Build 26529552

# Scam With Your Friends v0.1.99

### Speech and calls

- Added optional Whisper Large Cloud for official AI calls in verified Steam lobbies. It can help when local recognition misses words, especially in Portuguese. Choosing cloud sends your call speech to DeepInfra for transcription.
- Change recognition from Settings > Speech or from the phone’s microphone panel. Both menus explain the available options, and the phone’s selector stays accessible with automatic microphone gain enabled. Whisper Large Cloud takes the place of the retired Gladia entry.
- Whisper can use the lighter Base model when your PC is short on resources. You can also choose Always use CPU separately for Whisper Small and Whisper Base.
- If local recognition stops working and cloud is available, the game tells you when to repeat your last line. The temporary switch preserves your saved choice. If cloud transcription fails, you can retry, type your message, or change providers.
- Moonshine is unavailable in the picker for unsupported speech languages. If you switch to an unsupported language while using it, the game restores your previous supported choice.
- Improved Qwen voice startup and cleanup when a voice stops or you leave a call. Active downloads continue when you reorder voice models. Settings now distinguish temporary memory pressure from hardware incompatibility.
- Russian phone transcripts hide pronunciation stress marks by default. MOSS voice playback also skips those marks, while letters such as ё and й are preserved.
- Updated One Pac’s opening line so he introduces himself when he calls.

### Scams and Kolkata OS

- IP Geolocation callers now decide when to hang up based on their personality, the conversation, and how you explain your readings. Convincing callers can buy you more time to trace them.
- Clicking a city or a saved reading places your guess there. You can also guess anywhere on the visible globe, including over the ocean. The larger Lock Trace button makes the final step easier to spot.
- Clicking a highlighted code in the phone transcript now copies it and fills the matching app field more reliably, including while the caller is still speaking.
- Added Open to desktop apps’ right-click menu and made the messenger icon easier to see in Scamazon.
- Kolkata OS uses less memory for images and can defer loading new images when the PC is running low on memory.
- Mr. Curry’s app-unlock announcements now use a short, app-specific line to explain each newly available scam or tool.

### Co-op, recordings, and office fixes

- Other players’ in-world computer monitors stay visible with Streamer Mode or Family-Friendly Mode enabled.
- Added safeguards against Windows screen-feed crashes when graphics allocations fail, and improved cleanup when screen feeds close or players disconnect.
- BanditCam protects automatic call recordings while you’re on a call and while the clip finishes after hang-up. Manual recording is available outside that window when recording is enabled.
- Fixed cases where leaving or quickly reopening a desk computer could leave you stuck in the chair or unable to look or move.
- Manual peeing can now put out a virus fire on a monitor. Automatic random peeing is off.
- The public lobby’s first day filter now includes Day 0.

### Online services and menus

- Added an alternate connection for game services when the usual connection is unreachable. It covers Steam sign-in, official AI calls, feedback and attachments, and other online services.
- Reduced repeated setup work for official AI requests and added support for gradually rolling out an additional AI provider by lobby.
- Moved the AI server selector to Settings > General so you can find it before hosting and during a session.
- Improved recovery when Steam Workshop briefly refuses to load your caller subscriptions.
- Removed the completed Caller Creator event panel from the main menu.
- Updated translated speech guidance, menu fonts, and dropdown layouts.

Thank you guys!