How to register a new sea horse?

[Lily]

I've collected nearly every sea horse. When I come up from a dive it asks me if I wish to save a sea horse for racing. Sometimes I have saved sea horses for races. I should have had about 10 saved by now. So I went by the arcade and nope, no sea horses to register or manage. I look in my inventory on the boat, no sea horses. Where did my sea horses go? How do I register them?

[Belgarel]

Are you sure you chose to save them? You have to move them to the right side of that dialog to keep them in inventory or they become food. You could try collecting seahorses and going to the race during that same dive to see if they show up. I've done both methods and not run into trouble with either, and have won all the races.

[Lily]

Originally posted by Kral:

Are you sure you chose to save them? You have to move them to the right side of that dialog to keep them in inventory or they become food. You could try collecting seahorses and going to the race during that same dive to see if they show up. I've done both methods and not run into trouble with either, and have won all the races.

It can't be the same dive since you're above water in that dialog, so you mean the same day? I do save some, they move to the right side. My seahorses as ingredients show up as ingredients just fine but never show up in the arcade. I'm low-key pissed because I have caught a few 4 or 5 star seahorses, saved them for the arcade, and they're gone, just poof, nowhere to be found.

[Lily]

Okay so if I catch a seahorse and go immediately to the arcade I can register the seahorse. So what's the purpose of the dialog after the dive if it doesn't work? I still think I'm missing something there...

[Axz]

If you choose to save them, they should show up in the arcade in your next immediate dive. I don't know if they will continue show up in the dive following that tho

[thelefthorse]

I can confirm that properly 'saved' seahorses do not always appear when you go to 'register' them with the racing dude. It has happened to me a dozen or more times, so it's a pretty common problem.

[Zeitgeist]

Had the same issue, not all of my captured seahorses are showing up in the arcade.

[tindelljk]

Same. I have chosen to keep the same seahorse like 5 times now. Repeatedly checked the arcade. Never shows up there.

[✰♡ Shotgun Panda ♡✰]

Seconding this... just went to the arcade to see if my horses I've been saving are there - there is nothing.

So what are we doing wrong?? I'm so confused now... :(

[Ignosius]

Having the same issue, no idea if I'm just doing something wrong or if it's actually a bug.

The only time I've ever had seahorses available to register is if I catch them and then go the arcade in the same dive without surfacing.

[thelefthorse]

Considering that my last post in this thread was on Mar 23 of this year, and in it I confirm the bug everyone is discussing, I'm a little surprised the devs haven't mentioned the issue.

Hopefully they'll see that this is still happening -- I'm on my third or fourth playthrough and this issue exists in every game, so I think it's pretty universal -- and take some action, cause I've also caught a couple of good ones that I'm always disappointed to see not show up in the register menu.

[thanatol74]

Originally posted by rancidl:

I've collected nearly every sea horse. When I come up from a dive it asks me if I wish to save a sea horse for racing. Sometimes I have saved sea horses for races. I should have had about 10 saved by now. So I went by the arcade and nope, no sea horses to register or manage. I look in my inventory on the boat, no sea horses. Where did my sea horses go? How do I register them?

When you come up from a dive it asks you if you wish to save a sea horse for racing. It does not mean that you have logged the sea horse into the race, your sea horse is only temporarily stored in the locker on the boat, and will Your stored seahorse will automatically appear in your inventory the next time you dive. The only place to log into the game is only in the village.

[Ignosius]

I just tried testing this out now, and it seemed to work? Would be good to have other people verify, because I feel like it didn't work when I tried it before.

Caught a Zebra Seahorse in the morning.
At the end of the dive, it asked me if I wanted to send it to sushi or keep it in my inventory.
I moved it to the inventory side and hit "okay".
At the start of the afternoon timeslot, my inventory started with the seahorse in it when I went to dive.
Didn't catch any more that afternoon, at the end of the dive, I had the same choice and made the same decision.
Same thing happened in the night dive.
The next morning, I went directly to the sea people village, and the seahorse was still in my inventory, and I was able to register it at the arcade.

I guess it doesn't really put it in "storage", you just keep it in your pocket for your next dive? Like I said, it would be nice if other people seeing this issue could check if it works like this for them.

[✰♡ Shotgun Panda ♡✰]

Tried this as well. Finally found another level 7 seahorse and saved it. I went straight to the sea people village after that dive and I was able to register it.

So it seems like when it asks if you want to put it in "storage", or put it away basically, it doesn't actually do that. And if you go diving again, and it shows you the seahorse menu - you're basically seeing all new and old seahorses. So your brain is thinking "Oh I already saved one, don't need these."

So yes... when you "save them" in "storage", it's not actually storage. It's still in your inventory. So until you go to the village, DON'T chop up all your seahorses. That level 7 you see again is the same one you THOUGHT you saved.

So long story short, it works... but does a really, really bad job of explaining it. "Directions not clear." lol

[Thorsten_0911]

No, it does not work. It is definitely a bug. Sometimes my "saved" seahorses show up in my inventory (not the chest on the boat, but in my suit inventory), and sometimes they completely vanish. Its a bit of a gamble if they remain or not. Needs to be fixed ASAP. Am pissed...

[Elite]

Originally posted by ✰♡ Shotgun Panda ♡✰:

Tried this as well. Finally found another level 7 seahorse and saved it. I went straight to the sea people village after that dive and I was able to register it.

So it seems like when it asks if you want to put it in "storage", or put it away basically, it doesn't actually do that. And if you go diving again, and it shows you the seahorse menu - you're basically seeing all new and old seahorses. So your brain is thinking "Oh I already saved one, don't need these."

So yes... when you "save them" in "storage", it's not actually storage. It's still in your inventory. So until you go to the village, DON'T chop up all your seahorses. That level 7 you see again is the same one you THOUGHT you saved.

So long story short, it works... but does a really, really bad job of explaining it. "Directions not clear." lol

Yes thank you, this definitely what was happening with me. This system should be clearer or redesigned.