Crash during transition from evening to night

[dreamy igloo]

Reproduction steps: I was dashing around town during fall, right in front of Ling's Lab (Ling, Aaliyah, and Randy were all on screen), the time was 5:50pm, presumably about to turn 6pm if my reading of the crash log was anything to go off of. I was in the middle of a dash to reach Ling to speak with her when the game crashed.

I had taken care of finishing the Rare Fish/Catch Altar earlier that day (my giant sea bass...lost to the abyss...), as well as just given Zoe some cocoa beans for a misc board quest.

Repro Rate: I have not attempted to reproduce this, as it is late irl for me and I am taking this crash as a sign to go to bed lol. However, this is the first time this has happened to me over the course of many in-game days today.

Game Version: 1.2-1242
Game Platform: Steam (PC)
Input Mode: Keyboard and mouse

[idle fable]

Hello @dreamy igloo,
Thank you for letting us know about this. I'm sorry that the crash interrupted your gameplay. 🙇‍♀️

[dreamy igloo]

omg i think this was the wrong crash report

I had another one yesterday that I didn't end up reporting, hence the mixup

But of course, I love this game, and I will get that dang bass one way or another!

[idle fable]

Ahh! No worries, this is the correct reporting channel for a crash. 🙌

Could you also share your save file so we can check it further? Not in a rush too, you can share it once you have some rest!

You can copy and paste this path into your File Explorer:
%localappdata%\ProjectCoral\Saved

Then, compress the SaveGames folder into a ZIP file and send it here. Thank you for your help and for your kind words! 🙏✨

[dreamy igloo]

Okay, I think I did this correctly!

[idle fable]

Yup! This is the correct save file — thank you!
Do you recall what in-game date the issue occurred? Was it Fall 15, during the Festival day?

By any chance, do you have a video of when the issue happened?
Also, did you happen to notice any lighting errors right before the issue occurred?

[dreamy igloo]

I know it was after the Festival Day. I did not get a video of the issue, but I do think I recall a brief lighting error, like the game has to take a second to get the town lights on and get the proper night lighting rendered.

It sometimes happens when the game slows down at the time transitions, and isn't as noticeable an issue when in the caves or underwater. It's always very brief when it does happen.

[idle fable]

Thank you so much for the details! That’s really helpful for the team to know.

Could you also share screenshot or video of your in-game settings, especially the Display and Graphics sections?
We’d like to check if any specific settings might be contributing to the issue.

You can find them by opening the Settings menu → Display / Graphics tabs. Thanks again!

[dreamy igloo]

Oh man, I really hope it's not my graphical settings! But anything I can change to prevent further crashes would be helpful! 🙏

[idle fable]

Thanks for the screenshots! I’ve passed them to the team for checking. 🙆‍♀️
If the issue happens again next time you play, could you record a short video of it? You can also use the Steam Recording feature — here’s how: #1179982157825974374 message.

Thanks again! 🙌

[idle fable]

Hello @dreamy igloo, hope you’re doing well. Just wanted to check if the crash is still happening for you in the current version of the game?

Let us know when you get a chance!