Animal Shelter 2 News

[h3]Hello Players! 🐾
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We’ve just released a fresh update for Animal Shelter 2, focused mainly on improvements and fixes for the co-op mode.

We know that some of you have been struggling with issues like disconnects and the dreaded blackscreen. Over the past weeks our team has been working hard to reproduce these problems on our side so we could finally track them down and deal with the root cause.

This patch should help smooth things out and (hopefully!) let you enjoy your time in the shelter with friends without those annoying interruptions.

Patch notes:

• Fixed a lot of errors that caused disconnects or made connection attempts fail
  
• Improved how connection errors are handled in the main menu
  
• Properly handled connection errors when failing during game transition
  
• Disconnect window now includes a button that lets you easily send us log files
  

If you still experience blackscreen issues or connection problems in co-op after this update, please let us know — your reports really help us track down what’s going on. 💌

We truly hope this update fixes the issues you’ve been experiencing and makes co-op a more stable and fun experience. Thanks a lot for your patience and support 💙


See you soon,
Animal Shelter 2 Team

[h2]We are delighted to announce that the Midweek Sale for Animal Shelter 2 is happening right now! 🎉[/h2]

Thanks to the cooperation with Steam we want to give you all a chance to try out the game for yourself and save some of our furry friends! 🐱🐶

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2658510/Animal_Shelter_2/

With Steam we decided to give you the biggest sale to date!

And a few hours ago Major Update III just got introduced to Animal Shelter 2 so you will have the freshest version of the game possible! 😻

Straight out of the oven and still piping hot! 🔥 Come join the animal saving journey and take on the challenge of running your own animal shelter!!

If you want to know more, ask questions, be a part of the community, we invite you to our official Discord server! 💬

[h3]Hello again, Animal Lovers! 🐾[/h3]

[h3]We’re thrilled to announce that UPDATE III has just landed! 🎉
This is the third big step on our roadmap, packed with new features, improvements, and fixes that make running your shelter smoother and more fun than ever.[/h3]

Your feedback continues to guide us forward. Every suggestion, every bug report, and every idea helps us shape Animal Shelter 2 into the game you’ve been dreaming of 💖

So, what’s new this time? Let’s dive in! 👇




Additions and Changes:

• More accessibility for basic interactions! A new setting will allow you to go into an interaction mode just by clicking (and exit by clicking again), instead of needing to hold the button down. We've added new, dedicated containers. Now you can sort and keep most popular items (like medical supplies) in a dedicated and visually distinct container.
  
• Equipment quality of life: you can now quickly move items from your hotbar to your inventory and back. Same works when interacting with containers!
  
• No more getting lost in the shelter! You can now place waypoint markers on the shelter's map to make it easier to navigate in the game.
  
• More information in the world map: old animals waiting to be rescued will be clearly marked as such.
  
• Animal fur and human hair will sway and move on the wind.
  

[h3]We’re also making progress on the black screen issue that some players encounter when trying to connect with friends. It’s a very elusive bug, but we’re getting closer to solving it – thank you for your patience! 🙏[/h3]

Additional fixes and changes

• Fixed disappearing garage door when upgrading the garage.
  
• Fixed issue where items could sometimes levitate after loading a save.
  

Every update brings us closer to making your shelters the best they can be!
We can’t wait to hear your thoughts, so keep the feedback coming, you’re helping us make Animal Shelter 2 even better!

And remember… this is just the third step on the roadmap. More exciting updates are still ahead! 🚀



See you soon,
Animal Shelter 2 Team

[h2]Hello again Animal Lovers! 🐾[/h2]

[h3]Big news – UPDATE II has arrived! 🎉
This is the second major step on our roadmap, and we’re beyond excited to deliver more improvements, fixes, and features that bring your shelters to life in new ways.[/h3]

Your passion, feedback, and creativity keep inspiring us to push Animal Shelter 2 further – and with every update, the world of your furry friends gets better, smoother, and more fun to manage. 💖
So what’s waiting for you this time? Let’s take a look! 👇



Additions and Changes:

• We heard you! Pets adopted by you no longer count towards pet limits.
  
• Take more pets on a leash at the same time! Starting today, a new leash is available in the shop that will allow you to take a walk with up to 3 pets at the same time!
  
• Taking all items from a delivery box (or any other future container) now uses also character's inventory, not only their item's hotbar.
  
• Sell your unneeded stuff! Bought chair that you don't like any more? When putting it in the trash it will be recycled instead and you will get back at some of the money you've spend.
  
• Photo camera now has zoom features and artistic filters.
  
• New shortcut to quickly take out the camera (default key is "V" for keyboard).
  
• The reputation limit has been lifted! You can get much, much, more max reputation. Also reputation stars in tablet will change colors depending on amount of reputation, e.g low reputation - bronze stars, higher reputation - silver stars.
  
• We've also added tips for most common questions to the loading screen (and even more tips are incoming!)
  
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More changes, fixes and additions:

• For more convenience you can now set preferred temperature units also in the game settings.
  
• Never miss new encyclopedia entry: a small dot will appear on the encyclopedia button to indicate a new entry has been added.
  
• Improvements for placing items.
  
• Unlocked encyclopedia entries now appear on top, so they're easier to notice.
  
• Current temperature will now be shown in tablet weather widget.
  
• Popups won't be displayed while photo mode is active.
  
• Fixed outside cage doors in level 2 cages being closed with 'close inside cage doors' setting enabled.
  
• Fixed going back to main menu after host closing server.
  
• Added suffix "CLIENT" to user report summary when send by client.
  
• Added a setting that allows to specify whether item should be dropped when no suitable place is found.
  

We can’t wait to hear what you think of these updates – every piece of feedback makes a difference, and it helps us shape the shelter exactly the way you want it. 🐶🐱


[h3]And don’t forget.. This is just the second step of our roadmap… many more updates are still ahead! 🚀[/h3]



See you soon,
Animal Shelter 2 Team

[h2]Hey Animal Lovers! 🐶🐱[/h2]

[h3]We’ve got some exciting news to share with you today – UPDATE I is here! 🎉
This is the very first big step on our roadmap, and we couldn’t be happier to bring you a set of improvements, fixes, and new settings that make managing your shelter smoother and more enjoyable.[/h3]

Everything we add and adjust is shaped by your feedback – and we love seeing how passionate you are about making life better for your four-legged friends. 🐾

So let’s get straight to it – here’s what’s new and improved in this update: 👇



Additions and Changes:

• Added a setting that allows to change pets' fur intensity.
  
• Added a setting that allows to change pets' aging speed or turn it off completely.
  
• Added a setting that allows to change disease spreading speed, or even turn it off completely!
  
• Added a setting that allows to separately change auto closing of doors in cages, one setting for outside doors and doors inside the building.
  
• Added a setting that allows workers to close already opened doors in cages, separated to inside and outside doors setting.
  
• Added buttons in shelter management that allow to turn on/off all heating/cooling items at once.
  
• Added greater range of values for mouse sensitivity setting, from [min 0.02, max 1.25] -> [min 0.002, max 1.5] to allow greater available range.
  
• Added a setting that allows to change grid toggling method from holding button to toggle on/off.
  
• Added a setting that allows to change sprint toggling method from holding button to toggle on/off.
  
• Added a setting that allows to hide quest panel.
  
• After first shelter upgrade the grass will be shorter and better maintained so that balls and other small objects do not get lost in it.
  
• Lowered delivery drone sound intensity a bit.
  

Fixes:

• Fixed issue when clients sometimes were having incorrectly upgraded shelter after joining server mid game.
  
• Fixed host sometimes having incorrectly upgraded shelter after loading a save file.
  
• Implemented zoom in/out on the shelter map using gamepads.
  
• Implemented correct tooltips for zooming in/out for gamepads.
  
• Fixed workers having different outfit each day.
  
• Changed default graphics settings for SteamDeck.
  
• Corrected font size to be easily visible on SteamDeck.
  
• Fixed an issue where some animals would change to incorrect colors after growing up.
  
• Sphinx no longer changes color when at a distance.
  

We hope these changes make your shelter feel even more alive and enjoyable. 🌟
Thank you for supporting Animal Shelter 2 your feedback truly helps us make the game better with every update.

[h3]Stay tuned, because this is just the beginning – more updates are on the way! 🚀🐾[/h3]



See you soon,
Animal Shelter 2 Team