Shujinkou v1.40
Polish / Quality of Life
New Setting: A new setting called Four Displays Toggle is available! You can enable and disable English, Japanese, Furigana, and Romaji to your preferences, and only the enabled displays will be cycled when pressing R3 or CTRL.
This was requested on our Discord community by multiple players. The option requires keyboard or controller D-pad movement to activate.
Battle: You can now toggle the Enemy View menu when focusing on an enemy while selecting an Arawasu skill or while selecting a Combat-based item.
Battle: We've polished the UI animation and game flow of Combat menu navigation, making certain menus feel even smoother.
PS4: Fair FPS improvements and memory optimization on this device. We noticed that the PS4 base model crashes for users far more often than the Pro, and are continuing to look into this. Our apologies for the inconvenience.
Optimization: FPS greatly improved when navigating the Party Menu, playing certain Fuu Lobby minigames, and while on the Nation Map.
Optimization: Improve performance of text in dialogue when Text Scroll Speed is set to Skip in the options.
Optimization: The time it takes to exit a battle after the results screen appears has been reduced by 1-2 seconds. Keep grinding out there!
Optimization: Further improve the bootup sequence and systems so that the transition to the main menu is even smoother for weaker devices.
Optimization: Major optimization! We noticed significant lag on weaker devices when navigating the final Yajuu-based puzzle in Labyrinth 5 (Area 1). This led to a code optimization that reduced memory usage and spewed garbage by over 70%!
Visuals: The six partners, Shu, Jin, Kou, Kyuukou, and Tsurugi look better than ever with improved texture optimizations—they now look even better on large TV screens!
Bug Fixes
Fixed incorrect SFX that would play when pressing inputs while viewing the end conversation after finishing a game of Kendama Kombo at the Fuu Lobby.
Fixed fish moving with a slightly strange sense of lag on PS4 and weak devices in the game Sakana Sensou at the Fuu Lobby.
Fixed a bug where the background of the Party Menu would turn black when using Quick Travel to leave a shop and head to the outside areas of a town.
Fixed Four Display R3/CTRL not working in the Item Compendium menu.
Fixed situation where notifications that appear on the top right of the screen would be hidden by a black screen during loading.
Fixed a situation on PS5/PS4 where the screen would not fade to black before certain major Story bosses.
Fixed an issue where the Cover Illustration for the Akagi would not appear when entering the area from the Nation Map.
About the Ultra-Wide Fix
If you missed it, you can find the instructions here:
Our Biggest Priorities
We want to add a "Fast-Forward" (by holding a certain key) to some minigames so that they can be played and progressed through more quickly.
We've noticed some physics inconsistencies in Tatiana's minigame, Kotoba Kyuugi, and are looking to fix this in the near future.
We've noticed that when holding a button to move, then sliding your hand (while still holding the button) to another button occasionally does not allow the player to rotate properly in the dungeon. We are looking to fix in the near future.
Thank you!
Thanks for playing! We hope you enjoy the experience, and feel free to join our Discord community if you need assistance with gameplay, want to suggest features or provide constructive feedback, or want to meet and chat with other fans of Shujinkou!
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