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Patch 1.0.20

Hey everyone!
A fresh update for Animal Shelter 2 just dropped! ๐Ÿพ

Thank you so much for your continued support, valuable feedback, and patience, we truly appreciate it ๐Ÿ’› We're constantly working to improve your experience and are already working on future fixes and improvements.

Patch notes:

  • Fixed an issue where items placed by clients would disappear.
  • Fixed wall materials not loading properly from saved games.
  • Fixed large dogs occasionally breaking their movement animations, causing them to float or bounce.
  • Fixed critical needs notifications not disappearing after pets were adopted.
  • Improved level 1 and 2 cage doors: transitions between LODs are now smoother and less visually jarring (no more disappearing doors!).
  • Fixed billboard text not being visible through windows.
  • Toned down overly shiny grass in the morning lighting.
  • Updated the main menu scene to better support super ultra-wide monitors.




Stay tuned โ€“ more updates are on the way! ๐Ÿ’ก๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฑ

Hugs,
Animal Shelter 2 Team

Patch 1.0.19

Hey everyone!

A fresh update for Animal Shelter 2 has just arrived!
As always, we want to thank you for your continued support, detailed bug reports, and your incredible patience. โค๏ธ
Every message you send helps us improve the game and weโ€™re not stopping anytime soon!


๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Patch Notes:
  • Fixed some saves not loading in specific circumstances
  • Fixed pets not being assigned to cages after loading the game
  • Items should no longer fall through the ground when being placed (especially when quickly clicking the right mouse button)
  • Reduced health drop rate for sick pets
  • Fixed snow on sidewalks not being interactable when loading a game saved during winter
  • Blocked the ability to reject adopters for pets related to quests
  • Fixed counting of decorations and comfort values inside isolation cages
  • Fixed some perk exclusions not being respected (e.g. blind pets should no longer get the "good eyesight" perk)
  • Fixed pet senses (smell and hearing) not always working properly in upgraded pet runs
  • Fixed a rare bug that blocked lower-body interactions, caused by collectible cards dropping endlessly after an intervention
  • Fixed rain splash effects appearing in odd places (like under roofs)
  • Adjusted ventilation offset in dog cages
  • Fixed some comfort furniture not being properly counted toward decoration value when placed




We're continuing to improve Animal Shelter 2 step by step โ€” and we truly appreciate you being on this journey with us. ๐Ÿ’›

See you soon,
Animal Shelter 2 Team

Patch 1.0.18

Hey everyone!

A brand new update for Animal Shelter 2 is now live! ๐ŸŽ‰
Weโ€™ve been listening closely to your feedback, and this patch brings a bunch of fixes and improvements to make your experience smoother and even more enjoyable.

Thank you for your continued support, bug reports and kind words - it means the world to us! โค๏ธ


๐Ÿ› ๏ธPatch notes:
  • Multiple multiplayer (co-op) optimizations for smoother co-op gameplay and to decrease the likelihood that internet issues will affect gameplay
  • Item sorting in the shop should be much better now
  • Map tasks will spawn correctly when Disable Missions option is enabled
  • Fixed a multiple shelter visual issues that may appear after loading a save file
  • Fixed a multiple shelter visual issues that may appear after joining other player's game
  • Fixed errors that sometime could occur during adopter being interviewed about their home conditions
  • Fixed furniture incorrectly counting towards tasks in one of the quests
  • Fixed items sometimes disappearing when scrolling quick access item bar when making photos
  • Fixed loading 'Fully heal the pet' task when the game was saved between pet's disease being cured and it's health statistic having recovered to 100%
  • Fixed photo preview scaling with non-standard aspect ratios photos
  • Fixed some more cloth clipping issues on human models
  • Fixed player interaction with rubble not working correctly in one of the quest's tasks
  • Fixed cat position on the tree in one of interventions


Known Issues โ—
Weโ€™re aware of the following issues and are already working on improvements:

  • Snow is currently non-interactive. This means you canโ€™t shovel it off the sidewalks. Don't worry though, it shouldn't affect gameplay โ˜ƒ๏ธ
  • Rapidly picking up and dropping items (by spamming RMB) can occasionally cause them to fall through the ground. Please try to avoid this for now



As always, if you run into any issues or have suggestions, donโ€™t hesitate to let us know in the community hub

Now go take care of those adorable animals! ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฑ

See you soon,
Animal Shelter 2 Team

ISSUES WITH CO-OP MODE ๐ŸŒ โ€” and how you can fix or avoid them

[h3]Dear Friends! ๐Ÿพ[/h3]

[h3]Thank you for such a warm welcome to our game Animal Shelter 2, your engagement truly means a lot to us ๐Ÿ’›[/h3]

Since the game's release, we have already made the first updates to improve your gameplay ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ, but we also see that some of you are reporting issues with our CO-OP mode in the game.

In our game, we use solutions provided by Steam, which means that every player who opens the game session becomes the Host and uses their own internet connection.

[h3]In practice, this means that the quality of the Hostโ€™s internet connection will determine the quality of the game for all players in that session ๐ŸŒ[/h3]

What does this mean in practice?

You can check your internet, for example, by using the analysis tool available at speedtest.net. The result will look like this:


  • If the Ping (also known as latency) is 100 or lower, itโ€™s fine โœ…
  • But if the Ping is 200 or higher, symptoms of desynchronization with other players may appear - as youโ€™ve reported (issues with delays, opening doors, inability to perform actions in the game).
  • With a Ping over 300, gameplay can become very difficult โŒ


[h3]
You also need to remember that your distance from other players matters too!
[/h3]
If the Atlantic Ocean separates you from the game Host, the game may be less enjoyable than the Ping alone would suggest ๐ŸŒ


We are currently working on fixes to the game that will make it easier for you to identify when something is wrong with the internet connection. ๐Ÿ”ง

Thank you for being with us! ๐Ÿ’›
We really appreciate your support and weโ€™re working hard to make the game better for you every day! ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฑ


Warm hugs,
Animal Shelter 2 Team

Patch 1.0.17

[h2]Hello Aniaml Lovers ๐Ÿ‘‹[/h2]

[h3]First of all, the whole team would like to thank all of you ๐Ÿซต every single player who played Animal Shelter 2 and those who left us their feedback, which was invaluable in improving the game - thank you. ๐Ÿค[/h3]

Over 24 hours after the official premiere, we are coming to you with the first update! โœ…

Based on the information and feedback you sent us, we rolled up our sleeves and below you can find a list of changes and improvements to the game. โ˜บ๏ธ

[h3]Changelog for Patch 1.0.17 ๐Ÿ‘‡[/h3]
  • Added disabling of flashing effects setting (currently turns off lighting strikes and camera flash).
  • Pets in main menu will again follow cursor with their heads
  • Displaying '+' near bonus factors of adoption summary to make it more clear that this value is added to the final result.
  • You can now take stool sample from litterbox. The last pet that used the litterbox will be shown in tooltip when hovering over litterbox.
  • Pets requiring stool diagnosis will now produce it more frequently.
  • Fix poop sometimes disappearing for no reason while inside shelter. It should only disappear after a while when outside.
  • Fixed ESC key exiting settings window while rebinding keys. This sometimes resulted in settings window being blocked.
  • Fixed saving keybindings.
  • Added canceling of rebinding.
  • Fixed rebinding keys like jump and crouch for keyboard.
  • Fixed unlocking all the content after disabling quests.
  • Fixed invisible van during driving out of the garage.
  • Fixed loading of the adopter leaving the shelter with the first pet.
  • Fixed snow on sidewalk not being interactable in some cases while sidewalk was fully covered by the snow.
  • Fixed some of the snow on sidewalk not being correctly cleaned up.
  • Fixed persistent shoveling sound after worker finished clearing away the snow.
  • Fixed gamepad gameplay sensitivity setting not working correctly.
  • Fixed cage walls that were blocking pet's senses.
  • Fixed user report description not allowing multiple lines of report.
  • Fixed item disappearing issues while near dog and cat cages.
  • Fixed Bengal's head rotation limits.
  • Fixed hanging clock collider.
  • Fixed pet status card on cages being really dark during night hours.
  • Fixed cat sometimes levitating while being on the cat walks in cat cages.
  • Fixed human models boots clipping.
  • Tweaked sound for sample analyzer.
  • Minor fixes regarding placement of some 3D objects.
  • Fixed muzzles tooltip saying "Available in full version!" in early game, while playing full version.


If you haven't had a chance to share your feedback yet, we highly encourage you to do so, or you can jump on our Discord server, where you can talk to members of our team and community members ๐Ÿค—



Thank you once again for your support and contribution to the development of the game!

See you soon!
Animal Shelter 2 Team