# PlateUp! Chinese New Year Update Patch Notes

- Product: PlateUp! (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/plateup)
- Vendor: It's happening
- Date: 2023-01-19
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1599600/view/3650764589016187557
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/plateup/releases/2023-01-19-chinese-new-year-update-patch-notes

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- **added** — Lake map as a scenic lakeside restaurant event map where you can pick up multiple mains during a run and receive customer discounts on appliances
- **added** — Two seasonal decorations and three new wallpapers to celebrate the new year
- **added** — Dumplings as a new main dish available for selection during the event, together with two new extras
- **added** — Bamboo shoots as a new side dish that can be collected and served as an accompaniment to meals
- **added** — Mandarin orange as a new starter dish that can be picked from a tree and served as a quick starter
- **added** — Copy-paste support in text inputs via ctrl-v to play favourite seeds more easily
- **changed** — Stir fry upgraded with new varieties allowing bamboo shoots and mushrooms to be mixed in
- **changed** — Individual customers made more polite so those in groups of one will choose to sit at a bar table if ready
- **changed** — Steak now available as a secondary main on maps that allow for mains to be selected as cards
- **changed** — Appliances on the Lake map are all discounted and more likely to be upgrades
- **changed** — Customer spawn location logic changed to support modded maps that are very long
- **changed** — Snow visuals tweaked
- **changed** — Hitbox of flowers tweaked to prevent cases where players could get stuck
- **fixed** — Coffee machines so you can automate coffee again
- **fixed** — Input issue in the Steam Deck that prevented players from creating profiles when playing on the deck
- **fixed** — Breadsticks and napkins now show their supply count properly
- **fixed** — Issue where franchise creation screens with more than 30 cards would have some unreachable cards
- **fixed** — Turkey toppings now have colour blind support
- **fixed** — Stir fry now has colour blind support
- **fixed** — Issue where level generation would do unnecessary stuff and take longer than needed

Features

 - Lake map: Celebrate the new year with this scenic lakeside restaurant. This month's event map allows you to pick up multiple mains during your run, so you can impress your customers with a huge variety of dishes, including the new dishes, which are more likely to appear on the Lake map. Customers will show their gratitude by gifting you discounts on your appliances. Appliances on this map are all discounted and more likely to be upgrades.
 - Decorations: Two seasonal decorations and three new wallpapers to celebrate the new year!
 - New main: Dumplings: Dumplings are available for everyone to select during this event in the lobby, together with two new extras.
 - New side: bamboo shoots: Collect these fresh from the ground and serve as an accompaniment to your meals.
 - New starter: mandarin orange: Picked straight from your very own tree, these mandarins can be served as a refreshingly quick starter - ideal to counterbalance a heavy soup!
 - More varieties: Stir fry has been upgraded with new varieties; you can now mix in bamboo shoots and mushrooms to give your customers all the choices in the world.
 - You can now play your favourite seeds more easily than ever, with copy-paste support in text inputs (via ctrl-v)

Balance

 - Individual customers have been made more polite: customers in groups of one will now choose to sit at a bar table if one is ready for them
 - Steak is now available as a secondary main on maps that allow for mains to be selected as cards
 - Coffee machines have been fixed so you can automate coffee again
 - Autumn map runs should no longer be offered Variety franchise cards

Fixes/Other

 - Fixed an input issue in the Steam deck that prevented players from creating profiles when playing on the deck
 - Breadsticks and napkins now show their supply count properly
 - Fixed an issue where franchise creation screens with more than 30 cards would have some unreachable cards
 - Turkey toppings now have colour blind support
 - Stir fry now has colour blind support
 - Fixed an issue where level generation would do some unnecessary stuff and take longer than it needed to
 - Changed customer spawn location logic to support modded maps that were very long
 - Tweaked snow visuals
 - Fixed some missing text
 - Tweaked hitbox of flowers to prevent cases where players could get stuck