Patch Notes 0.1.3

New

  • Paralives x Unpacking collab: Have your Parafolks play Unpacking on the computer, collect Unpacking stamps or elevate rooms with Unpacking plushies and objects!

  • Eat as a group: Each Para will now grab and eat a portion when doing this interaction as a group.

  • Teen romance: Teenagers can now flirt and be in a romantic relationship with other teenagers.

  • Accessibility option: Added an option to change the speed at which items like trees and buildings fade out when blocking the view to help players with photosensitivity.


Bug Fixes

  • Made improvements to the save system to reduce the chances of save files getting corrupted.

  • Fixed an issue where we couldn’t hear the voices of children and pre-teen Parafolks.

  • Fixed a bug that made bills very expensive because of the water consumption.

  • Using the telescope now increases the astronomy skill.

  • Townie requests will now automatically fail if the townie passes away.

  • Parafolks will no longer teleport when cancelling their “Go to work” interaction.

  • The in-game font is now able to display more characters, allowing modders to create mods that translate the game in more languages.

  • Fixed an issue that prevented playing with more than 50 mods from the Steam Workshop.

  • Since patch 0.1.2, the train doors were always opened and it was hiding the height slider ruler in the Paramaker. This has been fixed.

  • Fixed an issue with the “Need ignored” interface flickering on and off when there’s a fire.

  • Some ovens were not accessible for cooking if they were in a tight space. This has been fixed.

  • Fixed a pathfinding issue in Anisa’s apartment that prevented Parafolks from walking down the stairs from the top floor.

  • Fixed a pathfinding issue with the hairdresser which prevented Parafolks from using one of the entrances.

  • Floor graffitis seen across town no longer block players from opening the interaction menu when clicking on the floor.

  • Fixed an issue where moving a painting from an easel in build mode would get the mouse cursor stuck.

  • Buildings will now fade out instead of disappearing suddenly when they are blocking the view.

  • Fixed glitches and flickering issues when cooking frozen pizza with an NPC.

  • Small flag items will no longer appear when using vending machines and doing other interactions.

  • The empty bar shelves at the Story Nook will no longer have the “Read book” interaction.

  • Parafolks could not sit on the lip-shaped bench and it has now been fixed.

  • More interactions now increase the Fun needs: Play Meli Melo, hopscotch, build sandcastle, play with plushies, draw on floor, dance, slow dance, get intimate, check social media, read book, read newspaper, play video games on phone or computer, watch TV, vandalize.

  • Fixed an issue where the camera would jump around when using the height slider in the Paramaker.

  • Parafolks will now correctly sit on nearby couches when doing the Watch TV interaction.

  • Fixed a bug that happened when duplicating the same save file too many times. Its name would become too long, causing issues when attempting to load the save file.

  • In imperial units, decimals are now displayed properly as inches: 5’11” instead of 5.98ft.

  • Fixed an error with the lot surface calculation when playing with imperial units.

  • Updated and added the names of some Patreon supporters in the credits.

  • Fire: It will no longer spread to areas of a house that are not accessible to Parafolks, ensuring fire can always be extinguished.

  • Fire: The smoke detector will now correctly make firefighters come to your house when there’s a fire.

  • Fire: Fixed an issue where many many firefighters could come to your house at the same time.

  • Fire: Fixed a bug where firefighters didn’t always have their firefighter outfit on.

  • Fire: Firefighters now execute their autonomy right away instead of waiting 10 in-game minutes between each interaction.

  • In the Town Hall building, the hall of fame wall now correctly shows Townies with high skills that your Paras can beat in order to get their photo there as the master in a given skill.

  • “Clean the beach” Townie request: Trash bags immediately spawn on the beach after accepting the request instead of having to wait the next day and the request can now be completed. Also, these trash bags are now always visible even when zoomed out with the low object rendering distance video option.

  • The Modino wall sink is now functional.


Known Issues

  • Corrupted save files: In rare cases, save files can become corrupted and players will get stuck on the loading screen when trying to load them.

    • We are sorry about these issues and we are investigating them to prevent this from happening in the future.

    • You can backup your saves from time to time by duplicating them in the Load Game menu.

    • You can save your household and your lots to the library to keep a backup and be able to use them in future save files.

    • We have created this page which can help you fix your save file yourself, in some cases: paralives.com/news/fix-save-files.

  • Crashes and freezes

  • We are investigating and optimizing the game to reduce these.

  • Make sure your computer meets the minimum system requirements because crashes can often happen otherwise.


Please read our previous Known Issues posts and our previous patch notes for more known issues. We are aware of various other issues on which we will be working in the coming weeks and months. A huge thank you for your feedback reports as they are very helpful!


Carina Chioda
How to fix corrupted save files

In rare cases, your save files might get corrupted because of a bug, or if the game is closed or crashes while saving. We understand that losing a save file is really frustrating, and we are very sorry about that. We are working on improvements to our save system to prevent save files from getting corrupted. In the meantime, if your save file refuses to load, you may attempt to fix it manually by identifying the exact issue among those listed below (back up your save first). Unfortunately, there might be other issues for which we don’t have a manual fix to suggest at this time.

Identifying the Exact Issues

  1. Launch Paralives.

  2. Attempt to load the problematic save file.

  3. When you get stuck in the loading screen, close the game (Alt+F4).

  4. Navigate to this path on your computer and open the Player.log file:
    C:/Users/{userName}/AppData/LocalLow/Paralives/Paralives/

  5. Open the Player.Log file with a text editor and near the end, search for these specific errors that the game wrote in the log when attempting to load the save file:

Issue 1: JSON Parse Error

C:/Users/{userName}/AppData/LocalLow/Paralives/Paralives/MySavedGames.mod/Save File 165.saved/9053703585181629187.household/5954027919333887158.character/5954027919333887158.character.import - JSON parse error: Missing a closing quotation mark in string.

If you find this kind of JSON parse error in Player.log, navigate to the files mentioned by each of these errors and then:

  1. Open these files with your text editor of choice.

  2. Find a website to fix JSON files such as this one or this one.

  3. Paste the content of your file in the box on the left. The “fixed” JSON will be in the box on the right.

  4. Copy the “fixed” JSON and overwrite the content of the corrupted file with it.

  5. Once all broken files are fixed, the save should load correctly after restarting the game.

Issue 2: Meta File Error

Could not read meta file Save File 165.saved.meta at line:

If you find this kind of meta file parse error in Player.log, navigate to the files mentioned by each of these errors and then:

  1. Open these files with your text editor of choice.

  2. The broken file is probably empty (or full of NUL characters).

  3. If it is a .saved.meta file, you will need to fix it manually. Replace its content with these fresh values:
    GUID:4513815259518700000

    Type:301

    CreationTime:0

    LastSaveTime:0

    Playtime:0

  4. For any other type of .meta files (i.e., gamestats.meta), deleting the files will be sufficient to fix the issue.

  5. Once all broken files are fixed, the save should load correctly after restarting the game.

Alex Massé
Patch Notes 0.1.2

Bug Fixes

  • Made improvements to memory management to eliminate a memory leak and reduce crashes.

  • Fixed a bug where some interface windows could not be closed.

  • Fire: Parafolks now have a chance to autonomously extinguish items on fire instead of always panicking or fleeing.

  • Fire: Stairs can no longer catch on fire because it caused pathfinding issues when trying to extinguish them.

  • Fire: Fixed a bug where flames could spread outside of your lot.

  • Fire: Fixed some of the issues around firefighters not extinguishing fires.

  • Fire: Calling firefighters or extinguishing fires can now be done more easily without being always cancelled by Parafolks panicking.

  • Chinese localization: Players should now be able to type Chinese characters for their Paras’ name in the Paramaker and in the other text fields as well.

  • In a new save file, players will now correctly receive an in-game letter from the devs.

  • Fixed a bug where lips would become white when trying different mouth presets.

  • Updated and added the names of some Patreon supporters in the credits.

  • Fixed the default angle of the grid on certain empty lots to make sure it's aligned with the street (this fix will only be applied to new save files).

  • Added a divider to cover the windows in the train to reduce motion sickness while in the Paramaker.

  • Fixed an issue where Parafolks could become naked when randomizing the character in the Paramaker.

  • Parafolks will no longer become embarrassed when sleeping or using the toilet outside. It was disabled for now since Paras sometimes thought they were outside but were not, causing these emotions in the wrong moment.

  • Fixed a bug where Parafolks were leveling their personality extremely fast resulting in infinite notifications.

  • Made improvements to the save system to reduce occurrences of corrupted save files.

  • Fixed a bug where items would get duplicated when changing swatches and the copy could not be deleted.

  • Fixed an issue where the Relationship editing panel would remain open in the train intro, preventing players from finishing the train ride.

  • Optimized one aspect of the pathfinding code to reduce lag spikes when Townie Parafolks calculate their path in the town.

  • Fixed various missing English localized strings.

  • Parafolks will no longer refuse to purchase a snack from a vending machine when too hungry.

  • Parafolks will no longer refuse to sleep in long chairs when too tired.

  • Fixed a bug where Parafolks will continue using the telescope even after astronomy club town events have ended and the telescopes have disappeared.

  • The operating system will no longer show the “App is not responding” popup when the game is loading to the main menu. Also, this initial loading screen now takes up to 20% less time.

Known issues*

*We are aware of many other issues but we will only list some of them here.

  • Crashes and freezes

    • Today’s patch should reduce crashes and freezes.

    • Make sure your computer meets the minimum system requirements listed on our Steam page.

  • Stutters in live mode

    • We will be working on more optimizations to reduce these lag spikes over the next few months.

  • Save files not loading

    • We are investigating and working on fixing these issues. Today’s patch might reduce the chances of future save files getting corrupted.

  • Build mode: Advanced widget

    • If you move or rotate items using the advanced widget, these items might not remain at their position when reloading the save file. Use this widget with caution until we can fix it (no timeline for that yet).

  • Parafolks get stuck and can’t do anything

    • Press the “Unstuck” button in the ESC menu.

  • Fire is hard to take control over

    • We did some improvements in today’s patch but please use the cheat ExtinguishAllFires if other fire-related problems persist for you.

  • Parafolks thumbnails do not always update

    • We are investigating and working on a fix.

  • Mac inputs

    • Some Mac users have trouble with clicks and rotating the camera.

    • We will be working on that issue. In the meantime, playing with a mouse instead of the trackpad could help.

Thanks for your patience with these issues and for the feedback you send us! We received over 150 000 bug and suggestion reports so far! It’s a great tool for us to identify the issues that get reported the most and fix them in priority. Thank you for helping us improve Paralives during Early Access!

Gabrielle Boyer-Antoni
Post-Release Roadmap

Paralives will be out Monday at 10AM EDT!!! check out our roadmap to know what’s coming during the next few months of Early Access 🤩

Carina Chioda