# Party Animals Ver 1.5 Updates (04/19/2024, Patch 1.5.9.0) - Product: Party Animals (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/party-animals) - Vendor: Recreate Games - Date: 2024-04-20 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1260320/view/4216007560402976426 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/party-animals/releases/2024-04-20-ver-1.5-updates-04-19-2024-patch-1.5.9.0 What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **changed** — Game will be muted when running in the background - **changed** — Increased the frequency of player status updates in the Friend List - **fixed** — Fixed misaligned 3D models in the Winter Cabin structure - **fixed** — Fixed incorrect shadow casting on Sakura Maneki's scarf when FSR is enabled - **fixed** — Fixed accessories not being highlighted correctly when selected by the crossbow card in PAWS - **fixed** — Fixed input latency that occasionally increased on certain servers - **added** — Added Crossbow card to PAWS that turns into a Bolt card of the same color and puts it into a chosen player's hand - **added** — Added Invisibility Potion card to PAWS that dodges one targeted effect and passes it to the next player - **added** — Added one more sledge to the Winter Cabin map - **fixed** — Fixed substitute AIs for players leaving Quick Match early not moving in certain situations - **changed** — Updated settings for Streamer Mode - **added** — Added new options for voice and text chat range settings with Friends Only option - **changed** — Turning on Streamer Mode now hides all in-game passwords - **changed** — Full Lobby filter in Custom Game lobby list changed to default OFF - **changed** — Friends request valid period extended to 24 hours - **changed** — Updated movements for animals pulling sledges in Winter Cabin - **changed** — Adjusted animation sequence for the Shovel card in PAWS - **changed** — Adjusted highlight effect for when it comes to your turn in PAWS - **changed** — Added ability to exit the small menu in top right of PAWS by pushing the back button on controllers - **fixed** — Fixed corrected the discounted price for Easter Carrot in Item Shop ##### Patch 1.5.9.0(4/19/2024) ##### **Optimizations ** - The game will be muted when it is running in the background - Increased the frequency of player status update in the Friend List ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ##### **Ver 1.5 past updates** ##### Patch 1.5.8.0(4/11/2024) ##### **Bug Fixes ** - Fixed some misaligned 3d models in the Winter Cabin structure - FIxed the issue where when FSR is on, the scarf on Sakura Maneki will cast shadow incorrectly - Fixed the issue where certain accessories are not highlighted correctly when selected by the new crossbow card in PAWS - FIxed the issue where input latency on certain servers will increase occasionally ##### Patch 1.5.7.0 (4/12/2024) ##### **Content Updates ** - Added new card for PAWS: Crossbow - Turn in to a Bolt card of the same color, put it into the hand of a chosen player - Added new card for PAWS: Invisibility Potion - Dodge one targeted effect, pass the effect to the next player - Added one more sledge to the Winter Cabin map ##### **Bug Fixes ** - Fixed the issue where substitute AIs for players leaving the game early in Quick Match do not move in certain situations ##### **Optimizations ** - Updated the settings for Streamer Mode - Added new options for voice and text chat range settings (Friends Only) - Turning on Streamer Mode will now hide all in-game passwords - In the filter for Custom Game lobby list, the Full Lobby filter is changed to default OFF - Friends request valid period is extended to 24 hours - Updated the movements for animals pulling sledges in Winter Cabin - Adjusted the animation sequence for the Shovel card in PAWS - Adjusted the highlight effect when it comes to your turn in PAWS - Adjusted the animation sequence for the Bomb card in PAWS after explosion - In PAWS, you can now exit the small menu on your top right by pushing the back button on your controllers ##### Patch 1.5.6.0 (4/2/2024) ##### **Bug Fixes ** - Corrected the discounted price for Easter Carrot in Item Shop ##### Patch 1.5.5.0 (3/22/2024) ##### **Bug Fixes** - Fixed incorrect character voice for Maneki ##### Patch 1.5.4.0 (3/20/2024) ##### **Feature Updates** - After a game of PAWS, the winner will be awarded with cookies - In custom games, the lobby owner can now opt to disable the feature of throwing items after death in Last Stand ##### **Optimizations** - Adjusted the sound effect when selecting colors in PAWS - Updated some of the card visual effects in PAWS - The sorting and filtering settings for the custom lobby list will now be preserved until you return to the main menu or enter a Quick Match - Optimized the UI prompt for camera switching after player death in Last Stand ##### **Bug Fixes** - Fixed incorrect item descriptions in the item shop ##### Patch 1.5.3.0 (3/6/2024) ##### **Feature Updates ** - In PAWS, the effect of the **Shovel **card can now be stacked and transferred * **Shovel **- Next player draws 2 penalty cards - In PAWS, you can now pick one color when you play **Taser, Bomb and Banana** * **Taser **- The next player keeps drawing cards, until they draw a card that is the same color as the Taser or a wild card * **Bomb **- The fuse keeps burning. When the bomb blows up in front of a player, they will draw 4 extra cards * **Banana **- Place it back into the draw pile after playing. If drawn again, player will draw 3 extra cards - Updated PAWS card decriptions for the applicable cards ##### **Bug Fixes ** - Fixed the issue where XBOX client in spectator spots crashes occasionally when Winter Cabin map restarts - Fixed the issue where the Justice Rains From Above achievements are not unlocked in certain cases ##### Patch 1.5.2.0 (2/22/2024) ##### **Bug Fixes ** - Fixed an issue where players could not throw items after restarting a match on the Winter Cabin map in certain situations - Fixed misalignment of some models _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1260320/view/4216007560402976426]_