Update Notice (v0.1.63.19293)

Update Notice (v0.1.63.19293)

Thank you for playing Japanese Ramen Simulator!

Introducing the Ticket Machine, which automatically handles customer orders and payments!

We've also added staff appearance customization and text chat, along with an option to adjust the passage of time in World Settings.

To help reduce motion sickness, you can now adjust the distance of the third-person camera as well.

We'll continue updating the game based on your feedback and reports to make it even more enjoyable.

Here's what's included in this update.

▼New Equipment

●Ticket Machine

• Added the Ticket Machine. It becomes available to order at shop Lv.12.
• Once installed, customers place their orders at the Ticket Machine, and an order slip is placed at their seat after they sit down. Payment is also handled automatically after their meal. ※Payment is processed automatically when customers leave after eating. Sending a customer home before they finish eating will not trigger payment.
• Added a tutorial explaining how to use the Ticket Machine.

▼New Features

●Staff Customization

• You can now change your staff's faces, body types, and clothing. You can also customize clothing colors and patterns and apply My Designs.
• Adjusted the staff list and detail screen layouts, and updated card and button designs.

●Text Chat

• Added text chat so players can exchange messages in multiplayer.

●World Settings

• Added a setting to adjust the passage of time from 0.5× to 1.5×. The interval between customer arrivals also changes to match the flow of time.

●New Third-Person Camera Settings

• To help reduce motion sickness, you can now adjust the third-person camera distance. Choose your preferred distance or use one of 3 presets.
• Added an option to position the third-person camera over the right or left shoulder.
• You can now toggle the camera pullback while running and adjust the zoom strength while adding toppings.

▼Gameplay Improvements

●Ordering and Storage

• You can now carry up to 3 supply or building-item cardboard boxes together. ※Some containers, such as noodle boxes, are excluded.
• Drinks can now be chilled while still in their supply boxes.
• Drinks that still contain liquid can now be returned to their matching supply boxes.
• You can now take kombu out of a Pack of Kombu (Dried Kelp).
• Cutting boards now retain their fixed-in-place state after saving and loading.

●Cleanup

• Plate Racks containing dishes can now be placed in the Staff Dishwasher.
• You can now throw empty drink bottles from a Serving Tray into a trash can while holding the tray.

●Handcart

• Changed the Handcart's movement and camera controls to work more like the normal controls.
• Reduced the performance cost of making sharp turns with the Handcart.

●Building

• Adjusted the sign placed at the start of the game so it can be returned to its original position.
• Adjusted the placement detection area to make ducts easier to place on walls.
• Noren curtains can now be placed in more locations.

▼System Improvements

●Tutorials

• When remaking soup or ramen, tutorials now explain how to discard the contents and order replacement ingredients.
• Tutorials now explain that Food Prep Trays can be stacked even when they contain different items.
• The Staff Dishwasher placement tutorial can now be completed even if you installed it beforehand.
• Fixed an issue where tutorial highlights did not line up with the on-screen controls in some languages.
• Fixed an issue where tutorial completion animations could finish while off-screen.
• Fixed an issue where the same tutorial completion animation played again after closing the ordering screen.
• Fixed an issue where the fire tutorial stopped progressing if you had already bought a fire extinguisher or put out the fire early.
• The free first order offered by tutorials is now available as soon as the unlock requirements are met. ※If you buy an item beforehand, the related tutorial will still start and recognize the purchase as progress.

●My Designs and Character Customization

• You can now apply My Designs to the front of the Jinbei apron.
• Adjusted the customization screen background and the appearance of the color history.
• The emote editing screen now shows the name of the emote you hover over at the bottom of the screen.
• Added a confirmation screen when removing an applied My Design. The remove button is now hidden when there is no applicable target.

●On-Screen Display

• The extra waiting time gained by serving water is now shown around the outside of the customer's waiting-time gauge.
• Sale amounts are now displayed to everyone in a multiplayer session.
• When serving My Ramen, added comments that specifically explain differences from the order in noodle firmness, tare strength, and soup richness.

●Sound

• Added sound effects to the Clap and Kneeling Bow emotes.
• Adjusted the volume and audible range of ventilation fans and gyoza cooking sounds.
• Added sounds for eating and drinking side-menu items.

●Online and Performance

• Adjusted the multiplayer connection method. ※Please contact support if you experience connection failures, instability, or similar issues.
• Added a warning that recommends verifying the integrity of game files when an abnormality is detected in Steam integration files.
• Increased the number of lights that can be displayed simultaneously on the High graphics setting.

▼Bug Fixes

●Cooking and Ingredients

• Fixed Packs of Bonito Flakes so that 10 portions can be taken out.
• Adjusted the rice cooker's collision.

●Staff

• Fixed an issue where serving staff could not deliver food on a tray that also held an order slip.
• Fixed an issue where staff collided with each other while moving and became stuck.
• Adjusted how serving staff wait for side-menu items.

●Equipment and Building

• Fixed an issue that prevented futons from being placed on the second floor.
• Fixed an issue where building-item cardboard boxes did not move when hit by the Handcart or its cargo.
• Fixed an issue where the sign placed at the start of the game became attached to other building items.
• Fixed an issue where the Small Refrigerator's opening and closing sounds did not play correctly.
• Fixed an issue where parts of the shop walls appeared transparent.

●Display and Controls

• Fixed an issue where the interaction guide did not display correctly when filling a Medium Stockpot with water at the sink.
• Corrected the names and interaction guides for equipment damaged by fire.
• Fixed the icons for the Food Sample Display Shelf and Pack of Kombu (Dried Kelp).
• Fixed an issue where unnecessary item names and interaction guides appeared on the dice used for Chō-han.
• Fixed an issue where some interaction guide layouts broke at larger text sizes.
• Adjusted the position of flyers held in third-person view.
• Fixed an issue where the third-person camera suddenly moved closer in response to a thrown item.
• Fixed missing translations and some on-screen text, including guidance for newly added features.

●Stability

• Fixed an issue that could cause a crash during rendering cache processing when exiting the game.