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The Performance Patch

Just a heads up: this update is mostly about bug fixes and performance improvements, with little new content. However, Cat Goes Fishing DOES run at 60 FPS now, so we're calling this a Major Update. I tried to make the changelog as complete as possible, but I'm sure I missed something. We've made these improvements in preparation for future updates, so stay tuned

[h3]Performance Enhancements:[/h3]
  • Target framerate increased to 60 FPS (from 30 FPS).
  • The game is now compiled! (We'll release a more mod friendly branch soon.)
  • Reworked fish thinning system, GREATLY increasing performance for most users.
  • Optimized texture sheets to reduce typical VRAM consumption.
  • Stopped drawing a bunch of stuff behind sonar and then immediately filling over it; greatly increasing performance for users with integrated graphics.
  • Optimized fish drawing, improving performance when many fish are active but far off screen.
  • Optimized fish targeting scripts, and many others!


[h3]New Stuff and Balance Changes:[/h3]
  • Added a new upgrade: Bulbguard. It protects your lightbulb from Bulbeaters!
  • Fish on rod/boat no longer always load with full health; their value and orientation is saved.
  • Fish now sink in place when bombed, stunned on the sea floor. (Stunned state is now saved.)
  • Fish that are floating to the surface now get stuck on rocks. (Floating state is now saved.)
  • Having the "Attract Worm" rod upgrade on your rod now gives you the effect of Dig hat.
  • Legacy saves disabled: no save protection for very old saves, and you can no longer gain a legacy.
  • Phase and Snoutfish no longer go to the chasm to sleep at night.
  • Increased the value of: Glacier, Tik Tik, Lemonback
  • Decreased the value of: Snoutfish, Nightfish Sire, Koin, Thistle, Old Cusper, Maw
  • Plateau fish are no longer revealed in catalog until level 65 (up from 50).


[h3]Minor Tweaks:[/h3]
  • Discovered hats no longer appear on the map once they are in the hatalog.
  • Chompy no longer bites Crayfin when Crayfin is held by swimming cat.
  • Stalker now picks a new early huge target every day of the week.
  • Worm sprite updated and it no longer makes blood when bitten.
  • Boom Puff now explodes when bitten, even if not on the hook.
  • Bombs now detach on line snap (and can later be recovered).
  • Torby catalog entry now reflects its extinction state.
  • Bombat can no longer be flicked off the hook.
  • Fish that are netted are no longer bombable.
  • Bombat can now escape the caves.
  • Glow removed from crystalfish.
  • Cowfish blink.


[h3]Bugfixes:[/h3]
  • Cavin actually swims in the caves.
  • Stormy should swim around during storms as intended.
  • Schools of blinking tetras no longer threaten to crash the game.
  • There are generally fewer flying coral larges (Tik Tik, etc...)
  • Ghost will no longer appear if a medium fish is on the line.
  • Rising lure no longer has any effect if the line is snapped.
  • Worm can no longer be added to the line when a bomb is attached.
  • Background music now gets quieter when swimming deep, not just when the lure sinks deep.
  • Cuddlefish and Skrimp sprites should no longer appear in the other's place in the catalog.
  • Fish lights stay more closely aligned with their fish, and they shine through other fish less.
  • Fixed a bug that caused fish to get stuck returning, bouncing up and down in place.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the rocket to make noise while off after casting backwards.
  • Fixed a bug that would make Witchy, Dig, and Fennec sometimes spawn inside rocks.
  • Fixed a bug that caused Puff to count as 133% of a fish towards catalog completion.
  • Fixed a bug that caused fish to lunge for an empty hook if you detonated a Bombat early.
  • Fixed a bug that caused a fish to stay full value if it was bit after giving experience.
  • You can no longer put fish on the lure while swimming if there is a bomb on the lure.
  • Puff is no longer always inflated; now becomes deflated when held in Cat's paws.
  • Fish can no longer be placed off the back of Tech Boat and Collier.
  • Mamo egg now actually detaches on line snap.
  • There are fewer braindead, misshapen, skeletonized or otherwise malformed fish.
  • Numerous other bugfixes that there were not well documented.
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