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.