Summer at Smile Café Patch Notes — Patch Note 1 through 4

Performance & Loading

• Improved initial loading times.

Story & Performances

• Resolved an issue where Renee's storyline could not be triggered.
• Fixed issues related to character sprite displays.
• Fixed a performance error in the chibi H-scene in the apartment corridor.

Renee route players should update immediately — see the Renee character guide.

Interface & System

• Fixed abnormal display of corridor buttons.
• Fixed an issue where scene events were accidentally deleted.

Story and Events

• Fixed character position misalignment in the apartment hallway scene.
• Fixed dialogue freeze during box-moving and firewood-moving tasks when performing specific inputs.
• Events triggered on "next scene entry" now reliably display their hint messages.
• Zoe's running level now syncs with the exclamation mark (!) indicator above her head.
• Event trigger intervals shortened: 3-day gaps reduced to 2 days; 2-day gaps reduced to 1 day.

Night Apartment (New System)

• Added a mandatory night apartment event list.
• Added optional setting to preview night apartment events with a morning notification.
• Added hint text: "It seems like something will happen at the apartment tonight."

See our night apartment events guide for gameplay impact.

Manager Route Changes

• Added manual trigger settings for main story dialogue across multiple scenes.
• Converted some Manager chapter events to active dialogue triggers with visible hints.
• Added "Chat" option to corresponding idle-state dialogues.
• Specific item acquisitions now trigger events and verify chapter progress.

The Manager route guide reflects these trigger changes.

Interface and System

• Fixed dialogue box freezing on screen when returning to the main menu.
• Fixed final ending menu choices overflowing off-screen when 7 characters appear simultaneously.
• Save button now disabled when map movement is locked.

Translation and Other

• Simplified Chinese text typo corrections.
• Fixed Nicole mini-game failure UI text not switching to the selected language.
• Updated credits / staff list.

Separate from July's Patch Note 3, this June 26 announcement addressed save file breakage after earlier bug fixes:

• Save files created before the fix are incompatible with the new version — start a New Game.
• F4 CG unlock: Press F4 on the main menu to unlock all CG scenes as compensation.
• Renee softlock warning: After camping with Renee, avoid other girl interactions in the same chapter on builds before Patch Note 4.

Full recovery steps: save compatibility guide.

Story & Performances

• Adjusted Zoe's storyline — she now leaves the park after jogging instead of running indefinitely.
• Fixed Zoe Chapter 8 night event misjudgment for dating/forced events.
• Fixed dialogue box disappearing while story advances when long-pressing after hiding UI.
• Fixed background blocking during consecutive questions.
• Re-verifies character presence when entering scenes.
• Updated Renee full-screen performance settings.

Character Stories & Unlocks

• Completing a character story unlocks additional specific memories.
• Adjusted unlock items after completing Ada's story.
• Fixed duplicate chapter event trigger logic.

Mini-Games

• Saving disabled during any mini-game.
• Residual character sprites cleared before mini-games start.
• Zoe mini-game: outfit selection unlocked by story progression; animation states reset; EXP doubled.
• Fixed Nicole kidnapping room entry point.

Audio, Interface & Translation

• Fixed full-screen animations interrupting sound effects; volume below 50% now audible.
• Balanced Japanese voice volumes for Yuna and Nicole.
• Sex Button display syncs when switching time slots.
• Fixed ESC during ending credits; café menu prompt after load.
• Simplified Chinese: unified 「妳」 to 「你」; Korean font replaced; Manager profile updated.

Mini-game save rules are documented on the mini-games reference and controls page.

Story & Performances

• Fixed Zoe Chapter 8 animation pause after dialogue ends.
• Fixed wrong animation in Ada Chapter 6.
• Fixed drool animation display in certain scenes.
• Increased Nicole Chapter 4 event trigger priority for smoother progression.

Mini-Games & H-Scenes

• Fixed character position resets when restarting mini-games.
• BGM reset when leaving Zoe's mini-game; Nicole mini-game audio fixes.
• Fixed full-screen H-scene achievement detection; optimized climax/ending animation timing.

System & Interface

• Fixed saving unavailable when map locked; pop-up messages affected by game speed.
• Fixed buttons staying highlighted after operation.

The initial Steam release included:

• 8 romanceable characters with unique routes and endings.
• Approximately 80,000 words of story content and 80 adult CG illustrations.
• Freelance commission mini-games (drawing, comment response, café tasks).
• 24 Steam achievements with Steam Cloud save support.
• Six interface languages: English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian.
• Chinese and Japanese full voice acting.

Launch week bugs were addressed by Patch notes 1–4 above. New players on Patch Note 4 benefit from all cumulative fixes.

Step 1: Let Steam finish downloading the update before launching.

Step 2: If your save fails to load, read the save compatibility guide and use F4 to restore CGs.

Step 3: Enable night apartment morning previews in settings if you want advance notice of mandatory night events — explained in the night apartment guide.

Step 4: Renee route players on Patch Note 4 should retry any blocked storyline — the trigger bug is fixed. See the Renee guide.

Step 5: Manager route players should look for "Chat" options and active trigger hints — see the Manager guide.

Step 6: Report bugs through the official Steam community bug report thread.