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:

• 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