Alchemist: The Potion Monger

Alchemist: The Potion Monger

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MateOfAMate Aug 22, 2024 @ 11:23am
Bug Reports
Just wanted to make this thread for myself and others to leave bug reports, so I may add some more after this, but there were a couple that I noticed.

First, if you collect sunflowers, which removes the flower from the sunflower model but leaves the stem, then go to another area and come back, unloading and reloading the sunflower models, the reloaded sunflower models will have their flowers back, but will not be collectible. Another model related issue is when sheared sheep die, they will still regrow their wool, I'm not sure if that's just because I reloaded them or if they regrew over time like normal.

The second bug was a bit more major since it required me to Alt+F4 to fix it. I had exited to the main menu from a save file that had a few hours in it since I wanted to switch to the cat character, but during the tutorial on my new save file, when I got to the part where I'm required to open the alchemy wheel and click on the leaf icon to focus on the Earth element, my cursor disappeared and the game wouldn't let me close the menu, open the pause menu, or click on anything. The only thing I could seem to do was jump because I could hear it happen when I pushed space, but that was it, so the game seemed to think that I wasn't in a menu but at the same time, wouldn't let me open any other menus.

A third, also pretty huge bug I found is that, when brewing alchemy, ingredients (most notably crystals) will sometimes obscure the bubbles with symbols, causing you to be unable to brew a perfect potion simply because you can't see the symbols.

It also seems like the Experienced Sower skill might be causing some plants, after being planted, to grow incorrectly and won't continue to regrow, nor will a growth potion cause it to regrow, forcing me to destroy the plant and attempt to replant it, however, the issue only sometimes happens when the perk procs, so it might just be an occasional bug with gardening in general, or caused by something else happening.

Also, I don't know if this is intentional or not, but it seems like using the Electrostatic machine on an ingredient causes it to be unusable with the Holy Water Font (and maybe the Demonic Alter too) and vice versa, this isn't mentioned in either of the tool descriptions. Additionally, I'm not sure which recipe, but one of the recipes found in a chest can also be purchased, again, not sure if this is unintentional or not, but I noticed that there were no other recipes that had a duplicate like this, similarly, Perfectionist and Charismatic can both be found on a rooftop and in a shop (Blacksmith/Pirate)
Last edited by MateOfAMate; Aug 23, 2024 @ 12:47pm
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starykazia  [developer] Aug 26, 2024 @ 12:25am 
Hey, thanks for your feedback!
1. Both are scene reload related and will require us to change the save system, not gonna lie, don't know if we'll fix those:(
2. We'll investigate this. Did you have your gamepad connected?
3. That's a design thing, will talk it through with the team, and decide what to do with it.
4. Will check this!
5. The Electrostatic Machine is intentional, will add the info in the desc, however, the recipe/skill thing is unintentional and will be fixed! (removed from the shop)
Oof I've got a big one. I play on Nintendo Switch, and it seems it was not properly optimized. I can't get to the Winterlands because my Potion if Light simply makes a ball of light above my right shoulder that doesn't actually illuminate anything. I have my Switch brightness all the way up too. I physically cannot get thru the mine caves as a result. This doesn't seem to be an issue as much on PC, as I've been watching playthroughs and their Potions of Light actually light things up. I know this is an old thread, but I only recently got the game, and I am disappointed I won't be able to progress.
starykazia  [developer] Jan 17 @ 12:13am 
There was a similar issue on PC there was the same issue before in patch 1.0 we fixed that.
Patch 1.0 will come out on Switch and rework Potion of Light; no worries; we just need more time because it's a different game build.
The cave is still possible on the Switch, though. Don't give up (and maybe watch the path; it's the same on all platforms), and you'll be able to beat it!
Originally posted by starykazia:
There was a similar issue on PC there was the same issue before in patch 1.0 we fixed that.
Patch 1.0 will come out on Switch and rework Potion of Light; no worries; we just need more time because it's a different game build.
The cave is still possible on the Switch, though. Don't give up (and maybe watch the path; it's the same on all platforms), and you'll be able to beat it!
That is honestly so good to hear! I'll keep an eye out for when that update comes out for sure!
I've got a pretty major one.

I can't give the herbalist book for the red eye cure quest to Calypso. I resurrected her AFTER i got the book for the job from marceline, but before I'd actually given it to her. However, the game seems to be registering me as having given Marceline the book anyway, despite me not actually proceeding with her line of the quest and triggering the next part. She's holding the book now, and it's no longer in my inventory. I cannot turn it in to Calypso, it will ONLY let me proceed with the quest line via Marceline.

I know there's a whole achievement I'm not going to be able to get if I do it Marceline's way, but more importantly I don't WANT to do it marceline's way because i realized she's the bad guy and i don't want to see what she does. Is there a fix? a command prompt i can use to put the book i didn't give her back in my inventory?
starykazia  [developer] Feb 4 @ 6:52am 
First of all glad you noticed that Marceline is not as it seems at first!
Unfortunately, right now, there is no fix for that. Are you sure that you did not give the book to her by accident? Because in order for it to be gone from your inventory, the interaction with Marceline or Calypso must happen.
Originally posted by starykazia:
First of all glad you noticed that Marceline is not as it seems at first!
Unfortunately, right now, there is no fix for that. Are you sure that you did not give the book to her by accident? Because in order for it to be gone from your inventory, the interaction with Marceline or Calypso must happen.
I did interact with her, which is where I think the bug might have triggered. I needed to make the resurrection potion to give the book to Calypso, and I went to her to buy roses. (I thought it would be funny if she gave me ingredients to resurrect the person I'm pretty sure she killed.)

But I know I didn't actually give her the book, partially because I made sure not to click it, but mostly because the task TO give her back the book is still the objective that's being tracked in my quest log.

I think the game gave her the book just from me talking to her, even though I didn't actually trigger the quest progression. So I suppose this is my bug report for that. ;-; I hope this can get patched out later, even if I have to start a new file to do it the right way this time...
starykazia  [developer] Feb 7 @ 12:40am 
Yeah, that might be it. The book might be programmed to leave the player's inventory on any interaction with the character, rather than leaving it on interaction with specific quests.
Thanks for the report!
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Date Posted: Aug 22, 2024 @ 11:23am
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