Invisible clients

[naive crown]

Looks like graphics can't keep up with the game sometimes. Happens on all platforms. Clients stop coming by to the shop for quite a while. Shop may look empty, but when you go to the City for just a second, then on return to the shop you have few clients waiting at the counter out of nowhere. Weirdly sounds do keep up with it. Whenever you have empty shop or all clients are at the counter (no small talk, no discounts, etc.), but you still hear the sound of energy being generated, then go to the city for 1 second and you'll have more clients waiting when you get back.

[shy lynx]

When you go to town and back any customer currently loaded in on street, or browsing the shop will instantly do their item choices. It's a nice little compensation for when you need to spend time on town screen. Granted the mechanic has a bit of a cooldown.

Also, worth noting that customers flow is slower during in-game night time than it is during daytime so it's kinda normal to have empty counter and mostly empty shop when it's night time.

[naive crown]

I noticed it slows in the night

but I'm not sure what you say is correct

I have a view on my counter and on the street on wide screen

[slow tiger]

Agree, you can even cheat with it, just sell, go to city and back fast, and often you got instant NPC to sell *

[naive crown]

most of the time when that happens I don't see anyone on the street

but I do hear someone generating energy so they're already in my shop, but can't be seen

[slow tiger]

It's normal, it create NPC from no where, put it in front of counter, and pick up item INSTANTLY, it's not a bug

But there is a bug with this feature, random energy (from no real NPC) can occurs from last patch

[naive crown]

but it's NOT INSTANT 😛

[slow tiger]

For NPC it is, just leave shop & enter back, it's instant, but this feature, is buggy
Invisible NPC making energy, & energy comme from a screen corner to the top right

[naive crown]

npc is clearly browsing the shop, looking at furniture or pets and generating energy, but simply can't be seen

[slow tiger]

OK, so you are talking about the invisible NPC
Not the town system witch give instant NPC with a trade

[naive crown]

it may be a glitch in that system

[slow tiger]

Got it too,

So for better explaination

A NPC, not visible, often occur to trigger a furniture
Energy came from a corner (Most of time bottom left)
And goes to top right (Normal)
We really get the energy (usable, not visual bug)

Can't reproduce
Steam (PC Win10)

is that you bug too @naive crown ?

[naive crown]

maybe some npc while I'm in the shop are generated by mistake as if I was in town and thus can't be seen

but can be heard generating energy

[slow tiger]

Same, OK so new bug confirmed, got it today for first time, not wonder more about it while game often do some bugy things x)