🌸 (HF2) Sakura DLC is OUT NOW! (+ Free "Buyers 2.0" Update!)

🏯 Sakura DLC is now available!

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New:

• Akamatsu Valley - the Japanese valley environment of your dreams, with 3 different surroundings to choose from!
• 5 jobs ranging from cozy tearoom to abandoned primary school
• 5 characteristic Japanese houses to renovate
• 🤝 3 empty lots to build out your own vision
• 🤝 5 new buyers who set their sights on living in the valley
• 3 intricate wooden assemblies
• A set of new, surprising achievements
• New loading screens, loading tips and music 🌸 (HF2)
• 5 collectibles to find around, which get unlocked in the Store. Some buyers might like them! 😉

Item highlights - 600+ new items:

• Materials:
  • Tan bricks
  • Bamboo wood, lacquered acacia, weathered mahogany and weathered red birch
  • Yellow, brown and green bamboo
  • 🤝8 japanese patterns
  • 🤝Tatami tiles
  • Japanese roof tiles
• Items:
  • 🤝Shoji doors, windows and walls! These can be paper or glass - check the customization options!
  • 🤝Tatami mats - learn the proper way to set them down from Miharu in the jobs 😉
  • Round windows with japanese muntin bars
  • Japanese food sets - sushi, ramen, tea ceremony and matcha
  • Hobby sets - calligraphy, pottery
  • 🤝Samurai decorations like katana. (Put the scabbard on the katana and mount them!)
  • A plethora of decorations including a kimono, noren, fans and figurines
  • 🤝Bonsai trees alongside matching pots
  • Ikebana centerpieces
  • Beautiful paper lamps and lanterns
  • Kotatsu and other low tables, complete with low chairs and pillows
  • Make your own zen garden, complete with gravel, stones, bridges and stone lanterns
  • 🤝Irises, wisteria, ginkgo, cherry blossoms, bamboo
  • Futons, school equipment, vending machines, kei cars and much much more!

📢 At the same time, the free Buyers 2.0 Update is here!

Additions and changes:

• 🤝 Buyers 2.0 - a complete rework of the original system
  • 🤝 Commenting on homes (over 30 000 words were written for this update! 😮)
  • 🤝 New way of counting profit which allows for Empty Parcels in Story Mode!
  • Buyer satisfaction has a BIG impact on the price 😉
  • Moodboards for each buyer
  • 🤝 New perks, including pinning buyers 📌
  • You can buy information about especially elusive buyers 😎
  • Buyers look at many aspects - environment, building size, the items inside and even what tags the items have! Cozy and ornate or futuristic and simple? See who shows up!
  • 3 new base game buyers including Tom Marino who will guide you through the process
• 🤝 4 new empty lots in Story Mode
• 🤝 Store improvements
  • 🤝 "New items" category
  • 🤝 Search algorithm rework - now "Door" gives you "Door" instead of "Outdoor trash bin" 🙈
  • The search suggestions now include item series, companies and categories
  • Filters are visible in the Store
  • Filters work with the Search function i.e. "Sakura DLC" filter + searching for "Door" results doors from the DLC at the top
• 🤝 Experimental Motion Sickness help, found in Settings/Gameplay
  • 🤝 Crosshair customization - size, color and type
  • 🤝 Third-Person Perspective Mode
  • Motion Blur is off by default
• Before and After now has 3 settings - Ultra, On and Off. The Default is On i.e. your Graphics Settings. If photos seem worse quality than before, please try out Ultra.
• 🤝Phone calls have their own slider in the Settings/Sound tab
• 🤝 Roof building improvements
  • Building now takes 3 clicks instead of 2, and is more precise
  • You can build another roof without exiting Fly mode
  • Flying to build or edit a roof should be less confusing (added tips how to fly, auto-fly height is lowered etc.)
  • Exiting from flying drops you directly below where you were, so you can easily edit the roof again
  • New roof profiles and roof bend settings which let you make East Asian roofs, domes and more!
• 🤝 Item Assembly changes
  • 🤝 The timer has been completely removed from Assembly
  • Completing assemblies unlocks the assembled item in the Store
  • The discount for completing assemblies is higher
• The Main Menu layout has changed to accommodate our future plans 😉
  • Continue game will bring your office in Story Mode
  • Sandbox Mode can be found under Play
  • DLC will show if you have DLCs added to your account
• Job improvements
  • 🤝 More items have green highlights for where they should be placed (fences, stairs, pools etc.) This also works on Jobs from mod.io 😄
  • The quest list will collapse when all items are sold or bought
  • 🤝 The quest list will now say if all tasks are completed in a room
• Item improvements
  • All jungfrau pieces and all constructions (stairs, pools) are now concrete instead of brick. You can still paint/tile them!
  • 🤝 Decorative wall lamela can be resized sideways, as well as upward
  • Kitchen jars can be filled with rice, mint, sugar etc.
• Discord Rich Presence

Item highlights - 100+ new items:

• Items:
  • 🤝 Clothes which hang on hangers
  • 🤝 Wall panel pieces to fill out 20cm gaps
  • Bathrooms doors with 3 types of vents
  • Persian carpets with different patterns available
  • Store counter set
  • Karaoke set
  • Japanese paper lamps
  • Waterfalls
  • Path rocks (press V to randomize!)
  • Japanese maple, Japanese quince, Spider lily and Creeping phlox
• Materials:
  • Gold leaf metal
  • Soft fabric and denim
  • Standing seam roof
  • Braided wicker
  • 2 new types of paint - Limewash, Textured plaster

Fixes

• 🤝 Durham paper lamps now light up fully
• 🤝 Blue ghosts of objects when moving an object are only visible to other players. When playing solo they will be invisible
• Pie menu can be used only with the right joystick
• Price formatting in the Store
• Misc. roof fixes for cutting out grass and virtual walls
• Fixed freezes when selling fences
• Reflection probe refresh optimization

Known issues

• Button tooltips will not update when changing bindings in the settings (changed buttons will work, just the graphics is wrong). Fix is on the way.

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