DREDGE News

In this update to the demo for DREDGE we've been able to respond to some of the suggestions you've sent via discord, twitter, or the in-game feedback form. Before we dive into the full patch notes, we want to take a minute to give a little report on what your feedback looks like.

So far, we've processed and sorted over 700 individual tickets reported through the in-game feedback form - and there are hundreds more we've yet to go through!

Most Requested Features:

1. Additional Map Functionality
   
2. Ability to organize fish in your cargo when you have one on the hook
   
3. Control Updates
   
4. Tutorials / Communication of features (e.g. Dredging, Panic)
   

Most commented on design features:

1. Passage of Time
   
2. Economy / Debt
   

Most requested language support:

1. Brazilian Portuguese
   
2. Polish
   

Most reported bugs:

1. Dockworker has 2 lines of unlocalized dialogue
   
2. Spyglass opening at odd angles
   
3. Getting beached on the islands of The Marrows
   
4. Crab pots interfering with docking
   
5. Missing Turkish uppercase 'i' in font
   

With that in mind, let's take a look at one of your most suggested features that we've added in this update: the Temporary Storage Tray!



This unlocks after you complete the introduction quest, and allows you to store fish (and trinkets and materials) temporarily so that you can re-arrange your cargo. Any items left in the tray when you exit fishing mode will be lost!

[h2]Patch Notes:[/h2]

1. Added temporary storage tray.
   
2. Added controller rumble.
   
3. Various performance improvements.
   
4. Various SFX and music balancing changes.
   
5. Literally hundreds of text fixes and adjustments across all languages.
   
6. Adjusted the dredging minigame to better communicate that the notches should be avoided.
   
7. The dredging and fishing minigame animations now respect your color preferences.
   
8. Adjusted mouse button glyphs to be slightly clearer.
   
9. Adjusted xbox controller d-pad glyphs.
   
10. The default binding for "Back" is now X. If you have played the game before, your binding won't be adjusted unless you reset it (or reset all settings).
    
11. Added more colors into the accessibility dropdowns.
    
12. The title logo of the game now changes in Simplified and Traditional Chinese.
    
13. The T17 splash screen audio now respects volume preferences.
    
14. The T17 splash screen video has changed to a custom DREDGE logo.
    
15. Potentially fixed a crash that was preventing the game from running on Windows 7.
    
16. Fixed an issue where the Trader's pipe wasn't smoking correctly.
    
17. Fixed some geometry where players were getting stuck on the shoreline.
    
18. Fixed an issue where Crab pots sometimes would not open or behave correctly for players using the Russian language.
    
19. Fixed an issue where the spyglass would remember its previous vertical position when re-activating it.
    
20. Fixed an issue where capital i's would appear as squares for players with a Turkish system locale.
    
21. Fixed a number of text-wrapping issues on the map for some languages.
    
22. Fixed an issue where text line breaks were in bad places in Korean.
    
23. Fixed a number of issues that could arise if the player was interrupted while docking (for example, if docking 'through' a placed crab pot).
    

[h2]Known Issues:[/h2]

1. When rebinding a control on Mouse & Keyboard, the screen says "Press X to cancel binding", but you actually have to press ESCAPE.
   
2. Some item descriptions and backgrounds do not follow your color preferences.
   
3. The spyglass sometimes opens to strange orientations.
   
4. One of the Mayor's dialogue lines about the old fisherman is messed up, in german.
   

Also, since we last spoke, we've pinned a FAQ topic to our Steam forums.

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Thanks for playing

We're excited to be not only attending PAX Aus for our first time ever but also to be showing off DREDGE to our aussie cuzzies! If you're heading to PAX be sure to swing by the PAX Rising section and say hi, give us some tips on how to enjoy PAX and check the game out if you haven't already.

We're at stall PR01, just by the entrance hall Door 1. Hope to see you there!

Steam Next Fest has begun which means now is the perfect time for you to try the DREDGE demo!

The festival is running until October 10th so make sure you download and play DREDGE

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Hey Anglers,

We have to start by saying THANK YOU to everyone who has played DREDGE: CHAPTER ONE so far. We've had literally thousands of you play our little fishing game, which has blown our expectations out of the water.

We've just pushed a new build of the demo live with some bugfixes and improvements. All of these came from the feedback you've given us, either via our Discord or the in-game feedback form [F10] - so keep that feedback coming!

Here are the patch notes:

1. Fixed a critical issue where players managed to uninstall their engine while out at sea.
   
2. Fixed an issue where the tooltip could disappear when installing equipment, making players think they were stuck.
   
3. Fixed an exploit where a puzzle reward could be claimed repeatedly.
   
4. Fixed an issue where particles on character portraits (flies, dust, etc) scaled incorrectly at high resolutions.
   
5. Fixed an issue where the boat's light could be in an incorrect state when loading the game.
   
6. Fixed an issue where the camera could get confused when docking near a crab pot.
   
7. Fixed a typo in one of the Mayor's lines that we must have not noticed for literally a year.
   
8. Fixed a couple of slightly embarrassing chinese translations. Please note that all of our translations are currently being improved for the full release.
9. Added a "Reset All Settings" button on the settings screen. Please note that the confirmation dialogue has not been translated into other languages yet.
10. If players get lost and dock at Little Marrow before completing the tutorial quest, the Dockworker will pop up and remind them where Greater Marrow is. Please note that this line has not been translated into other languages yet.
11. The encyclopedia 'page turn' animation was too severe, so it has been adjusted.
    
12. The default master volume of the game is now ~25% quieter. Existing players will be unaffected by this change until they adjust it in the Settings menu.
    
13. Adjusted the lighthouse ambience to be much less grating on the ears.
    
14. Adjusted some camera colliders around Blackstone Isle.
    
15. Add SFX to a previously silent group of sea creatures.
    
16. Re-planted some floating trees at the top of some islands.
    

And some significant known issues:

1. There’s an issue where sometimes you need to disable steam’s PlayStation / Switch support for the game to correctly register these controllers. To solve this:
   Close the game > right click the game in your library > Properties > Controller > Override for DREDGE > Disable Steam Input > Reopen the game
   Alternatively, go into your main Steam Settings and disable PlayStation controller support under the controller settings. Please note that this will affect all of your Steam games.
   
2. Crab pots may stop working even though they have a few hours of durability left, but only when playing in russian language. Yeah, don't ask.
   
3. The game fails to launch on Windows 7.
   
4. Some game UI does not scale nicely on 4:3 aspect ratios.
   

Q: How do I know if I've received the update?
A: It should say "1516" in the bottom right corner of the title screen.

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