Chinatown Detective Agency News

Greetings, gumshoes!

It’s been a while since our last update, owing to the fact that we’ve been working on the most requested feature from you, our players.

During the past few months, we have been building and implementing free saving within the game – allowing players to save almost whenever and wherever during the game, and being able to pickup where they left off.

On top of that, we’ve also finally implemented Brazilian Portuguese localisation – something a lot of you folks have been waiting for.

But do note, we have decided to release this version as a public Beta version first (accessible by all players), before releasing it as the default version.

The reason we do this is despite having tested the build thoroughly in the past month, we want to make absolutely sure we don't miss a crucial issue or bug before we release it as the new default build. By making this a Beta, we ensure that only Players who want to actively participate in testing the new feature will do so, while those who want to wait for a more stable and tested build can stick to the current default build.

Accessing this Beta build is quite simple.

Simply open your Steam Library and go to the Chinatown Detective Agency page.



Click on the little cog icon (Settings) and click on “Properties”. Click on the “BETA” tab and select openbeta.



You’ll now be playing version 1.1.05-beta every time you launch the game. If you want to go back to playing the default build, simply select ‘None’ in the same drop down menu.

Here’s the full patch notes for this version:

• Added a new Manual Save function that allows Players to save at any point in the game (EXCEPT when in the middle of a conversation, during a puzzle or timed puzzle and when in a flight).
  
• Added Brazilian Portuguese localisation.
  
• Multiple localisation corrections.
  
• Added new audio (voice-over, music and SFX). Also made corrections in some existing audio files.
  
• Fixed SFX from certain locations persisting through whole game.
  
• Fixed wrong employee name showing up in some missions.
  
• Fixed multiple soundbank issues.
  

We will be opening a new pinned topic on our discussion boards dedicated to this build, and our producer will be checking in regularly, so please do report any issues or errors you encounter when playing this build.

We hope to move this new build out of beta and into default within a week or so, and we're really counting on your support through your feedback and bug reports.

We hope you enjoy the new version, and good luck out there in Chinatown!

The CDA Team

Good morning, afternoon and evening, detectives. We worked on a few more minor fixes this week. Here’s what’s been resolved:

• Mission: “Volonta La Libertate” – Fixed Sergey giving the clues in the wrong order.
  
• Mission: “Broken Chains” – Delete a misleading lead instructing players to call Mei Ting when they shouldn’t.
  
• Made the background music at the White Mare and Haiphong Club changeable via the music volume slider.
  
• Multiple localisation corrections.
  

Hope you’re all enjoying the game and getting all those 15 achievements!


Happy weekend, everyone!

The General Interactive Co. Team

In this patch, we've done the following:

• Fixed a bug that prevented players from getting the best ending.
  
• Added optional leads in each mission to remind players that they can ask Mei Ting for help with the puzzles.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the UI to lock and the memory mini-game to reappear in "A Picnic at Midnight"
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the game to not recognise answers to puzzles as correct in the Spanish language.
  
• Tweaked the save system to that it always displays the newest save regardless of whether it is an autosave or a manual save.
  
• Made corrections to the decryption puzzle in "For the Tyrants Fear Your Might".
  

More improvements, more fixes.



Hey, gumshoes! We've got more fixes coming your way.

In this patch, we've done the following:

• Fixed a bug that prevented players from getting the best ending.
  
• Added optional leads in each mission to remind players that they can ask Mei Ting for help with the puzzles.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the UI to lock and the memory mini-game to reappear in "A Picnic at Midnight"
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the game to not recognise answers to puzzles as correct in the Spanish language.
  
• Tweaked the save system to that it always displays the newest save regardless of whether it is an autosave or a manual save.
  
• Made corrections to the decryption puzzle in "For the Tyrants Fear Your Might".
  

That wraps up our fork for this week. We're continuing to work on changes to the save system to allow for manual saves in the middle of a mission, as well as other quality of life feature improvements.

See you all again next week!

The General Interactive Team

We're listening - and we're working around the clock to improve Chinatown Detective Agency



In this first official patch, we have resolved a majority of the issues found by both the community and our team during the days following release.

Here's the changelog:

• Fixed autosave before picking a client not showing any leads.
  
• Fixed not being able to resume the game when opening SETTINGS when you're at Changi.
  
• Fixed getting stuck after returning from the main menu when you click SETTINGS when you're on the train.
  
• Fixed morse code audio error.
  
• Mission: "A Cloven Pine" -- Fixed mystery numbers to show 30 and 7 correctly.
  
• Mission: "A Cloven Pine" -- Fixed a case where the warning message about going to the morgue wouldn't show.
  
• Mission: "Broken Chains" -- Fixed UI getting blocked in Burger Joint after solving crossword.
  
• Updated localisation spreadsheet (this includes fixing typos and VO mistakes).
  
• Fixed footsteps playing when they shouldn't.
  
• Fixed Steam stat achievements (The Tourist and Frequent Flier).
  
• Added pixel versions of paintings to the mission, "Sale of the Century".
  
• Changed default font to the more accessible alternative font. Original font is still an option. This only applies to new games.
  

On an important side note, we've heard your concerns around the save system. We have decided to work on a new update to allow manual saves in the middle of the missions. This will require deep QA testing to make sure everything is running smoothly, so please give us some time to make it possible.

Please be assured that we're continuing to scour the boards and our social media channels for any bugs or issues that players are experiencing. We're also constantly testing internally to catch any new issues.

We're committed to making Chinatown Detective Agency as good as it can be.

Thank you for all your support.

The General Interactive Team