New features are on hold while Megacity 2.0 gets ready for release. The update brings together everything from 2.0 through 2.3, Out on the Town: walk-in venues, new faces for everyone, businesses and rental flats, a home you furnish, cars, night races, Pit fights and more.
The focus now is testing, above all long conversations with the optional City voices AI. We read through full chats with every kind of character and fixed what went wrong. If the AI gives a bad reply, the written line now steps in more often, so a chat never breaks. Written dialogue remains the default and doesn't need the AI.
We also played on with saved games from 1.1.0 after upgrading them, and they carried over without trouble. Next comes a final test on a real build before release.
- Your spouse, family and old friend now know you, instead of talking about you as a stranger
- Ask what you talked about at the start, or whether someone remembers your name, and you get a real answer
- Typed goodbyes get goodbyes, and "tell me a joke" gets a Megacity joke
- AI replies that invent money or mention real-world places are caught and replaced