Performance Boosts, New Trees, 30% Discount & Contest Wrap-Up!

🛠️ Hey Flippers!

We are back with another devlog! This time, we’re rolling out a major patch focused on boosting your frame rates, squashing some of our most notorious physics bugs, and delivering a few highly requested features. We also have an update on our community contest. Let’s dive right into the highlights!

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💡 Let There Be (Proper) Light!

We know lighting is everything. That’s why we’ve added a new option in the Visuals menu allowing you to customize the brightness of items on your tablet. Even better, brightness in these previews will now automatically adjust depending on the time of day! We also squashed an annoying bug that forced you to turn lamps on twice just to see their light and shadows. Finally, we tweaked our emissive materials - your string lights will no longer burn your retinas out during late-night flipping sessions!

🚀 DLSS/FSR Frame Generation

Smooth flipping is the best flipping! To ensure your renovation empire runs as cleanly as a freshly scrubbed bathroom, we have added DLSS and FSR frame generation support.

Since this tech is highly hardware-dependent, it’s disabled by default. If your PC supports it, turn it on manually in the settings and test it out! Here is what to expect:

• 🟢 The Good: A massive boost to your frame rate for a buttery-smooth experience.
• 🔴 The Catch: On some setups, it might introduce slight input lag or visual artifacts!

We have also implemented a new round of general game optimizations, improved upscaler stability, and fully resolved issues causing screen tearing.

🌲 New Trees & Place to Sit

For all the landscapers out there, we’ve added 21 new large trees available to purchase and plant! We also improved materials for multiple plants so they no longer appear excessively dark.

And for those times when you just need to sit back and admire your hard work indoors? You can now sit on toilets!

🏗️ Taming the Physics & Architect Tweaks

Have you ever tried to move something from a stack of items only to send the rest of them flying into the stratosphere? Well, now stacked objects have been tamed! Removing an item from a stack will no longer launch all the others into orbit (this should fix the issue blocking 100% job completion).

We also gave a lot of love to the building systems. For example, we fixed a bug where the Architect Tool would lose its stretching functionality and shrink too quickly when placed next to manually built walls, alongside resolving several visual gaps, disappearing wall tops, and Z-fighting.

🏆 Community Job Design Contest Wrap-Up

The Community Job Design Contest has officially ended! A massive thank you to everyone who fired up their creativity and submitted their incredible designs. Our jury is now hard at work reviewing all the entries and picking the winner. We'll be announcing the results very soon, so keep your eyes peeled for the big reveal!

📝 Full Patch Notes

🌲New Content & Features

• Added 21 new large trees available to purchase and plant!
• You can now sit on toilets. 🚽
• Duplicator Tool: Doors, windows, and mountable items can now be viewed in the shop via the tablet.
• You can now build basements in the 'BunkerD3' and 'BunkerBravo' properties.

🖥️️ Graphics & Performance

• Added DLSS and FSR frame generation support (disabled by default).
• Improved upscalers stability.
• Resolved issues that were causing screen tearing.
• Improved the light intensity of hanging lamps during the night.
• Tweaked various materials that had excessively high emission intensity.
• Improved materials for ground and multiple plants so they no longer appear excessively dark. 🌺
• Increased the maximum light intensity of the head flashlight. 🔦
• Implemented FPS optimizations for pets. 🐕🐑
• Tablet item preview brightness now automatically adapts to the in-game time of day. We've also added a setting for manual tablet preview brightness adjustment.
• Added visual improvements to the Labrador.
• Implemented a new round of general game optimizations.

🏗️ Building & Architect Tool Fixes

• Fixed a bug where the Architect Tool would lose its stretching functionality and shrink too quickly when placed next to manually built walls.
• Fixed a visual bug causing a noticeable gap between outer and inner walls on terraces or in rooms without ceilings.
• Fixed a bug where indoor pools couldn't be placed inside houses that supported the Architect Tool.
• Fixed a rare issue where stairs or ladders would cut a hole in the ceiling one floor higher than intended.
• Fixed a bug where the connecting walls between two Architect-built houses wouldn't disappear when joined together.
• Fixed an issue that prevented loading the 'Nook Of Pavilions' property and using the Architect Tool there.
• Fixed a bug where the gravel mask mesh collider on properties with gravel would block the player from going down to the basement.
• Fixed the disappearing tops of placed walls after building a higher floor with the Architect Tool.
• Fixed an environment culling issue that occurred when building an enclosure on the roof of an Architect-built house.
• Fixed visual Z-fighting when attempting to build a wall inside another wall.
• Scrolling up while building will no longer snap your selection back to the first option.
• Scrolling up sets Duplication mode, while scrolling down sets Open in Shop mode, preventing unwanted loop-toggling.

🎮 UI & Controls

• Gamepad Improvements: Better input field handling, fixed highlighting issues, and more reliable option selection/canceling. 🕹️
• Fixed a dropdown UI bug where mouse and gamepad clicks were registering inconsistently. Assigned button actions will now execute correctly every time.
• Fixed a bug where certain items (like pools) were invisible in the tablet preview. 🏊‍♂️
• Updated and fixed the popup notification regarding changing stairs from the Seller Tool to the Item Modification Tool.
• Improved the logic of the in-game FPS counter and updated its background color for better readability.
• Aiming with the Duplicator Tool at unlisted or non-purchasable items now displays a clear "Not in Shop" message on the tool screen.

🛠️ General Bug Fixes

• Physics Fix: Stacked items have been tamed! Removing an item from a stack will no longer launch the remaining objects into orbit (this should fix the issue blocking 100% job completion).
• Fixed a bug where blinds couldn't be sold during the 'A New Player In Town' job.
• Furniture Renovation: We've polished up the furniture renovation mechanics with under-the-hood optimizations to reduce the number of crashes. 🪑
• Fixed a hole in the environment on the 'Country Idyll' property.
• Fixed a bug where turning a lamp on for the first time would fail to cast light or shadows, resulting in an overly intense glow at night.
• Fixed a backend texture-clearing issue that caused gravel area glitch.
• The "Call Me Edward" achievement can now also be unlocked by completing the grass-mowing area quest.

🏷️ The Steam Autumn Sale with 30% DISCOUNT!

If you haven't picked up the game yet - or want to gift it to a friend - our first-ever 30% discount is out now! The sale officially ends on October 8, 2026, so make sure to grab your copy at a discount while you can!

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Happy flipping!

~ The Frozen Way Team