MindWare 0.3.9 (Public Hotfix 1)

Public Hotfix 1 is now available to everyone. It brings the latest bug fixes and improvements to the public version of MindWare.

Alongside the new supporter beta, I wanted to get the latest fixes into the public version too. This hotfix includes the same repairs and improvements as 0.3.10 Supporters Beta 1, while keeping the public story at its existing content boundary. Yuki’s new playable conversation remains in the supporter beta.

The latest bug reports helped catch a few particularly annoying problems. You can now leave Trix’s apartment building when another visit is unavailable. Her office conversations and phone-hacking mission respect her absence after arrest, and the bruteforce minigame stops its beeping when you leave, including after quickly reopening it.

Old therapy tasks no longer promise an appointment from an unfinished storyline, and Trix’s Aegis meeting task now clearly marks the end of its available content. Your progress is kept; these changes do not complete an unplayed scene.

The hotfix also includes the wider round of repairs to job and stream payments, the Delacroix debt, CodeBuddy subscriptions, New Game and chapter selection, and app navigation after loading a save. Yuki’s existing messages arrive in order without overwriting unread conversations, and their waiting period starts after you read them. New passages start at the top without delayed jumps while you’re reading.

There is one small addition to Settings as well: everyone can now turn off text fade and typewriter effects.

Play and download

For a clean installation, use the Full Archive.

The Update from 0.3.9 Public package is only for an unmodified full installation of 0.3.9 (Public). Extract it into that folder, merge and replace files when asked, then open the new Public Hotfix 1 HTML file. If you’re using a different version or have changed the files, use the Full Archive.

The HTML-only download contains no media and requires a complete compatible media folder. The full archive or the exact-base update is the simplest option.

Back up important saves from Save / Load before updating. If you’ve already started Yuki’s new conversation in the supporter beta, keep using the beta for that save.

Older interrupted sessions can be recovered where their saved state still identifies them; the hotfix cannot reconstruct every detail missing from an older save. App return locations are preserved when recorded or recovered from recent history when possible.

Thank you to everyone who sent a report. I hope this makes your next session a smoother one! 🖤

Full changelog

Fixed: You can always leave Trix’s apartment building, including after a visit or while her Aegis meeting is pending.
Fixed: Trix’s office conversations and phone-hacking mission respect her absence after arrest.
Fixed: Leaving or quickly reopening the bruteforce minigame no longer leaves its beeping running.
Fixed: Old therapy tasks now explain that their follow-up is unfinished instead of promising an unavailable appointment.
Improved: Text fade and typewriter effects can be disabled in Settings by all players.
Improved: Trix’s Aegis meeting task clearly marks the current end of that storyline.
Fixed: Yuki’s messages arrive in order without replacing unread conversations.
Fixed: The wait for Yuki’s next message starts after you read the current one.
Fixed: Older saves paused at the end of Yuki’s available chats can receive newly added messages.
Changed: Yuki’s chats now check that you are at home before opening.
Changed: Yuki’s chat videos start muted.
Improved: Spacing between Instant Messenger messages.
Improved: New passages start at the top without delayed scrolling pulling you back after you begin reading.
Fixed: New Game and Select Chapter no longer carry over old progress.
Fixed: Restarting preserves sound, display, and accessibility settings.
Fixed: Malware Cleanup jobs close properly, including in older saves.
Fixed: ByteBunker jobs cannot be accepted twice or after they end.
Fixed: Skipping to Chapter 2 now starts on Day 1.
Fixed: New Glory Booth sessions no longer repeat payments or stat gains after returning or loading a save.
Fixed: Interrupted Glory Booth sessions can now finish without losing accumulated earnings.
Fixed: Paying the Delacroix invoice now calls off the debt collector instead of leaving you stuck indoors.
Fixed: A settled Delacroix debt can no longer be charged or collected a second time.
Fixed: PeekStream streams no longer pay out again when you return to the results or load a save.
Fixed: Revisiting a stream result now shows the figures you were actually paid.
Fixed: Identifiable unfinished streams in older saves can now be resumed and paid.
Fixed: Loading a save inside an app preserves its recorded Go Back destination, or recovers it from recent history when possible.
Fixed: An Aegis results visit is no longer reported as interrupted while you are still in it.
Fixed: A failed dishwashing shift no longer pays out along with your next one.
Fixed: Pausing your CodeBuddy subscription no longer reports failed payments every day.
Fixed: BrainFry work can no longer pay for a day you have already worked, or leave you on an empty screen.
Fixed: The Glory Booth earnings estimate no longer adds up services that share the same three clients.
Fixed: Saving immediately after a stream result or Glory Booth payout now preserves its random earnings and rewards.
Fixed: Completed PeekStream request choices stay completed after saving or refreshing.
Fixed: Older saves that already count today’s work can leave BrainFry once their remaining tasks and conversations are finished.