Switch 1.6 lag unrelated to hats

[gear storm]

Ive seen all the posts saying that the 1.6 lag is because of pet hats, but I'm playing on a fresh file and experience lag at random since before I even had a pet let alone hats for a second causing me to take damage and loose the fishing minigame. Theres nothing consistent about when where and why. And I never had this issue before the update.

 

[Jianadaren1]

Same. It's worse with co-op, but even single player on a new farm sees lag without hats

 

[SuperJamoose]

Agreed. We had started a fresh file on Switch, patch 1.6.9, hadn't even picked up a single hat, much less a pet in-game. Meadowlands Map.

"No hats on pets" will not solve the lag.

 

[Octavo]

I also get this lag but I've had it before 1.6. does seem a bit worse now though and again, no hats or pets on a new save

 

[Haileywa]

Same problem for us. Husband and I started a new Meadowlands farm with online co-op on Switch last night. We were both experiencing issues as soon as the game started so not a single hat or even pet on the farm. Husband experienced a hard crash on Spring day 5. We were both in the mines at the time.

He was host and his lag seemed less significant and not as often as mine. I was freezing up for 5+ seconds at times. He was playing with the Switch docked and I was playing handheld.

Our original game we started prior to the Ginger Island update eventually experienced lag after years in game, but only when running around. It was annoying, but nowhere close to game breaking. This new game/patch lag is happening no matter what’s going on. Even in the middle of fishing which is pretty significant gameplay breaking when I lag for 5+ seconds.

 

[Haileywa]

I think we’re going to try again on PlayStation tonight and see if we have the same issues. We prefer the Switch version for the flexibility to play in the livingroom or in bed.