random issues i've noticed?

[rem sleep]

hi hello! i've played around 56 hours of amber isles and in that time i've noticed a couple lil oddities and i have some suggestions.

1. i think Basil is just generally bugged? i never see Basil anywhere but his stall, and he doesn't give me any dialogue before or after I interact with him-- his shop menu pops up and that's it. I've never seen him out wandering around the overworld, which makes getting his friendship up really difficult.

2. speaking of friendship, since the new patch to include fatigue i've been having some issues with paleofolk friendship levels. sometimes if i get friendship points with a paleofolk, but don't level them up to the next friendship level, it won't save that progress and the next day they'll be back at 0 points in their current lvl. (example; if Kai is at friendship lvl 3 and I talk to him and give him gifts to get him up to halfway to level 4, then talk to him the next day, he's back at 0 points and friendship lvl 3 still.)

2.5. additionally fatigue is kind of hard to figure out. i assume it's what causes a paleofolk to gain less and less friendship points as you hang out with them? i wish fatigue was a progress/tracker bar or something like the friendship levels so you could tell a paleofolk is tired and end the hangout.

3. some of the decor items in the beach (notably the tall coral decors, both the blue and green variants) for some reason only display as flat 2D images on the ground instead of 3D objects? not sure what's up with that.

4. in a similar vein for some inexplicable reason random decor items i place in the world CONTINUE to turn into HANGING BUSHELS??? I have no idea why or how this happens, and it KEEPS happening! I thought it was just that one pink flower that when placed randomly manifests into hanging bushels for some reason, but no it's other decor items too! I believe there's also a cactus that's acting up and randomly it just turns into hanging bushels???? maybe it's just loading in wrong but once an item turns into a hanging bushel it STAYS that way. It's just frustrating because it keeps messing up my island decor as I go to re-decorate with NOT hanging bushels, only for other items to become hanging bushels??? I'm so perplexed. additional note, if I go to pick up the hanging bushels and put them away I get hanging bushels in my inventory.

5. the old shop NPCs are now much better at appearing out of their stalls! but the newer/later game shop NPCs are not-- Basil and Willow for me are almost always at their stalls. I wish they would roam more.

6. does anyone know what Pepper's third quest was supposed to be?? I didn't complete it, but it's showing as finished. I completed Critter Bomb, then completed Clover's Me Myself and... quest, and I figured that would prompt the next Pepper quest... but no such luck. I'm sad to have missed out on Pepper's last quest because I think Pepper's really cool and I love the quests so far, and I'm not sure if it unlocked the recipe it was supposed to upon completion as well.

7. pterrible friend is bugged for me-- I can't get it to pop up in game or in steam no matter what I do.

8. the museum achievement says to donate 25 items but I'm reasonably sure there are only 23 spots? so no clue what's up there. will i still get my completing the museum achievement if i give the 23 items? i'm working on it atm and haven't finished yet so i'm unsure.

9. when gwen closes her eyes the chartreuse color of her eye clips through her cheek/face.

10. when you're hanging out with an NPC and you engage in a quest at a paleofolk's house often the folk you're hanging out with will obscure the entire cutscene with their head, which is super distracting and a real bummer.

11. with that in mind i'd love if there was a way to reply old quest dialogues or cutscenes because i'm sad i missed some of them due to Hazel's big old noggin being in the way. (love you Hazel)

I think that covers it so far? I love the game!! It's very very cute and I'm having a lot of fun! I'm just finding the friendship glitches with NPCs and the decor randomly turning into hanging bushels really frustrating. x w x I just want my pretty decor to look nice and my friendship routes with villagers to progress normally so I can enjoy their quests.

[GoldenPig64]

I'd like to add on a couple more here.

- Upgrading the shop from level 1 to 2 for me kept the 'window bonus' tiles even though they obviously aren't next to a window anymore.

- I've managed to consistently softlock the game by reaching level 3 with Evander via giving him a gift; it results in being forced out of the dialogue and being unable to move no matter what you do. I'm pretty sure it's because I was in a dialogue with him as he despawned for his next mission, and if so, would make it possible to softlock on more NPCs than him.

- more on that, when i reloaded the game after that softlock, i was able to clip through most resource nodes (brambles, dirt, tree stumps, etc). i was far enough into the game where none of them were rendering an area inaccessible, but if i can figure out how to consistently trigger it, that sounds rife for early game exploits.

[International NastyGirl]

#4 on your list has been vexing me HARDCORE in my game. I never comment on these forums but I had to come on here and see if there was an explanation for it because it just *keeps happening*. It's extra annoying because I paid good amber for various plants/corals/etc to decorate my island with ,and they always wind up turning into the "hanging herb" item??? usually it happens after an in-game day passes, I think... I'm going to try and keep a closer eye on when it triggers.

Anyway yeah I hope there's a fix soon because I don't want to keep re-decorating!

[Shir Blackwater]

Might want to put this in the bug report section if you haven't already so it gets passed along to the devs faster.

As for the museum, I'm still working on that but I did notice there are some niches in the walls where the gemstones seem to go and the room seems kind of unfinished with some construction items piled in corners so maybe there's an upgrade for the museum to add more displays?

[International NastyGirl]

Originally posted by Shir Blackwater:

Might want to put this in the bug report section if you haven't already so it gets passed along to the devs faster.

As for the museum, I'm still working on that but I did notice there are some niches in the walls where the gemstones seem to go and the room seems kind of unfinished with some construction items piled in corners so maybe there's an upgrade for the museum to add more displays?

Just checked, looks like it was reported back in October so they're at least aware of it... No est. time frame given on how soon it'll be fixed, unfortunately... Just gotta cross my fingers and be patient lol

[Chakat Tailswisher]

Since we're adding glitches/issues we've seen so far: has anyone noticed that a lot of the paleofolk's eyes or mouth are bugged? Like when some of them smile their eyelids go into their eyeball or their hands go right through their open mouth.

[rem sleep]

Originally posted by Shir Blackwater:

Might want to put this in the bug report section if you haven't already so it gets passed along to the devs faster.

As for the museum, I'm still working on that but I did notice there are some niches in the walls where the gemstones seem to go and the room seems kind of unfinished with some construction items piled in corners so maybe there's an upgrade for the museum to add more displays?

Oh shoot, sorry! I wasn't aware of the bug fixes being a different forum, I don't usually use steam much for discussion threads-- I tend to lurk over posting.

Also ok I did finish the museum! You will get the achievement with only 23 items, but you won't be able to redeem the notebook reward (since giving 25 items isn't possible).

Also I appreciate y'all adding! It's interesting to see what other folks are experiencing AND I'M SO GLAD ITS NOT JUST ME WITH THE HANGING BUSHELS I LITERALLY THOUGHT I WAS LOSING MY MIND,,, tho i am sorry you live with me in hanging bushel hell