Patch Notes 0.1.9

Patch 0.1.9 continues 0.1.8’s trend of being mostly bug fixes and minor additions as we continue focusing on new features and content for our upcoming major update.

This patch also includes an upgrade to Unity 6, the latest version of the game engine on which Paralives runs. For players, right now, this means a slight framerate improvement. For us devs, it means more tools to develop new features and to keep working on further performance optimizations.

New

  • Improved Performance: With the upgrade to Unity 6, most players should expect a slight increase in performance, improving the framerate by up to 15%.

  • Extracurricular Classes: Students can now participate in extra classes to raise their grades after school.

  • Mods Filter and Search Bar: Players can now filter their mods by tags. We have also added a search bar to the menu.

  • Moving In Properly: The merge household menu opens up when a friend or lover moves in with you, allowing you to bring over their household members and their money.

  • Hair Color Quality of Life: In the Paramaker, players will now be able to edit hair color directly on hairstyle thumbnails. This will avoid excessive scrolling to test out different styles and colors.

  • Dead Paras Grayed Out: Paras that die will remain in your relationship tab but with a gray filter to let players know that their friends have passed on.

  • Homework Frequency: Homeworks will now be assigned more frequently, giving players the opportunity to max out their grades.

Bug Fixes

  • Mods Not Showing Up: Fixed an error that had mod lists going empty. This is one of many culprits behind that issue but we hope that it helps out a good percentage of players.

  • Babies Born in the Wrong Household: Fixed an issue where babies born in another household were added to your active family instead.

  • Split Household: Fixed an issue where players couldn’t manually split a household.

  • My Mods Freeze: Fixed an issue that had the game freeze for a few seconds when opening the Mods menu.

  • Dead Characters Appear on Story Cards: Deceased Paras will no longer show up in your story cards, avoiding potentially awkward crushes and such.

  • Crib Locks Paras: Fixed an issue where interacting with a baby in a crib would lock a Para in place and make it impossible to do anything.

  • Adjustments to Columns: A few layout issues related to the new stretchable columns in the Paramaker and Build Mode have been fixed.

  • Baby and Toddler Outfits: Players should now be able to properly edit baby and toddler outfits through the ‘‘Change Outfit’’ interaction.

  • Custom Starting Funds: Custom funds set through your storyteller when starting a new game should now be working properly.

  • Fiancé and Spouse: The fiancé and spouse labels did not allow for the ‘‘Discuss state of relationship’’ together card, this should now be resolved.

  • Job Strikes at School: The strikes UI is now hidden if a Para’s occupation is student since they can’t acquire strikes.

  • Browse Steam Workshop: The ‘‘Browse Steam Workshop’’ button in-game led to an earlier version of our mod tags, it now uses the proper labels.

  • Get Intimate For The First Time: This together card should now appear properly when its conditions are met.

Known Issues

We are still hard at work trying to find proper reproduction steps for many ongoing issues such as mods going missing, save files getting corrupted, Paras refusing to stay dead and babies teleporting into the ocean.

On top of that, with the Unity 6 update some new issues might arise. We’ve tested Paralives in depth but an engine update always comes with unexpected consequences, so we’ll keep our eyes on the feedback form for anything new.

As always, we thank you for your patience and all of your feedback.

Gabrielle Boyer-Antoni