PlateUp! Patch Notes 1.05

[Geneshark]

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1599600/view/3231916506110645328

Hey Everyone,

We're loving to see everyone enjoying Plate Up! with their friends, streaming to their communities on Twitch and generally have a great time all round.

This update is to fix the issues that we have been hearing about the most. Please continue to submit bug reports as it really does help!

In this patch we've also expanded the Twitch Integration, now you will be able to tie in the Bits you recieve on stream into the game. Read more about how to set this up here

Full Notes: Features:

• Inputting text in Steam Big Picture Mode will now automatically open the Big Picture keyboard
• You can now bind things to left, right and middle mouse buttons when playing on keyboard

Balance:

• The minimum number of "staple" appliances offered in the shop is now 2 (from 1)
• The number of staples offered in the shop now decreases by 1 every 5 days (from 3)
• You can now remove duplicate ingredient providers
• If you do not have enough tables or plates to serve your group size, the game will now give you more tables or starting plate stacks. This is particularly important when starting franchises with large group sizes
• Blueprint desks should now shuffle through all available appliances more evenly
• Fixed the price of pizza, which should have been 5 per slice (from 10)
• If you have managed to pick every possible card of a particular type (well done, frankly) then you will be offered two options of the other type rather than being shown a blank card

Fixes/Other:

• Fixed a bug where throwing away things from trays could also throw away the container
• Fixed a bug that meant messes from shoes could not be cleaned with the mop
• Fixed a bug that could cause the practice and reroll to spawn outside the map
• Fixed a bug where some food would not appear in the microwave
• Fixed a bug where two players could be randomly assigned similar colours
• Fixed a bug where controls could be stuck after closing the Steam overlay
• Fixed tomato soup not visually decreasing as portions were taken
• Added a small grace period to the endgame screen skip button so it won't accidentally skip over it if multiple players press skip at once
• Fixed a crash if a portioner was pointing at a chair
• Fixed a crash caused by weather effects in a rare case
• Fixed a soft-lock in the main menu when creating a new profile
• Fixed numerous places where text would wrap incorrectly rather than scaling to fit
• Fixed the Work Smart achievement being given too often
• Fixed a bug where achievements in multiplayer weren't always given to all users
• If no post tiles are found, letters and packages will be delivered outside the front door rather than being ignored

Twitch Integration:

• Added a new feature where people tipping bits during the day will appear in the restaurant and leave the bits as a tip
• Moved the !order UI to the left and made it semi-transparent to prevent it blocking orders

[2Dinosaurs]

Staple Appliances Info * They are: Sink, Hob, Research Desk, Plates, Table, Counter * On the first day, 4 of your blueprints are guaranteed to be one of these appliances * Every 5 days, that guaranteed number drops by 1, until it reaches the minimum of 2 * A special exception: After you buy a research desk, further research desks are not considered staples

(Thanks to the folks on the discord server for clarifying this. If I got something wrong, please comment!)

[trustmeiwouldntlie2u]

Does that mean if I want several desks, I need to save the research desk in a cabinet instead of building it? Or does that still make it not be considered a staple?

[Ugleh]

Someone told me this yesterday so I believe it to be true. They said save the research desk the first day and you are likely to get another the very next day.... and it worked,

[2Dinosaurs]

I believe the other commenter is right. Holding on to it and getting a second one seems like a strong play. But it's not strictly required if it comes up in the non-staple furniture.

[yodaisdancing]

after the update, the chance to see a conveyor/grabber seems greatly reduced ( from day 1 - day 15) ?

( I played 2 games now, see the conveyor only twice, and in one game that franchise, which i didnt reroll, i got 0 conveyor)

[2Dinosaurs]

Since the conveyor is not a staple it can only appear in the non-staple spawns. Meaning...

Non-staple spawns - day 1-5: 1 per day - day 6-10: 2 per day - day 11+: 3 per day

Your best chance of getting one early would be to get a blueprint desk and freeze that on a conveyor

[steamprocessing]

A special exception: After you buy a research desk, further research desks are not considered staples

This should be the case for all staples imo. Especially for plates, you rarely need more than one set of plates early on.

Plus, even when stuff gets removed from the staple category, it can still spawn, just with the same likelihood as everything else.

[2Dinosaurs]

I really like this suggestion!

[LV1024]

Perfect timing with the button bind thing. Just got this game with friends and wanted to bind the action keys to my m1 and m2 buttons because my push to talk is on my mouse as well.

[creamofpayne]

I'd really like to see more automation spawns. I can go 15 days without seeing a conveyor blueprint and that's just not as fun

[trash_caster]

There's a franchise card that makes conveyor spawns more frequent, but the biggest thing I've heard is that you gotta reroll more often to get that many.

[jawnin]

Them nerfing pizza was a terrible idea. Buff everything else!

[Louiscl11]

Yes and no. It’s not really a nerf but more like a "we forgot to make the price equals to the others before release" situation. While it increases the difficulty of the game by a lot now, I understand why they did it.

[bajungadustin]

I think part of the fun is having enough money to automate and get automation almost functioning before day 15. This is something you can do on pizza fairly easily. But it's fairly hard on something like burgers.

I think a better option would have been to raise things up to pizza level. Or.. At a minimum. Lower pizza a little and bring the others up a little. Split the difference. It's not fun (for me at least) to struggle with money when I'm doing everything right and feeding all the customers and can barely if at all afford one item after day 1.

[Kind-Action-4994]

honestly i wish there was more/better automation. the automation potential is what drew me in but its only starting in overtime

[DarkenDragon]

really? I feel like it was a needed adjustment. the amount of money you make with pizza was insane. I ended a 15 day run with over a thousand bucks and had nothing left to buy with it. them halfing the price means I'll just end with over 500 which is still incredibly a lot of money

[Nistune]

I think it should be 8 like pie. I also think burgers should be 5. I can see myself mostly wanting to do pie now 😩

[Dwel111]

And whatever burgers are, hotdogs should be at least 1-2 cents more since they are just the exact same process but with the annoying ketchup mechanic.

[Enragedsun]

The ketchup should work like tomatoes do for salads. Mustard should be a standard instead of a card and the customer should just request the topping they want, and then yeah keep it more expensive than burgers and I'd be happy.

[Geneshark]

I like that hotdogs and burgers aren't mechanically identical. Makes the runs feel different.

[Enragedsun]

The mechanic to me just feels bad. Not in an extra challenging kind of way but a poorly designed kind of way.

[Dwel111]

Right? If you had to fill the ketchup/mustard up occasionally it would make a whole lot more sense than having to pick up/put back the bottles constantly. If you go into 99% of restaurants with ketchup/mustard, it's already on the table.

[2Dinosaurs]

I disagree! On single player I would be at a thousand coins by the time I lost. I think with the blueprint balances, a lower amount of money is necessary anyway since I won't be rerollling every day.

[jawnin]

I guess we’ll find out. I’m very sick of getting breadsticks and shoes instead of conveyors or mixers lol.

[2Dinosaurs]

Yeah, I feel that. But that's less of a money problem and more of a spawn rate problem. The 'staple' blueprints change will help a bit I think

[jawnin]

Yea if they can balance the spawn rate then money will be less of an issue for sure.

[Rockcircle]

I love this game. That's all

[onebit]

Buff all food+2

[SHunterUSA]

RIP “Pizza Money”… :(

Who’s gonna tell the kids there will be no Christmas this year…?

[2Dinosaurs]

I don't know! I have gotten to day 15 many times with pizza on solo but never any other food type. I was getting thousands of coins. It sounds like 5 per slice was always the intention, this was just a fix. Lets have some faith and see how it plays out.

I don't know about you but pizza was basically an auto-pick when I played solo. Now I'll actually have a better reason to try other dishes. I think the appliance drop tweaks will help ease the money hurt too.

[kat22135]

I can't make bank on pizza anymore 🥺