Early Access - HotFix Update
0.1.1
6 June 2026
🎁 Added
  • Fallback onboarding hint: "Trash nearby. Press E to pick up" (15 seconds, dismisses on first pickup)
  • Starter litter cluster for new players: 5-8 pieces within ~25m of spawn for the first 30 seconds
  • First coin earned shows a subtle pulse on the coin HUD
  • Shop highlights Plastic Bag ($50) as the recommended next litter upgrade
  • Optional tool switch sound on ToolHolder (assign SoundEvent in inspector)
  • gtw_errors console command for session diagnostics (dev)
🧼 Improved
  • Tutorial starts after 0.5 seconds on a fresh save (was 2 seconds)
  • Tutorial retargets highlighted litter or leaf if it despawns before you reach it
  • Shop shows clear feedback when a purchase is denied (not enough coins, already owned, wrong tier, level locked)
  • Save loading recovers from corrupt or missing JSON instead of erroring the session
  • NPC pedestrians wait and retry when NavMesh pathing fails instead of spamming requests
  • Delivery job pool reads use snapshots for safer multiplayer sync
  • Interact highlight glow handles missing renderer tint cache gracefully
🪛 Fixed
  • Industrial Vacuum and auto-collect crash when picking up litter (list modified during foreach)
  • Join and first-minute session errors from null PlayerStats during the save load window
  • Disconnect within 0.5 seconds overwriting a valid save with default data
  • Delivery pool iteration desync in multiplayer
  • Tutorial soft-lock when tutorial target litter or leaf despawns before pickup
  • NPC NavMesh fail loop causing stuck or spammed path requests
  • Interact glow KeyNotFound crash on some world objects
  • Shop purchase edge cases (insufficient coins, already owned) with no player feedback
  • Game logic running in scene editor on spawners and managers
🚯 Removed
  • Admin debug panel visible by default in public builds (now requires gtw_dev 1 and owner Steam ID)
⚠️ Known Issues
  • Leaderboard and Settings menu tabs are still placeholders (planned v0.2.0)
  • Pickup, clear, and delivery sound effects not yet added (planned v0.1.2)
  • Monitoring store session error rate after this publish. Report if you still error on join.