Perhaps the largest fix of Animal Crossing: New Horizon’s December 15 2.0.4 update is for the notorious naked Villager bug. This bug would make certain Animal Crossing villagers appear to have converted to a nudist lifestyle. They would be completely nude. Nintendo has discovered that the bug was due to an issue with Custom Designs for Villager clothing not loading correctly. Nudism is a feature that will have to wait for another Animal Crossing: New Horizons DLC.
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Another fix that Nintendo has addressed has to do with Happy Home Paradise’s Showroom. Sometimes, if a player visited another player’s Showroom and then tried to upload their own, their Villagers would be replaced by those from the other player’s facilities. That may be a confusing description, but trust that it’s no less confusing than a number of strange Villagers suddenly appearing in the Showroom with no explanation. The issue has now been resolved.
Other specific issues that have been addressed include one problem where using a “Ladder Set-up Kit” on a diagonal cliff on the third tier of cliff elevation could disappear. Another had to do with seasonal DIY recipes including the “Maple Leaf Rug” and “Frozen Floor Tiles” being listed in the incorrect seasonal menus. Both of these small but notable issues have been resolved.
While that’s the full extent of Nintendo’s Animal Crossing patch notes, there is another notable bullet point made for both the base version of Animal Crossing: New Horizon and the Happy Home Paradise DLC. That bullet point is, “Other fixes have also been made for a more enjoyable experience.” Hopefully, that should mean less noticeable aspects of the game like loading times and overall performance have been improved, if only subtly.
The December 15 patch for Animal Crossing: New Horizons is significantly smaller than the last several patches following Happy Home Paradise’s release. That likely implies that Nintendo is content with the state of the game and forthcoming updates will be rarer. That’s not a bad thing, of course, as it likely implies Animal Crossing: New Horizons is in a great state for players to continue enjoying.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available on PC.
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