UPDATE TO SMAPI 4.0.7 BEFORE ASKING FOR HELP. Stardew Valley 1.6.4 and 1.6.5 were released recently. The SMAPI 4.0.7 update is required to avoid mod errors. To update SMAPI, just download and install the latest version (no need to uninstall it first).
STOP! Read this before asking for help or reporting an issue. Common questions are answered here.
What's new in SMAPI 4.0? This mainly updates for Stardew Valley 1.6.0, improves performance and compatibility rewriting, adds per-mod-folder settings, and removes Error Handler (which is now integrated into the game itself). For mod authors, it mainly adds custom update manifests, adds new render step events, and drops deprecated APIs.
How do I update? Just run the new installer, it'll update previous files automatically.
Is it safe to update? SMAPI 4.0.0 is the update for Stardew Valley 1.6, so older SMAPI versions won't work with the new game update. Mods may break with the game update though. Feel free to report issues with SMAPI itself here, but issues with specific mods should be reported on those mods' pages instead.
I have issues with SMAPI on Android? This page is SMAPI for PC (Linux/macOS/Windows) and Steam Deck. This is not the page for SMAPI on Android; see the Android install guide for more info.
I used Vortex to install or update SMAPI, and it's not working or updating correctly. Vortex bypasses the SMAPI installer and often causes issues. Please do not ask for help with SMAPI issues here if you installed or updated it using Vortex.
Or install SMAPI directly instead, which often solves the issue. If you still have issues after doing installing it directly, feel free to comment below!
When I launched the game, I saw a message like "the 'StardewModdingAPI.deps.json' file didn't match"? The full message is:
The 'StardewModdingAPI.deps.json' file didn't match the game's version. SMAPI fixed it automatically, but you must restart SMAPI for the change to take effect.
That happens once after a game update. You can just re-launch the game to continue playing normally.
(Stardew Valley and SMAPI both have a *.deps.json file which need to match for SMAPI to work. So when the game updates, SMAPI automatically updates its file to match the game. It needs to restart for the changes to take effect.)
My antivirus reports a trojan or deletes SMAPI files? SMAPI most likely doesn't have a trojan; see SMAPI files disappear or antivirus complains for info on why your antivirus may be reporting it, how to check if it's safe, and how to install SMAPI when that happens.
When I launch the game, the console appears temporarily and then exits, or Steam briefly shows "playing"? See Game doesn't launch in the troubleshooting guide for help with that.
How do I ask for help? You can often get a faster response by asking the community instead. If you do ask here, [url=https://smapi.io/log]upload your SMAPI log and add a link to your message. This has useful info like what versions you have, which mods are installed, what happened in the game, etc. Please do this even if you don't see an error in the log.
Hello! This isn't game breaking, but I am having an issue where all the modded characters don't appear in the Y1 festivals except for maybe one or two. It's like this for SVE, Ridgeside and East scarp so I'm not sure where the issue is coming from. The game will give these messages for random characters each festival, but the characters do appear in any festival cutscenes:
[game] Event 'festival_fall16' has command 'animate JeremyTSnail false true 1000 5 4' which couldn't be parsed: no NPC found with name 'JeremyTSnail'.[game] Event 'festival_fall16' has command 'animate Bert true true 150 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 18 18 18 18 19 18 18 18 19 18 18 18 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 18 18 18 18 19 18 18 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16' which couldn't be parsed: no NPC found with name 'Bert'.[game] Event 'festival_fall16' has command 'animate Ezekiel false true 150 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 18 19 19 19 18 19 19 19 18 19 19 19 18 19 18 17 16 16 16 16 16 16' which couldn't be parsed: no NPC found with name 'Ezekiel'.[game] Event 'festival_fall16' has command 'animate Ian false true 150 20 20 20 21 22 23 23 23 23 22 21 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 21 22 23 23 22 21 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20' which couldn't be parsed: no NPC found with name 'Ian'.[game] Event 'festival_fall16' has command 'animate Keahi false true 100 20 20 20 23 23 23 20 20 20 23 23 23 21 22 21 23' which couldn't be parsed: no NPC found with name 'Keahi'.[game] Event 'festival_fall16' has command 'animate Trinnie true true 100 16 16 16 4 4 4 16 16 16 4 4 4 16 16 16 4 4 4 16 17 18 19 18 17 16 4 4 4' which couldn't be parsed: no NPC found with name 'Trinnie'.[game] Event 'festival_fall16' has command 'animate Kimpoi false true 150 20 21 22 22 22 22 21 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20' which couldn't be parsed: no NPC found with name 'Kimpoi'.[game] Event 'festival_fall16' has command 'animate Olga true true 150 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 19 19 19 19 18 19 19 19 19 18 19 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 19 19 19 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17' which couldn't be parsed: no NPC found with name 'Olga'.[game] Event 'festival_fall16' has command 'animate Philip false true 200 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 18 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 18 16 16 16 16 16' which couldn't be parsed: no NPC found with name 'Philip'.[game] Event 'festival_fall16' has command 'animate Ariah false true 200 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 18' which couldn't be parsed: no NPC found with name 'Ariah'.[game] Event 'festival_fall16' has command 'animate Shanice false true 200 20 20 20 21 21 20 20 20 21 21 20 20 20 21 22 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 22 21' which couldn't be parsed: no NPC found with name 'Shanice'.[game] Event 'festival_fall16' has command 'animate Anton false true 150 20 20 20 20 20 21 22 21 22 22 22 21 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 21 22 22 22 22 22 22 21 20 20' which couldn't be parsed: no NPC found with name 'Anton'.[game] Event 'festival_fall16' has command 'animate Paula false true 200 24 24 24 24 24 26 26 24 24 29 30 31 31 31 30 30 30 31 31 31 30 30 30 29 24 24 24' which couldn't be parsed: no NPC found with name 'Paula'.[game] Event 'festival_fall16' has command 'animate Faye false true 180 16 17 18 17' which couldn't be parsed: no NPC found with name 'Faye'.[game] Event 'festival_fall16' has command 'animate Aspen false true 200 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 29 30 31 30' which couldn't be parsed: no NPC found with name 'Aspen'.
And here's my SMAPI log: https://smapi.io/log/e9dbc3835f1e4e9dbf686b89b561cfe0
I haven't gotten to Y2 yet, so I'm unsure if this is just an issue the first year festivals or all in general. This bug has been pretty consistent for every festival so far, and the last one it appeared in was the valley fair, I haven't seen the Halloween or winter tree star ones yet. festivals added by mods are working just fine though. Anyways thank you so much for all that you do here!
i need help[game] The game failed to launch: Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.NoSuitableGraphicsDeviceException: Unable to retrieve OpenGL version at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.GraphicsDevice.PlatformSetup() in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\MonoGame.Desktop\MonoGame.Framework\Platform\Graphics\GraphicsDevice.OpenGL.cs:line 307 at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.GraphicsDevice.Setup() in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\MonoGame.Desktop\MonoGame.Framework\Graphics\GraphicsDevice.cs:line 297 at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.GraphicsDevice..ctor(GraphicsAdapter adapter, GraphicsProfile graphicsProfile, Boolean preferHalfPixelOffset, PresentationParameters presentationParameters) in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\MonoGame.Desktop\MonoGame.Framework\Graphics\GraphicsDevice.cs:line 273 at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GraphicsDeviceManager.CreateDevice(GraphicsDeviceInformation gdi) in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\MonoGame.Desktop\MonoGame.Framework\GraphicsDeviceManager.cs:line 144 at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GraphicsDeviceManager.CreateDevice() in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\MonoGame.Desktop\MonoGame.Framework\GraphicsDeviceManager.cs:line 115 at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.DoInitialize() in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\MonoGame.Desktop\MonoGame.Framework\Game.cs:line 941 at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.Run(GameRunBehavior runBehavior) in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\MonoGame.Desktop\MonoGame.Framework\Game.cs:line 465 at StardewModdingAPI.Framework.SCore.RunInteractively() in SMAPI\Framework\SCore.cs:line 309 what should i do to fix the problem? sdv without mods launches normally
Posting here because I don't know where else to ask:
Hi! I don't know why, but my wives (I'm using PolyamorySweet) don't appear in the map at all when they are inside the farmhouse, and a I guess that it should be connected with the fact that the house appears like being in the superior right corner on the map, where my character also figures like being when inside it.
Almost all the mods are actually up to date, minus PlyamorySweet because it has a bug with spouse rooms in the last update.
I need some help. When I'm preparing to watch a movie in the cinema, its program crashes[game] Event script error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. [game] In event #MovieTheaterScreening for location MovieTheater [game] On line #0: movieScreenAmbience [game] Error running event script #MovieTheaterScreening on line #0 (movieScreenAmbience). NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at StardewValley.Farmer.CreateFakeEventFarmer() in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\Farmer.cs:line 8811 at StardewValley.Event.setUpCharacters(String description, GameLocation location) in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\Event.cs:line 2034 at StardewValley.Event.InitializeEvent(GameLocation location, GameTime time) in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\Event.cs:line 1184 at StardewValley.Event.Update(GameLocation location, GameTime time) in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\Event.cs:line 1080
I freshly uninstalled and reinstall smapi because all the sound for my game has completely disappeared, but even running with 0 mods outside of SMAPI the sound is still gone. I only get sound with completely vanilla stardew. Is any one else experiencing this? should I go to an older version of smapi or anything? I honestly dont know what to try. It's making it impossible to fish haha By the way, I am experiencing all of this on a steam deck, the first iteration of it if this info makes any difference, so I can only troubleshoot via a linux system
Hi! For context, I'm new to playing on pc and using mods, which is why I'm having difficulty. I think I installed SMAPI successfully, but there's no mod folder in it for me to move the mods I installed into. Sorry if I should've posted this in another spot, this seemed like the best place to get help.
For mod authors, see how to update a mod: https://smapi.io/cp-migrate. [game] NPC 'Pierre' failed loading schedule file. ArgumentException: An item with the same key has already been added. Key: Rain at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.TryInsert(TKey key, TValue value, InsertionBehavior behavior) at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.AddRange(IEnumerable`1 collection) at StardewValley.NPC.getMasterScheduleRawData() in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\NPC.cs:line 6656 What's the problem and how to solve it?
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Stardew Valley 1.6.4 and 1.6.5 were released recently. The SMAPI 4.0.7 update is required to avoid mod errors. To update SMAPI, just download and install the latest version (no need to uninstall it first).
Read this before asking for help or reporting an issue. Common questions are answered here.
[game] Event 'festival_fall16' has command 'animate JeremyTSnail false true 1000 5 4' which couldn't be parsed: no NPC found with name 'JeremyTSnail'.[game] Event 'festival_fall16' has command 'animate Bert true true 150 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 18 18 18 18 19 18 18 18 19 18 18 18 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 18 18 18 18 19 18 18 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16' which couldn't be parsed: no NPC found with name 'Bert'.[game] Event 'festival_fall16' has command 'animate Ezekiel false true 150 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 18 19 19 19 18 19 19 19 18 19 19 19 18 19 18 17 16 16 16 16 16 16' which couldn't be parsed: no NPC found with name 'Ezekiel'.[game] Event 'festival_fall16' has command 'animate Ian false true 150 20 20 20 21 22 23 23 23 23 22 21 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 21 22 23 23 22 21 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20' which couldn't be parsed: no NPC found with name 'Ian'.[game] Event 'festival_fall16' has command 'animate Keahi false true 100 20 20 20 23 23 23 20 20 20 23 23 23 21 22 21 23' which couldn't be parsed: no NPC found with name 'Keahi'.[game] Event 'festival_fall16' has command 'animate Trinnie true true 100 16 16 16 4 4 4 16 16 16 4 4 4 16 16 16 4 4 4 16 17 18 19 18 17 16 4 4 4' which couldn't be parsed: no NPC found with name 'Trinnie'.[game] Event 'festival_fall16' has command 'animate Kimpoi false true 150 20 21 22 22 22 22 21 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20' which couldn't be parsed: no NPC found with name 'Kimpoi'.[game] Event 'festival_fall16' has command 'animate Olga true true 150 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 19 19 19 19 18 19 19 19 19 18 19 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 19 19 19 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17' which couldn't be parsed: no NPC found with name 'Olga'.[game] Event 'festival_fall16' has command 'animate Philip false true 200 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 18 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 18 16 16 16 16 16' which couldn't be parsed: no NPC found with name 'Philip'.[game] Event 'festival_fall16' has command 'animate Ariah false true 200 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 18' which couldn't be parsed: no NPC found with name 'Ariah'.[game] Event 'festival_fall16' has command 'animate Shanice false true 200 20 20 20 21 21 20 20 20 21 21 20 20 20 21 22 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 22 21' which couldn't be parsed: no NPC found with name 'Shanice'.[game] Event 'festival_fall16' has command 'animate Anton false true 150 20 20 20 20 20 21 22 21 22 22 22 21 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 21 22 22 22 22 22 22 21 20 20' which couldn't be parsed: no NPC found with name 'Anton'.[game] Event 'festival_fall16' has command 'animate Paula false true 200 24 24 24 24 24 26 26 24 24 29 30 31 31 31 30 30 30 31 31 31 30 30 30 29 24 24 24' which couldn't be parsed: no NPC found with name 'Paula'.[game] Event 'festival_fall16' has command 'animate Faye false true 180 16 17 18 17' which couldn't be parsed: no NPC found with name 'Faye'.[game] Event 'festival_fall16' has command 'animate Aspen false true 200 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 29 30 31 30' which couldn't be parsed: no NPC found with name 'Aspen'.
And here's my SMAPI log: https://smapi.io/log/e9dbc3835f1e4e9dbf686b89b561cfe0
I haven't gotten to Y2 yet, so I'm unsure if this is just an issue the first year festivals or all in general. This bug has been pretty consistent for every festival so far, and the last one it appeared in was the valley fair, I haven't seen the Halloween or winter tree star ones yet. festivals added by mods are working just fine though.
Anyways thank you so much for all that you do here!
[game] The game failed to launch: Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.NoSuitableGraphicsDeviceException: Unable to retrieve OpenGL version
what should i do to fix the problem? sdv without mods launches normallyat Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.GraphicsDevice.PlatformSetup() in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\MonoGame.Desktop\MonoGame.Framework\Platform\Graphics\GraphicsDevice.OpenGL.cs:line 307
at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.GraphicsDevice.Setup() in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\MonoGame.Desktop\MonoGame.Framework\Graphics\GraphicsDevice.cs:line 297
at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.GraphicsDevice..ctor(GraphicsAdapter adapter, GraphicsProfile graphicsProfile, Boolean preferHalfPixelOffset, PresentationParameters presentationParameters) in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\MonoGame.Desktop\MonoGame.Framework\Graphics\GraphicsDevice.cs:line 273
at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GraphicsDeviceManager.CreateDevice(GraphicsDeviceInformation gdi) in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\MonoGame.Desktop\MonoGame.Framework\GraphicsDeviceManager.cs:line 144
at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GraphicsDeviceManager.CreateDevice() in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\MonoGame.Desktop\MonoGame.Framework\GraphicsDeviceManager.cs:line 115
at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.DoInitialize() in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\MonoGame.Desktop\MonoGame.Framework\Game.cs:line 941
at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.Run(GameRunBehavior runBehavior) in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\MonoGame.Desktop\MonoGame.Framework\Game.cs:line 465
at StardewModdingAPI.Framework.SCore.RunInteractively() in SMAPI\Framework\SCore.cs:line 309
Hi! I don't know why, but my wives (I'm using PolyamorySweet) don't appear in the map at all when they are inside the farmhouse, and a I guess that it should be connected with the fact that the house appears like being in the superior right corner on the map, where my character also figures like being when inside it.
Almost all the mods are actually up to date, minus PlyamorySweet because it has a bug with spouse rooms in the last update.
Log
[game] Event script error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
[game] In event #MovieTheaterScreening for location MovieTheater
[game] On line #0: movieScreenAmbience
[game] Error running event script #MovieTheaterScreening on line #0 (movieScreenAmbience).
NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at StardewValley.Farmer.CreateFakeEventFarmer() in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\Farmer.cs:line 8811
at StardewValley.Event.setUpCharacters(String description, GameLocation location) in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\Event.cs:line 2034
at StardewValley.Event.InitializeEvent(GameLocation location, GameTime time) in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\Event.cs:line 1184
at StardewValley.Event.Update(GameLocation location, GameTime time) in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\Event.cs:line 1080
By the way, I am experiencing all of this on a steam deck, the first iteration of it if this info makes any difference, so I can only troubleshoot via a linux system
[game] NPC 'Pierre' failed loading schedule file.
ArgumentException: An item with the same key has already been added. Key: Rain
at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.TryInsert(TKey key, TValue value, InsertionBehavior behavior)
at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.AddRange(IEnumerable`1 collection)
at StardewValley.NPC.getMasterScheduleRawData() in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\NPC.cs:line 6656
What's the problem and how to solve it?