Switch Spouse ceases to exist?

[TheLionKim]

Alright, so after the 1.6 update, I started a new farm and married Sebastian. Sometimes (I’m trying to find a pattern) he just doesn’t exist in the game. I looked up his married schedule and checked those places, etc. but he’s still just gone (example: saw Sam playing pool by himself on Friday). And then he never shows up at home to go to bed. I was able to counteract it by staying with him in the house all day (or walking in the house every couple minutes) or following him when he leaves the house and staying with him as he does his thing. The marriage cutscene with him was also missing a lot of dialogue. I checked my previous save file with Elliot to see if the problem showed up there too and it does. Elliot also says dialogue from the beginning of the game now (welcomes me into his cabin when we live together lol). It’s so weird and I can’t find anyone else with that problem, so I made an account here so I could post. I would love to see if anyone else has experienced this.

 

[Lew Zealand]

Hi TheLionKim and Welcome to the Forum! There is currently a bug where the spouses get "stuck" in the fence at the Bus Stop. The next time you can't find Seb, have a look around there, I think you may find him but unfortunately there's not much you can do about it. At least it's a known bug and should be fixed with the next bugfix update, however I don't think anyone knows when that will be arriving.

 

[FilthyGorilla]

On some platforms spouses have issues with walking outside the farmhouse map entirely, walking straight into the void

 

[TheLionKim]

Hi TheLionKim and Welcome to the Forum! There is currently a bug where the spouses get "stuck" in the fence at the Bus Stop. The next time you can't find Seb, have a look around there, I think you may find him but unfortunately there's not much you can do about it. At least it's a known bug and should be fixed with the next bugfix update, however I don't think anyone knows when that will be arriving.

Will do! Thank you! I’ll update next I’m able to get on the Switch.

 

[TheLionKim]

On some platforms spouses have issues with walking outside the farmhouse map entirely, walking straight into the void

Oh so like when they walk out the door, they just erase themselves?

 

[TheLionKim]

Hi TheLionKim and Welcome to the Forum! There is currently a bug where the spouses get "stuck" in the fence at the Bus Stop. The next time you can't find Seb, have a look around there, I think you may find him but unfortunately there's not much you can do about it. At least it's a known bug and should be fixed with the next bugfix update, however I don't think anyone knows when that will be arriving.

Update: I do not see him anywhere at the bus stop. I’ll keep looking around to see if he gets stuck anywhere else or keep trying to find a pattern of when he disappears. Very fitting for Seb to just want to take a quick trip to the void lol

 

[TheLionKim]

I was able to get Seb to stick around if I waited in the farmhouse until he moved from the kitchen to a new spot. Then I was able to leave and do whatever (I still checked to see if he was there every little while) and when I got home, he was in the bed. When he did disappear, I looked all around the map and didn’t see him stuck anywhere. When he does disappear, it seems to be around 10 am. Doing this detective work is low key fun lol

 

[Maxima]

Doing this detective work is low key fun lol

I've been doing this with my Sam, that I memorized his married schedule so I know where he is at all times lol If he's not anywhere in town though, he's likely taking a vacation at Ginger Island.

So if you can't find your Seb and have the resort open, he might be there.

(Edit: Just realized this is posted in the Bug Report forum lol I play on Mobile, so this disappearing spouse issue might be Switch exclusive)

 

[TheLionKim]

I've been doing this with my Sam, that I memorized his married schedule so I know where he is at all times lol If he's not anywhere in town though, he's likely taking a vacation at Ginger Island.

So if you can't find your Seb and have the resort open, he might be there.

(Edit: Just realized this is posted in the Bug Report forum lol I play on Mobile, so this disappearing spouse issue might be Switch exclusive)

No worries! I don’t have the resort unlocked in this save file yet. But I do in my other one, so when Elliot was gone, I checked Ginger Island and he wasn’t there. And he never came to bed. And then when I saw him the next morning, he said “sorry about the mess in my cabin” lol Elliot we’ve been married 5 years. So my dialogue is a little messed up too. My wedding cutscene with Seb was also missing a good chunk of dialogue. All Lewis said after saying I was now a part of the community was “Sebastian…. You may kiss”. He never pronounced us husband and wife lol

 

[TheLionKim]

Another thing from this morning: I looked up Seb’s Monday schedule and it says he leaves the house at 9 to go to the mountains. So I tried doing what I did before and waited for him to leave so I could follow him. But he never budged even at 11 so I left, watered, came back in, and he’s gone. I checked where he’s supposed to go, and he wasn’t there and I didn’t see him stuck anywhere on the way. What’s weird this time is that he visits Robin at her home and she was gone too. And I’m getting early game dialogue from NPC’s too. A mystery!

 

[TheLionKim]

On some platforms spouses have issues with walking outside the farmhouse map entirely, walking straight into the void

When I was playing tonight, I waited in the farmhouse to see if Seb would leave or not (it was Tuesday so he’s supposed to stay in the house). But he walked out and yep, straight into the void. Didn’t see him walking on the path by the bus stop like he would if he actually left to go into town. So yep, I think you’re right about the issue. Guess there’s nothing I can do until the next patch since it looks like this is a known bug. Bummer.

 

[FilthyGorilla]

When I was playing tonight, I waited in the farmhouse to see if Seb would leave or not (it was Tuesday so he’s supposed to stay in the house). But he walked out and yep, straight into the void. Didn’t see him walking on the path by the bus stop like he would if he actually left to go into town. So yep, I think you’re right about the issue. Guess there’s nothing I can do until the next patch since it looks like this is a known bug. Bummer.

Luckily it's not harmful, it can be a bit annoying if you want to gift them but at least with the spouses they don't destroy anything like some npcs can when they derail on mobile for example (that's mobile only though so you don't really have to worry)

 

[TheLionKim]

Luckily it's not harmful, it can be a bit annoying if you want to gift them but at least with the spouses they don't destroy anything like some npcs can when they derail on mobile for example (that's mobile only though so you don't really have to worry)

Thanks for the help! I guess the one bad thing is now the chances of Seb asking if we should have a baby is now really low if he’s not home at bedtime.

 

[TheLionKim]

I’m starting to see a pattern. If Sebs at home, he disappears between 10:30 and 11. On days where he takes a walk, he just disappears at that time unless I follow him through the bus stop and into town. I don’t see a pattern of certain days this happens. Last week he went into the void on Wednesday. This week was fine on Wednesday.

 

[TheLionKim]

I FOUND HIM!!! On days he disappears (so far Sunday and Monday), he leaves the house at 10:30 and ends up here. He walks straight up until he’s gone and I don’t see him again until morning.

 

[TheLionKim]

One last thing, I waited by the bus stop before he left the house to see where he went, and when he starts walking straight up, he turns left onto the road towards the tunnel, but I can’t find him once he does that. He’s not in the next area anywhere.

It was fun to chase around for bug evidence lol but bummed Seb’s not around the farm very much. I’ll have to marry him again in a new file after a bug patch.

 

[TheLionKim]

Checked my other file to see if Elliot does the same thing but instead he goes down lol You can barely see him in the bottom left corner. He also leaves much earlier at 8.