LOVE³ -Love Cube- news & patch notes

LOVE³ -Love Cube- has been updated to version 1.08! We have addressed some issues related to translation MOD functionality, and some video playback issues in certain environments.

Version 1.08

• MOD functionality: Added "eyecatch" (chaper transition) image translation functionality
• Fixed the issue that opening and ending videos cannot be played on certain computers.
• Corrections of Chinese translation.
• Replaced Simplified Chinese characters in Traditional Chinese text.
• Fixed line mismatch of Japanese and other languages in chapter 13.
• Added lovecube-config.exe to game installation path. You can adjust game engine settings with this executable.

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We have released a beta version v1.08-beta02. You can try out new features and quick bug fixes by switching to the beta branch.

Update Log

■ Version 1.08-beta02

• MOD functionality: Added "eyecatch" (chaper transition) image translation functionality
• Added lovecube-config.exe to game installation path. You can adjust game engine settings with this executable.
• Corrections of Chinese translation.

How to opt into Love Cube beta

(1) Open “Properties” dialog box. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/34954844/8060881002d7c5269f97ba43ab27fe5fc07380db.jpg (2) Select beta. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/34954844/88aebeecafce208eaf98f6248438d24b7aefd298.jpg

We have released a beta version v1.08-beta01. You can try out new features and quick bug fixes by switching to the beta branch.

Update Log

■ Version 1.08-beta01

• Fixed the issue that opening and ending videos cannot be played on certain computers.
• Fixed line mismatch of Japanese and other languages in chapter 13.
• Replaced Simplified Chinese characters in Traditional Chinese text.

How to opt into Love Cube beta

(1) Open “Properties” dialog box. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/34954844/8060881002d7c5269f97ba43ab27fe5fc07380db.jpg (2) Select beta. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/34954844/88aebeecafce208eaf98f6248438d24b7aefd298.jpg

Love Cube has been updated to version 1.07! We have fixed various startup errors observed on some PCs. Full version and trial version are both updated.

## Full Version 1.07

- Fixed startup errors in some systems

• Fixed issue where the game works with D3D11 ANGLE but doesn’t work with ES3.0.
• Fix for Live 2D rendering issues observed on some old Intel HD Graphics (e.g. Intel Core i5 470UM).
• Fix for ‘Shader Compile Error’ (Changed bundled d3dcompiler_47.dll version: Windows SDK 10 -> 8.1)
• More detailed log related to GPU and other components are saved to log when game crashes
• Base program 'Kirikiri Z dev_multi_platform' is updated to version 2.0.0.0.

- More language MOD functionalities

• Add font size and line wrapping settings in ui_text.json (for Cyrillic alphabet etc.)
• Error messages related to MOD were only available in Japanese. English message will be displayed in non-Japanese environment.

## Demo Version 1.07

- Unfortunately save data from a previous version won’t be compatible.Old save data will disappear. - Add some functionalities that were only available in the full version

• Touch mode
• Jump to a previous position in backlog
• Various effects

- Fixed startup errors in some systems

• Fixed issue where the game works with D3D11 ANGLE but doesn’t work with ES3.0.
• Fix for Live 2D rendering issues observed on some old Intel HD Graphics (e.g. Intel Core i5 470UM).
• Fix for ‘Shader Compile Error’ (Changed bundled d3dcompiler_47.dll version: Windows SDK 10 -> 8.1)
• More detailed log related to GPU and other components are saved to log when game crashes
• Base program 'Kirikiri Z dev_multi_platform' is updated to version 2.0.0.0.

The original sound track of LOVE³ - Love Cube - has been released as a DLC. More details are available at the DLC Store Page. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1132060/LOVE_Love_Cube_Original_Soundtrack/ 8/4 Update: Fixed installation issue It turns out that our DLC build had a problem causing it not installing properly. We have fixed this issue. Soundtrack DLC should start to download automatically on next startup. If Steam client is currently running, please quit and relaunch Steam.

We have released a beta version v1.07-beta05. You can try out new features and quick bug fixes by switching to the beta branch.

Update Log

■ Version 1.07-beta05

• Fixed issue where the game works on D3D11 ANGLE but won't work on ES3.0.

■ Version 1.07-beta04

• Fix for launching errors mostly related to graphics initialization.
• Fix for Live 2D rendering issues observed on some old Intel HD Graphics (e.g. Intel Core i5 470UM).
• Base program 'Kirikiri Z dev_multi_platform' is updated to version 2.0.0.0.

How to opt into Love Cube beta

(1) Open “Properties” dialog box. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/34954844/8060881002d7c5269f97ba43ab27fe5fc07380db.jpg (2) Select beta. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/34954844/88aebeecafce208eaf98f6248438d24b7aefd298.jpg

Bug fix for launching errors observed on some computers.

Update Log

■ Version 1.03-quickfix02

• Fixed issue where the game works on D3D11 ANGLE but won't work on ES3.0.
• Fix for Live 2D rendering issues observed on some old Intel HD Graphics (e.g. Intel Core i5 470UM).

■ Version 1.03-quickfix01

• Quick fix for launching errors mostly related to graphics initialization.
• Base program 'Kirikiri Z dev_multi_platform' is updated to version 2.0.0.0.

We have released a beta version v1.07-beta03. You can try out new features and quick bug fixes by switching to the beta branch.

Update Log

■ Version 1.07-beta03

• Quick fix for launching errors mostly related to graphics initialization (not thoroughly tested).

■ Version 1.07-beta02

• Add feature: MOD word-wrap settings. These lines were added in MOD file 'ui_text.json'.

ui_text.json: 　　"message" : { 　　　　"wordwrap_latin" : "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789'-" 　　} ■ Version 1.07-beta01

• Quick fix for ‘Shader Compile Error’ and other launching errors. (not thoroughly tested). Changed d3dcompiler_47.dll version: Windows SDK 10 -> 8.1.
• Add feature: More detailed GPU error info in 'krkr.console.log'.
• Add feature: MOD-font size settings. These lines were added in MOD file 'ui_text.json'.

ui_text.json: "font" : { 　　"main_font_size" : 25, 　　"main_2_font_size" : 18, 　　"sub_font_size" : 18 }

How to opt into Love Cube beta

(1) Open the properties dialog. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/34954844/410c10b10609cb7c428fb6767abedc9157d9698f.jpg (2) Select beta. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/34954844/803c51f06abbb194d46e01bf7172a6bd673a2773.jpg

We have released a beta version v1.07-beta01. You can try out new features and quick bug fixes by switching to the beta branch.

Update Log: Version 1.07-beta01

• Quick fix for ‘Shader Compile Error’ and other launching errors. (not thoroughly tested). Changed d3dcompiler_47.dll version: Windows SDK 10 -> 8.1.
• Add feature: More detailed GPU error info in 'krkr.console.log'.
• Add feature: MOD-font size settings. These lines were added in MOD file 'ui_text.json'.

ui_text.json: "font" : { 　　"main_font_size" : 25, 　　"main_2_font_size" : 18, 　　"sub_font_size" : 18 }

How to opt into Love Cube beta

(1) Open the properties dialog. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/34954844/410c10b10609cb7c428fb6767abedc9157d9698f.jpg (2) Select beta. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/34954844/803c51f06abbb194d46e01bf7172a6bd673a2773.jpg

On some Windows 7 PCs the game will crash with a “shader compile error”. Please follow these steps when encountering such issue:

Method(1) Update you operating system to the latest version

• Run Windows Update
• This problem should be solved if your OS is updated to the latest version

Method(2) Install KB4019990 patch

If the problem is still not solved, please install KB4019990 patch for Windows7 SP1 manually. Download Links:

• Windows 7 SP1 x64: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=848158
• Windows 7 SP1 x86: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=848159

Description of this update:

• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4019990/update-for-the-d3dcompiler-47-dll-component-on-windows

Thank you for purchasing Love Cube. Our game uses a new game engine which seems to be malfunctioning on some computers. If you are running into an issue, would you please

• (1) Inform us about your system environment, especially what CPU and graphics card you are using.
• (2) Compress the savedata folder located at “C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\neko work h”

Please send this information to [email protected]. We will analyze your crash log and try to fix this issue as soon as possible. Thanks for your help.

Update Log

• Fix the issue that the game will crash after a short period of time into the game on some computers, especially laptops. This problem is observed on mobile CPUs without AVX instruction set support.
• Fix the issue that game becomes unstable when message skip and mouse click happen at the same time.
• Replace monospaced English font with a proportional font.
• Change quotation marks in English text.
• Adjust Iori's mouth movement when talking.
• Correct typos (Japanese and English).
• Fix the issue that contents are not displayed correctly or the game will crash when special effect option is turned off.
• Fix game crashes when MOD language is selected.
• Adjust UI of configuration screen.
• Other minor bug fixes.