Multiplayer, Save System & Restaurant Improvements

Patch - v0.1.5-ea.10

This update focuses on multiplayer stability, performance, save-file safety, and quality-of-life improvements throughout Deep Blue Sushi.

Multiplayer Improvements

• Improved multiplayer performance, especially in sessions with more players.
• Reduced unnecessary network traffic for distant and inactive objects.
• Optimized Sea Scooter synchronization for smoother movement on weaker connections.
• Improved Harpoon and fishing-related synchronization.
• Optimized Sushi Rolling synchronization. Minor visual differences may occur during preparation, but the final state is synchronized correctly when interacting or serving.
• Improved Fish Trophy synchronization and reduced unnecessary data transfers.
• Optimized distant fish simulation to reduce server workload without affecting visual quality.
• Reduced unnecessary restaurant simulations when players are far away.
• Improved state correction to reduce sudden snapping and teleporting.
• Improved stability for players with slower or less reliable internet connections.
• Reduced unnecessary processing and network updates in both solo and multiplayer sessions.
• Fixed an issue where the squid ink effect could remain permanently on players in multiplayer.
• Fixed an issue where serving trays could disappear or become non-interactable after the player carrying one disconnected and rejoined.

Save System Improvements

• Added automatic rolling backups for save slots, player profiles, and game settings.
• Added automatic save recovery when the main save file becomes damaged or incomplete.
• Improved protection against save corruption caused by crashes or interrupted writes.
• Save files are now validated before replacing the previous working version.
• Damaged files are preserved separately instead of being immediately overwritten.
• The game now prevents automatic saving over an unrecoverable save file.
• Added safer handling for older saves and missing save data.
• Corrupted save slots are now detected and safely blocked until deleted or recovered.
• Improved save deletion to prevent removed slots from being unintentionally restored from old backups.
• Existing save files remain fully compatible with the updated system.

Restaurant & Customer Improvements

• Customers will no longer place a second order.
• Opened tables can now be closed again.
• Empty items, trash, and dirty trays can now be discarded without a confirmation prompt.

Controls

• Added a separate Rapid Press keybind for button-mashing actions used during the Fish Challenge and Shark Punch.
• The default key remains Left Click.
• Changing this keybind will no longer affect other Left Click controls.
• The keybind can be changed from Settings → Controls → Rapid Press.

Loading & Stability

• Fixed an issue that could cause errors while loading certain game content.
• Improved the loading and activation behavior of the Dressing Scene.
• Improved overall stability in release builds.

Thanks for all your reports and feedback! We’ll continue improving multiplayer stability, performance, and the overall Deep Blue Sushi experience.

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