Anime Shop Simulator Crashes & Known Issues (1.0.3)
Quick fixes by symptom
| Symptom | What to try | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Crash when a restocker starts work, when you flip the sign to Open, or when an employee throws away a box | Move warehouse shelving away from the walls; or set both employees to cashier | Workaround confirmed by several players; 1.0.2 fixed it for some |
| Crash when hiring or paying an employee | Same employee workaround; update to 1.0.3 | Open reports |
| Save won’t load, or you can’t aim at shelves or pick things up | Back up the save, then try the community repair on the save file page | Community fix |
| Items or shelves stop responding, a tool is stuck in your hands | Update to 1.0.3 | Fixed Sep 13 |
| Two players grab the same box and one freezes | Update to 1.0.3 | Fixed Sep 12-13 |
| Achievements don’t unlock | Update to 1.0.3; conditions met earlier may need repeating | Fixed Sep 13 |
| Deliveries always arrive at zone 1 even when you pick zone 2 | No fix yet; keep zone 1 clear | Open (two threads) |
| Employees fill their XP bar but never rank up | Rank-up appears around shop level 20-24; see employees | Partly by design |
| Steam Cloud saves don’t sync between PCs or Deck | Copy the save folder by hand | Open |
What each patch fixed
September 11, day-one update
- Removed a survey that popped up when you quit.
- Lowered rain and thunder volume and fixed several sound issues.
- Wet stains no longer appear before you unlock the mop.
Hotfix 1.0.2, September 12
- Fixed a freeze when two players picked up the same box at the same time.
- Rebalanced based on feedback, with less trash and fewer vandals and thieves.
- Added an FOV setting.
- The tool wheel now opens when you hold its button.
- Updated the look of upgraded boosters in the Secret Shop.
- Fixed quests so puddles don’t appear before you have the mop.
- Added a free apology poster, found in the Decor section.
Hotfix 1.0.3, September 13
- Fixed the freeze when two players pick up the same object.
- Fixed items and shelves that could stop responding.
- Fixed items or tools getting stuck in your hands.
- Fixed Steam achievements, which should now all unlock.
In the 1.0.2 notes the developers apologised for “the less-than-smooth launch”, and the 1.0.3 notes say the next patch is already in the works.
Other launch-week reports (not yet confirmed)
These come from one or two players each on the Steam forums. They are worth knowing, but we have not seen them widely reproduced:
- A crash on opening the store on a specific day (day 13 in co-op, day 32 in single player), both tied to employees by the people reporting.
- A crash after adding a card display case to a friends-only co-op game.
- Boxes flying off or vanishing from the delivery zone when a friend joins.
- A freeze on the opening “you’ve been isekai’d” welcome screen on one laptop.
- The Princess Hunter poster turning into the Karaoke x Love poster; re-boxing and re-hanging it fixes that.
- The Discord invite button in the main menu opening in a browser but not accepting.
- Dropped items you can’t put down anywhere once picked up, leaving the bin as the only option.
Before you report a bug
The developers read the Steam forums and point players to their Discord for bug reports; the invite is on the links page. Back up your save before every update, because players have reported saves breaking after patches.
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