Beta Update V0.5.5 Release Notes

Whilst we still plan to stick to Wednesday updates, we have made significant changes to how our game server scales and handles multiple lots. With that in mind, we wanted to get this out to players at the earliest convenience.

The aim of this is to solve players unexpectedly disconnecting when the game became busier - this was becoming more appearant as we moved into Public Beta and were seeing more players. This has meant re-architecturing how the server was built so it can scale to support lots whether there are 5 or 500 people online.

Releasing this update separately means we can easily understand what is causing issues - if any - rather than alongside wider feature updates. With this in mind, if you do see anything that doesn't seem to be working correctly, please continue to flag it in-game or via Discord. It is possible that some edge cases could occur which are only discoverable as more people play the game. If this happens, we will continue to deploy fixes.

We have been able to sneak in a few additional tweaks/changes!

Game changes

• Money/Job object notifications will now use the notification system rather than full screen pop ups
• Room chat should no longer jump to the bottom if you have scrolled up. To resume auto-scroll, just scroll back to the latest message
• As we continue to make skills impact gameplay, you now require Charisma level 5 to use the DJ booth and level 12 to play the piano

Bug Fixes

• For multi-story lots, skill speed will now be accurate regardless of the floor players are on
• For multi-story lots, you can now place ceiling lights on upper floors
• Objects will no longer float when placed amongst flowers
• Brilliant vending machine object is now usable
• Pressing 'I' when you have an object selected in your room will move it to inventory once again