Hello everyone!
Update 0.14.0 is here, bringing a major overhaul to controller support across The Roast. 🎮
Controller navigation, gameplay interactions, terminals, settings, text input, input prompts, and the Action Wheel have all been improved or reworked to provide a much more complete and consistent experience.
This update also brings dedicated improvements for Steam Deck and other handheld devices, along with several staff, customer, multiplayer, UI, and gameplay fixes.
🎮 Controller Support Overhaul
• Greatly expanded controller support across gameplay, menus, settings, and core interactions.
• Completely reworked the Action Wheel for smoother and more intuitive controller-based tool selection.
• Added controller mappings for gameplay actions, interactions, utility tools, recipe navigation, item rotation, and other actions that previously relied on keyboard input.
• Improved controller navigation and focus behavior throughout the Main Menu, Pause Menu, Settings, Lobby, confirmation dialogs, and other UI screens.
• Added dynamic input prompts that automatically update based on the active controller and input method.
• Improved support for Xbox, PlayStation, and Steam Deck controllers.
🖥️ Terminal & UI Controller Support
• Added controller interaction support for the Order Terminal, Personal Computer, ATM, and other terminal-style interfaces through a virtual cursor system.
• Added controller support for scrolling, clicking, dragging, sliders, and contextual Back actions.
• Improved controller interaction with settings sliders, selectors, and other UI controls.
• Added controller-friendly text input support, including an on-screen keyboard fallback for text fields such as the Shop Name.
• Added separate controller sensitivity handling and improved analog stick deadzones.
• Improved the framing and readability of the Order Terminal and Personal Computer on smaller displays.
🎮 Input & Keybinding Improvements
• Fixed several cases where controller inputs could use incorrect mappings, fail to trigger, or behave inconsistently after changing settings.
• Fixed controller bindings not always being restored correctly after restarting the game.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent keyboard bindings from being remapped correctly, including improved support for AZERTY / ZQSD layouts.
• Fixed several controller-specific interaction issues involving the Cash Register, Paint interface, terminals, and other gameplay systems.
• Various additional controller navigation, focus, input prompt, and UI consistency improvements.
🕹️ Steam Deck & Handheld Improvements
• Improved UI readability on Steam Deck and other gaming handhelds.
• Handheld devices now start with a more readable 120% UI Scale on first launch while preserving manually selected settings afterward.
• Improved controller compatibility and overall input behavior on Steam Deck.
👥 Staff Improvements
• Fixed an issue where baristas could become stuck if a milk pack ran out while preparing a recipe that required cold milk.
• Staff can now find alternative waiting positions when their usual waiting area is blocked.
• Fixed an issue where baristas could fail to recognize snacks added to stock after an order had already started, preventing the order from being completed.
🧍 Customer & Queue Improvements
• Fixed an issue where some customer visits could be lost when the queue was full. Customers can now be rescheduled to arrive later during the same shift when possible.
☕ Recipe & Gameplay Improvements
• Missing ice no longer incorrectly reduces drink accuracy or counts as a missing ingredient. Other ingredients are still evaluated normally.
• Newly unlocked snack bundles are now automatically added to the menu.
• Fixed an issue that could cause fresh drinks to display an incorrectly low ingredient quality.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent changing a coffee's assigned type after it had already been set.
• Improved the accuracy of target ingredient indicators in the Coffee Making interface.
📝 Bug Report Improvements
• Improved the in-game Bug Report panel.
• Screenshots are now optional when submitting a report.
• Screenshots are automatically disabled on screens where they cannot be captured, with a placeholder shown instead.
• Added missing localization for several Bug Report interface elements.
🌐 Multiplayer Fixes
• Fixed an issue where an item could become stuck and unusable in another player's hands during trash collection.
• Fixed an issue where multiple players interacting with certain gameplay systems could result in incorrect item states.
🛠️ UI & Object Fixes
• Fixed an issue where tables could sometimes be placed with an unintended rotation offset.
• Fixed several visual issues in the Order Terminal and Personal Computer interfaces.
Thank you for all the feedback and reports that helped shape this update. ☕
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