Read the two switch states
Check the main panel first. If main power is off while the catapult switch is on, patch 1.0.4 displays a reminder about the Main Switch. Outside a storm, enable main power, then check the catapult switch again. Test with the same setup before making another adjustment.
The switches retain their settings across saves. Loading the shift again can therefore reproduce the same stationary machine. Read the current panel state. In 1.0.4 the game shows the latest switch notice rather than queuing earlier changes.
If several machines stopped together
Check the weather as well as the panel. Snowstorms can trip main power for the duration of the storm. Manual tools still work, so a working hand tool alongside stalled powered equipment fits a power outage. Use manual tools if you want to keep working, and check the panel again after the storm passes.
If power is available at both switches but the knob seems to respond backwards, check your build. The studio corrected the knob direction in 1.0.4. Make one small adjustment and observe the result before adjusting it again. If it remains stationary, a report showing both switches, the weather and your build will document more than a screenshot of the knob alone.
Switch off the launcher for hand delivery
On builds from 1.0.3, find the power panel and turn the Spoon Catapult switch off. Leave the main power on if you want the rest of the line to keep working. Peel one potato, follow where the table leaves it and carry the finished piece to the water inlet. Turn the catapult back on when you want launches again. If you load your save later and the launcher is still quiet, check its switch. The game saves that setting.
Steam discussion: Turn off auto-launcher ↗
Hand-deliver the pieces the working launcher leaves behind
Watch the next finished potato long enough to see a successful launch. If others have accumulated in the tray, stop peeling for a moment, take the loose finished pieces and put them in the water channel on the right. Check that the tray empties and the next delivery registers. One player could clear their leftovers this way during a large batch. The number they saw is an observation from one shift; use what is actually left in your own tray.
Check what keeps its previous setting after a shutdown
When returning after a save, inspect both the main machine power and the separate Spoon Catapult setting before trying to clear the output tray. Golden Horn’s 1.0.3 notes state that switch states are saved. If the launcher was deliberately off before you saved and hand delivery was available, loading the shift does not itself request automatic launching again. Set the launcher to the state you want and check a newly completed potato. If the main panel remains off during a storm, continue a manual delivery while the weather lasts.
Golden Horn Studios: Hotfix 1.0.3 ↗
Read the last switch action after several quick changes
The 1.0.4 notes say power notices now display only the most recent state. When you have flipped the catapult more than once and are unsure whether it is on, stop toggling. Read its current control, check the main power display and finish one potato to see whether it launches. If main power is off, an on-state at the catapult produces the main-switch reminder. The number of banners you saw during rapid toggling does not preserve the sequence you pressed.
Golden Horn Studios: latest-state notice and catapult reminder ↗
Sources
- Golden Horn Studios · hotfix 1.0.3 store.steampowered.com
- Golden Horn Studios · patch 1.0.4 store.steampowered.com
- Steam discussion: Turn off auto-launcher steamcommunity.com
- Studio instructions for peeling and delivering to water store.steampowered.com
- Steam player review steamcommunity.com
- Как продать картошку? steamcommunity.com
- Player footage at 4:40 rutube.ru
- GameCap: first-person Japanese guide with in-game captures gamecap.jp
- Workbench delivery spoon beside the finished-output compartment steamcommunity.com