Hotfix v1-218

Hi Farmers,

Happy New Year 2024! Our development team had a much-needed rest and is now ready with another release:

Bugfixes:

• Fixed incorrect loading of save backup, causing backup save to not load when the save is corrupted.

• Prevented some cases of corrupted save data.

• Fixed an issue preventing game entry if any save files were corrupted.

• Resolved backup files appearing in the main list but not loading.

• Solved a problem where nothing could be placed in house storage when the panel was first opened.

• Updated to address hairstyle clipping issues.

• Added safety checks for cooking to prevent further crashes.

• Fixed an issue where fruit tart and seaweed ingredients were not inserted after canceling ingredients.

• Corrected incorrect flower textures.

• Fixed an issue where Zarah, Luke, and Wakuu's heart 10 cutscenes were not triggering in some cases.

• Resolved incorrect player skin in Mark's Heart 10.

• Fixed the wrong 3D mesh for decoy objects.

• Addressed the issue of time freezing while fishing.

• Fixed a crash when using traps.

• Resolved an issue with spike traps not dealing damage.

• Corrected a tool action exploit using vault animations.

• Disabled the ability to move fruit plants to floor tiles.

• Fixed a crash when changing mine levels while being attacked by certain monsters.

• Addressed placement issues for some curtains.

• Resolved a potential random crash due to a rare logic timing issue.

• Fixed crashes occurring when skipping dialogues in baby cutscenes.

• Corrected the issue of not being able to find Olan on the map.

• Fixed Amalo's attack behavior.

• Resolved the issue of Theo wearing a swimsuit in the Community Center on Spring Day 1.

• Fixed schedules for Kenny, Mark, and Pablo during the Winter Fair.

• Resolved an issue preventing the opening of decor mode after entering the winter festival.

• Fixed an issue where an NPC spouse would get stuck in the starting position after decor mode.

• Corrected an issue where Leah and Millie's heart 10 events were not triggering in some cases.

• Fixed problems with the aging barrel and item refinement.

• Addressed an issue where Surya's heart 10 event was not triggering in some cases.

• Resolved some instances where Scott would drop the baby while carrying them.

• Fixed various dialogue typos.

• Fixed issues with cutscene logic requirements.

• Fixed issues and zoom behavior in decor mode UX.

• Fixed dynamic dialogue issues for Zarah after having a kid.

• Fixed the hedgehog seahorse issue.

• Fixed the issue of hay disappearing from the silo when moving the silo building.

• Fixed a stair collision issue in the forest area.

• Fixed the tutorial panel making the pickstarter cutscene stuck.

• Fixed the wrong race track for the pet race minigame.

• Fixed crashing when opening the Cow Competition Panel UI [Xbox only].

• Fixed a crash when starting the Cow and Chicken competition [Xbox only].

• Attempted to avoid crashes by limiting the number of spawned slime projectiles at a time in combat.

• Fixed the Trivia Interactible Choice Panel by adding a function to change the list options instead of re-showing the choice panel.

• Fixed a crash in the main event harvest when opening the panel.

• Fixed certain heart events that couldn't be triggered.

• Fixed crashes caused by an older fix to farm tiles.

• Fixed the absence of SFX in some cutscenes.

Improvements:

• Implemented Sort Priority Player points to match NPC points on all Leaderboard Mini Games.

• Updated minigame leaderboard points & NPC Participants to ensure the player still wins if they tie the top leaderboard points.

• Hidden turtles from the map.

Balancing:

• Removed tags for deleted items so they won't appear in the journal.

• Enabled Arame to show in the Journal.

Localizations:

• Fixed problematic font setup for the Korean language.

• Implemented various translation improvements.

Once again, thank you so much to everyone for reporting bugs to our team; we really appreciate it.

Best, Stairway Team