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:
- 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