, you'll be unable to use the modifications of the other two components in a new generation until next year. The game will only allow you to make one new generation of a vehicle per year. So complete your modifications first before refitting.
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