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GameZone v0.9.11 Patch Notes

New

  • Added grey hair as a customization option for players and NPCs.
  • Replying to regular emails can now prompt amusing automated responses.
  • Added quick access to the cosmetic mods folder from the main menu.
  • Added a configurable frame-rate limit for when V-Sync is disabled.

Improvements

  • Email reply buttons are now more noticeable.
  • The small trash can is now available from Shop Level 1.
  • The trash guide now appears after placing the small trash can.
  • Late-joining players now receive the trash guide after first using a trash can or dumpster.
  • Players can now open actionable notifications.
  • Mixed-goods offer emails now use more appropriate accept and decline responses.
  • Email task controls are now hidden on regular emails to reduce confusion.
  • Improved mouse-look responsiveness and stability while moving and turning.
  • Added pricetag label culling.
  • The in-game menu now opens Settings automatically the first time it is opened.
  • Main-menu utility buttons can now show their purpose in the main button label.
  • Improved inventory-summary monitor performance during busy stocking and shop activity.
  • Added audible feedback when completing an online-order phone scan.
  • Added circular scan progress and clear success/failure feedback to online-order pickup scanning.
  • Added distinct audio feedback for failed online-order scans.
  • Rebalanced mouse sensitivity for finer adjustment with the improved camera input.
  • Online order customers now display clearer hints when they need help with their collection.
  • Customers waiting for the information desk now display a clearer hint.
  • Reduced player collision-check overhead at high frame rates.

Fixes

  • Rebalanced the early Sales Challenges.
  • Fixed customers sometimes getting stuck at the register after rapid payment.
  • Saved colours now appear in both colour pickers when editing two-sided signs.
  • Ponytail hair ties now correctly follow the selected shirt colour.
  • Notifications now slide in horizontally without drifting down from the top of the list.
  • Free Gift email headers now update correctly after changing the language.
  • Steam Rich Presence now shows the host’s store details and join option as soon as the store finishes loading.
  • Made the online-order tape easier to grab across its exposed length.
  • Reduced brief stutters when automatic restocking places several orders at once.
  • Fixed customers becoming permanently stuck when they cannot reach a kiosk.
  • NPC footsteps now respect Master and SFX volume settings.
  • Refurbishment customers who cannot be served before closing will leave and return another day.
  • Customers waiting for the information desk now move away from the entrance until queue space becomes available.
  • Fixed placement previews briefly disappearing while walking and looking at the floor.
  • Players no longer prevent other players from interacting with nearby items around their feet.
  • Empty cardboard boxes can now be flattened while placed in the world.
  • Flat cardboard and online-order boxes can now be expanded while placed in the world.

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