Cowboy Life Simulator News

[p]Howdy cowboys and cowgirls![/p][p][/p][p]It’s (hopefully) the last hotfix for the February update of Cowboy Life Simulator! It’s been live on the unstable branch for a week now, and we’re rolling it out to everyone.[/p][p][/p][p]List of fixes:[/p][p] [/p][p]Fix Animal droppings will de-spawn after a period of time, animals will not produce droppings if there are already 30 droppings present. [/p][p]Fix Incorrect “Clay Pit” names on deposits that don’t contain clay. Standard deposits are now called “Dirt Piles.” [/p][p]Fix Challenge XP related to building should now be granted correctly. [/p][p]Fix Auto-leveling for players who already had enough XP to level up before this patch. [/p][p]Fix Incorrect / broken player comments. [/p][p]Fix Empty emails should no longer be shown to the player. [/p][p]Fix Various fixes to building synergies. [/p][p]Fix Navmesh in the Medium Animal House. [/p][p]Fix Updated the Animal UI breeding-readiness visualization. [/p][p]Fix for Doors in the Medium Player House. [/p][p]Fix Chests that don’t support synergies now display info that they can’t be connected to crafting stations. [/p][p]Fix Issues related to save files and burned buildings on the player’s farm. [/p][p]Fix Switching a fence ↔ gate should now correctly manage animal navigation. [/p][p]Fix Adjusted Abraham’s behavior to make him easier to find. [/p][p]Fix Most Holler Zones have been enlarged to make it easier to call NPCs. [/p][p]Fix Improved furniture placement near fields — items can now be placed closer together. [/p][p]Fix Sprinklers now work at night as well. [/p][p]Fix removed bushes and foliage should no longer regrow so quickly (it will take several days now). [/p][p]Fix Minor level fixes ( a few incorrectly placed lights). [/p][p]Fix to the train schedule and train de-spawning. [/p][p]Fix Issues with item removal/consumption by crafting stations. [/p][p]Fix Voiceovers. [/p][p]Fix Missing string in animal entry.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]We are now working on delivering the next update, coming up late march. [/p][p][/p][p]If you have any issues with the game, plese let us know here on Steam or join us on our Discord server, as we are more active there: https://discord.gg/ZKmyKgD7EY [/p][p][/p][p]Have a great weekend![/p][p]Odd Qubit team[/p][p][/p][p]EDIT: [/p][p]We have just updated the game one more time, as we have found the update broke permanent buffs in some cases and made temporary bugs like Overloaded "flicker". This is now fixed, and the lost buffs should be back. [/p][p]Also, we fixed a performance issue with lots of hungry animals on the farm.[/p]

[p]Howdy Cowboys!

We have a hotfix for you on the default branch. [/p][p][/p]

• [p]Fix level stuck at 11 and not progressing if player has too much exp[/p]
• [p]Fix Fixed chickens stuck under the coop[/p]
• [p]Fix Landscape at farm - reverted lowering of the landscape[/p]
• [p]Fix Rabbit cage description[/p]
• [p]Fix Removed duplicated foliage around church and sheriffs office[/p]
• [p]Fix Manure composter[/p]
• [p]Fix Removed scattered light in hades[/p]
• [p]Fix Fixed description of strange sculpture quest task typo Myor->Mayor[/p]
• [p]Fix Swamp PP location changed to not overlapping with serpents path[/p]
• [p]Fix Manure composter, composter and beehive can now be moved[/p]
• [p]Fix Changed collision in MANY buildings - should fix some issues with furniture clipping walls[/p]
• [p]Fix Fixed a bug with disappearing items when deconstructing a building. Now all should pop into lootbag[/p]
• [p]Fixed the bug deleting quickslot items when doubleclicking items at crafting stations[/p]

[p]As we all know there will be some bugs as this is still work in progress, we ask you as the community to please be patient and report any bugs found on our Discord or her in the forums.
[/p][p]We figured this workflow that we post an update on Thursday so we have time on Friday to work on the hotfixes on bugs we failed to catch, so you can have a better experience on the weekend. We may move it to Wednesday though... There were some nasty bugs, so we may need more time with the next update.[/p][p]
Happy gaming cowboys![/p]

[h2]Howdy Partners![/h2]

As promised, the update is here, full of automation, new late-game fun and quests!
Tell us what you were waiting for the most!
And of course, big thank you to the people who were playing on the unstable branch - your reports are irreplaceable and help us determine where the problems lay!

[h3]Now, to the new Content:[/h3]
- Automatic Milking Machine,
- Removable foliage,
- Sprinklers,
- Hatchery for the medium chicken coop,
- New crops: Sugarcane, green peppers and rice (last two bought at Cesar’s),
- Craftable chest,
- New animal names,
- Automatic stashes.



And some other fixes, small and big:
- Fix for animal spawning,
- Fix for new building costs,
- Fix for buildings activations in context of old saves,
- Fix for the medium house,
- Fix error message when raking,
- Fix for chicken breeding, chickens now breed,
- Fix for composter,
- Fix rabbits not eating/growing,
- Fix for animal growth,
- Fix for animal feeding rack,
- Fix for the Spooky mine quest,
- Fix for inventory slots showing invisible items,
- Fix for the chest,
- Fix UFO textures,
- Fix for animals entering the medium animal home,
- Fix animal trait - picky eater will eat,
- Price rebalance.

Thank you for your patience! More updates will be coming your way, so stay tuned for March one! We plan for them to be released in the middle of the month, if anything changes, we will let you know.

If you want to be a part of the Cowboy Community, check out our socials: X, TikTok, YouTube and join our Discord server!

This is something that we saw a lot on the Steam discussions, Discord and socials. We are mostly aware of the crashes and what causes them - but we don’t expect you to dig through all the posts here to get your answer.

So the solution is here! All the most common crashes, what causes them and what to do in case they happen to you.

Shader/graphic error - we know what causes the problem,
Data packages problems - we know part of the problems,
Black screen - we don’t know what causes it yet.

If you haven’t found a crash on this list, there is a chance you are the (un)lucky one who got an entirely new error message.
In case that happens to you: don’t panic. You have few options, pick the one that suits you the most.
Post the error message here, on Steam. It is the slowest form of communication, but some people prefer it.
Send us an email to [email protected]. It is quicker than Steam and allows you to send us attachments with your save files.
The quickest one, join our Discord server and create a ticket. We will get pinged and will be able to help you almost immediately.

IMPORTANT: Please, let us know if the solutions listed below worked or not. It is really important for us, so we can implement new fixes and hopefully get to the bottom of the problems. Thank you!

Now to the solutions. We will be using a shortened name for Cowboy Life Simulator - CLS.

The standard ones:

Update your drivers, especially the graphic card drivers. Also, make sure you DON’T use drivers in the development version!

Check your game files integrity. To do that, follow this instruction:
1. Right-click CLS in the library on Steam,
2. Go to the “Properties” menu, it is at the bottom of the little window that pops up,
3. Go to the “Installed files” menu, it is the third option from the top,
4. Click the “Verify integrity of game files” button,
5. Run the game and check, if it worked.
If it didn’t work, try the next solution.

More advanced solutions:

Make a copy of your Save Files, store them in a safe place and delete the originals. To do that, follow this instruction:
1. The files will be located in one of those locations:
- %USERPROFILE%/AppData/Local/CowBoyBeta/Saved/SaveGames
- [SteamFolder]/SteamApps/common/Cowboy Life Simulator/Saved/SaveGames
2. Take those files and copy them, store them in a different folder.
3. Delete the files in the CLS folder.
4. Run the game and check if it works, put the files back in their place.
If not, go to the next solution.

Check out our test builds. To do that, follow this instruction:
1. Right-click CLS in the library on Steam,
2. Go to the “Properties” menu, it is at the bottom of the little window that pops up,
3. Go to the “Game versions and betas” menu, it is the fourth option from the top,
4. In the “private versions” place this code: OddQubitLovesIt,
5. Click “check code”,
6. A branch should appear, select it and let the game update,
Try running the game, please RECORD if it crashes or make some screenshots and send them to us. Methods of contacting us are listed at the start of the post.

If you still experience crashes, please take the WHOLE Saved folder and send it to us. Methods of contacting us are listed at the start of the post. The folder should be located here: [SteamLocation]\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Cowboy Life Simulator\CowBoyBeta\Saved


If you have any questions, problems or something in the post is not clear, tell us! We will answer and add edits to the post if new crashes appear.

We are working on fixes for the crashes. Your help is very much appreciated and wanted. Big thanks to those who help us test and to those who are patiently waiting for the solutions. You guys rock!!!

~ OddQubit’s Dev Team

[h2]Howdy Partners![/h2]

We have excellent news for yall, ones that you were waiting for!

[h3]The Roadmap is here![/h3]

This is our plan for the next 8 months (counting February!). You can see the main features for each one, but these are not the only things that you can expect in the updates. If you have any questions, feel free to ask us in the comments!



Thank you for your patience. As always, you guys are amazing! We are so excited to hear your feedback and questions below!

If you want to be a part of the Cowboy Community, check out our socials: X, TikTok, YouTube and join our Discord server!