Hi everyone, we're back with an update for you guys. This month's update is mostly based on optimizations and bug fixes, new stuff will be added next month.
Optimization
Players on 32bit OSes have been encountering problems with the game because of memory issues. We've spent this month focused on fixing those issues, and hopefully brings some optimization fixes to the rest of the game as well. This optimization will render the game in half size for anyone with a 32bit OS, which is a compromise we have to do for older systems. Anyone with newer computers or playing on a 64bit OS should still see the game in full resolution.
More Reports
We've added reports for the Cafeteria, Kitchen, and Clinic to round out our reports panel. These should help you get an idea of which of these are most used, and help with planning for more efficient schools.
New Hairstyles
In the previous update we added new school uniforms for students. In this update, we've added new hairstyles for the students and staff. This should allow for more combinations, and unique looking characters!
Teachers Sorted by Subject Ability
When hiring teachers, clicking on the department tabs will sort teachers by subject ability, with the best teacher located in the upper left position. You can now easily find the best teacher to assign to a department easily.
Spanish, Russian, and French Language mods
Thanks to maxwellnewage, ghost, and haru-dr for the Spanish, Russian, and French language mods respectively. Hope you all can subscribe and help them out!
In Game Feedback Form
We added an in-game feedback form which you can access from the settings menu. This should allow players to give us non bug related feedback much more easily.
Localization Tool Improvements
The following improvements were added to the localization tool:
- Optimization: Lessened loading time for categories with a lot terms
- Added hotkey: Ctrl+space for moving to the next unDone term
Sneak Peek : Achievements and more Research
Even if it's necessary, we know it's a bit disappointing to not have any fancy new updates. So we want to share that we've been working on achievement for quite some time. Here's a sneak preview to give you some ideas as to what kind of achievements to expect.
We're also planning on some more research items to implemented in the future, to complement the already existing research.
Bug fixes:
- Routing gets cancelled when user switches from Add Route to Complete
Route
-Incorrect layering of some hand items during animation.
- Preview and count get stuck when pressing ESC while building.
- Medicate animation looks wrong on low res
- Head of Cook cannot be seen when carrying supply crate
- Wheels of dump truck and delivery truck are detached on low res build
- Hand sometimes appear small when performing actions
- Janitor is not holding the mop on low res build
- Supply crate appears to held one handed by cook on low res build
- Chalk appears too big and seems to float on low res build
- Fod cauldron seems floating when being carried by cook
- Missing book when students are reading in the library on low res build
- Some scool department bufs when removing teachers
Balancing Changes:
-Some changes to the sickness mechanic to fix the rampant sickness some players are experiencing.
- Delinquent students are now more likely to do their delinquent actions because of lowered starting discipline.