Ocean Critters Not Rotating

[JellieBun]

I'm having an issue with my ocean critters not rotating away from the fall "noon" critters. It won't change to night critters. Now that I am in winter it still hasn't updated to reflect the new season. I have restarted my game, my computer, as well as verified the files' integrity and they have still not rotated.

I'm not sure yet if the crawler trap is able to trap the correct season critters, they're so slow it's hard to verify.

Thank you!

[Rachma_Stairway]

Hello JellieBun! Thanks for bringing this up.
Could you please share your save and backup files so we can take a closer look?

You can email them to [e-mail] with the subject"Steam Discussion - Ocean Critters Not Rotating - [your Steam username]"

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[For instructions on locating the save file, please refer to this guide:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1158160/discussions/0/4407417406453213506/]

[JellieBun]

Update: I was able to get the ocean critters to change by manually catching the ones there. It just seems like they weren't de-spawning naturally.

[Rachma_Stairway]

Originally posted by JellieBun:

Update: I was able to get the ocean critters to change by manually catching the ones there. It just seems like they weren't de-spawning naturally.

Oh! Thank you for keeping us updated, JellieBun!

If you're able to share your Backup files, that would be super helpful for the team to take a closer look. :)

If you don’t mind, please send them along with any screenshots or videos you have. And of course, let us know if you need help finding the files. Thanks again!

[kweb]

*** IF YOU HAVE THIS ISSUE, READ THE END FOR WORKAROUND ***

ISSUE: Nighttime ocean critters never seem to spawn. For a long time, I'd be checking the farm computer in the evenings/night, only to find daytime ocean critters on the zoomed-up map.

Testing: First, I went into Dua Pulu early in the day, and ran around scaring the seahorses. After checking the farm computer, they had disappeared from the map. However, they respawned on the map at 4 PM; I rescared them, and then they respawned again at 6 PM. After that, they didn't seem to respawn during the evening/night. I tried catching them instead of scaring them, to get the same results.

I then looked up the specific area that had a critter I was looking for, and repeated the steps. However, this time, instead of a daytime spawn, the 6 PM had the correct nighttime spawn.

Context: I did the tests in Fall, Y2.

WORKAROUND STEPS:

Look up the specific area the desired critter lives. Then, at 4 PM (not before!) go into that area and scare away the existing critter spawns, and Anchor back out before 6 PM.

You can tell if it works by checking the Farm Computer shortly before 6 PM (there should be no critters appearing on the map where you scared them off), and then checking the farm computer after 6 PM (there should now be the nighttime spawns in those places)

[Mimi]

I have the same issue, I just thought I'm unlucky with critters