V1.9 Update: Safer Saves, UI Improvements, and Smoother Research

major update

等一个蛋 / Waiting for an Egg · build 24519948 · published

On SteamNotes only · this build shipped before we watched the app

Hello! V1.9 is now live. Thank you for the reports about resolution, desktop layout, research pacing, and saves. This update focuses on safer legacy saves, clearer interfaces, and a smoother early game.

Highlights

• Safer saves: the game now completes a safe local commit before Steam Cloud sync. Rolling backups, corrupted-save recovery, and an explicit local/cloud conflict choice help prevent silent overwrites.

• Legacy save support: V1 saves can migrate to the current format. If a conflict occurs, both local and cloud candidates are retained.

• UI and resolution: improved layouts for Settings, Store, Guide, Research Records, Statistics, Pomodoro, chicken details, and the right toolbar on small displays, 16:10 screens, and widescreen displays.

• Desktop layout: improved monitor selection, fallback when a display changes, UI recovery, and the right-side safe area. Press Ctrl+Shift+U to recover the interface, or Ctrl+Shift+M to switch displays.

• Research pacing: on a zero-progress save, the first chicken is guaranteed one normal Q4 within 30–45 seconds. One limited second-stage protection across the first two chickens guarantees a normal Q4 within 10–15 minutes, with at most 30 bonus funds. Normal probabilities resume afterward.

• Clearer feedback: added cycle duration, success chance, next attempt, pending-result, and next-step information.

• Bilingual UI: instant Simplified Chinese / English switching is available across the main gameplay and settings interfaces.

• Retired AI feature: player-facing AI chat, API Key settings, and related instructions have been fully removed.

• Chicken and HUD polish: fixed movement facing, titles, buttons, store cards, ground coverage, and several transparent-desktop stability details.

If the interface becomes unusable, press Ctrl+Shift+U first. If the issue remains, please include your resolution, Windows scaling percentage, monitor arrangement, and a screenshot in your report.

Thank you for your support!