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Stardew Valley for Nintendo Switch |OT| Starving for a Harvest
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there are flowers all over the place... romeo
lmao
balladofwindfishes
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There's alcohol in the game (including two alcoholics), and some mild flirty dialog, but nothing really inappropriate for an 8 year old.
hmmmm, dropping items in stardew valley worked (and still works) like this:
Pick up item in inventory screen, move cursor outside of inventory -> tap (A) to drop.
That'll drop the item without deleting it.
The issue is that, by default "use controller-style menus" is turned on which makes you unable to use the cursor freely, but rather have it snap to individual item slots or buttons.
Now add the fact hat there doesn't seem to be a "button" that represents 'outside of inventory', at least i haven't found one yet.
So with "use controller-style menus" turned off, you'll have a freely moving cursor. Something i'd recommend doing anyways, since i see no downside - you can still navigate your backpack with the shoulder buttons.
I believe that's how i played it on PS4, since i was most certainly able to drop items temporarily (like drop a piece of ore, pick up a mushroom, eat said mushroom, pick up the ore again)
Pick up item in inventory screen, move cursor outside of inventory -> tap (A) to drop.
That'll drop the item without deleting it.
The issue is that, by default "use controller-style menus" is turned on which makes you unable to use the cursor freely, but rather have it snap to individual item slots or buttons.
Now add the fact hat there doesn't seem to be a "button" that represents 'outside of inventory', at least i haven't found one yet.
So with "use controller-style menus" turned off, you'll have a freely moving cursor. Something i'd recommend doing anyways, since i see no downside - you can still navigate your backpack with the shoulder buttons.
I believe that's how i played it on PS4, since i was most certainly able to drop items temporarily (like drop a piece of ore, pick up a mushroom, eat said mushroom, pick up the ore again)
FYI moving the right analog stick brings out the free-moving cursor even with controller-style menus enabled.
The people that are shop keepers, you have to walk behind the counter and talk to them directly to "meet" them. Talking to them over the counter doesn't count.
Totally. I played Harvest Moon GBC around that age and loved it. Some things are kind of complex so she might need a guide or something. Or she might just ignore the complex parts. There is a ton to do.
ZedLeppelin006
Banned
Bought this for my wife yesterday who loved playing Harvest Moon games back in the day and she ended up playing 5 hours straight before bed lol. RIP to my Switch playtime for a bit haha.
hmmm....
https://i.imgur.com/Oo26FsY.gifv
i feel like that's how it was on PS4, but the Switch version doesn't let me move the cursor freely in menus.
Yeah, there's some good stuff going on with the interface. The port definitely receives my stamp of approval, but the interface for planting seems slightly weird. Like, it is free cursor, no matter what?
chris121580
Member
Mine lasted a really long time. It doesn't seem to eat that much battery life. I played it all day/evening yesterday
have you turned on the "placement tile indicator" in the options?
Yeah that's essential IMO. I immediately went into the options and turned it on when I noticed it wasn't on by default. It's even more necessary when you're dealing with crops.
whyamihere
Banned
How do I eat food?
IIRC this still doesn't give you a tile indicator with certain items, which is a ball-ache. Maybe i didn't turn that on though (thought I had).
Same way you use your tools. Select it from your action bar and press Y.
whyamihere
Banned
Duh. Thanks.
Jables Swan
Member
I had never played this game before. Bought it as soon as it came live. Then tonight I spend 16 in game days just chopping down trees and watering my veggies. So good.
talkingood
Member
Has anyone else noticed how the audio "crackles" in this game? If you turn the volume up to max it sounds almost like the audio levels are constantly peaking. It's the only Switch game I've noticed this problem with.
They are only used when you buy more inventory rows, so you alternate between them.
balladofwindfishes
Member
i believe they cycle through the (up to 3) rows of inventory, once you buy the backpack upgrade?
Yeah, the early levels aren't exactly a coal rich environment. Once you descend deeper, you start finding a lot more coal and various other things more reliably.
Jables Swan
Member
Yep I noticed it when I was playing docked tonight.
balladofwindfishes
Member
Goes on forever
awesome!
RoseBell69
Member
I just purchased this game and it's time to start my farming career. Good luck and have fun, everyone!
balladofwindfishes
Member
It's so open ended, it's actually almost silly in places. Mostly dealing with divorce and children.
Focusing mainly on the cave, I feel like such an outcast in the town.
Also, is it wise to focus on building a coop for extra income? I'm trying to find the least demanding way of building income while I spelunk. I currently have a few places growing, but it's mainly for the town hall projects.
Also, is it wise to focus on building a coop for extra income? I'm trying to find the least demanding way of building income while I spelunk. I currently have a few places growing, but it's mainly for the town hall projects.
Touch controls would really make this version definitive imo.
There's a Reddit post trying to get some attention on this most critical issue.
There's a Reddit post trying to get some attention on this most critical issue.
Thats cool though, i bought this as a chill open game, dont like to be against the clock
anyone wanna confirm whether or not i am crazy? (like, with regards to the controls of the game, not in general, please)
How do you guys drop (not trash) items?
Scoularis said - in the inventory, the right stick moves the pointer (not the square cursor) - that doesn't work for me. And since dropping items requires you to 'drag them' out of your inventory, i don't see how i'd do that.
https://i.imgur.com/Oo26FsY.gifv
How do you guys drop (not trash) items?
Scoularis said - in the inventory, the right stick moves the pointer (not the square cursor) - that doesn't work for me. And since dropping items requires you to 'drag them' out of your inventory, i don't see how i'd do that.
https://i.imgur.com/Oo26FsY.gifv
I knew that the right stick moves the cursor in general, but I hadn't specifically tested it in the inventory menu.
I believe when you say it doesn't work, however. There are a whole host of little control oversights in this port. It's clear that things need to be ironed out for sure.
RoseBell69
Member
Uhh I went idle to take care of some other things and left the game on and paused... I came back to find the audio acting up by sounding all scratchy/static. Is there a fix to this?
Close the game and restart, no other method until a patch
RoseBell69
Member
Aw poop... lol. Guess I lost a whole day's progress! Good to know and won't idle again til a patch at least. Thank you!
As you get deeper into the town residents' backstories, some of the themes are pretty serious, but for the most part, the game's content is charming and inoffensive. I think you and your daughter will have more than enough fun exploring, creating/maintaining your farm, taking care of livestock, etc. It's a wonderful game, and in fact, the more adult content came as a pleasant surprise in what I thought was going to be a rather one-note narrative.
You can still save first
Idling is not the problem either, even playing non stop will eventually cause this problem. You could see it as a reminder that it's time to take a break !
Definitely - it's a weird oversight, given that i remember the PS4 working exactly as you suggested.
I just couldn't test it out, since i'm at work, and the memory of how the game controlled on the DS4 resides in my hands, not my brain
RoseBell69
Member
You can still save first
Idling is not the problem either, even playing non stop will eventually cause this problem. You could see it as a reminder that it's time to take a break !
Yeah I could have but I was so far away from my farm and I didn't want to deal with the annoying audio haha! It's okay though, I will have to repeat all that I did for that day another time. Luckily I'm not that far too in yet, so it's a minor thing.
So with that info, I will probably play for one ingame day per real life day til the patch kicks in... Thank you again!
ClayKavalier
Banned
Its odd that characters just dont respond to you talking to them when youve exhausted their dialogue instead of just repeating their lines like most games. I feel like its taking me a long time to learn everyones names because with some characters you just get one shot a day to talk to them.
Ive met 27 of the 28 characters according to my quest log. Is there someone that shows up later? Also, are there any consequences to shopping at the Walmart-esque store? Ive been avoiding it out of principle but Im curious whether theres any story scenes tied to it, the mayor character said something that makes it seem like there is.
Ive met 27 of the 28 characters according to my quest log. Is there someone that shows up later? Also, are there any consequences to shopping at the Walmart-esque store? Ive been avoiding it out of principle but Im curious whether theres any story scenes tied to it, the mayor character said something that makes it seem like there is.