[Beta] 4 consistent crashes [Solved-ish]

[Chronstell]

I don't see a lot of people talking about them, which leads me to believe it's weirdly specific to me. However, the update beta seems insanely unstable. I know it's a beta build, but I figured I'd see at least one other person bring them up from how unplayable it truly is for me. Thus, I'm hoping to get to the bottom of it by posting all of my crashes, most of which I have videos for. Additionally, I've already sent crash reports for all of these. Anyway, here they are titled with TL;DRs:

Crash 1: Opening the 'Extras' menu.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of0ObFyW67o
It happens every time and thus I can't get the exclamation point off of it. This isn't part of the main gameplay though, so overall a pretty minor crash, but a notable one nonetheless.

Crash 2: Upgrading to demon gloves/boots on my old save file.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ__2at91Mc
Admittedly, this file is from before the combat update. If the update is incompatible with older saves I can understand that, but it's only when upgrading these two that it crashes; tools are completely fine. Otherwise, it's incredibly stable and I've upgraded my bow to Void tier after getting this crash on the file with no problems. Also, this forces me to load the backup file, which then has me boot the game up yet again with yet another crash before I can even see the main menu. However, after the second crash, I can boot the game normally and the file works completely fine so long as I avoid some hand and feet upgrades.

Crash 3: Buying southern island from starting island.
Unfortunately, I don't have a video for this one. That's because I deleted the save file to start a brand new one due to it. But, from what I remember, I had the other three surrounding islands from the starting one; north, east, and west but no others. I had built up to the second backpack and the slime pickaxe. I had the shovel made and could start making steel. I went to buy the southern isle numerous times, each time crashing the game. I was going to test this again in the file that replaced it but...

Crash 4: Fishing net, or no reason?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppkf0GBDlMc
It's a pretty long video compared to the rest where I try to showcase the in-game progress as much as I can and have some normal gameplay. The crash comes seemingly at random. However, there is a difference from this save file apart from the rest. I have the fishing net item and the fishing skill. I think it could just be the net, but it's strange because I had it for quite a while before this file started crashing consistently and constantly. It's only once I had both the net and the skill that allows you to craft the fishing rod that it's started. The old late-game file doesn't have the net but has all of the skills. The deleted save received neither skill or net and only crashed with the isle, but was slightly further leveled than the file showcased for this crash.

A final note before the summary: While writing this I've also come to realize that my old save file is actually the most stable version with the beta for me. Since it had very few new chests to pick up, all mostly to do with the Museum, I only have the new 'Merchant's Medallion' item on it. Thought this was worth mentioning and I'll probably continue playing on it for now.

So, my question is, has anyone else had experience with any of these issues? Is this specific to me? Finally, is there any other information I could add to get to the bottom of this?

[Chronstell]

Okay, breakthrough here! I think feats themselves are crashing my game. Getting 5 islands is a feat, and coincidentally getting a 5th island crashed my game consistently. Catching 50 fish gives a feat, making the seemingly random crash for the 4th crash make more sense when it's out of my control when I can catch said fish. The extra menu unlocks content based on your achieved feats. Finally, I just got another crash in my "stable" old save while getting the steam achievement/feat for bottling 100 critters.

It all leads back to feats crashing my game for whatever reason. I think whatever has ruined my 'Extras' menu has also made any time I get a feat crash the game!

Edit: I can enter the feats menu when playing a save. Hopefully that can narrow down the problem further.

[Chronstell]

So, I've managed to delete the files that record the 'Extras' menu feat progress while keeping my save files and now everything that once crashed the game now doesn't. While I could solve it myself, I'm glad I could work through it in order to, A) perhaps inspire Hop Frog to fix this from happening in the future if that's possible, and B) maybe help someone who has the problem in the future.

In order to fix this yourself:
Open task manager and click the 'file' menu and select 'start new task.'
Type or copy "%localappdata%" into the field and press 'OK.'
Find the folder 'Forager' and enter it.
Delete 'config.txt'
If you're running it on steam, you now need to go back a folder and follow the next steps.
Enter the folder 'Forager_Steam.'
Delete 'gameConfig.'
The game should now reset the 'Extras' menu to no progress. If you have a late-game save you can open it to immediately restore your progress to match that save's.

[HopFrog]

Thank you so much for the detailed reports! We are currently taking a look at these issues