Stardew Valley has been in full swing for a month! The release of version 1.6. has created a general enthusiasm, which is not likely to go down if the game continues to be optimized like this.
Even if it is not the first game of its kind, far from it, Stardew Valley is THE reference in terms of cozy game style farm games. Particularly appreciated for its wealth of content and its astonishing lore, it is nevertheless the fruit of the work of one man: Eric Barone, alias ConcernedApe.
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8 years after the game's release, the creator continues to offer new content. In particular, it deployed a new update massive a few weeks ago. As it turns out, it still manages to renew the gaming experience… at least on PC. In fact, the patch is not yet available on console. So, in the meantime, Barone continues to work on fixes.
More news for Stardew Valley
A month after the release of version 1.6, Stardew Valley is already receiving its patch 1.6.6, on PC. The creator of the game therefore endeavored to correct numerous minor bugs. We will particularly note certain improvements to the gameplay, notably with the hives and the minecart. The patch also rebalances the economy during the Desert Festival. Likewise, a new trade is now possible with the Ashsap Forest Raccoon.
Several fixes related to translations, notably in French, Chinese, Russian and German, have been made. Finally, several causes of crash during cutscenes and interacting with NPCs have been spotted. There should therefore be fewer concerns of this order from now on.
Finally, ConcernedApe is well aware of the creativity surrounding Stardew Valley. The community indeed creates many mods. Thus, it further develops the freedom of the game. However, this can sometimes lead to new problems. The developer has therefore made new fixes for modders.
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Patch Notes 1.6.6
- Gameplay and balancing changes:
- The hives now work with the flowers in the garden pots.
- The “Mineyard Depot” alternate layout now only appears in the Upper Mine or Lava Mine areas.
- It is now possible to enable or disable the gold clock.
- Added trading coal seeds for mahogany to the Raccoon.
- The 50% Mastery XP now only applies to farming, as originally intended.
- Translation changes:
- Revision of Chinese text to version 1.6.3
- Resetting the default Chinese font to the original
- Added an option to use the smooth font introduced in 1.6.4
- Added dialog font size slider for Chinese
- Added movie and desert festival sprites fully translated into Russian
- Added an option to use the “old” font for Russian.
- Bug fixes:
- Fixed a case where the Raccoon could disappear during its multiplayer scene.
- Fixed being able to trash Peter's missing stock list, or give it away during the Winterstar Festival.
- Fixed the ability to give a wilted bouquet to your wife.
- Fixed an issue causing only one Omni-Geode to be produced in the Skull Cavern chest.
- Fixed a crash when a save contains invalid animal shelter data.
- Fixed a crash when chatting with Penny in French.
- Fixed a Willy's Farm event that was incorrectly worded in German.
- Fixed incorrect blocking of a tile on the Tree Farm map.
- Fixed some machines and desert festival logic not working for Linux/macOS players using the compatibility branch.
- Fixed a case where an area was inaccessible in the Volcano Dungeon.
- Fixed sewer event in German.
- Fixed cases where you would see the note from Mayor Lewis's gift box again when collecting 15 parsnips from another chest.
- Fixed Emily's transformation event being difficult to skip.
- Fixed cases where the calico egg ranking price was too high for farmers.
- Fixed prismatic hat effects not working in French.
- Fixed being able to advance through the Readiness Check menu by pressing Y, which caused many issues.
- Fixed island outfits not loading for farmers.
- Minor optimizations.
- Fixes for mod players:
- Error displaying unflavored rogue items.
- Fixed an error if a mod sets an NPC’s “friends and family” data to “null”.
- Fixed an error when loading a save game containing enchanted weapons whose IDs have changed or whose data has been deleted.
- Fixed a soft lock when viewing the weather channel if the next day's weather is personalized.
- Fixed temporary maps that are not part of a location and not using seasonal maps.
- Fixed the summit cutscene showing custom fish with incorrect sprites.
- Fixes for mod authors:
- In Data/Objects, added two new fields: CanBeGivenAsGift and CanBeTrashed. Setting CanBeGivenAsGift: false automatically adds the not_giftable context tag.