As part of last week’s Lofi Girl Collaboration update, we upgraded our underlying game engine. While this allows us to build a better future for the game, it also introduced some unexpected technical complexities. We’ve been closely tracking reports of "fatal errors" and crashes, and today's hotfix aims to address them.
Here is where things stand for each platform:
🖥️ Windows Players
- Intel CPU Fatal Errors: We found a permanent fix for the most common "fatal error" affecting newer Intel CPUs utilizing AI boosting features. This is resolved in today's hotfix.
- "Hang Detected" Crashes: We’ve received reports from players that these unexpected crashes have disappeared with the new engine version, which is fantastic news!
- Save File Corruption: The engine upgrade appears to have resolved the rare issue where save files could break during an unexpected game shutdown. We are crossing our fingers that players won't need to rely on save game backups moving forward.
🍏 Mac Players (Apple Silicon - M1/M2/M3)
- We have included a hotfix to address the performance drop introduced in our last update, and should fine with today’s hotfix. Note that Apple Silicon users have not experienced the any "fatal error" crashes.
💻 Mac Players (Intel Processors - 2021 and older)
This is the hardest part of today's update. We have spent the last week trying multiple ways to fix or work around the "fatal errors" plaguing Intel Mac configurations, but we have run into a hard technical wall.
The latest version of our engine changed a significant portion of the rendering backend, and it simply no longer aligns with the architecture of older Intel-based Macs.
Because of this, we unfortunately have to pause future updates for Intel MacOS users.
This was not a decision made lightly. As a small team, we have to balance our limited resources to keep moving the game forward for the vast majority of players. We will keep investigating for a solution in the future, however, we want to ensure you can still play the game you bought:
How to keep playing: Intel Mac users can opt into a special Steam beta branch named ‘macos’. This will allow you to continue playing version 2.3.0 smoothly (including the Garden DLC). Unfortunately this means the Lofi Girl Collaboration and future updates will not be available.
We truly appreciate your patience and understanding as we navigate through these technical challenges.
Thank you for being such a supportive community,
The Spirit City Team
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Other fixed issues included in this hotfix:
- Fixed an issue with Pocky's discovery animation clipping with the desk accessory
- Fixed a handful of texts that weren't being localized
- Added physics to Lofi Girl ponytail hairstyle
- Fixed icon mismatch with the new Lofi Girl decor item for the desk wall
- Added a setting in the timer tools to automatically dismiss reminders
- Reminders pop-up should now support controller inputs properly.
- Fixed clipping issues on feet when equipping the new Lofi Girl socks
- Fixed clipping issues on feet when equipping boot items
