Before diving into the details, a quick note:

This update focuses on critical gameplay fixes, Save/Load stability, NPC behavior improvements, and major visual upgrades. Several blocking bugs have been fully resolved, customer flow has been rebalanced, and important quality-of-life improvements have been added.

To prevent players from getting stuck with unsupported screen settings, we are adding a resolution safety confirmation system:

• A reset countdown timer will automatically revert the resolution if no confirmation is given.

• A confirmation popup window will ask the player to approve or revert the new resolution.

• If the player does not confirm within the given time, the settings will automatically revert to the previous safe resolution.

This system will ensure safe display settings changes and prevent black screen or unusable resolution issues.

• Fixed customers getting stuck at the cash register

• Fixed customers becoming stuck both inside and outside the shop

• Improved customer count balancing and accuracy

• Improved NPC nighttime lighting adjustments

• Rebalanced customer flow logic

• Improved NPC waiting and movement stability

• Fixed critical Save & Load system bugs

• Save system is now fully stable and ready for gameplay use

• Improved data validation and error handling during loading

• Added new high-quality NPC character shader

• Added new NPC materials

• Improved lighting bake and map enhancements

• Fixed lightmap and daylight baking issues

• Enhanced overall lighting quality and consistency

• Removed hair physics and collision issues

• Fixed payment terminal sprite issues

• Updated welcome message data logic

• Fixed animation set bugs

• Fixed intro video & skeletal mesh issues

• More accurate and balanced customer numbers

• Improved cashier interaction flow

• Smoother shop progression pacing

• Minor performance drops on low-end systems

• Rare NPC animation glitches under extreme crowd conditions

Before diving into the details, a quick note:

This update focuses heavily on stability, visual quality, and NPC behavior improvements. Many long-standing bugs have been fixed, lighting and rendering have been significantly refined, and several gameplay systems were improved for better consistency. These changes bring the game closer to a stable foundation for upcoming content updates.

• Fixed Customer NPCs getting stuck in wait mode

• Improved customer counting logic for more accurate shop population control

• Fixed NPC reset logic when a new day starts

• Resolved animation bugs and improved overall animation stability

• Removed problematic hair collisions and enabled animation scale skipping for better performance

• Fixed Black Mamba NPC terminal card issues

• Improved pause menu behavior when the game loses focus

• Implemented custom GameInstance system for better application focus handling

• Major lightmap and day lighting bake fixes

• Rebuilt day lighting scenario for improved realism and consistency

• Fixed small material and lighting artifacts

• Improved intro video visuals & skeletal mesh fixes

• Updated tree locations for better environment composition

• Improved overall visual stability after rebaking lights

• Added automatic pause when application loses focus

• Improved HUD player detection logic

• Updated environment sounds maximum volume balancing

• Improved safe checks for pause menu and build updates

• Disabled customization room temporarily for system stability

• Fixed pink girl socket attachment issue

• Fixed 22 mass-related physics bugs

• Fixed hair-related rendering and collision problems

• Fixed terminal card interaction bugs

• Multiple logic resets and stability improvements

• Improved NPC spawn & factory management logic

• Better application focus detection system

• Improved day transition handling and auto-reset logic

• Safer build update handling system

• Minor performance drops on some systems

• Rare animation glitches under extreme NPC crowd scenarios