Bug Reports: Gameplay related

[FDG Entertainment]

Monster Boy was tested on a wide selection of systems but ultimately we can't test all possible configurations.

If you encounter strange gameplay related issues that feel broken, please post them here or send an email to [e-mail]. We'll look into them ASAP.

Any info about your hardware specs, OS, resolution/graphics settings will help us while trying to reproduce and hunt down the reported bugs. Also, please let us know which framerate is set, e.g. VSYNC 60fps,120fps,240fps or unlocked framerate. If you play with a lower framerate than 60fps, kindly let us know.

We're committed to prodivde a wonderful game experience for everyone so we'll give our best to take care of any leftover issues that may arise.

[Desnos]

Upon saving in the Volcano, and later loading my game to resume playing, I experienced this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g_Xfyi6Pjk
This happens every time I load, either that or the snake (I saved as the dragon, by the way) standing still against a black background with that same boat creaking noise, followed very quickly by a crash to desktop.
Windows 10, and the video settings, exactly as they appear in the ingame menu:
Fullscreen: <Yes>
Resolution: <1280 x 768>
Vertical Sync: <Yes>
Framerate Limiter (60Hz): <Yes>
Screen Shakes: <Yes>
Texture Quality: <High>
Reduce Flashing Light: <No>
Bottom two options greyed out.

[RPG Gamer Man]

CONFIRMED BUG!

Map says i found every song for ollie, but im missing song part 3 of the song"the village"..it says on the map i got them all..but still cannot find it..i think it is a bug

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1984995079

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1984995266

Looks like im not the only one effected by this bug. Check out here on gamefaqs where people posted the same bug as me....

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/200591-monster-boy-and-the-cursed-kingdom/77312333


THIS needs to be fixed. I emailed the support email about it. I hope they can fix it. Apparently it "shows" as found, but it is actually not picked up in the haunted mansion. IT is clearly bugged on the map. Ill post images after this to show all.

HERE IS THE MAP SHOWING IT IS "COLLECTED":

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1985007031


THIS IS THE ACTUAL SONG SHOWN ON MAP AS COLLECTED:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1985007056

Clearly i did not collect it..apparently, the person on gamefaqs is right, this bug shows on map, yet it is not collected. Should it not stay as a question mark until collected? This bug has been around for a year?

I emailed them about this issue. I hope i get a response. Worse, i spent 2 hours searching in game for this annoying map placed bug in the game..at least i found it in the end.


This basically leads to a "bugged" achievement if people are not aware of where to find the last song. Hence, this can also be seen as leading to a bugged achievement, since it is related to it.

[niet3sche77]

This game keeps crashing to desktop; during two Twitch streams, this game has crashed to desktop for no apparent reason.

CPU seems fine; plenty of HDD space; NVidia FTW 1070 8GB video card. CPU spikes during startup, which strikes me as odd for a 2D platformer.

I'd like to continue playing the game. :/

**Is there a way for me to generate and submit a diagnostic file for analysis/troubleshooting?**

System information:

Windows 10 Pro version 1909, OS build 18363.592.
16GB RAM
512GB SSD
Playing 1920x1080 windowed mode, 60fps (vsync enabled).

[RPG Gamer Man]

Originally posted by niet3sche77:

This game keeps crashing to desktop; during two Twitch streams, this game has crashed to desktop for no apparent reason.

CPU seems fine; plenty of HDD space; NVidia FTW 1070 8GB video card. CPU spikes during startup, which strikes me as odd for a 2D platformer.

I'd like to continue playing the game. :/

**Is there a way for me to generate and submit a diagnostic file for analysis/troubleshooting?**

System information:

Windows 10 Pro version 1909, OS build 18363.592.
16GB RAM
512GB SSD
Playing 1920x1080 windowed mode, 60fps (vsync enabled).

For some reason, the most recent graphics driver was doing this too for me on AMD. I had to rollback mine to get the game to work again. I also turned off "gaming" profile for the game and changed it to "standard". Both these settings worked for my game. Im not sure if the newer nvidia have a setting to turn off gaming profiles for specific game's , but try that. I sent my crash report to support and they said the game was not compatible with the resolution that the new graphics driver setting put it at.. It might have to do with widescreen or something.

Anyways, here is the response they emailed me:

"Hello,
We are sorry to hear Monster Boy crashes.

The problem can occur if your game options doesn't match your desktop resolution. While we're analyzing your issue, make sure all your options matches.

We also read the bug you reported about the music sheet.
Currently, we have no clue about what can cause this issue. But be sure we're investigating.
Thanks for all your contribution.
Best regards,
Support Service"

The music sheet bug i also reported, unfortanetly, they cannot recreate it, so people in the future who play this game may still encounter that bug sadly.

[niet3sche77]

Originally posted by RPG Gamer Man:

Originally posted by niet3sche77:

This game keeps crashing to desktop; during two Twitch streams, this game has crashed to desktop for no apparent reason.

CPU seems fine; plenty of HDD space; NVidia FTW 1070 8GB video card. CPU spikes during startup, which strikes me as odd for a 2D platformer.

I'd like to continue playing the game. :/

**Is there a way for me to generate and submit a diagnostic file for analysis/troubleshooting?**

System information:

Windows 10 Pro version 1909, OS build 18363.592.
16GB RAM
512GB SSD
Playing 1920x1080 windowed mode, 60fps (vsync enabled).

For some reason, the most recent graphics driver was doing this too for me on AMD. I had to rollback mine to get the game to work again. I also turned off "gaming" profile for the game and changed it to "standard". Both these settings worked for my game. Im not sure if the newer nvidia have a setting to turn off gaming profiles for specific game's , but try that. I sent my crash report to support and they said the game was not compatible with the resolution that the new graphics driver setting put it at.. It might have to do with widescreen or something.

Anyways, here is the response they emailed me:

"Hello,
We are sorry to hear Monster Boy crashes.

The problem can occur if your game options doesn't match your desktop resolution. While we're analyzing your issue, make sure all your options matches.

We also read the bug you reported about the music sheet.
Currently, we have no clue about what can cause this issue. But be sure we're investigating.
Thanks for all your contribution.
Best regards,
Support Service"

The music sheet bug i also reported, unfortanetly, they cannot recreate it, so people in the future who play this game may still encounter that bug sadly.

Interesting!

I actually _DO_ have a different desktop and window resolution--I play windowed 1080p on a 4K desktop.

I ended up updating Windows with the very latest .NET update, and clean-installed NVidia drivers. Aaaand, it's fixed. :/ I'm glad it's fixed, but that unfortunately doesn't really give us much to go on or report out to the community.

Also, I have Gaming Mode enabled under Windows 10, so no help there--it seems to be able to work under that configuration.

[nobbie]

Found a bit of a corner case bug. When at any activated fast travel portal, press up to open the map (keyboard or controller), then press Shift + Tab to open the Steam overlay. This opens the equipment screen beneath the Steam overlay. Close the Steam overlay, exit the equipment screen, and the character remains stuck, unable to do anything.

I didn't find any way to get the character unstuck, but opening and closing the Steam overlay again opens the equipment screen beneath and allows navigating to the settings menu and returning to the main menu to reload the game.

Running on Windows 10 Pro, full screen at native resolution. Tested the 60 FPS limiter and VSync and they didn't affect the issue.

[Coffgirl]

2 bugs

first one is this room..
every time when I use the pig and boomerang to get rid of all the slimes my character is locked in place in sitting position and can't even move for a little bit of time, it even happens when I use low attack as well, you can see the frame is pause for a bit.
it's hard to explain unless you experience in this room yourself in this condition.
(time 1:09:42 if time marking is not working)
https://youtu.be/YGPLcaArjHg?t=4182

second one is this first relic challenge room
It always think I jump when I passes that area in the video even I wasn't at all, and I played this game several times and it always happen no matter what I do
(time 3:25:24 if time marking is not working)
https://youtu.be/YGPLcaArjHg?t=12324

I love your game so much so I hope those will be fixed, thank you

[DvonThomas]

Their were reports for the Teleport Bug mentioned before, but not solved. I found the reason and a (re)solution.

Bug: Teleport (Staff) not working, Screen Resolution (1920 x 1080 and 1280 x 800), Windows 7 64bit, currently in vulcano area (while writing).
Xbox 360 Controller and keyboard can't execute Teleport to selected destination (default key mapping), leaving map is impossible, too. Closing game via Task Manager and losing unsaved progress is the only solution when playing these resolution.

Solution: 1280 x 720: Success, I can arrive the selected desitnation.

[Razor Red]

I'm in the volcano area, where I got past the rolling rock part, then smashed the big rock to make it fall. The first time I did it, I could see the lower lava rising up and down, but somehow I died before I could use it to get up into the room. Now the big rock is gone from the top (stuck down in the bottom), but the lava never rises high anymore. :( Am I doing something wrong, or is this a bug?

4/23: Is this going to be fixed? I loved the game, but will never be able to finish it...it's not like I'll play it all over again, just to see if I can get past this point in another game.

[Liryc]

Originally posted by RPG Gamer Man:

CONFIRMED BUG!

Map says i found every song for ollie, but im missing song part 3 of the song"the village"..it says on the map i got them all..but still cannot find it..i think it is a bug

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1984995079

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1984995266

Looks like im not the only one effected by this bug. Check out here on gamefaqs where people posted the same bug as me....

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/200591-monster-boy-and-the-cursed-kingdom/77312333


THIS needs to be fixed. I emailed the support email about it. I hope they can fix it. Apparently it "shows" as found, but it is actually not picked up in the haunted mansion. IT is clearly bugged on the map. Ill post images after this to show all.

HERE IS THE MAP SHOWING IT IS "COLLECTED":

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1985007031


THIS IS THE ACTUAL SONG SHOWN ON MAP AS COLLECTED:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1985007056

Clearly i did not collect it..apparently, the person on gamefaqs is right, this bug shows on map, yet it is not collected. Should it not stay as a question mark until collected? This bug has been around for a year?

I emailed them about this issue. I hope i get a response. Worse, i spent 2 hours searching in game for this annoying map placed bug in the game..at least i found it in the end.


This basically leads to a "bugged" achievement if people are not aware of where to find the last song. Hence, this can also be seen as leading to a bugged achievement, since it is related to it.

I got the same bug as well unfortunately...

[SnowFlake88]

the game has a bug that prevents you from completing 100%, the fire truffle that gives you pepeloogo, it is not registered on the map, instead there is a permanent question mark, at the end of the game, it tells you that you have completed 99.99 % of the game, an incredibly huge bug

[AllurinGirl]

Originally posted by Rabbit:

I'm having bandwith issue/input lag whenever my dualshock 4 turns into blinking red light(low health in game) when framerate is uncapped, and input lag occurs ONLY during gameplay, not in menu, unplugging controller and switching to keyboard works fine. I'm now forced to cap framerate with external software.

Exact same issue here. Thanks for pointing out it was related to the framerate setting, re-enabling it fixed it for me.

[methosrocks]

I am still having the teleport freezing issue. I love this game and am very disappointed that this glitch which seems to effect a lot of people isn't being addressed.

[Drakem]

Fullscreen: <Yes>
Resolution: <1360 x 768>
Vertical Sync: <Yes>
Framerate Limiter (60Hz): <Yes>
Screen Shakes: <Yes>
Texture Quality: <High>
Reduce Flashing Light: <No>

Intel Core i3 4130 3.40GHz
10gb Ram
GTX 1050ti sc 4gb

I have a monitor with a resolution of 1360x768 and I left the game configured as indicated above.
The problem is that each time I enter the game it loads another resolution (1280x768) and that makes the image look darker, and when entering the options the game indicates that the resolution is 1360x768, being that the resolution at that time be another. So I have to change to another resolution and go back to the previous resolution (1360x768) to be able to fix it.
____
In short: every time I enter the game, the game tells me it is at 1360x768 but it shows me another resolution (1280x768).

I mean, it's not a big deal, but it ends up tiring having to change the resolution every time I enter the game.

[phienex]

in the snake section where you can get pepelogoo in the haunted mansion you're supposed to become a snake to get to the snake section but you can transform and crouch into the passageway but if you try to enter the snake section you instantly die