A Ton of Random Improvements — Scam With Your Friends News

**Scam With Your Friends — Update 0.1.82**
**Changes since 0.1.81**

- Automatic speech recognition now selects Moonshine for supported languages on PCs without AVX2 and on known speech-compatibility hardware.
- If Whisper fails to load or recognize speech, supported languages switch to Moonshine for the session without changing your saved provider choice.
- Added 15-second limits for Whisper startup and recognition, with clearer timeout messages. Switching to Moonshine or Deepgram no longer waits behind a stuck Whisper request.
- Microphone capture now continues without automatic gain control if its audio component cannot load.
- Added a persistent warning when your selected Deepgram key is missing or rejected, with instructions to fix it or choose another speech mode.
- Made the speech-recognition selector easier to spot when the optional Deepgram suggestion appears.
- Qwen3 controls and download prompts now respect hardware compatibility. Unsupported or failed Qwen setup no longer blocks hosting or joining behind its warning.
- Improved local voice loading when a Windows installation path contains non-English characters.
- Strengthened Family Friendly mode for caller openings and ongoing conversations, including changes made during a call.
- Boss-review narration now follows the host’s Family Friendly setting.
- Family Friendly mode now blocks the in-game browser and replaces private caller photos in PrivateMail and AnyViewer with a placeholder. Open photos refresh when the setting changes.
- Improved objective recognition for Romance, Police Impersonation, Investment, Bitcoin, Meme Coin, Lottery Prize, and Utility Billing. Clear agreement to an already-proposed plan or amount now counts where appropriate.
- Improved Password Recovery and Police Impersonation instructions so callers share the correct recovery details and payment codes instead of substituting personal information or inventing numbers.
- Improved recovery from malformed caller codes and replies in the wrong language.
- Typed phone messages now survive interface refreshes. Phone and scam-entry fields also preserve focus, cursor position, and text selection where possible.
- Improved editing of Arabic and Persian text in the phone by working around a cursor-direction issue.
- Improved browser resizing when the browser is not yet ready to accept its new size.
- Malwarebits now shows a clear **Remove virus** action for instant-cleanup editions and confirms successful removal.
- Improved boss-review video recovery through Steam when the normal video connection cannot start or fails before the clip is ready.
- Improved cleanup when replacing or stopping review videos, preventing files and playback resources from remaining in use.
- Improved recording cleanup so a stalled recording process does not freeze scene changes or leaving a game.
- Fixed holding the review-skip door across a day transition accidentally clocking out of the next shift. Repeated hold-start requests no longer restart an active hold.
- Added an **Add Steam friend** button beside eligible players in the player list.
- Prestige counts now appear above player names and update for other players in the lobby.
- Added an **I’m stuck** control hint to the HUD and a Knockdown Protection reminder when you are knocked out of your seat.
- Fixed another player disconnecting clearing your local interaction and shortcut controls.
- Widened fire-extinguisher spray coverage to make fires easier to put out.
- Reduced unnecessary quota-board refreshes while preserving scroll position and updating player portraits and earnings.
- Local service and speech warnings now stay visible above the computer interface. Developer announcements retain their separate popup.
- Added more useful guidance to bug-report and feedback forms, plus better diagnostics for failed AI connections.
- Improved AI service reliability and recalibrated usage checks to reduce false flags during normal play.
- Updated translations for the new controls, warnings, feedback guidance, and Family Friendly behavior.

**Scam With Your Friends — Update 0.1.78**
**Changes since 0.1.74**

- Restored Password Recovery to the app store and scam selection, with clearer instructions to use AnyViewer to obtain the required information.
- Added mirror drawing and erasing in Character Creator, with a draggable mirror line. Your mirror settings are saved with your draft.
- Improved Character Creator voice imports: supported extended WAV files now load correctly, and valid MP3 recordings are no longer rejected because of extra audio padding.
- Added a **Disable Call Saving** option. Boss reviews still use temporary recordings, while new recordings are no longer kept as permanent video clips when this option is enabled.
- Improved microphone recovery after unplugging a device or Windows audio changes, avoiding repeated headset restarts while the device reconnects.
- Improved microphone selection and device-list updates when settings or connected audio devices change.
- Community caller buttons now explain when the host has restricted additions to the daily queue.
- VSync now defaults to enabled when no preference has been saved. Existing saved preferences are retained.
- Updated the Investment Scam icon.
- Added a dedicated **Speech** settings tab for call language, speech recognition, Qwen3 TTS, automatic microphone leveling, and caller filler words.
- Added optional **Deepgram online speech recognition** using your own account and API key. Your speech audio goes directly to Deepgram, usage is charged to your Deepgram account, and your key stays saved on your computer.
- Added Deepgram setup controls, clearer key and connection errors, and a dismissible suggestion when changing languages. Built-in recognition remains available and is recommended for English and Spanish.
- Expanded Moonshine speech recognition to Arabic, German, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, and Spanish alongside English. Select **Moonshine (6 languages)** in Speech settings; other languages continue to use Whisper when using local recognition.
- Bundled the new Moonshine language packs with the game, so no separate in-game download is needed.
- PCs using Whisper’s GPU compatibility mode now keep using Whisper on the CPU instead of automatically switching to Moonshine. Supported languages still use Moonshine automatically on Windows PCs without AVX support.
- Fixed caller speech cutting off too early after brief pauses and improved pronunciation handling for non-Latin text.
- Improved Chinese, Japanese, and Korean transcript timing so text appears progressively with speech instead of revealing an entire sentence at once.
- Improved MOSS caller speech pacing, sentence breaks, and handling of prolonged silence after speech.
- Adjusted optional caller filler phrases and removed extra pauses around hyphens when callers read out codes.
- Fixed Qwen3 TTS rejecting compatible PCs whose reported usable memory was slightly below their advertised 16 GB RAM or 8 GB graphics memory.
- Qwen3 TTS now allows up to 20 seconds for speech to start. If it takes too long, the game uses its other voice system for that session without changing your saved Qwen preference.
- Added a first-launch EULA and privacy notice explaining online AI calls, local recordings, multiplayer sharing, and browser privacy. Your acceptance is saved, and you can reopen the terms from the main menu.
- Added language selection and browser privacy controls to the agreement screen.
- Added **EULA** and **Privacy Policy** links in settings, plus a Privacy Policy link on the agreement screen.
- Bundled the full translated agreement with the game so you can read it in supported interface languages without downloading it.
- Improved agreement-screen navigation and layering. Hosting, joining, and Steam invites wait until you accept, without overlapping wishlist or Qwen prompts.
- Added a persistent warning when a host’s personal OpenRouter API key is missing or rejected, with instructions to replace it or switch to **Official Backend**.
- Improved Steam ownership checks when normal sign-in fails. Temporary Steam or connection failures are not treated as proof that you don’t own the game.
- Added a visible and audible warning when Steam confirms that the signed-in account does not own the game. This warning stays inactive while Steam is offline.
- Fixed free included AI access incorrectly unlocking cosmetics reserved for legacy unlimited accounts. Existing legacy owners keep their benefits.
- Improved delivery of global service announcements.
- Updated in-game voice-command reference graphics.
- Added and updated translations for the agreement, privacy controls, ownership warning, speech options, Deepgram setup, and personal AI-key warning.

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