Hey Backyard Chefs!
Thanks so much for all the support, reports, and ideas you’ve shared with us; this update is focused on fixing key save/load, fishing, farming, and market issues while making the early game a little smoother with new tutorials.
Fixes
Fixed fishing spots not reliably appearing after loading a saved day.
Fixed prepared dishes on cook stations, not restoring correctly after saving and loading.
Fixed products placed in farm machines, including the Windmill, Dairy, and Tomato Presser, disappearing or restoring incorrectly after rejoining the game.
Fixed crops, livestock, and production buildings not reliably restoring their saved state.
Fixed crate contents sometimes ending up visually out of sync when switching or holstering items.
Fixed chefs showing the wrong missing-recipe warning when they were assigned to cookers that could not make the current order.
Fixed a sell refund glitch that let crops recover their cost after producing harvests.
Fixed shoppers entering the market when no cash register is available.
Fixed shoppers keeping unpaid cart items or sales totals when they leave without checking out.
Fixed checkout queues breaking when a cash register is removed.
Fixed waiters getting stuck while looking for a cook station.
Fixed waiters using the wrong cook station instead of their assigned one.
Fixed chef assignment changes leaving kitchen stations, plates, or cooking work stuck in a reserved state.
Fixed chef unassignment during active cooking so kitchen work can no longer be interrupted into an invalid state.
Fixed collision issues around carrot and pumpkin fields.
Improved save/load speed and stability during the loading phase.
Improved performance and crowd stability by limiting the number of active NPCs in the world.
Improved shelf labels so they are less likely to block clicks.
Balance
Crop sell refunds now return 50% of the crop’s purchase price instead of the full purchase price.
Features
Added a new Fishing Spots tutorial.
Added a new Building Modes tutorial covering move, sell, and paint tools.
Added visible sell refund information to sell tooltips.
Save Compatibility Notice
Before updating, we recommend serving or collecting prepared dishes from cook stations and harvesting available livestock, crop, and production building outputs. Older save files should still load, but some unserved prepared dishes or producer outputs may reset after the update.
Thanks to @lunah_lux, @kay, @sun, @Summer, @Diesal, and @Envylicious for helping us identify and resolve some of these issues.
Note
We are aware that some players are having difficulty, especially in the early stages of the game. We are carefully analysing the main causes and working on lasting improvements rather than quick temporary fixes.
Please share the things you loved, what you think could be improved, and any bugs, crashes, feedback, or suggestions in the Discord channel or on the Steam forums. We'll be closely watching them throughout launch. 💛
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Have fun farming and building your restaurant!
Till next time,
Furkan & Sevo @ indieGiant