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ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 7/17 #2

[h2]Good Evening,[/h2][p][/p][p]This post and continued posts will be bringing more updates and some outlook into the issues revolving around the Aquatica DLC as well as issues in ARK: Survival Evolved.[/p][p][/p][h3]We would like to reaffirm our statement that our top priority remains to fix an issue with the game engine on the live version of ARK: Survival Evolved (360.1) ; a fix is in the works to address mods from instantly crashing and we look forward to posting an update when possible.[/h3][p][/p][p]To remind everyone of the current solution, the team was able to push a pre-aquatica release version of A.S.E. This allowed people to return and play a version of the game before the launch of ARK: Aquatica and progress has and will continue to be made to address lingering issues.[/p][p][/p][p]The branch is called "preaquatica". To navigate to the branch: [/p]
  • [p]Right Click ARK: Survival Evolved in your Steam Library[/p]
  • [p]Click Properties[/p]
  • [p]Betas[/p]
  • [p]Beta participation[/p]
  • [p]Opt into "preaquatica" branch[/p]
[p]The branch is available for clients and dedicated servers now.[/p][p][/p][h2]Scope of updates for the ARK: Aquatica DLC[/h2]
  • [p]Addressing more holes in the level/map.[/p]
  • [p]Low performance/FPS fixes are in progress for tomorrow (7/18).[/p]
  • [p]Fixing performance on environmental hazards.[/p]
  • [p]Fixing an issue where wall eel trap animation loops endlessly.[/p]
  • [p]Fixing an issue where cyclones are spawning in abnormal conditions.[/p]
  • [p]Fixing an issue where assets are loaded at incorrect distances, meaning some foliage is loading when it is out of view distance and this will be addressed.[/p]
  • [p]Fixing an issue with LODs (Level of detail).[/p]
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[p]The team is dedicated to tackling the performance issues at hand with the Aquatica DLC, we hope to have fixes trickle out to address performance in waves.[/p][p][/p][h2]For All ARK: Survival Evolved MOD Creators:[/h2][p]This is an outreach for all ARK: Survival Evolved Mod creators. We would love to get in touch with you all as we are actively tracking the mods that will need updates as a community. Please contact the team via the ticket system in the #support channel on the Official ARK Aquatica Discord.[/p][p][/p][p]We remain dedicated to making sure that fixes continue to come and to continue to make announcements on our progress.[/p]