Hey Portians!

Today we've released another patch to fix some crashes and bugs, and adjust some features. Please see the full changelist below.

• Fixed the bug causing Higgins workshop scores to increase unexpectedly at the end of each year.
  
• Fixed the bug that when a commission is failed, Higgins’ workshop score will not be reduced.
  
• Fixed the bug preventing photos from saving when there are special characters in the name.
  
• Fixed the bug affecting gol costing in NPC commissions that reward favor points.
  
• In the settings menu, only changes on the resolution need the final confirm button.
  
• Fixed the bug preventing materials from being returned to the player when they cancel production on the textile machine.
  
• Fixed the crash when using controllers to move storage boxes.
  
• Fixed the crash when returning to the main menu after cutting a tree.
  
• Fixed the crash caused by NPCs' behaviour.
  
• Fixed the crash in the horse racing competition.
  
• Fixed the crash caused by animations.

As always, please continue to report any issues in the Report a Problem forum.

Thanks!

Hey Portians,

Today we’ve put out a small patch to address a few more bugs that have been found in My Time At Portia.

There are, however, a couple of bugs that will require further attention before we’re able to remove them.

There is currently an issue in-game that is caused by the new look of the workshop. Currently, the solution will lead to a HUGE patch so the team are working on a fix that should hopefully avoid this outcome.

For those of you who aren’t aware of this issue you'll find that some of the furniture in one area is missing. You may also discover a cooking set has just randomly appeared on the second floor (and doesn't work!)

If you’ve already done an appearance change but you preferred it how it was before, you'll have to change the layout back by putting your furniture in your inventory and then placing it back where you like.

Thank you for your understanding with all this, we really appreciate it.

#BlameHiggins

Here's the changelist:

• Fixed a bug related to the South Block cost being incorrect.
  
• Fixed the bug with players not getting any skill points after their character levels up. Now the skill tree has been reset.
  
• Fixed a crash issue in the snowball fight mini game.
  
• Fixed the crash issue that occurred when loading a save during the Martial Arts Tournament.
  
• Fixed the bug that caused the cupboard to not be on sale in the store.

Hello Portians!

Thank you for reporting issues you found since the most recent update and patch.

This patch addresses those reported issues, as well as adjusting some other features, and adds support for Traditional Chinese!

• Fixed the bug causing storage boxes to disappear on the second floor. To recover those boxes, please reload the file from the last build of the game.
  
• Adjusted the tree/bush generation system so that they will only grow in yard areas without furniture.
  
• Added Traditional Chinese language support. Please let us know if you find any errors.
  
• Added the option for players to hide accessories.
  
• Added badge rewards after the snowball fight in Winter.
  
• Higgins is now more likely to fail to complete the advanced commissions.
  
• Added the Nova Sword to the Total Tools store.
  
• Increased the drop rate of lubricant on the third and fourth level of the sewage plant during the mission with the Civil Corps.
  
• Added the functionality to manually input the quantity of wood needed from the Tree Farm.
  
• Added one registration table for horse racing at the start of the Land Run Time Attack track.
  
• Adjusted the appearance of the way to the Somber Marsh.
  
• Adjusted the order of appearance of the Alliance Council members, and the following missions. (Changes stop when the port store is built).
  
• Players will be rewarded with the steel beam diagram for completing the 'Road to the Marsh' mission.
  
• The Research Center store is now open from the start of the game.
  
• Increased the number of badges earned from competitions.
  
• Adjusted the difficult of the horse racing competition.
  
• Optimised the appearance of the grass near the marsh.
  
• Adjusted the volume of working machines.
  
• Special commissions on Friday will no longer be low level.
  
• If an NPC has an emergency and he/she has to leave your date, then you can continue the date when the NPC returns.
  
• Players between level 25 to level 50 will not depend on experience as much.
  
• Adjusted the opening hours for hot air balloon rides to 7am - 9pm.
  
• Adjusted the stamina consumption when using a rifle.
  
• Fixed the bug preventing the advanced skiver from recycling materials when you cancel the process.
  
• Fixed an issue preventing you from cutting down a tree under certain circumstances.
  
• Fixed the bug affecting the magnifying glass in the inspection mini game.
  
• Fixed the bug causing the attack sound continues to play after defeating the boss in the tunnel.
  
• Fixed the bug causing items to disappear when running the game at a low resolution.
  
• Fixed the bug affecting plants growing in the planter box.
  
• Fixed the bug causing players to get stuck in the flooring.
  
• Fixed the animation error when the piggyback frog dies.
  
• Fixed the issue with the horse riding sound effect.
  
• Fixed the bug causing the feather duster to disappear when petting animals.
  
• Fixed the bug affecting apples, honey and beeswax being sent from the Tree Farm.
  
• Fixed the issue with using the relic scanner during the Day of Memories.
  
• Fixed the bug affecting resolution when switching to default display settings.
  
• Fixed the crash that occurs when taking pictures with NPCs in the hot air balloon.
  
• Adjusted the amount of textiles needing for producing quality leather.
  
• Fixed the bug causing items to float after cutting a tree.
  
• Fixed the bug causing NPCs to get stuck in the dungeon in the marsh.
  
• Fixed the bug causing the game to freeze when interacting with several NPCs.
  
• Fixed issues affecting Ack collecting all items in the yard.
  
• Added the entrance icon of the mission 'The First Key'
  
• Fixed the crash when riding a horse.
  
• Fixed the crash when returning to the menu during the Day of Memories.
  
• Fixed the bug causing NPCs to get stuck in the land.
  
• Fixed the crash when finishing the snowball fight.
  
• Fixed the bug preventing players from taking the trap out of the factory once it is complete.
  
• Fixed a script error in Gust's dialogue.
  
• Fixed the bug preventing players from entering the final room after being defeated by the Piggy-Bot.
  
• Fixed the collision error.
  
• Fixed several script errors.
  
• Fixed the textures of antidote,clock glass and fish tank.
  
• Fixed the icons of All Source Model and Snowball Battle Badge.
  
• Fixed the language issues on the South Block trade board.
  
• Fixed the issue of the new look worshop taking up extra land.
  
• Added a 'cancel' button for production in the factory.
  
• Players will now receive experience for making products in the factory.A 'tip' pop-up will appear each morning to tell you how much experience you have earned.

As always, please continue to report any issues in the Report A Problem forum.

If you'd like to leave feedback, suggestions, or talk to other players, head over to the Discussions forum!

Hey Portians,

Since yesterday's update, we've been busy going through your feedback and bug/crash reports. Thanks to your feedback we’ve been able to put together a small patch that should fix most of the reported crashes.

The bugs related to the art assets will be fixed in upcoming patches. The reason for this being the update for art asset fixes will be a large file size to download.

Thanks again to those who took the time to make us aware of any bugs and crashes. Your actions have not only helped us fix any issues, but also helped your fellow Portians enjoy the game!

Changelist:

• In this build, trees and brushes will not grow in the yard after the update.
• Even after you expand the yard, the trees and brushes in yard will also be cut automatically.
  
• Changed the placing orders of commissions. High level commission will display ahead of low-level commissions.
  
• Fixed the bug that the demo save file can be read in the 9.0 build. So that players will not load it and crash the game.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the animals in the stable to be stuck by characters.
  
• Fixed a bug that where choosing the number of food in the feeding UI, it would reset the scroll bar.
  
• Fixed the crash when players restart the timed out Cross Five.
  
• Fixed the crash at the end of the horse racing game.
  
• Fixed some potential crashes.
  
• Improved the performance when riding the horse.
  
• Fixed the crash that caused by pathfinding.
  
• Fixed a crash that occured when players were killed by traps.

PLEASE NOTE: Please ensure you go to bed before 12am on the 28th of every month. Failure to do so will cause the game to crash. We aim to have a fix for this next week.

Hey there Portians!

Update 9.0 is here - bringing new content, bug fixes and more!

The first thing you should notice with the new build is our work on optimization. All players should see an improvement in their frame rate and how the game runs on their system.

This is great because it means you'll get an even smoother experience when playing the new content we’ve added!

Here are a few things that you'll see in this content update:

• A brand-new area to explore, including new buildings.
  
• New story missions
  
• New side missions
  
• New monsters
  
• New dungeons
  
• New characters
  
• New items/weapons
  
• A Martial Arts Tournament
  
• Updates to existing events such as Land Run and the Day of Memories Festival.
  
• Even more activities!

As many of you know, the Portia Land Run occurs every autumn in Portia. Following its release, we felt that the Land Run had its limitations due to the player only being available to race against the clock, rather than other NPCs. But not anymore! We’ve added in racing against three other NPCs to make the event a lot more competitive. The original time attack race mode is still playable for Portians whose goal is purely to get the best time.



During the multi-character race, racers will be able to use items to add stamina and increase their speed. May the best Portian win!



If you’ve already tried the Day of Memories Festival, then you’ll remember that the event asked the player to go around the city of Portia collecting Ghost Badges. This time, we’ve added in a few more interesting gameplay mechanics.

• New Ghost Badges will appear in the city every 30 seconds, they’ll be marked on the map for the player and NPCs to see!
  
  
• We have added ‘ghosts’ to the game, they’ll appear randomly to scare folks, if you don’t dodge them, you’ll be stunned for a bit. Spooky!
  
  
• Everyone will be armed with the Scare Soaker, a gun that can stun people for 3 seconds! You can use it, but so can NPCs. This should make things a little more interesting!

There’s a lot more content to discover in this update that we haven't mentioned too!

Be sure to let us know what you think of the new content and changes in the My Time At Portia Steam forum!

If you encounter any issues or think you may have found a bug, please let us know in the Report A Problem forum.

Check out the full changelist below!

• Added the new story quest 'Finding the All Source.'
  
• Added a new storyline for Emily.
  
• Added new shop in south station where players can exchange their products for gols.
  
• Players can now assign commissions to the Civil Corps. They'll help you collect items from monsters.
  
• Added a search function for material sources.
  
• Added two new outfits.
  
• Added new advanced weapons.
  
• Added three new hairstyles.
  
• Added a new workshop appearance.
  
• Added more furniture in the exchange store.
  
• Added cornball and apple tree.
  
• Added feather duster, so that players can pet multiple animals at the same time.
  
• Added floor cleaner, so that players can dismiss all the flooring and furniture in a certain area.
  
• Added a guide for revise and ride hunting.
  
• Added a function that enables NPCs to ask the player out on a date.
  
• The indoor area of Happy Apartments is now open!
  
• Several NPCs now have their own facial expressions.
  
• Added a name-change feature for pets.
  
• Added feedback voices after petting animals.
  
• The picture in the album can be replaced.
  
• Added sound effect for petting chickens and ducks.
  
• Added maps for several houses.
  
• Added maps for dungeons.
  
• Added photo shoot event when riding a hot air balloon during a date.
  
• Added more sound effects.
  
• Added new in-game activity - Martial Arts Tournament. This occurs on the 12th and 13th days of Summer.
  
• Added new in-game activity - Snowball fight. This occurs on the 12th and 13th days of Winter.
  
• Added new reaction when monsters get hit.
  
• Added new influence mechanic for the social network, it will affect a product's selling price in Yeye's shop, as well as the commissions reward to the Civil Corps.
  
• Your spouse, who can help you with farming, can now also help you pet animals.
  
• Added new commissions that require more items to complete. Added new types of commissions that can increase the favor points.
  
• When Higgins get his daily commission, his workshop reputation point increases.
  
• Added button "play again" in several mini-games (playing darts, roping, and shooting balloons).
  
• Added three new dungeons with monsters inside.
  
• Added elite monsters: Flurpee, Balloon Urchin. Monsters in The Somber Marsh: Glorycroc, Piggyback Frog
  
• Adjusted the appearance inside A&G Construction, News Press, and Happy Apartments.
  
• Gale's house, Alice's house and Arlo's house.
  
• You can now interact with NPCs while you're walking.
  
• Added three new NPCs and fighting postures.
  
• Added background music and sound effect for several cutscenes.
  
• Added sound of footsteps in dungeons.
  
• Adjusted the UI when holding items, and added items' name in the UI.
  
• Added settings for saturation.
  
• The system will now automatically take a screenshot during cutscenes. If players skip the cutscene, then they will not be shown in the screenshot. If players didn't skip the cutscene, then players will be shown in the screenshot.
  
• Fishing can increase experience points.
  
• Added button "play again" after fishing.
  
• Added new wallpapers and flooring.
  
• Added more items for players to inspect.
  
• Changed the rule of "attempt to find item" in Day of Memories.
  
• Added Scraps related achievements, and achievements when taking adventures in the haunted cave, attempting to find items in the Day of Memories, fishing contest, and lighting the fireworks.
  
• Adjusted the reward UI interface. It will display item names.
  
• Added a switch for turning on/off the snow & rain effect.
  
• If your relationship with NPC has reached friend or above, then this NPC's location will show up on the map.
  
• Added extra icon animation for the social screen when the relationship with NPC has reached lover.
  
• The factory will now return all the materials when crafting is cancelled.
  
• Optimized the running of the game.
  
• Adjusted the price of several products.
  
• Adjusted the number of items required for some crafting recipes.
  
• Adjusted the unlock requirement for "Well-rounded Workshop" and "Science Power".
  
• Increased the money Gust will send to players after marrying him.
  
• Adjusted the lasting time of several consumables.
  
• Optimized the behaviour of NPCs - it is now more difficult to interrupt them.
  
• Optimized the position when interacting with NPCs.
  
• Changed the birthday of Gust from 12th day of Summer to 11th day of Summer.
  
• You'll get a storage which stores all the additional items when you have a full inventory.
  
• Optimized the attacking experience of all the weapons.
  
• Adjusted the appearance of mission letters in the mailbox.
  
• Optimized the UI of the factory.
  
• Mission related items cannot be sold or deleted.
  
• Deleted the unnecessary conversation while sending gifts during the Day of Bright Sun.
  
• Adjusted the priority of overheard NPC chat.
  
• Adjusted the stamina display bar. The remaining stamina will not be displayed when players have 100% stamina.
  
• Fixed the bug where players would still get a mission reminder over Dr. Xu's head, even when there are no missions for him.
  
• Fixed the display timing error in UI when taking missions about photo-taking.
  
• Fixed the bug that there are two Alices in the cutscene of Alice getting married.
  
• Fixed the bug where the holiday background music wouldn't stop when leaving out of the holiday area.
  
• Fixed the error in the conversation with QQ, Pinky, and Scraps during a holiday or birthday.
  
• Fixed the conversation error while sending a sweetheart cake to a partner.
  
• Fixed the bug that made NPCs not go to have a hot-pot when re-loading a save during the Winter Solstice.
  
• Fixed the bug that caused NPCs to shake when riding the hot balloon.
  
• Fixed the bug where the date and play event cannot be triggered while having a buff that alters health.
  
• Fixed the bug that caused horses to follow players into sparring when the players had multiple horses following them.
  
• Fixed the bug that the sound effect of swinging will keep playing if players don't do anything in that mini-game.
  
• Fixed the bug displaying the wrong monsters names in the photo collection.
  
• Fixed the bug where horses will block the way when the players had multiple horses following them.
  
• Fixed the bug that caused the relic scanner to scan multiple times when the items overlap each other.
  
• Adjusted the length of the conversation when getting married.
  
• Fixed the sound bug when players received favor points from multiple NPCs at the same time.
  
• Fixed the bug that caused the game to not play the animation of lying on the floor before bed time after continuous fishing.
  
• Fixed the bug where entering the fishing competition will not cost the player any gols.
  
• Fixed the bug that players cannot load the game if they died while fishing.
  
• Fixed the spotlight in the Abandoned Ruins.
  
• Fixed the crack in the top of the Abandoned Ruins. Players will need to reset their ruins instance for this to take effect.
  
• Fixed several scripts errors.
  
• Fixed the error in conversation after unlocking all the diagrams.
  
• Fixed the bug that caused the attribute of furniture to change if the game was reloaded.
  
• Fixed the bug that caused the camera to stop working if players triggered the jealousy event during the dating mini-games.
  
• Fixed the bug that caused the game to freeze when players trigger the jealousy system after the dating mini-games.
  
• Fixed the bug where animals could not be placed on flooring.
  
• Fixed the bug that the guidance page cannot be closed by using the controller.
  
• Fixed the bug that caused characters to disappear.
  
• Fixed split 0 item bug.

Hey Portians!

We’ve had lots of feedback about the competitions in My Time At Portia, and lots of players asking if we were going to be adding any more. The answer is – yes! We’ll be adding a brand new martial arts tournament in the next content update, coming later this month!



The martial arts tournament will be an annual event, taking place on the 12th and 13th days of Summer. There are only 8 spaces available in this tournament, so you’ll need to sign up in advance. The earlier you sign up, the sooner you’ll get a place!

If you win 2 out of 3 matches, you’ll get through to the next round.


(Work in progress: Tournament chart UI)

As this is a competition, there are rewards for winners and runners-up - as long as you aren’t in last place! The rewards match the theme of the tournament – Chinese style furniture, simple but classic.



If you forget to sign up for the tournament or simply didn’t want to take part, there is another way that you can participate – you can guess who will win the tournament! If you guess correctly, you’ll get rewards too! So if you sign up for the tournament, guess that you will win, and then win, you’ll get double the rewards!

We’ve also improved the animation of several NPCs when sparring with them – so NPCs will no longer just stand and wave their arms around, pretending to fight. They will now have tactics and can roll and dodge. So if you want to beat them, you’ll have to come up with your own strategy too!

We’ll have more news on the next update very soon, stay tuned!

Hello Portians!

Thank you all for your feedback on our recent open test. This patch addresses the crashes and other issues you have reported. Please see the full changelist below.

Change list:

• Added a dog bed to the Mysterious Man’s shop.
  
• Adjusted customisation settings for players with darker skin tones, in response to player feedback.
  
• Fixed the display error of the driver on the deedee and tour bus.
  
• Fixed the bug causing Petra to stay in the Research Centre.
  
• Changed the requirement for feeding QQ after marrying Gust.
  
• Fixed the bug causing Dr. Xu to not accept your confession if you refused his confession previously.
  
• Fixed the bug causing Phyllis or Ginger to follow the player after a date if it took place while a mission was triggered with them.
  
• Fixed the bug allowing players to duplicate materials in the factory.
  
• Fixed the bug causing materials to be duplicated on return when cancelling crafting on a machine.
  
• Fixed the bug causing a crash when playing with a controller and and trying to open the handbook.
  
• Fixed the bug causing the player’s character to become invisible. (Please let us know if you experience this bug again)
  
• Fixed the bug causing the player’s character to get stuck in an unknown room.
  
• Fixed the display error of the reward box in the museum.
  
• Fixed the lag issues when Sam fights against monsters in the WOW Industries ruins.
  
• Fixed the bug allowing players to fix relics without using relic pieces.
  
• Fixed the crash when playing seesaw.

We're working hard on the new content for the next update. This new build will be released later this month.

Thanks for your continued support, and as always, please continue to report issues, bugs, or crashes, in the Report a Problem forum.

Hey Portians!

We’ve had a lot community feedback relating to crashes since the last update. Thanks to the information and save files you have submitted, the team have been able to carry out some internal tests to find the cause of the crashes.

We’ve found the solution to the majority of crashes reported, but we’re still finalising the tests and fixes – this is where you come in! We’ve put an update out onto the open test branch on Steam, so if you’ve experienced a crash recently we’d invite you to switch to this branch and tell us whether you still experience this issue.

Please follow these steps to get onto the open test branch:

• Open Steam and right-click My Time At Portia in your library
  
• Select ‘Properties’
  
• Select the ‘BETAS’ tab
  
• From the dropdown menu, select ‘open_test – open test for player’
  
• Click ‘CLOSE’

The game will then update in your library and you’ll be on the open test branch.

Please note: After fixing the crash issues, the game may have a higher memory usage than before, so it could cause another crash! We’re not sure at what percentage of memory usage this will occur, so if you experience this – please let us know!

Any crashes or bugs can be reported right here on Steam, in the Report a Problem forum. Aside from crash fixes, we’ve made several more changes and improvements with this patch. Please see the full changelist below.

Changelist

• Added a dog bed to the Mysterious Man’s shop.
  
• Adjusted customisation settings for players with darker skin tones, in response to player feedback.
  
• Fixed the display error of the driver on the deedee and tour bus.
  
• Fixed the bug causing Petra to stay in the Research Centre.
  
• Changed the requirement for feeding QQ after marrying Gust.
  
• Fixed the bug causing Dr. Xu to not accept your confession if you refused his confession previously.
  
• Fixed the bug causing Phyllis or Ginger to follow the player after a date if it took place while a mission was triggered with them.
  
• Fixed the bug allowing players to duplicate materials in the factory.
  
• Fixed the bug causing materials to be duplicated on return when cancelling crafting on a machine.
  
• Fixed the bug causing a crash when playing with a controller and trying to open the handbook.
  
• Fixed the bug causing the player’s character to become invisible. (Please let us know if you experience this bug again)
  
• Fixed the bug causing the player’s character to get stuck in an unknown room.
  
• Fixed the display error of the reward box in the museum.
  
• Fixed the lag issues when Sam fights against monsters in the WOW Industries ruins.
  
• Fixed the bug allowing players to fix relics without using relic pieces.