University Rework + Fixes! - Patch Notes (v0.52.8)

Patch Notes 🛠️

Little Sim World version v0.52.8 Hello Friends

Today we're bringing you a very awaited improvement:

University + Needs Rework!

Thanks to your feedback, we made adjustments to improve your Little's general quality of life, especially for the uni students! Getting your degree will be way less overwhelming now

But that's not all! In this patch, we're also tackling many of the other feedback, bugs and suggestions we've been receiving from our amazing community. We can't thank you enough for helping us make life in Little London a better experience for everyone; please keep the reports coming!

Thank you for your patience and support 💜

Balancing Updates ⚖️

• Butter Chicken recipe now also requires... Well... Chicken.

• All trash stacks are bigger now.

• All material component stacks are bigger now.

• Increased greatly the street infraction warnings.

• Dirty dishes on top of tables will no longer prevent you from using the table for eating on it!,

• A lot of improvements on your Little's quality of life! We slightly reduced the drain on:

• Hunger 🥘

• Thirst 🚰

• Hygiene 🚿

• Bladder 🚽

• Happiness 😄

• Comfort 🛏️

University Rework 🏦

• No need to stress over the Uni taking up your entire day anymore! Now you only need to attend one class per day, and you can pick either the morning or the evening lectures!

• If you arrive early for a lecture and stay for the entire duration, you'll now get a little boost for all interests involved instead of a random one.

• Attending a lecture counts as studying time! But just a fraction of the time is used; don't neglect your little's study time!

• Key lectures' attendance time boost is now a lot stronger.

• Added a snack machine to the University. We all get hungry after hours of studying.

Multiplayer Fixes 🧍‍♂️🧍‍♀️

• Fixed time synchronisation issues on the client in multiplayer. Previously, fast-forwarding the game could cause some minutes to be skipped on the client due to latency.

• Fixed Hard Lock on Crash Course in Academia when talking to Elise Halifax.

• Fixed Clients can't refill toiletries.

• Fixed Moving furniture with toiletries removing them for clients.

• Fixed Painting furniture on build mode, the color is synced now.

Sound Fixes & Updates 🎵

• Fix to prevent a potential weather sound event from starting when going back to the main menu.,

• Added voice lines for a few characters:

  • Prya

  • Archer

  • Daniela

Controller & Steam Deck Support Fixes 🎮

• Reworked the Washing Machine UI for Better visuals and controller support.,

• Fixed AutoFF not triggering while the player is not focused (inventory open on controller).,

• Quest Fixes 📜,

• Fixed the "write a daily piece" task. It counts the progress now!,

• "Ink & Quill: A Writer's Tale", fixed return book task, which was counting twice for progression.,

Other fixes ⚒️

• Updated back end time events system to smooth out performance.

• Fixed inventory to toggle open/close with the same key if it was not forced open.

• Fixed inventory showing back key when not focused.

• Fixed the Coffee shop window lights losing their shape.

• Fixed screenshots to correctly save on Mac/Linux.

• Fixed unable to unpack hair coily.

• Fixed apps to receive pings and locked apps to not receive pings.

• Fixed the enroll button to be too small for languages other than English.

• Fixed gym bathroom door getting locked permanently after an NPC uses it.

• Fixed item manager to correctly hide items when auto sort is turned off without leaving blank spaces.

• Fixed shops to correctly hide items if locked without leaving blank spaces.

• Updated dialogue input handling to be more stable. This should help with issues such as being soft locked when using the medicine shop.

• Computers that suddenly stopped working should now start working again if they have a chair placed in the right position.

• Chairs will now be easier to place around tables for your Littles to eat on top of them.

• Tables will not be as annoying as they used to be... your Little will be able to eat food that requires tables if they are sitting on a chair in front of a table.

• Simon is now staying hydrated and selling extra supply of water bottles in the shop.

• Updated prices at Simon's Pub to match the real price of the item before discounts.

• Fixed AutoFF to show correct state on start.

• Fixed item manager to correctly show empty message when removing items.

Known Issues 🐛

• If you finish analysing a Stone Tablet but your inventory is full you will not receive the Quest Item. Please make sure you have at least 1 free inventory slot before doing it.

• Moon Coffee Billboard cannot be interacted with if another Player fixed it during 'Eye to Eye'.

• Powerbox cannot be interacted with if another Player fixed it during 'The Big Reveal'.

• Client Can't Enter House if Host Was in Build Mode in Multiplayer.

• NPCs Sliding Instead of Walking in Cutscenes for the Client.

• Client can 'Continue Painting' after the Host completes a Painting with an 'Easel'.

• Toiletries are not being consumed if you're the client.

• If you eat in a table outside the house, the table will be dirty only for you, not for other players.

• Toiletries are not being consumed by clients (Multiplayer).

• UI appears during cutscenes sometimes.

*Please remember to update your game on Steam so the patch can be applied! 🔄 We will continue to push fixes as fast as we can! *💨