Hotfix v1.1b-1234
Hi Farmers,
This hotfix addresses several issues in the game, with the most notable fixes being achievements not triggering in-game and on Steam, crashes during the Winter Fair Trivia, and crashes that occurred when playing with New Game+/Early Access save files. Additionally, it resolves various other issues to improve overall gameplay stability.
Bugfixes:
Text and Dialogue:
Improvements:
As always, thanks for the report and feedback! We really appreciate your help, Farmers!
Stairway Team
This hotfix addresses several issues in the game, with the most notable fixes being achievements not triggering in-game and on Steam, crashes during the Winter Fair Trivia, and crashes that occurred when playing with New Game+/Early Access save files. Additionally, it resolves various other issues to improve overall gameplay stability.
Bugfixes:
- Fixed achievements not triggering in-game and on Steam, including Legendary Farmer, Healing the Ocean, Healing the World, Social Butterfly, Memento of the Past, Paleontologist, Bug Enjoyer, Fishing Mania, Marine Observer, and Part-Time Curator.
- Fixed player falling through the floor every time after passing out the previous day.
- Fixed game freezing when opening the recipe book.
- Fixed crash that occurred upon completing House Level 3 upgrades if a decor item was placed in front of the house stairs.
- Fixed crash when upgrading seeds in the Oracle Chamber.
- Fixed crash when playing Winter Fair Trivia until the day changed.
- Fixed crash when opening save file in some rare cases caused by invalid furniture.
- Fixed crash occurring after sleeping on Beach Festival day in certain cases.
- Fixed crash after using explosives in the Cave of Memories and jumping into the hole.
- Fixed crash that occurred when playing with New Game+/Early Access save file.
- Fixed crash when starting the main event at the Tree Planting Festival in Year 4.
- Fixed the issue where the Greenhouse disappeared after completing the Crop Altar offering.
- Fixed some scarecrows incorrectly marked as out of stock in Concerned Monkey, even if not yet purchased.
- Fixed player being unable to submit crops for the Harvest Festival using controllers.
- Fixed the "Q" button cannot be pressed on the virtual keyboard with a controller.
- Fixed various automation machines disappearing after redesigning farm buildings.
- Fixed the inability to remove the Dehydrator, which displayed a popup message: "Object is being used by another player."
- Fixed Auto Petter and Auto Collector stacking when the player moved the Underwater Ranch.
- Fixed missing Sea Otter on the Ocean Farm when reloading a save file.
- Fixed stiff animation for the Sea Otter in Ocean Farm.
- Fixed specific Town music issues for some save files.
- Fixed inability to remove Fish Net using a pickaxe in some Beach and Deep Forest areas.
- Fixed player visual portrait being cut off at the bottom when wearing top-only on White Flamingo.
- Fixed scavengable items spawning inside Concerned Monkey.
- Fixed issues triggering Lily Heart 7, Millie Heart 10, and Macy Heart 15 events.
- Fixed Lady Lavanna’s shop not discounting prices after a player won the Savannah Race.
- Fixed Mural attraction picture not showing after completion.
- Fixed recipe book showing the wrong missing ingredient when the ingredient items are excluded from the global inventory.
- Fixed Water Essence not being detected in the global inventory and unusable for cooking.
- Fixed inspect button prompt appearing on a table next to the Cherry Blossom Festival entrance.
- Fixed tourist boat stairs appearing during the Beach Clean Up Festival at the Pier.
- Fixed Trivia Night minigame causing the festival name to revert to the season name.
- Fixed oily roots animation appearing every time players teleport to the Lima Pulu (50m) area after becoming a Merfolk.
- Fixed crash after watering Mythical Seeds.
- Fixed crash when skipping the question cutscene in the Volunteer Hangout at the Museum.
- Fixed edge case where players got stuck when pressing other keys while clicking split selection.
- Fixed controller input when processing items at the Blacksmith and Ling's Lab.
- Fixed incorrect button icons for moving the camera using controllers in Architect Mode.
- Fixed the player pointer appearing in the gray area on the Savannah map.
- Fixed NPCs not wearing winter outfits during the New Year's Eve Festival.
- Fixed wedding prompts not triggering if the player sleep in the Barracks.
- Fixed a notification issue on the wedding day.
- Fixed rare case issue where players couldn’t build the Underwater Barn.
- Fixed a collision issue on the Beach and near Coral Inn.
- Fixed an incorrect texture on House Style 3.
- Fixed the UI displaying coins twice during the end-of-day recap.
- Fixed items not stacking properly inside chests.
- Fixed mining rocks generating outside cave bounds.
- Fixed Solar Panel removal behavior based on the processing state.
- Fixed monster health not reducing directly after players’ attacks.
- Fixed items duplicating after using the "To Backpack" button to transfer from Chest to Inventory.
- Fixed missing Merit Points from some Winter Fair minigames in the activity log.
- Fixed players being able to use Fishing Rods during Cherry Blossom Festivals.
- Fixed two identical NPCs appearing in the Animal Festival.
- Fixed spouse NPCs becoming invisible when kissing in front of doors.
- Fixed mining ambiance and the mining lobby intro cutscene SFX.
- Fixed speech bubbles sticking above player characters' heads when a cutscene was triggered before the bubble faded.
- Fixed Kenny talking about Town Rank E instead of the Winter Fair during the festival.
- Fixed untranslated Trivia minigame rewards in all languages.
- Fixed missing or incorrect NPCs in Winter Fair trivia.
- Fixed items in Winter Fair artifact trivia being covered with snow.
- Fixed Lindi moving up or down the stage in the Animal Festival.
- Fixed missing UI backgrounds on some menus.
- Fixed Cara Eggs disappearing when the Underwater Ranch was moved.
- Fixed the player being invisible on top of the horse when starting the Savannah Race minigame.
- Fixed player footstep SFX missing when wearing the Goddess outfit.
Text and Dialogue:
- Fixed various minor NPC dialogue issues.
- Fixed various localization issues.
Improvements:
- Adjusted to allow wine to be placed in the Cherry Blossom Potluck.
- Added information about the Theo Heart 8 event being unavailable between Fall 15 and Fall 28.
- Reduced outside environment sounds that can be heard inside mine.
- Adjusted background screen and improved SFX for End of Day Recap.
- Improved SFX in certain cutscenes, various minigames, festivals, and skill triggers.
- Added new SFX for Town Rank.
- Disabled the "NPC is busy" text for certain activities.
As always, thanks for the report and feedback! We really appreciate your help, Farmers!
Stairway Team