Important visitors and the calendar

[SeppukuSam]

Hello there, apologies for what may be a silly query.

I note that by level 8/9, you are supposed to receive a visit by a very important person (VIP) and the event is marked in the calendar. However, it seems that on the day the VIP is supposed to visit the tavern, the calendar changes the visit date to a few more days ahead in the future.

Is the VIP event not yet operational? It hasn't affected the early access gameplay as far as I can see, but was curious.

Kind regards
SeppukuSam

[thelefthorse]

Hey, thanks for the report. VIPs are definitely in the game already, but I haven't seen anyone listing your issue before, so I'll forward it to the dev.

[Bacadiar]

Same problem here. The day comes for a VIP to arrive and when I check the calendar the red dot moves to two or three days in the future. Then THAT day comes and the red dot moves up farther, etc.

[brianneyeah]

Thirded-- I'm also having that problem.

[Yueha]

same for me.
I stayed in the inn all day, but I do go back and forth between cellar and kitchen.

[Violet]

Same for me. I unlocked the important guest feature earlier tonight and like others here, the day came and went with no important visitor, and the red dot just moved ahead on the calendar. Then that day came and went without a visitor as well.

[Great Charade]

I have experienced the same issue. It has moved four days ahead two times now... I assume the VIP is noticeable somehow.... I was worried they just come every four days and I missed them!

[jinmaruuu]

Is there something noticeably more... VIP-ish about the VIP, compared to the other regular customers asking for a room? At this point I'm just wondering if anyone HAS seen this event trigger, and if there's anything we should be looking for.

[SeppukuSam]

Originally posted by jinmaruuu:

Is there something noticeably more... VIP-ish about the VIP, compared to the other regular customers asking for a room? At this point I'm just wondering if anyone HAS seen this event trigger, and if there's anything we should be looking for. :winter2019surprisedyul:

I haven't noticed anyone VIP-ish, and the event keeps on getting deferred to a later date on the calendar.

[literally a pigeon]

Was there ever a fix to this? I can't seem to see them either?

[sw8dishgirl]

yeah, same thing here. Im hoping they fix it or let us know in the updates when it does.

[SumEdd]

I had the same thing happen, but I may have accidentally found the fix.

If you go to bed after midnight, I think it messes things up.

When I went to bed around 2-230, I found the date moved AND I noticed my character yawning in the beginning, which was a bit odd.

When I went to bed before midnight, the date stayed the same, the important guest showed up and everything.

I then repeated this a second time with going to bed earlier and getting the date to stay fixed.

Hope this helps, and maybe this can point to the bug.

[Soy Un Perdedor]

Originally posted by SumEdd:

I had the same thing happen, but I may have accidentally found the fix.

If you go to bed after midnight, I think it messes things up.

When I went to bed around 2-230, I found the date moved AND I noticed my character yawning in the beginning, which was a bit odd.

When I went to bed before midnight, the date stayed the same, the important guest showed up and everything.

I then repeated this a second time with going to bed earlier and getting the date to stay fixed.

Hope this helps, and maybe this can point to the bug.

Thank you for this advice! Going to bed before midnight the day before the VIP enabled me to finally get them to appear! They have a little gold star over their head; otherwise, I'm not sure their benefit. Maybe more rep points. Thanks again!

[FluffyGuy]

Originally posted by SumEdd:

I had the same thing happen, but I may have accidentally found the fix.

If you go to bed after midnight, I think it messes things up.

When I went to bed around 2-230, I found the date moved AND I noticed my character yawning in the beginning, which was a bit odd.

When I went to bed before midnight, the date stayed the same, the important guest showed up and everything.

I then repeated this a second time with going to bed earlier and getting the date to stay fixed.

Hope this helps, and maybe this can point to the bug.

so is there like a game mechanic about going to bed at a certian time? or is this a accedent game mechanic ?

[SumEdd]

Originally posted by FluffyGuy:

Originally posted by SumEdd:

I had the same thing happen, but I may have accidentally found the fix.

If you go to bed after midnight, I think it messes things up.

When I went to bed around 2-230, I found the date moved AND I noticed my character yawning in the beginning, which was a bit odd.

When I went to bed before midnight, the date stayed the same, the important guest showed up and everything.

I then repeated this a second time with going to bed earlier and getting the date to stay fixed.

Hope this helps, and maybe this can point to the bug.

so is there like a game mechanic about going to bed at a certian time? or is this a accedent game mechanic ?

99% it was a bug

[savetheclocktower]

This still isn't fixed. I wouldn't mind it so much if it were explained within the game.

On the off chance that the devs don't consider this to be a bug, I'd push back on it. There's no intuitive reason why you ought to close your pub before midnight for any reason; guests are happy to keep buying stuff, and my modern-day experience with bars tells me that I also like to drink beer after midnight.

Anyway, see you folks in a few months when I start a new playthrough and forget this information in the meantime.