Switch Vanishing Spouse Glitch???

coffinfang

Greenhorn
Hey! I'm new to this forum and I don't know how active it is, but I've been having a lot of trouble with one bug in particular ever since the 1.6 update on the Switch.

So, I married Elliott, way prior to receiving the update and I have 2 kids with him. For some reason, I can't leave the house without Elliott vanishing pretty much entirely every day/night. Unless I enter my farmhouse at 10pm when he's in bed— if I enter my house at any time before that, he's just gone and doesn't return or come to bed at all. But then he's there the next morning like nothing happened?? And his dialogue is normal and everything.

I also noticed that my son also went missing alongside Elliott after I just logged on. When I woke up, I couldn't find my son anywhere in my farmhouse (this is the first time this has happened), but my daughter was there. Then I left my house very briefly to get something out of my shed, and when I came back Elliott disappeared. It's not Monday, so he couldn't have gone to the beach. Plus, this happens basically every day unless I don't leave the house. Even if it's raining/storming, he's still gone.

I did a bit of research, and apparently this bug has been around for a while, but I'm mostly seeing that it only happens occasionally for most people? And this hasn't been an issue for me at all prior to the 1.6 update. And I can't find anyone else who is experiencing this same issue at the same time as I am. :/

Sorry about the long rant LOL, if anyone sees this and has a similar problem PLEASE lmk😭. I really hope that this gets fixed if it's an issue that other people are having.

P.S. I don't have any mods on my game whatsoever, if that means anything
 

coffinfang

Greenhorn
I also wanna add that I don't recall this being a problem before 1.6.9 specifically, like everything was mostly fine until that. It's a bit less buggy now but unfortunately my husband keeps going missing :(
 

MissyFarm

Greenhorn
I think I'm having this issue as well but I want to ask if you have noticed the NPCs, specifically their walk paths, being messed up. I play on switch and PS4 and have noticed that not one but three villagers (so far) have walk paths that have been altered to the point that they go out of bounds or are stuck behind an object on the map.
 

coffinfang

Greenhorn
I think I'm having this issue as well but I want to ask if you have noticed the NPCs, specifically their walk paths, being messed up. I play on switch and PS4 and have noticed that not one but three villagers (so far) have walk paths that have been altered to the point that they go out of bounds or are stuck behind an object on the map.
I'm not sure if I've noticed that. To be honest, I don't really talk to the townsfolk outside of festivals so I wouldn't know anything, sorry. 😞
 

PeterPanWannabe

Greenhorn
I and a number of other folks have been having similar issues on many systems, and only since the 1.6.9 update (⁠。⁠ŏ⁠﹏⁠ŏ⁠)
(I'm married to Elliott too)


Re: villager walk paths: I have not noticed this, but I don't spend a ton of time in town & haven't played much since noticing the spouse glitch

For clarity: my game is ver. 1.6.9.37 (Switch)
 
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coffinfang

Greenhorn
I and a number of other folks have been having similar issues on many systems, and only since the 1.6.9 update (⁠。⁠ŏ⁠﹏⁠ŏ⁠)
(I'm married to Elliott too)


Re: villager walk paths: I have not noticed this, but I don't spend a ton of time in town & haven't played much since noticing the spouse glitch

For clarity: my game is ver. 1.6.9.37 (Switch)
OMG tsym!!! I'm relieved to see more people experiencing a similar if not the same issue as I am. I'm really really hoping this gets fixed soon??
 

MissyFarm

Greenhorn
For me, my husband is missing as well. Gone in the morning, comes back at night. My friend married Sebastian, same issue. However, just recently I found Sebastian at the top right of the screen where the bus stop is. Walking along a path he shouldn't be walking at/gets stuck on. Haven't noticed the kids missing but then again, I don't bother them enough (I swear I'm a good ma haha)
 

coffinfang

Greenhorn
For me, my husband is missing as well. Gone in the morning, comes back at night. My friend married Sebastian, same issue. However, just recently I found Sebastian at the top right of the screen where the bus stop is. Walking along a path he shouldn't be walking at/gets stuck on. Haven't noticed the kids missing but then again, I don't bother them enough (I swear I'm a good ma haha)
My issue is that it's not like Elliott is leaving the house to go somewhere, he literally just keeps vanishing and doesn't even come back at night. Idk why this happens!! It's been happening less recently but it's still an ongoing issue
 
Emily gets stuck in the fence for a whole day near the bus stop a lot

There was a change to NPC's walking routes in 1.6 and it definitely messed up on the switch, but I'm hoping the next patch will fix it
 

Dusk4

Greenhorn
I'm married to Elliott and my sister is married to Sam. Elliott isn't home most night anymore and also just disappears for me too.
We found Sam walking out of bounds near the bus stop and then vanishing. One day he was in the fenced in area with the animals and stuck there for a full in game day. The whole time the cows, ostriches, and pigs stood in a group staring at him and didn't move until it was time for them to go to bed.

Switch
Local split screen co-op
V 1.6.9
 
So glad to know that I'm not the only one having this glitch! I'm married to Sebastian in game and when I go to bed around 1:30am in game the majority of the time he is not there. I was still having it when I was playing this evening. Really hoping that it is patched in the next updated because I was looking forward to seeing the pop-up speech bubbles when you go to sleep.
 

jblark

Greenhorn
I am seeing this as well. Furthermore, submitting to divorce spouse results in the game crashing. Spouse was vanishing prior to 1.6 update, but divorce bug is new. All this on Switch
 

TheLionKim

Farmhand
OMG finally found someone with the same problem! I posted about this yesterday, and Seb doesn’t get stuck in the fence so I thought I had a totally new bug. Definitely watching this thread.
 

ChickWen

Sodbuster
I have been having this issue for a while now too (since 1.6)! Hope it gets fixed soon :/ It makes me upset when i can't talk to Sebastian cuz he tps into the bed before i can talk to him :(
 
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