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Foundation Known Issues, Workarounds and Fixes

Official 1.12.0.12–1.12.0.14 fixes and activation changes for Harvest Festival, old saves, missing quarry parts, mod crashes and looping animals.

PC
Documented workaround

Newly installed DLC is difficult to enable in an existing game

Platforms: PCUpdated Evidence checked

Patch 1.12.0.14 changes Continue so it offers to enable newly installed DLC in an existing game. [1]

Documented steps

  1. Use the main-menu Continue button and its offer to enable the newly installed DLC in the existing game. [1]
Official fix available

Animals become trapped in a movement loop

Platforms: PCUpdated Evidence checked

Patch 1.12.0.14 lists this correction under Bug Fixes: animals in a movement loop are teleported to their original spawn location. [1]

The behavior is an official bug fix, rather than an instruction for players to teleport every animal manually. [1]

Resolved

Building the Village Centre crashes with certain mods

Platforms: PCUpdated Evidence checked

The same hotfix corrects a Village Centre construction crash associated with certain mods. It does not establish that all mods are compatible with the update. [2]

Resolved

Older saves have missing quarry building parts

Platforms: PCUpdated Evidence checked

Hotfix 1.12.0.13 fixes quarry part lists missing building parts in saves from before the DLC release. [2]

Resolved

DLC appears enabled but is not active

Platforms: PCUpdated Evidence checked

Hotfix 1.12.0.12 fixes DLC selection displaying enabled status when the content was not enabled. [3]

Resolved

Some older saves crash on loading

Platforms: PCUpdated Evidence checked

The hotfix also corrects a load crash affecting some older saves. [3]

Sources & verification

Platform and version details belong to the individual issue or guide section. A documented workaround may not resolve every case.

  1. Patch 1.12.0.14 is live! official-newsRetrieved
  2. Hotfix 1.12.0.13 is live official-newsRetrieved
  3. Hotfix 1.12.0.12 is live official-newsRetrieved

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