Game crashes when I try to talk to raccoon

[Domino]

Hi When I try to talk to the raccoon he says he's thristy and wants a drink, and then my game crashes. It's reproducible 100% of the time -- I just can't access his menu now. :(

I don't use mods, I have a Windows 11 OS, and I use fullscreen mode.

Crash logs:

Message: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
InnerException: 
Stack Trace:    at StardewValley.Menus.Bundle.IsValidItemForThisIngredientDescription(Item item, BundleIngredientDescription ingredient) in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\Menus\JunimoNoteMenu.cs:line 2223
   at StardewValley.Menus.JunimoNoteMenu.HighlightObjects(Item item) in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\Menus\JunimoNoteMenu.cs:line 436
   at StardewValley.Menus.InventoryMenu.draw(SpriteBatch b, Int32 red, Int32 green, Int32 blue) in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\Menus\InventoryMenu.cs:line 569
   at StardewValley.Menus.InventoryMenu.draw(SpriteBatch b) in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\Menus\InventoryMenu.cs:line 496
   at StardewValley.Menus.JunimoNoteMenu.draw(SpriteBatch b) in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\Menus\JunimoNoteMenu.cs:line 1642
   at StardewValley.Mods.ModHooks.TryDrawMenu(IClickableMenu menu, Action draw_menu_action) in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\Mods\ModHooks.cs:line 47
   at StardewValley.Game1.DrawMenu(GameTime time, RenderTarget2D target_screen) in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\Game1.cs:line 15502
   at StardewValley.Game1._draw(GameTime gameTime, RenderTarget2D target_screen) in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\Game1.cs:line 15417
   at StardewValley.Game1.Draw(GameTime gameTime) in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\Game1.cs:line 15137
   at StardewValley.GameRunner.Draw(GameTime gameTime) in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\LocalMultiplayer.cs:line 617
   at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.DoDraw(GameTime gameTime) in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\MonoGame.Desktop\MonoGame.Framework\Game.cs:line 932
   at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.Tick() in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\MonoGame.Desktop\MonoGame.Framework\Game.cs:line 661
   at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.SdlGamePlatform.RunLoop() in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\MonoGame.Desktop\MonoGame.Framework\Platform\SDL\SDLGamePlatform.cs:line 90
   at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.Run(GameRunBehavior runBehavior) in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\MonoGame.Desktop\MonoGame.Framework\Game.cs:line 481
   at StardewValley.Program.Main(String[] args) in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\Program.cs:line 219

Game Version: 1.6.12 build 24312
SDK Helper: SteamHelper
Game Language: en
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU/PCIe/SSE2
OS: Win32NT Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.22631.0
In-game Date: Spring 5 Y3 Time of Day: 2000
Game Location: Forest

[Domino]

I've tested more and found that this crash only happens when I have "Juice" in my inventory. My guess is there's something to do with the changes to item highlighting in the raccoon UI that breaks if this item is in the inventory when he wants carrot juice.

[ATom - Allkeyshop]

I encountered the same problem. I bought juice from the traveling cart and when I went to talk to the racoon with the jucie in my inventory, the game crashed. I tried to reproduce it at least 3 times and it happened every time.

[SimoGlass]

Experienced the same thing with generic "pickles" when talking to the raccoon.

A recent update requires the specific food ingredient for product, not just any type of juice, pickles, wine, jam, whatever. If you have the wrong ingredient it gets greyed-out in the raccoon menu.

I guess the generic products don't have a food item designation to check against the request so the game gets upset and crashes. You can talk to him fine as long as you don't have any "generic" items in your inventory.