Big Balance & Hotfix Patch 4 (v0.52.4)

[JinX]

Hello, our dear community!

This time, we’ve whipped up a bigger, cozier patch for you, filled with rebalancing tweaks and extra stability! We’ll keep gently untangling those experience hiccups, one by one, so please keep sharing your thoughts with us!

Cheers!

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📦 Patch Notes
Little Sim World version v0.52.4

⚖️ Balancing Updates
• Happiness & Thirst decrease more slowly.
• Reduced the chance of furniture breaking.
• Increased the fridges' storage size.
• Balanced the furniture repair cost.
• Added a drinking fountain to the University Halls.
• Increased the stack of crafting components from 20 to 30.
• The water cooler in the university break room is now usable.
• Drinking water from taps and fountains is now considerably more effective.
• Littles will suddenly find that the Storage Boxes they already own can now store more items than before!
• Gym equipment interactions, Painting, Cooking, and Archaeology now provide a slight positive effect on happiness.

🚀 Performance Fixes and Crashes
• Fixed issues where sometimes players would be able to move between buttons on the HUD when exiting some UIs.
• Fixed cursor responsiveness to correctly show/hide when controls change.
• Fixed cursor clicking sometimes not triggering if a controller is connected at the same time.
• Fixed lag issues when trying to move while in dialogue or cutscene.
• Improved input handling inside of dialogue. Your character should not be doing any unintended behaviours while you talk.

🎮 Controller Support Fixes
• Fixed controller interaction for Thermostats.
• Fixed controller interaction for Light Switches.
• Fixed controller interaction for Notice Boards.
• Fixed controller interaction for The City Reputation Board in Royal Snail.
• Fixed controller interaction for ATMs.
• Fixed controller interaction for Bus Stops.

🧭 Quest Fixes
• Fixed the summer quest lanterns, removing the wrong items from inventory.
• Fixed an issue where claiming rewards before the animation of grabbing the key finishes caused a hardlock.
• Fixed a multiplayer issue where obtaining a fish for the quest "There's Always A Bigger Fish" does not complete the task.

🔧 Other Fixes
• Localised Fish Family Tags.
• Fixed not being able to pay bills.
• Fixed receiving bill expired notification when you don't have a bill to pay.
• Fixed price paid for the bill being different from what is shown on the UI.
• Bills prior to this update will be unvalidated and removed from the player's inventory.
• Fixed Repairman at Pub not speaking on weekends.
• Fixed University course UI not working when the language is set to Chinese.
• Fixed two of Kai and Zoe's goodbye lines not being localised.
• Fixed iconography for Pear Cake, now it no longer looks like a pancake!
• Computers can now be repaired through the 'repair' interaction.
• Cancel inputs during dialogue should now use the back and leave buttons when available.
• Fixed a bug in which the XP Bar at your Little's portrait wouldn't update after earning XP.
• Fixed players on Multiplayer not starting their New Saves with the Chair and Workbench placed in the house.
• Fixed tables getting dirty on Multiplayer.
• Fixed Furniture breaking very frequently.
• Fixed Event Areas not letting players walk in.

🐞 Known Issues
• Improved "Unwanted Responsibility" stability. If you're seeing a greyed version of this quest, swap to another pinned quest to update the UI.
• In the quest "A Winner's Path! 2" you cannot progress in the shoulder-over-the-press interaction.
• The Bachelor Grade Range Stove displays a very high cost visually, but you will be charged the correct amount.
• If you loaded a save during the bill-paying tutorial, you may no longer be able to pay the bill. Please start a new save in this case.
• You cannot interact with the University Window during "Libra Ex Machina" when using a controller.
• You cannot interact with the Billboards during "Eye to Eye" when using a controller.

✅ Please remember to update your game on Steam so the patch can be applied!
We will continue to push fixes as fast as we can. Thank you for your support!

[MonYaGrill]

Thank you so much, you're all amazing!

[AleKote]

awesome!

[Cai]

Absolutely obsessed, thank you guys so much for all the work you are putting into this! The new patch is unfortunately crashing my game again. I can select my save file and it will begin loading, but will very quickly crash on the loading screen :(

[brucieinspired]

Thank you so very much for all of the updates! You guys rock! Is there anyway you can share a guide for stream deck controller settings? I am having such a difficult time accessing the options and phone menus! Thanks a ton!

[gatito_letal]

thank you for the fast patch. i love this game so much. i came across with some of the bugs you patched. i think my festival events are bugged or i cant do much. also, i think the university takes sooo much time of the week, i would like to have only class in the morning OR afternoon. i still couldnt go to ANY exam, always late

[JinX]

Originally posted by Cai:

Absolutely obsessed, thank you guys so much for all the work you are putting into this! The new patch is unfortunately crashing my game again. I can select my save file and it will begin loading, but will very quickly crash on the loading screen :(

Are you able to start the game with a new save? I can push this to the team though. I assume you are on windows?

[JinX]

Originally posted by gatito_letal:

thank you for the fast patch. i love this game so much. i came across with some of the bugs you patched. i think my festival events are bugged or i cant do much. also, i think the university takes sooo much time of the week, i would like to have only class in the morning OR afternoon. i still couldnt go to ANY exam, always late

Don't quote me on this but Im pretty sure, you only need to show up to one, not both.

[Gaster-Story]

One wish I have is that I wish items placed on the floor didnt vanish after some time. I lost my exercise ball and some hats I couldnt unlock yet nor store