House Flipper News

[h3]Dear Flippers, the work goes on![/h3]
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Not every hero wears a cape, but to us, you’re one of them! Thanks to your feedback and opinions, we managed to launch another hotfix.

We’ve heard voices saying that roof placement can cause issues, that you have some problems with the grappling hook, with disappearing houses, and similar-looking piggies. Now you can try our improvements coming with this patch.

Make sure that your game is properly updated!
The version that you should see in the main menu is 1.23129 (6ee7b)

If you cannot see any updates in your library, the version is different from the one mentioned, or you're still facing issues after today's update, try to verify the integrity of game files:
Go to Steam Library > right-click on House Flipper > Properties > Local Files Tab > Verify integrity of game files.

We have found that some (corrupted or missing) files cannot be fixed just by verifying integrity of game files through Steam. In some rare cases, especially when you cannot open the game at all, a reinstallation will be needed!
Go to Steam Library > right-click on House Flipper > Manage > Uninstall. Then install the game normally through Steam Library again.



[h3]Here's the list of changes![/h3]
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Improvements and additions:

• Revamped roof placement on House Builder structures. Give it a try!
  
• Added more pig variations to Happy Farm.
  
• Crop collection popups now appear and disappear much faster
  

General fixes:

• Fixed an issue that caused “The Cabin in the Woods” house to disappear from the buy menu if it was unlocked before the previous update.
  
• Fixed the highlight outlines not appearing on some PCs.
  
• Fixed issues with some items not setting correct room types.
  
• Resolved a crash that occurred when using fences before menu navigation.
  
• Fixed an issue preventing usage of Grappling Hook in the “In Deep Water” quest, “The hall of the mountain king” house, “Paradigm Shift” quest and “Industrial getaway” house.
  
• “Good Ole Wedding Barn” house’s porch edges will no longer block house building.
  
• The invisible borders of “Saturday's Hay Fever” house and “Good Ole Wedding Barn” order are no longer hookable.
  
• Corrected the placement of ceilings in “A Little Brick House” level.
  
• Fixed an issue with Froly Attic Stairs causing crashes.
  
• Fixed an issue with wrongly assigned textures leading to crashes or pink surface.
  

House Builder Tool fixes:

• Fixed an issue with certain floors on “Don't Spare The Horses” quest, “Sparrow's nest” house, “Paradigm Shift” quest, “Industrial getaway” house and “Poppy House”, which caused performance drops and other major glitches.
  
• Fixed issues preventing the placement of fences on the first floor and on the edges of roofs, as well as the filling out of fence placement inside structures.
  
• Resolved an issue related to editing a building that has stairs, which caused ceilings to be cut out and sometimes closed in the wrong places.
  
• Prevented the player from standing inside inner walls during building construction animation.
  
• Fixed a problem with a broken popup that prevented the House Builder tool from being unlocked.
  
• Fixed highlight outlines that didn't disappear after hiding House Builder on unsuccessful deletion.
  
• Added a separate progression bar when deleting buildings, which no longer freezes and is shown when deleting via shrinking foundations.
  
• Fixed an issue preventing inner swimming pools from being placed inside House Builder structures on some maps.
  
• Blocked building actions during tool switch animation.
  
• Improved foundation shrinking so that it is no longer stopped on each step if foundations are connected to a House Builder structure.
  
• Fixed a corner case leading to disappearing walls.
  

If you have any questions about this patch, or you'd like to report new bugs, you can contact us at: [email protected] with a brief description of the issue. We will try to help you asap.

Due to testing delays, the hotfix for MAC players will be released tomorrow. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
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~ Reczberg with a bunch of grateful developers from Frozen Way and Frozen District

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[h3]Share your opinion with us Flippers![/h3]
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Click on the image below to join our Farm DLC Post-Release Survey and let us know whatcha think about the DLC after all the fixes that went live!

Here's a LINK!


[h3]Other than that, check out the most recent hotfix path notes.[/h3]
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- Fillars can now be placed using any rotation angle on the "Don't Spare The Horses" order.
- The laptop button for "Morgan's Pet Care" now displays the number correctly.
- The animation and effect on the Chicken Snack interaction have been fixed.
- Tomato and pumpkin seeds will now have the correct tablet preview.
- Fixed an issue where the flamethrower could not burn most regular items.
- Variant issues related to stairs on the "Industrial Getaway" house have been resolved.
- Getting out of the lawnmower is now easier, the right mouse button is no longer blocked.
- The "Sole Solution" order now includes the seller tool to make fixing mistakes easier.
- Fixed an issue where wall panels and tiles could be left in the player's hands despite changing tools.
- Wall panels and tiles no longer leave grass inside buildings. If there is already grass inside your building, you can reset it using the Builder Tool. Press the left mouse button on the walls to edit them, and then press E to accept without changing anything. The flamethrower can also be used to get rid of grass more quickly. Just move important items aside.
- Animals will no longer attempt to walk inside the hill on the "Dream-Come-True Miller's Farm" order and the "Abandoned Farm" house.
- The cornfield on the "Cornfield Modern" house will now save properly if modified.
- The Paint Gun is now usable on balconies and terraces, not just the outside.
- Rain is now less frequent.
- An issue with rain droplets sometimes freezing in the air has been fixed.
- Radio music now works on Mac computers as well.
- Floor and ceiling tiling is no longer blocked by most item phantoms.
- An issue preventing tiling balconies and stairs after looking at the ceiling has been fixed.
- Tiling vertical sides of a balcony no longer costs 0.
- Players are now blocked from raising a building while inside the foundations due to quests outside of buildings. This change only applies to orders, not houses.
- The chainsaw highlight is now properly hidden when highlights are disabled.
- The chainsaw interaction is now easier to get out of.

House Builder Tool specific improvements:
- Fixed an issue that led to holes in buildings when selecting and canceling foundation at the same time.
- Fixed an issue that lead to holes in buildings when selecting not in-line.
- Fixed an issue with floating buildings when merging and placing foundations on stories above ground floor.
- Fixed an issue with wrong floor detection leading to placing buildings inside each other.
- House Builder Tool: Fixed an issue with the price tip not disappearing in certain conditions.



Make sure that your game is properly updating!
The version that you should see in the main menu is 1.23118 (a4d4f)

If you cannot see any updates in your library, the version is different than the one mentioned, or you're still facing issues after today's update try to verify the integrity of game files: Go to Steam Library > right-click on House Flipper > Properties > Local Files Tab > Verify integrity of game files.

We found a file getting fixed only through reinstalling the game! In some rare cases, especially when you cannot open the game at all, a reinstall will be needed! Go to Steam Library > right-click on House Flipper > Manage > Uninstall. Then install the game normally through Steam Library again



https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/31350/Everybody_Loves_Animals/

[hr][/hr]~ Reczberg with a bunch of grateful developers from Frozen Way and Frozen District

[h3]Flippers and Farmers![/h3]
[hr][/hr]We're once again back with a chunk of fixes aimed at the recent post-launch problems of Farm DLC.
This time, we will be fixing some more complex issues as in the last week we asked you to bring us your save files along with any bug reports... and you guys delivered!

We received an insane amount of those, and thanks to that we could quickly locate the most complex post-launch issues. Thank you for being so active!



[h3]Let's go into detail.[/h3]
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- Fixed a bug with the order "In Deep Water" causing an infinite ending screen.
- Fixed an issue with outlines / highlights not appearing on certain hardware.
- Fixed a bug in the Architect Tool that caused stray thick walls to appear inside homes.
- Changed rewarded cash amount in Farm DLC job orders to more accurately reflect the player's efforts.
- Fixed crashes related to the Forna Cooker Hood, Pavement Cudda, and Taggy Straight Staircase.
- Resolved an issue with wall panels remaining in the player's hand even after switching tools.
- Addressed problems with rain not appearing despite the gloomy weather and other rain-related issues that affected performance.
- Corrected errors in the Luxury Renovation menu's key tips and missing item flipping functionality.
- Fixed a bug where Chajen default lightbulbs would endlessly rush toward the player if aimed at the ceiling.
- Horses now have different colors and can be male as well.
- Audio fixes for Pitchfork, Paint Gun, Alpaca, Yuppi Wardrobe, Havana Commode, Dermallia Toilet, Laptop Fex, Dove Praline Box, Starlet Bunk Bed, Desk Wood, Snowman Cooker, and Imbus Cupboard.
- Corrected the needs display for farm animals, which previously showed blank space instead of "no needs" when animals were satisfied.
- We took care of maps of orders snapping the view into the wrong places when zooming or clicking on certain houses for the first time.
- Fixed materials of the Paxon Cart and Novela Fridge set.
- Resolved a problem with the Haiti items not optimally connecting to walls and to each other.
- Fixed issues with anti-gravitational chickens. They shouldn't walk in the air anymore!
- Fixed a bug with eggs spawning in specific points on the map


Make sure that your game is properly updating!
The version that you should see in the main menu is 1.23111 (bdd96)

If you cannot see any updates in your library, the version is different than the one mentioned, or you're still facing issues after today's update try to verify the integrity of game files: Go to Steam Library > right-click on House Flipper > Properties > Local Files Tab > Verify integrity of game files.

We found a file getting fixed only through reinstalling the game! In some rare cases, especially when you cannot open the game at all, a reinstall will be needed! Go to Steam Library > right-click on House Flipper > Manage > Uninstall. Then install the game normally through Steam Library again



[h3]We're constantly working on new fixes![/h3]
[hr][/hr]We are putting all of our effort into bug fixing at the moment, and we hope it's going to be noticeable in your future gaming sessions. We're also working on a big Farm DLC content update coming in the near future, but that's a topic for another time! For now, that's all the news!

Remember that you can always report an issue found in the Farm DLC by following these steps:
1. If you encounter the bug / crash / freeze, close the game in any way possible.
2. Open windows file explorer (folder icon)
3. Copy the following path:

%appdata%/../locallow/Empyrean/House Flipper Game

4. Paste it into the address bar in the file explorer and press "Enter"
5. Locate a folder called "Profiles", right-click on it, and select "Compress to ZIP file"
6. After the zipping process is done, you should see a new zipped "Profiles" folder.
7. Send the zipped "Profiles" folder, as well as 2 files called Player.log and Player-prev.log (found somewhere next to the "Profiles" folder) to us by e-mail at [email protected], with a brief description of your issue.



[hr][/hr]~ Reczberg with a bunch of grateful developers from Frozen Way and Frozen District

[h3]Dear Flippers![/h3]
[hr][/hr]We know that the release of Farm DLC has been rough for many of you, as there were things blocking your progress, crashing the game for ya, and causing all kinds of different bugs and optimization problems. I feel like you guys deserve an apology and an explanation.

First of all, I'd like to thank all of you guys for reporting the issues you faced. Thanks to all the log files that you sent us, we were able to take a closer look at a plethora of issues and fix them extremely quickly! Other issues, were not so easy to track through the logs, but we managed to fix them anyway!

It turns out that most of the problems happening with Farm DLC were related to its unwanted dependencies on some other DLCs, Pets DLC in particular.


[h3]Let's go into detail.[/h3]
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- Getting stuck on loading screens should now be fixed!
- House photographing has been blocking the progress for many of you... Not anymore!
- Building from scratch should now work properly. Go get your architect tool!
- Pouring water for your hens is not going to be problematic anymore.
- Chicken coop assembly should be a walk in the park from now on!
- Vastly improved the visualisation of the final position of your roof during roof placement.
- All the little translation bloopers are now gone!
- Fixed a bug with door and window variants resetting when building house extensions.
- Fixed the pesky grass that was causing problems for players who don't own Garden DLC.
- We've heard that Molly's house had some roof problems. Fixed!
- We took care of the Windmill house loading issue and threw in a few environment optimizations.
- Any problems with scrolling through houses in your laptop should now be gone.
- Fixed a bug related to the ability to build extensions outside the plot.
- Got rid of visual task list errors in case of too many tasks.
- Farm DLC animal icons have been fixed.
- Improvements to bunny movement
- Shop filtering issues have been filtered... hehe!
- Fixed the Freestand Bathtub shop icon.

... and a couple of other tiny improvements and slight optimization tweaks!


UPDATE 17.04:
- Fixed 2 types of issues that were causing a freeze in the photo mode.
- The Farm DLC order map will work smoothly now. No more screen locks!
- Various item assembly issues have been fixed.
- Tiling and painting your balcony floors, as well as platforms works properly now!
- Farm DLC for Mac users is now fully available.


Make sure that your game is properly updating!
The version that you should see in the main menu is 1.23105 (4d8b3)
If you cannot see any updates in your library and the version is different than the one mentioned, try to restart Steam or verify the integrity of game files.


[h3]We're not stopping here![/h3]
[hr][/hr]We will continue to work on additional optimization tweaks and any new issues that arise.
We'd like to thank you for your support and understanding.
Meanwhile, we wanted to say sorry and let you know that because of this situation, we've launched a new sale, so if you'd like to try other House Flipper content while waiting for additional fixes for the Farm DLC, you now have a chance to grab them on some solid discounts:

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/15013/The_Flipper_Bundle/
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26062/Pets_Bundle/
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/31628/Farm_Bundle/

Anyway, that's it, folks!
Our devs are working tirelessly and will continue to do that in the nearest future, so keep your fingers crossed!
We will be throwing as many hotfixes as we'll have to in order to bring you the ultimate flipping and farming experience.

Personally, as a community manager, I'd like to thank all the community members who cooperate with us in giving us the possibility to redeem ourselves.
Cheers!


[hr][/hr]~ Reczberg with a bunch of grateful developers from Frozen Way and Frozen District