Improving overall game stability, resolving bugs, and refining the simulation
Creating more natural connections between the family, school, personality, economy, and relationship systems
Adding greater depth to newborn, toddler, and child development, as well as family gameplay
Academic performance will affect employment opportunities, promotions, business performance, and other aspects of a Zoi’s life.
Poor family relationships may negatively affect a Zoi’s grades at school or lead to major workplace decisions, such as resigning from a job.
A Zoi’s traits will be reflected in the frequency of their actions and daily routines, such as exercising or reading.
Workplace performance, business results, and financial circumstances will vary depending on how well a Zoi’s career, abilities, and personality align.
Traits and experiences developed during early childhood will continue to influence a Zoi throughout adolescence and adulthood.
Experiences involving food or accidents during childhood may remain as preferences, aversions, or phobias later in life.
Significant emotions and events will be recorded in greater detail through a Zoi’s memories and life history, helping players understand the reasons behind their behavior.
Important moments will be viewable through the News Feed UI, and players will be able to take and save their own photos of those moments.
A crash that may occur when loading a save file during gameplay
An infinite loading issue when switching between family members in a six-person household
A crash that may occur during death by old age
An issue where a child Zoi may suddenly be marked as having graduated from high school after aging up
An issue where a Zoi’s enrolled high school may change during the save and load process
An issue where room detection may fail depending on the direction in which walls are built, causing floors to be deleted
An issue where parts of existing walls may disappear after moving connected rooms
An issue where a Zoi’s hunger need may not be satisfied even while they are at home
An issue where a graduation ceremony may be unable to continue because the teacher does not appear etc.
## What changed
**Automatic meal preparation** — Temporarily removed the feature where Zois automatically prepared meals at mealtime due to unintended preparation situations; planned for improvement and future re-addition.
**Autonomous behavior system** — Improved Zois behavior to reduce excessive conversations and prioritize context-appropriate interactions when needs are low.
**Zois idle behavior** — Fixed an issue where Zois would occasionally stop without performing autonomous actions.
**High school graduation status** — Fixed an issue where Zois could incorrectly appear as high school graduates when they had not graduated.
**Mac CAZ window** — Fixed brightness and lighting flicker issues with the CAZ window background on Mac.
**Milestone tracking** — Fixed an issue where uncompleted milestones were occasionally marked as achieved; note that previously incorrectly marked milestones may remain.
**Family switching** — Fixed an issue where switching families in multi-member family gameplay could cause infinite loading.
**Crash fixes** — Fixed various crash issues.
## Overall
This patch addressed autonomous behavior issues with Zois, temporarily removed the automatic meal prep feature pending improvements, and fixed several bugs affecting progression tracking and Mac performance.
Temporarily removed the feature where Zois automatically prepared meals when it was mealtime. ※ There were situations where meals were being prepared in unintended ways, so we've temporarily removed this feature. We plan to improve it and add it back in the future. Thank you for your understanding.
Improved the autonomous behavior system for Zois. ※ Reduced situations where Zois engaged in too many conversations, and improved their behavior so they choose interactions that fit the situation when their needs are low.
Partially fixed an issue where Zois would occasionally stop without performing autonomous behavior
Fixed an issue where Zois who had not graduated from high school could occasionally appear as graduates
\ Fixed an issue on Mac where the CAZ window background became brighter and the lighting flickered
Fixed some crash issues
Fixed an issue where milestones that had not been completed would occasionally be marked as achieved ※ Please note that milestones already marked incorrectly may remain. Thank you for your understanding.
Fixed an issue where switching families while playing a multi-member family could cause infinite loading