DAVE THE DIVER News

Greetings, Divers! 🦐

We have just rolled out a new hotfix to address some of the issues that have been reported to us by the community including improvements to the translation quality of the European languages. To apply the latest hotfix, make sure to update your game to the latest version. Thank you for helping us improve the game.

[h2]THIS IS IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ:[/h2]
If you're experiencing an abnormal amount of crashes, graphics issues or encountering a pink arrow on your Title screen, please follow the guide in the link below to verify the integrity of game files on Steam. Please check if it helps resolve the issue.

1. Verify Integrity of Game Files on Steam
Steam verification guide: https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/0C48-FCBD-DA71-93EB
2. Update your Graphic Card driver to the latest version



◈ Updated Version:

• Windows: v1.0.0.990
  
• Mac OS: v1.0.0.162.mac
  

◈ Update Details




[h3][Improvements][/h3]
1) Sushi Restaurant

• Added batch dispatch function.
  
• Now you can select multiple employees per ingredient and send them all at once.
  

2) Sea People Village

[After Chapter 3] Seaweed Farm Improvements

• A notification will be displayed when there's a crop ready to be harvested.
  
• Crops will be listed by the name of the crop, not by the seed name.
  

3) Cutscenes

• A special cutscene has been added for final weapon upgrades.
  

[h3][Balance][/h3]
1) Boss Fight

• [Revenge Time!] Adjusted the behavior patterns of the Great White Shark Boss, Klaus.
  

2) Underwater Exploration

• [Chapter 3] The Seaweed map will appear more frequently in the Blue Hole.
  
• Increased the chance of seaweed and sea urchin spawns.
  
• There will be more seaweed and sea urchins appearing at night than during the day.
  

3) Sushi Restaurant

• Whole-Roasted Shark Head’s taste value and price has increased.
  

[h3][Bug Fixes][/h3]
1) Sushi Restaurant

• Fixed an issue where recruitment wasn't possible in certain situations, even if there were available employees to hire, after achieving Diamond rank on Cooksta.
  
• [After Chapter 3] Fixed an issue where the game would sometimes close during a Cooking Battle and the mission would not progress.
  
• If the game is already saved in the middle of the mission, you will be able to replay the Cooking Battle.
  
• [After Chapter 3] Fixed an issue where the Cooking Battle would not progress normally after you upgraded your Cooksta Rank.
  
• [After Chapter 3] Fixed an issue where Cooking Battle mini-games would not work at certain screen resolutions.
  

2) Underwater Exploration

• [Chapter 4] Fixed an issue where weapons and items were reset after moving to the Abandoned cave when progressing through the story.
  
• [Chapter 5] Fixed an issue where players sometimes couldn’t continue after dying while fleeing from Gadons in the Glacial area.
  
• Fixed a bug where the visual effects of weapon crates were displaying incorrectly.
  
• [After Chapter 3] Fixed an issue where the dialogue would display incorrectly when retrying certain Fishmon encounters after a failed attempt.
  

3) Sea People Village

• Fixed an issue where Dave couldn’t talk to certain Sea People Villagers after finishing the game.
  

4) Other Fixes

• Fixed an issue where sounds from certain fish were missing.
  
• Fixed an issue where the sound would continue playing repeatedly after defeating certain bosses.
  
• Fixed various typos in the text reported to us by the community.
  
• Fixed various mistranslations and text that were cut off in certain languages.
  
• Improved overall quality of the European language translations (French, Spanish, Portuguese, German)
  
• Still a work in progress, but will continue to improve the quality of the translations.
  

[h3]Additional Information[/h3]
Please note that if you're still experiencing issues after the patch, please compress the files from the path below and send them to our help center.


Windows:

• %LocalAppData%\..\LocalLow\nexon\DAVE THE DIVER
  

Mac:

• ~/Library/Logs/nexon/DAVE THE DIVER/Player.log
  ~/Library/Application Support/nexon/DAVE THE DIVER/SData
  or
  ~/Library/Application Support/com.nexon.dave/DAVE THE DIVER/SData
  

Steam Deck:

• ./.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/1868140/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/LocalLow/nexon/DAVE THE DIVER
  

◈ Notes
* If there are any changes to the details, we will update you through this notice.
* Please update Dave the Diver on Steam to the latest version for the changes to be applied.

Your reports are essential to improving the game and we’re happy that you guys are with us along the way. Please remember that if you have anything to share, feel free to let us know.

We want to thank all the divers who have provided us with bug reports, even if you’re not named below! Your feedback is always appreciated.

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Thank you!

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Greetings, Divers! 🍣

We have just rolled out a new hotfix to address some of the issues that have been affecting some of our players. To apply the latest hotfix, make sure to update your game to the latest version.

[h2]THIS IS IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ:[/h2]
If you're experiencing an abnormal amount of crashes, graphics issues or encountering a pink arrow on your Title screen, please follow the guide in the link below to verify the integrity of game files on Steam. Please check if it helps resolve the issue.

[h3][Steps on How To Verify Integrity of Game Files][/h3]
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/0C48-FCBD-DA71-93EB



◈ Updated Version:

• Windows: v1.0.0.980
  
• Mac OS: v1.0.0.158.mac
  

◈ Update Details



[h3][Bug Fixes][/h3]
1) Boss Fight

• [Stormy Night #2] Fixed an issue where the wrecking ball would sometimes break while fighting the Mantis Shrimp Boss.
  
• [Stormy Night #2] Adjusted the behavior pattern of the Mantis Shrimp Boss.
  

2) Underwater Exploration

• Fixed an issue where the game would not progress after using the Steam overlay feature.
  
• [Chapter 1] Fixed an issue where the shipwreck would disappear or the dialogue popup would not disappear after the “Duff’s Pink Delivery” cutscene.
  
• [Chapter 6] Fixed an issue where players would sometimes not be able to progress during the “Lost Baby Manatee” mission.
  
• [Chapter 5] Fixed an issue where player controls would occasionally become unresponsive when attempting a retry after dying while fleeing from the Giant Gadon in the Glacial area.
  
• Fixed an issue where Dave would sometimes freeze during a charged melee attack.
  
• Fixed an issue where the fish count displayed on the Fish Tracker did not match the actual number of fish owned.
  
• Fixed an issue where certain shark species would not fall asleep when hit with the Modified Hush Darts in specific situations.
  
• Fixed an issue where Tuna would behave abnormally when using the Lure Capsule.
  
• Improved the movement patterns of certain fish species that were exhibiting abnormal movement paths.
  
• Fixed an issue where certain item descriptions showed the item names instead of their actual descriptions.
  
• Fixed an issue where the wrong location name was displayed on the pop-up window when exiting certain areas.
  

3) Sea People Village

• [Chapter 4] Fixed an issue where Dave was unable to move after the cutscene where Tenzhin explains the history of the Sea People.
  
• [Chapter 3] Fixed an issue where the game would sometimes freeze when using the Sea People’s Request Board.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Fish Tracker sometimes wouldn’t function inside buildings in the Sea People Village.
  
• Fixed an issue where the “Call” UI for the Beluga taxi would appear in areas where players couldn’t use it.
  

4) Sushi Restaurant

• Made it so that the cancel button no longer displays on the day of dispatch completion.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Taste values of craftable dishes were displayed incorrectly in the ingredient information window.
  
• Changed it so that the ingredient information window will display unresearched dishes as silhouettes.
  

5) Farm & Fish Farm

• Moray Eels will now be moved to the nighttime zone on the Fish Farm.
  
• Existing Moray Eels have been moved to the nighttime zone on the Fish Farm.
  
• Fixed an issue where the fertilizer image overlapped with Dave on the farm.
  

6) Phone Apps

• Sato’s animation will change when players have gotten 3 stars on all the Marinca.
  
• Fixed an issue where some images on the Marinca were cut off.
  
• Fixed an issue where the image of the pearl would sometimes remain on the screen in the GYAO! Mini-game.
  

7) Other fixes

• Fixed an issue where some dialogue displayed the wrong speaker.
  
• Resolved some issues with certain text being cut off in some UI elements.
  
• Improved the layout of some UI elements.
  
• Enhanced the quality of some sound effects.
  
• Fixed various mistranslations and typos in the text reported to us by the community.
  

[h3][Balancing][/h3]
1) Farm & Fish Farm

• Reduced the rate at which nutrients decrease due to planted crops.
  
• Other fertilizers, apart from nutrient fertilizers, will now restore a certain amount of nutrients.
  

2) Underwater Exploration

• The number of pieces of flesh that you can obtain from the following species when capturing them at 3 stars has been increased.
  
• Stargazer / Spider Crab / Sally Lightfoot Crab
  

[h3]Additional Information[/h3]
Please note that if you're still experiencing issues after the patch, please compress the files from the path below and send them to our help center.


Windows:

• %LocalAppData%\..\LocalLow\nexon\DAVE THE DIVER
  

Mac:

• ~/Library/Logs/nexon/DAVE THE DIVER/Player.log
  ~/Library/Application Support/nexon/DAVE THE DIVER/SData
  or
  ~/Library/Application Support/com.nexon.dave/DAVE THE DIVER/SData
  

Steam Deck:

• ./.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/1868140/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/LocalLow/nexon/DAVE THE DIVER
  

◈ Notes
* If there are any changes to the details, we will update you through this notice.
* Please update Dave the Diver on Steam to the latest version for the changes to be applied.

Your reports are essential to improving the game and we’re happy that you guys are with us along the way. Please remember that if you have anything to share, feel free to let us know.

We want to thank all the divers who have provided us with bug reports, even if you’re not named below! Your feedback is always appreciated.

German / Don't@Me / Xenthori / mullfred / Acrana / 𝕬𝖑𝖕𝖔𝖓𝖘 / Miles Prower / JJZ / Mr. G / EnderCat888 / czling / Player / playing / samikat322 / eat the kids first / WoodenJoe / ArsenicDrop / Myoukuma / Bandabydoo / k1j2h399 / Grumpkin / 정치장교 / whan9809 / Reid75 / Archaela / Ryo / LELE / super12005 / CANTATATA / [FR]Coxlox / velvetina rapids / Carahina / Frozzty / TheLifeOfWar / Bre / Cerebrawl / Vitran1211 / yogomove / Ma3l / Ka27 / PJong / navaronbracke / PlatinumSarge / Delta / Pigeon / Arakon / Gouda quiche

Thank you!