[v0.9.0] Patch Notes

◆ Update Information

◽️ Patch Date: June 19, 2026

◽️ Build Version:

• Windows PC/Steam : 20260618.13287.W
• Mac/Steam : 20260618.13288.M
• Mac/App Store : 5.4.65 (0.296.45) / 20260618.13298.M

Gameplay

High School

Active gameplay for high school has been added.

• School properties have been added for Dowon, Bliss Bay, and Cahaya.
• Teenager Zois can enroll as students and attend the same high school until they graduate as Young Adults.
• Each active high school has a limited student capacity. When it’s full, some Zois will attend a rabbit hole school instead.
  • To bring a specific Zoi to an active school, you can request a transfer via the school app. You can choose which school to transfer to, and previously earned grades are retained.
• Due to changes to the school property, creations downloaded from Canvas that were built on the previous property may not be compatible with the new school property.
• School activities can be managed via the dedicated phone app.
• Students attend classes on a set timetable to take Science, Art, Skill, Physical Education, and General classes.
• Students take tests every Thursday, and their overall grades are evaluated based on those scores and their general behavior in classes.
  • Students can receive warnings and even be expelled from the school if their grades are poor.
• Students can engage in various interactions with other students and teachers.
• Students are assigned a locker when they enter the school.
• Students can eat lunch at the school cafeteria by receiving food from the employee or gathering the food themselves.

• Students can join various school clubs to participate in extracurricular activities such as cooking, fitness, cheerleading, and programming.
• Each school club has different skill requirements for joining.

• Students can participate in the prom party by asking another Zoi to be prom partners or leaving a prom partner request note in their locker.
• Prom King and Queen are selected through voting.
• After prom, students may be invited to various after-parties depending on their relationships
• Students participate in the graduation ceremony after completing their entire school curriculum.

Business

• The clothing store business has been added.
  • Mannequins can be installed within the property to sell desired outfit combinations to other Zois.
  • 7 new outfit items have been added and can only be accessed at the clothing store.
• The following changes have been made to the hair salon business.
  • Hair colors are retained when changing hairstyles.
  • Refunds can be requested in the instance of a failed haircut.
  • Children hairstyles list matches that of Create a Zoi.
  • 3 new hairstyles have been added and can only be accessed at the hair salon.

Vehicle

• A Zoi’s owned vehicle can be driven by family members.
• U-turn can be performed while driving.
• Car traffic simulation has been improved.

Map

• The mini map can be used like a GPS navigation when moving to a set destination.
• The mini map and the full map displays the Zoi’s current facing direction.
• The mini map can be set to rotate based on the Zoi’s facing direction by changing the settings in [Game Option > Controls > UI Settings].

Others

• Career missions and social event missions can be viewed from the same window.
• NPC Zois now feature more diverse appearances. 
• Holiday symbols now appear on the Schedule editor.

Control

First-Person View Mode

• The experimental first person camera view can be set by entering the cheat ‘FirstPersonMode true’, then pressing [Tab].

Ring Menu

• Ring menu can be toggled by pressing [‘].
• Pressing [Tab] while in the ring menu enables the customization of the ring menu buttons.

Advanced Driving Mode

• Advanced Driving Mode has been added as an experimental feature.
• Enabling the Advanced Driving Mode enhances vehicle controls such as handbrake, body roll, suspension, anti-roll, and aerial state control when driving cars, motorcycles, and kickboards.

※ ‘Active Mode’ is currently in development, including control finalization and related content planning, and will not be included in this update.

Simulation

Interaction

• Ragdoll simulation has been applied to car crashes and other collision instances.
• When sitting or laying on a sofa or a bed, performing new interactions on the same object does not require the Zoi to get up from the object.
• Zois can sit on chairs from both directions.
• Incoming phone calls appear on the smartphone rather than on a separate pop-up.
• Objects can be placed on tables even while sitting down.
• Crafting is possible on all tables.
• Changing into pajamas is now done at a closet nearest to the bed.
• Drinking too much coffee can negatively affect the Zoi.
  • Decaffeinated coffee can be consumed to avoid this effect.
• Adult Zois with childish characteristics can interact with objects made for children.

Romance

• Zois can hold hands with romantic partners and family members.
• Philandering and single-hearted traits have been added for polarizing romantic behaviors.
• Getting caught cheating on a romantic partner causes the two Zois’ romance score to drop significantly and the romantic partner to approach the cheating Zoi.
  • The cheating Zoi can attempt to talk their way to recover some of the lost score.

Baby

• New traits have been added for babies to expand their variety of behaviors.
• Values that were developed as a baby can cause the Zoi to inherit fitting traits.
• Parent interactions can impact what values are developed in growing babies.
• Babies can become sick, and this causes the parents to worry.
• Babies can be placed in more locations outside the house.
• High chairs and baby food have been added to enable new baby feeding interactions.
• 8 new interactions have been added for babies placed in a high chair.
• Zois can slip and fall when stepping on baby urine.

Others

• Automated behaviors have been improved using the TPO (time, place, occasion) system to reduce awkward behavior selections.
• Wants have been improved when in career or business scenarios to prioritize wants appropriate for those situations.
• Repeatedly performing behaviors that oppose the Zoi’s current trait can cause the trait to change.
• Ambitions have been added for teenagers.
• The ambition selection screen displays ambitions that are in progress and those that have been satisfied on the same screen.
• Only the more significant memories are stored in notifications.

Create A Zoi

New Additions

• School
  • Cheerleader Uniform
  • Football Uniform
  • Soccer Uniform
  • Cooking Gown
  • Graduation Robe and Cap
• Baby
  • 6 Hairstyles
  • 5 Outfit Items
  • 7 Accessories
• 3 Female Party Dresses
• 2 Stockings

Improvements

• If there are multiple presets saved for a situational look, one will be selected at random when automatically changed in-game.
• Skin aging parameters can be adjusted in [Create a Zoi > Skin].
• The genetics system for newborns has been improved.
• Baby faces have been refined.
• Facial expressions when angry have been refined.
• Foot models have been refined for when wearing stockings.
• Portraits now also update when outfits are changed.

Build Mode

New Additions

• 17 European-Inspired Antique Furniture
• 12 Build Objects
• 1 Tree Stump (For city edit)
• 115 School Interaction Objects
• 4 Vehicle Jump Ramps

Improvements

• During shoulder view, all floors of properties are visible by default.
• Shoulder view FOV has been expanded, providing a wider field of view than before.
• Furniture can be browsed not only by room types but also by activity types.
• Environmental details for all cities have been improved.
• A new option to adjust the level of weathering for objects such as furniture and appliances has been added.

Canvas

• The Canvas profile in the main lobby screen has been refined.
  • Likes, Downloads, Followers can be seen from the main lobby screen.
  • Canvas notifications have been added to the main lobby screen.
• The [Furniture] > [Social Events] category has been removed from Canvas.
  • Items under the [Social Events] category have been moved to more appropriate categories that better reflect the nature of each item.

Mods

Modkit

• Overlay UI modding is supported.
  • A sample asset for this category has been added to the ModKit.
• MetaHuman body assets are supported.
• MetaHuman Creator eyelashes, eyebrows, mustaches, and beards are supported and can be extracted using the DCC Export Helper.

In-Game

• The design for the in-game CurseForge browser has been enhanced for better usability.
• Mod auto-update pop-up has been refined to display mods that failed to update then have selected or every mod retry updating.
  • The auto-update feature is supported for CurseForge and CLO mods.
• Mod manager has been refined and changed to be accessible in-game at [Game Options > Mods].
• Furniture samples used for modding can be previewed in-game after enabling the Dev category with the ‘showUserDevCategory [true]’ cheat.
• CLO Connect has been integrated into the game, allowing direct mod downloads and uploads without leaving inZOI.
  • Newly added search and filter options help locate clothing faster, with download history now synced between web and in-game for seamless wardrove management.

System

• Intel Iris Xe Graphics is now supported with the latest driver.

Bug Fixes

Gameplay

• Fixed an issue where massage-related business actions would not progress
• Fixed an issue where items displayed for sale could not be purchased
• Fixed an issue where a school’s latest achievement evaluation would not change to the next grade
• Fixed an issue where crowd NPC Zois were automatically retired from their existing jobs after getting married
• Fixed an issue where the animation looked awkward when taking an object out of the refrigerator while cooking
• Fixed an issue where relationship contacts would intermittently disappear from the Relationship List
• Fixed an issue where food would not spawn when using “Serve in Portions” on large-quantity food under certain conditions
• Fixed an issue where some Zois’ needs would not decrease when loading certain save files
• Fixed an issue where the Roleplay Studio mannequin behaved abnormally
• Fixed an issue where Bliss Bay amusement park field staff would not perform related interactions autonomously
• Fixed an issue where academic status appeared as graduated in some schools even while enrolled
• Fixed an issue where schedules overlapped awkwardly when holding multiple jobs
• Fixed an issue where business employees were less likely to perform employee activities when their Needs were low
• Fixed an issue where school violence warning messages were repeatedly received even on days when a Zoi did not attend school

UX & UI

• Fixed an issue where the To-Do UI did not appear for some teenager part-time jobs
• Fixed an issue where icons in the UI image for choosing items to sell at stands looked awkward

Mod

• Fixed an issue where the game crashed on launch after applying certain Nexus Mods
• Fixed an issue where an AsyncLoading crash occurred when entering character customization after activating a large number of mods

[v0.9.1] Hotfix Details

Hello, Creators.

We would like to inform you that the following hotfix has been applied to inZOI. 

Please refer to the details below for more information.

◆ Hotfix Details

◽️ Patch Date: June 19, 2026

◽️ Game Version: 

Mac Steam : 20260619.13319.M

Windows PC Steam : 20260619.13318.W

Bug Fixes

Gameplay

• Fixed an issue where a Zoi would not take the exam during school exam time

UI/UX

• Fixed an issue where the [Smartphone] – [School] app displayed incorrectly

Crashes

• Fixed an issue where crashes could occur intermittently when enabling the first-person mode cheat
• [Windows] Fixed an issue where enabling Smart Zoi could occasionally cause a crash