Windows Spouse dialogue around festivals, and some other dialogue problems

Antsy

Planter
This probably isn't a bug so much as negligence, but one thing that irks me is that the spouse always knows THE DAY BEFORE that there will be a festival, but on the day OF the festival, they talk about doing their normal routine even when it's impossible, such as saying they're going in to work while the festival is happening. (At least, this is true of Maru, but I think it happens with other spouses as well.)

There are a lot of other small dialogue glitches. One that has been there at least since 1.5, when I started playing, is that Sam will ask you what he should write a song about, and gives you several options, but he always writes his song about "farming, fishing, and chopping wood" or whatever it is. He never takes my much better suggestions. He does take the suggestion about the type of music, so that implies that he isn't going to ignore your answer as to the song theme.

The other one is new in 1.6 I think - after he gives you the farm cave, Demetrius will ask if you got anything out of it, and when you say yes, he mumbles something about it being more than expected. Then on a later occasion he will always tell you not to forget to check if anything happened with the farm cave. These seem out of order, or only one of them should occur, but in my experience they consistently happen that way. It seems weird that he would ask you to check the cave after you already told him you got something out of it.

The truncation of the rooster crowing on day 1 of a new file, and the loss of part of Lewis's dialogue conducting the wedding ceremony, I'm pretty sure have been reported before. It's a shame to ruin so many weddings.

V. 1.6.15, build 24354
 

mare

Sodbuster
I’m also experiencing this dialogue issue on iOS, and it always confuses me!

Spoilers for spouse dialogue below!


My spouse is Sebastian. On the day before the Stardew Valley Fair (Fall 15), he says:
“The Stardew Valley Fair is a little crowded for my tastes…”
But on the morning of the actual festival (Fall 16), he has a normal daily dialogue instead:
“Hey, do we have any pizza in the freezer? I’m hungry.”
He also has another normal dialogue about working or reading manga that day.
Then, after I enter the festival and talk to him, he says:
“I’m going to go find Sam. You should go have fun too.”
While he’s already standing with Sam! 😭😂
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So there are three different kinds of dialogue around the festival:
  • The day before: dialogue about the upcoming festival
  • The morning of the festival: normal daily dialogue
  • During the festival: dialogue about the festival
This always makes me confused about whether the festival is happening today or tomorrow!
I think something similar happens with the Luau, too. I don’t have a screenshot of that dialogue, so I may be remembering it incorrectly, but I remember Sebastian saying something like “Have you thought about what to put in tonight’s Luau soup?” the day before the Luau. I remember thinking, “Wait, is the Luau today?!” 😭

I originally wondered if there might be an issue with the Japanese translation of tonight or tomorrow, but seeing this discussion, it seems like the dialogue timing itself may be the confusing part.

It would be much less confusing if the day-before dialogue explicitly said “tomorrow,” or if the festival-related dialogue happened on the actual festival day! 😂

Game version: 16.15.1 build 25156
Device: iPhone 17
iOS:26.6.1
Language:Japanese
Single player, no mods.
 
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