Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch News

Hey there, Riders!

We're excited to share some news about the journey of Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch.

First and foremost, a huge shoutout to all of you in the Horse Tales community for your unwavering support and patience. It's been a wild ride, and your enthusiasm has been the beacon guiding us through.

As many of you know, we released new and exciting DLCs for Horse Tales back in October, aimed at wrapping up our adventure with Horse Tales. Yet, when some bumps on the road surfaced for our Nintendo Switch players, like saved game issues and unexpected game crashes, we knew we had more work to do. Our commitment to delivering the best experience wouldn't allow us to bow out just yet.



In partnership with Microids, we dove back in, dedicating ourselves to one more update to smooth out those rough spots. Our devs poured their hearts and souls into diagnosing and fixing the key issues, especially those tricky memory allocation troubles on the Switch. These past few months have been a marathon of passion and perseverance, all to ensure Horse Tales runs better and brings those quality-of-life improvements you deserve.

In that time, we've made significant strides in enhancing the game's performance. With the patch going live on April 18th, 2024, we've reached a bittersweet moment where we'll be concluding our active development on Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch.



At Aesir Interactive, creating memorable gaming experiences is what drives us. The path of game development is filled with learning curves, and every challenge has made us more resilient and creative. While we'd love to keep adding to Horse Tales indefinitely, some things are beyond our steering.

It is a blessing to build and share Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch with such an incredible community. Our community management team will still be active on socials and Discord to help out with tips or answer questions you may have.



[h2]Thank you for everything![/h2]

Troy, Community Director
Aesir Interactive

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Hello Riders,

Patch 1.1.7 for Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch is now available! Here is what it brings:

• Fixed an issue where the game gets stuck while washing the horse in the washing center
  
• Fixed an issue where horses were no longer visible in the pasture
  
• Fixed an issue where Gabriel teleports inside the mountain while following the traces during “Lost in Sight” objective
  
• Fixed an issue where the Washing Stable blueprint disappears after reloading the game
  
• Fixed an issue where the horse disappears from the “Success” cutscene after taming a horse
  
• Fixed an issue where the “Wait” option was still available on the chair after completing the “Party Time” objective
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur when selling a horse to Stan
  
• Fixed an issue where the objective marker for Noella’s location was in the wrong location
  
• Fixed various crashes that could occur over the whole playthrough

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Hello Riders,

Patch 1.1.6 for Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch is now available! It brings quite a few additions, corrections and fixes:


[h2]Additions[/h2]

• Added a rolling animation: horses in your pastures will occasionally lay down and roll on their backs. This has no impact on gameplay, we just think it’s super cute!
  
• Added blueprints for some missing decoration items (Well variations, Serene Zen Garden) in chests across the game world.

[h2]Bugfixes[/h2]

• Fixed a crash that could occur during the Crater Lake race.
  
• Fixed crashes that could occur during Lilli’s Low Point, Party Time and An Unusual Visit missions.
  
• Fixed special characters showing up in breeding stable mails
  
• Fixed an issue where the horse would sometimes play a shaking animation in the middle of races under certain conditions
  
• Fixed an issue where horses were kept after selling them and earning fame.
  
• Fixed an issue where buildings from the estate could disappear.
  
• Fixed an issue where it was possible to mount the rival horse during the Reconciliation mission.
  
• DLC info banner now opens automatically when first opening the game. After that, you can still open it from the main menu.
  
• Fixed a bug with the Arabian tack sets where reins would sometimes float behind the horse’s foreleg when dismounted.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Vertigo trait mission where some places in the game would negatively impact the horse but not count towards quest progression.
  
• Fixed an issue where Limited Edition DLC contents Noble Armor, Dark Armor and Elegant/Celtic Armor were missing in Tack Shed
  
• Fixed an issue that prevents players from dismounting the horse in some cases.
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur when inspecting horses in the pasture or breeding stable.
  
• Fixed an issue where the player could not give any input to the character after triggering mount and feed actions at the same time.
  
• Fixed an issue where the HUD will disappear and the camera will not work as intended after selecting ‘Start Race’ and ‘Start Race (No Rival Preview’ at the same time.
  
• Fixed crashes that could occur randomly throughout the gameplay.
  
• Fixed a collision issue that prevents player from climbing the stairs to reach the top of the pirate ship at the Pirate Cove.
  
• Fixed an issue where the horse remains in leashed state when the player leashes the horse at the stable and resets to the estate.
  
• Fixed crashes that could occur while inspecting DLC horses.
  
• Fixed an issue where the collision is ignored during jumps, leading the character to go out of the world area.
  
• Fixed crashes that could occur when the player quits the game to main menu after leashing the horse.

[h2]In addition, the Rainbow Tack Set & Foal Care DLCs are now available![/h2]




This free DLC gives you access to quite a few new tack pieces:

• Prairie Flowers set
  
• Rainbow set
  
• Color Blast set

Take care of baby horses! With the Foal Care DLC, breeding will result in a cute foal inhabiting your Breeding Stable with its mother.

• Four adorable care interactions: bottle feed, groom or pet your horse, or have it nursed from its mom
  
• Three new ingredients: collect them in the world and combine them into Baby Formula at your Breeding Stable
  
• Taking good care of your foal will pay off: a foal that’s been fed, nursed, pet and groomed will gain additional stat points when growing up
  
• New Cow-Boy outfits: answer the call of the Far West with these brand new hats and clothes for your character

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Hello Riders,

The Foal Care DLC will be out in two days! Are you excited?

With the Foal Care DLC, after leaving two horses to breed at a stable, the mare and her foal will be waiting for you to take care of them.



Several interactions will be possible with the foal: grooming it, feeding it… And yes: you CAN pet the foal!



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Hello Riders,

Patch 1.1.5 for Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch is now available! It brings quite a few additions, corrections and fixes:

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[h2]Additions[/h2]

• Added Horses in Pastures: your owned horses now spawn in pastures you build on your estate. You can saddle and mount any pasture horse to make it your active riding horse.
  
• Added Shaking reaction: your horse will now shake off water from their coat after riding through water and after being washed
  
• Added a new music track variation for the Pirate Cove area
  
• Added 6 new riding outfits to the player’s wardrobe
  
• Added usable hitching posts – you can now tie your horse to many fences or rails that were previously only decorative

[h2]Corrections[/h2]

• Improved feedback for when horses are stressed/terrified and fixed faulty stamina consumption on stressed/terrified horses
  
• Rebalancing: The Race against Lili in the Meet Lili Mission is now easier to beat for the quest to continue. If you’re chasing that challenge, you still have the higher scores to compete with though! Please Note: this fix unfortunately won’t affect old saves, if you’ve already interacted with the race/leaderboard.
  
• Rebalancing: Your horses don’t get dirty and unkempt from failing jumps quite so quickly anymore. And remember: a dirty or unkempt horse is not slower! The only downsides of a dirty horse are the aesthetics, and the fame you gain from races.
  
• Wild Horse Genetics Adjustments: We’ve tweaked which genetic combinations show up in the wild herds. Specifically, we’ve increased the chances that the Palomino and Buckskin phenotypes have a higher chance of spawning in the wild, and increased the chances for solid horses (without Leopard or Tobiano markings) to spawn in some herds.

[h2]Bugfixes[/h2]

• Fixed the “Rare Horses” event that Kikki tells you about: The special horse herd now spawns correctly and is marked on your map.
  
• Map Markers for Events: Related to the above, we now have map markers showing up for all special events that you receive mails for, to make it easier for you to snatch those extra resources or rare horses.
  
• Special events now end, either when the player completes the event (e.g. by picking up the additional resources) or when the player rests.
  
• Fixed an issue with horse genetics where Palomino horses would falsely look like Chestnuts in some gene configurations
  
• Fixed the feathers’ color on Irish Cobs: The long hair on Cob’s feet is now colored correctly based on the color of the horses’ lower legs (“points”) rather than that of their main coat
  
• Fixed several potential crashes during main missions.
  
• Fixed a bug where main mission mails would sometimes not show up in your mailbox correctly.

Today marks also the release of a new DLC!

• A new horse breed arrives on Cape Emerald! The Arabian horse model is distinguished by its characteristic dished face, slender limbs, straight back and high tail set.
  
• The Arabian horse will spawn in the wild once unlocked, alongside the Selle Français and (if you have that DLC as well) the Irish Cob.
  
• The Cape Emerald Arabians come in all colors and can be crossed with the other breeds in the game for Part-bred Arabians.
  
• Included in the DLC are four traditional Arabian tack sets: Get your horses all tassled up in one of these stylish Arabian tack combos!
  

More content will come on December 7th, with the free Rainbow Tack Sets DLC and the Foal Care DLC!



More details will be revealed closer to the release of those two additional DLCs:



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