I suspect that time warping is interfering with more than just the game timers. The real-time engine in Virtual Villagers is very complex and time travel is definitely not advised. Please see this thread for sad tales of time warping.

ya i read it a while ago. thats when i stopped

Unfortunately, many of the problems caused by time warping appear to be irreversible. If a game becomes messed up because of that, there is nothing we can do to help. People can time warp all they want to, but at their own risk. The only remedy if the game has problems may be to start over.

Anyone who is experiencing this, please PM me and tell me where you got the game. I smell a _bug_, but I think it might just be one version of the game.

I'm also having trouble with this, been trying to do it for days now!

I had the same problem with the Gong in the crate as well as the one in the Mosaic too purely because I'd accidentally chosen an old fart to carry it(silly me). Another one was interrupted TWICE by Island Events.

But all I had to do was close the game and re-loaded it and it appeared again.