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title: "Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Version 1.4.2 – Fixes Dream Crashing Bug and more"
url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/news/nintendo-switch/animal-crossing-new-horizons-version-142-fixes-dream-crashing-bug-and-more/"
description: "Nintendo published another version update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Nintendo Switch. The update brings the game up to Version 1.4.2"
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2020-08-26 20:14:23"
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Version 1.4.2 - Fixes Dream Crashing Bug and more | Nintendo Switch News | NintendoReporters

 [![Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Version 1.4.2 – Fixes Dream Crashing Bug and more](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/animal-crossing-new-horizons-version-142-fixes-dream-crashing-bug-and-more.jpeg "Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Version 1.4.2 – Fixes Dream Crashing Bug and more")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/animal-crossing-new-horizons-version-142-fixes-dream-crashing-bug-and-more.jpeg)Nintendo published another version update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Nintendo Switch. The update brings the game up to Version 1.4.2, and includes several bugfixes.

The most prominent of these is correcting a bug that caused the game to crash while the player is exploring a Dream Island.

## [](#version-1-4-2-changes)Version 1.4.2 changes

The software has been updated if you see “Ver. 1.4.2” in the upper-right corner of the title screen.

**General updates**

The following issues have been addressed:

- From Ver. 1.4.1:
    - Fixed issue where the “sumo ring” would not display properly.
- From Ver. 1.4.0:
    - Fixed issue where the game would shut down under certain conditions when dreaming.
    - Fixed issue where shining soil would improperly appear behind buildings and other places.
    - Fixed issue where specific message cards sent from animal residents the player is close friends with would not arrive in the player’s mailbox as intended.
- From Ver. 1.3.0:
    - Changed the MTU when playing with others from 1364 to 1240 in order to investigate an issue where players cannot play with others in certain network environments.

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