stuck in water near scared Holm and can't leave

[candid gust]

Was doing sacred holm. I picked up the stick of dynamite, and it didn't give me the option to blow up the purple miasma rock when I put it down so I assumed it had to be used somewhere else. I jumped down back to where the sad poisoned slug was and that also wasn't right. So I tried to climb back to the miasma rock (still carrying the dynamite) but fell through the ground and into the water below the level. I swam for a long time but the game won't let me get back to any of the islands. There is an invisible wall and Smushi is not on the map.

I saved hoping I would spawn back to a safe place but I did not. I am stuck in the liminal water! Please help me get little mush home!!

I am playing on steam and I downloaded it yesterday

[gray pulsar]

Hey there! Sorry to hear about this bug, I haven't heard of anyone clipping out of the level like that in this island o:

Does the backup save load you back onto the island correctly? You can load the backup save from the main menu by going Start > Delete/Restore Save > then select the Restore Backup option for that save.

if that doesn't work just lmk and I can try to fix your save file for you

[candid gust]

I'm sorry to say that that just started a new blank save file!

[gray pulsar]

What the O: which save slot was having the issue?

[candid gust]

Slot one and when I tried to load back up it made slot three?

[gray pulsar]

Hmm very strange. So when loading slot 1 it still spawns you in the ocean?

[candid gust]

Yes still in the ocean! Poor smushi! Thanks for looking into this 🥲

[gray pulsar]

Gotcha, no worries :3 i can get you out of there by manually editing your save file. I'll just need u to send it to me here first.

You can find the save file on your PC with this file path:

C:\Users\YourName\AppData\LocalLow\SomeHumbleOnion\Smushi Come Home

You'll see a file named "SmushiSave1" go ahead and send that one over to me on here when u can :3 here's a lil video showing how to access the file if u need some extra help

[candid gust]

Thanks so much for your help!

[gray pulsar]

no worries at all! I'm really sorry you ran into such a weird bug :(( Oddly enough, when I loaded your save in I wasn't in the ocean, I was back on the island like normal o: so now it's even weirder, but your save file should be fixed now at least!

What you'll need to do is go back to that same folder with all the saves, delete the SmushiSave1, and replace it with this file here. Then, go to your Steam Library, right-click on Smushi Come Home, select Properties, and untick the setting for "Steam Cloud". Then, boot the game up and you should be good to go!

I spawned you back next to the bomb. You can take it back to the big miasma rock and place it where the lil sparkles are on the floor (see screenshot) and you can progress from there

[candid gust]

Thank you so much! Smushi can now continue their journey

It's so weird you weren't in the ocean coz I reloaded several times, including now and I was in ocean haha. Mystery

Thanks again! I love this little game