Ultimate Fishing® Simulator 2 News

New / Added

• Changes in post-process on all maps.*
  
• A new pier was added in Kiel with new fishing spots.
• *
  
• Refactored fish fight state and disabled fish stamina (first iteration!).
  
• Added Rod action curves (first iteration!).
  
• Rod bending now takes rod action type into account in IK.
  
• New weather and water settings on Russia.

Changes

• Fixed reflections on fishing rod & reels caused a weird white outline
  
• Underwater post-processing (PP) updated across all maps
  
• Rearranged fish swimming zones in Slovakia to avoid submerged wooden logs.
  
• Set faster fish swimming during lure attack.
  
• Improved fish stabilization during fights to prevent flipping upside down.

Fixes

• Bulrush plants fixed
  
• Fixed green ghost fish bug in Slovakia and Russia.
  
• Fixed fish attack behavior on topwater lures in Slovakia.
  
• Fixed black boxes appearing in Slovakia.
  
• Corrected reel position in rod prefabs.
  
• Corrected anchor joint position in Eel.
  
• Fixed the invisible lure bug occurring after viewing a big fish.
  
• The hook/lure is now hidden during fish view.
  
• Fixed player stutter when running and strafing.
  
• Fixed a bug where fish fails to properly attack top-water lures.
  
• Further Kiel fixes, including shore adjustments.
  
• Fixed missing Hook check before fish attack (hook size x fish size correlation)

* On Zalasie map, sun have strong Sun Flares, we need to turn it down by a lot! Apologizes!
** Spawnpoint #7 is bugged. Please avoid using it till the next update, as you will fall under the textures.

Hello,
we will probably release an update today with fish fights (deleted Stamina) and rod bending. There will be a few more things on the list, but we would appreciate the feedback about these changes as they are crucial in fishing.

Thank you!

[h2]Added/New[/h2]

• Introduced new weather and water settings for Kiel and Slovakia.
  
• Added Water Quality settings.
  
• Added WaterPlanar Reflection and Water SSR Reflection quality*.

[h2]Fixed[/h2]

• Fixed fish ghosting and invisibility issues caused by incorrect disabling of the Eagle Eye effect.
  
• Fixed issue where the fishing rod displayed incorrect lengths (e.g., 36 meters, 1460 inches, etc.).
  
• Fixed Slovakia trees.
  
• Fixed fish spawn point generation under terrain and adjusted spawn volumes in Jackson, Zalasie, Rosja, Niemcy, and Słowacja.
  
• Fixed missing button UP events in the Input Manager when the player used the menu, inventory, or map panel (controller).
  
• Fixed server side so it shows up leaderboards and tournaments properly now.

[h2]Changed/Updated/Adjusted[/h2]

• Optimized Kiel Canal.
  
• Updated underwater post-processing for Jackson, Zalasie, Kiel, and Slovakia.
  
• Changed Jackson's colours to be less saturated.
  
• Adjusted player collider in Kiel.

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[h2]Known issues:[/h2]

• Water reflection glitch when looking up and down.

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[h2]We should also fix the issues below this week:[/h2]

• Bait hooks ignoring fish sizes
  
• Rod bending
  
• Fix Russia post-process and underwater
  
• Fix Thailand post-process and underwater
  
• Missing reels for some rods
  
• Change line/rod break time on high tension

[h2]We need more info about:[/h2]

• Fish not interested in bottom fishing method

List of changes below.

• Fixed lure depth speed change while reeling in
  
• Fixed issue where multiple fish attacked the same lure
  
• Fixed topwater lures
  
• Fixed DOF (blurry underwater)
  
• Fixed weather and water issues in Zalasie
  
• Fixed underwater particles
  
• Fixed time misalignment when selecting time in the main menu
  
• Added more light in the underwater view
  
• Optimized level performance in Kiel
  
• Increased lure take range

Left - today's update, Right - previous. We will adjust underwater post-process for Zalasie tomorrow as it seems to be still too dark.

Thank you everyone for the feedback.

Changelog

• Updated GPUInstancer prototypes LOD settings to fix black billboards in Zalasie and Slovakia
  
• Updated quality presets (especially High/Ultra)
  
• Updated water on Jackson ⚠️
  
• Added River current on Jackson
  
• Updated Jackson weather profiles & post-process⚠️
  

⚠️ Please let us know if it looks better for you. If yes, I will make the same changes to all other maps. I think I should adjust the night, as it's too bright now.




⚠️ Fish stamina seems to be in the wrong direction. We listen - we are working on removing it right now and changing it to a simpler system similar to the old one.

We are working on fixes, we will release patches daily or every 2 days.