Game Freezes When Checking Weather (Steam Deck)

[fickle nest]

I searched through the previous crash reports and there are others regarding the weather. However, the ones I saw were for PC and not for Steam Deck. I wasn’t sure if crash reports should also be made per system, but I thought I’d make this thread just in case.

1. Reproduction step:
   I walk over the the TV and check the weather channel. It usually gets through the first page of dialogue. Part way through the second page of dialogue, the game completely freezes. It does not matter how long I wait, it does not unfreeze. The time of day does not seem to matter, but I have had it crash first thing in the morning and late in the evening.

2. Repro Rate:
   About 30% of the time.

3. Crash log :
   Because the game does not technically “crash” (it just freezes and then I’m forced to restart the game) there is no crash log on my Steam Deck.

4. Game Version:
   V1.0-947

5. Game Platform:
   Steam Deck

[scarlet grove]

Hi @fickle nest. Thanks for sending us a report!
Can you tell me how many times you've experienced this freeze? If you load the game and go to the tv directly, does the freeze persist? 😮

[fickle nest]

So I played through Spring for more accurate results. Of the 28 days, it froze seven times (2nd, 7th, 10th, 18th, 20th, 24th.)

The freeze doesn’t usually persist if I reload the game. I can usually go and watch the weather like normal after the reload. I’ve only had it freeze twice in a row in the 1.5 years of the game I’ve played.

[scarlet grove]

I see. So the weather is freeze if you played for two more days straight? 😮

[fickle nest]

Yes, I would say so.

[scarlet grove]

Can you tell me what activities you usually do in a day? We're trying to determine whether it has something to do with the freeze 🙂

PS: Just a heads up, our studio is off today until April 15th, so there might be some delay in responding to the report.

[fickle nest]

So normally I start the day by petting my cat, checking the weather, then checking the calendar.

In the mornings I harvest and replant my crops (I have sprinklers.) Then I’ll pet my animals and gather the barn and coop items. (I’ll let them out if sunny and refill the troughs if rainy.) Then I will refill all of my machines.

In the afternoons I’ll give birthday presents and buy crops if needed. Then I’ll either spend time catching ocean critters, mining for ores, or catching bugs depending on the weather.

I usually get home around 11pm and put everything I need into the sell bin. And then I go to sleep.

[fickle nest]

I’m just adding a post here and keeping track of when it crashes and what I did the day before to help.

Fall 3: I had just opened the game and started the day when the weather crashes it. So nothing the day before.

Fall 9: I had played Fall 6, 7, & 8 before the crash. On the 8th I moved some chests around, collected my animal products, filled my machines, went diving, and then put a bunch of items in the dryer and the shipping box before sleeping.

Fall 10: I had just opened the game and it crashed from the weather. I closed and re-opened it and it crashed a second time. The third time I opened it, it worked normally.

Winter 5: Played the 4th before the crash. I did the regular morning things and fished in the afternoon.

Winter 14: I had played at least 2-3 days before I got the weather crash. The day before I did the normal morning things and dove in the afternoon. I did pause the game for about 20 minutes at 6am before I continued. So this one might be on me.

Winter 28: I got the weather crash right after opening the game. Interestingly, normally the game only get part way through the weather message before freezing. But this one had the full weather message and then froze.

Spring 9th: Played one day beforehand. Did usual morning things, gave Kenny a birthday gift, dove in the afternoon. It froze both when I got to the 19th and then again after I restarted the game.