Europe Heatwave Simulator news & patch notes

Sleep

• No more getting stuck on the same day: going to bed from 6 PM onwards, or during the night, now sleeps through to 8 AM the next morning.
• New nap: between 6 AM and 6 PM you sleep for 4 hours on the same day. It is reserved for players who are truly exhausted and only restores half your fatigue.
• The day counter updates as soon as the alarm rings, instead of once you are back on your feet.
• Deliveries no longer arrive while you sleep: everything lands once you are up. Before, an order placed the previous evening was stolen from the landing while you were waking up.
• Mosquito bites last about one day instead of two: one night spent sheltered, or one all nighter, clears them.

Fixes

• Only one ice block on your head at a time, the meltwater now falls on the floor instead of leaving puddles floating at head height, and ice also melts while you sleep (the one in the freezer keeps).
• QuickMiam: the accident and cancellation screens no longer overflow the laptop screen.

• Fly trap: it now hangs exactly where you aim on the ceiling, and it no longer collides with the player. The flies stuck on it are smaller too.
• While carrying the AC plate or the mosquito net, a blinking yellow ghost marks every free window where it can go (open or closed), and the empty opening of an open window now offers the install prompt.

• Story mode: retrying the SIZL rush (REDO FROM START, or restart from the pause menu) no longer switches it to arcade mode. The end card offers BACK TO THE FLAT again instead of only BACK TO MENU.

SIZL Rush

• The QTE, crowd shouts, points and TURBO bar now sit below the center of the screen during the run: they were blocking the view. The timer no longer hides behind the score.
• The SFX volume slider finally applies during the rush, and the sound no longer stays muffled after a K.O.
• Launched from the menu, the end card now offers BACK TO MENU, and the menu displays correctly on return.

Flyer and alarm

• The 7:00 alarm unlocks as soon as you have read the flyer (with a reminder to stick it on the fridge).
• A pocketed flyer no longer falls back onto the landing when the game saves.
• The alarm panel is wider: the CURRENT tag used to overflow.

Saves

• Nothing gets lost on load anymore: AC window plates (installed, on the floor AND in hand), the fly trap hung on the ceiling, the ice hat, fridge doors with their mist and light, taps, shower, TV, lights, windows, the pan, and the daily recap counters.
• An item held in your hands when you quit comes back placed at your feet.
• Migrating a 1.01 save: an item may appear displaced ONCE (just pick it up and put it back), never again afterwards.

Portable ACs

• With two ACs, each one hooks up to the nearest window plate that is FREE. You can swap them freely, an occupied plate cannot be stolen, and two ACs really do cool.
• The hose popping out, its noise and its fix are now handled per unit.

Fixes

• Rotating a carried fan works reliably in every situation, and the mouse wheel alone rotates it too.
• Multiple deliveries now arrive neatly arranged on the landing: no more parcels ejected out of reach (and those already lost come back on load).
• You can no longer sit on the toilet with your hands full (it could lock the camera), or hold two items at once.
• Pausing during a cutscene no longer hands control back at the wrong moment.
• SIZL music and fly buzzing are a bit quieter.

Items and saves

• Items no longer vanish when loading a save (fans, ULTIMOCLIM, window plate, parcels, ice, food and more).
• Water bottles are now saved properly (state, freezer spot, fan strap). One frozen bottle at start instead of two.
• More states preserved across saves: broken AC, old pizza, cigarettes left in the pack, open windows, the neighbor's note.
• Quitting to the menu now saves immediately.

Comfort

• Typing on the laptop no longer triggers game actions. Pause is on Escape only.
• Toilet minigame: the bar never drains anymore, but takes a little longer to fill.
• Mute fart QTE: a single key, more time, reliable input.
• Victory screen: the cursor stays visible and Enter confirms.
• The stove now tells you why it does not work.