ConcernedApe has issued a message to the Stardew Valley community regarding the game's recent update and its broken mods. While most gamers who enjoy mods are accustomed to them occasionally breaking following game updates, it seems ConcernedApe did something a little differently when releasing Stardew Valley's latest patch. That's led to a bit more of a problem than usual for mods and modders.
Stardew Valley's 1.6 update has been a success on mobile and console, but not without some hiccups. Some bugs have popped up that have led to additional patches being issued, but it seems that there's still one lingering problem that's outside the usual scope for the developer.
A Stardew Valley player discovers a small bug in the game's latest patch, but most save files will go unaffected by the glitch.
In a new message from ConcernedApe, the developer explained that most of the time Stardew Valley is approaching the release of an update, he coordinates with the team behind SMAPI, a Stardew mod loader, which is independent of the game. This coordination allows updates for both the game and the mod loader to go live around the same time, so while individual mods may be hit-or-miss, the...