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ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 7/22

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Good Morning community,
[p][/p][p]We continue our efforts to provide updates as we address issues for both ARK: Aquatica and ARK: Survival Evolved. Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates daily as issues are being logged or addressed. We are maintaining visibility regarding bugs reported into the #「📩」support channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord.[/p][p][/p][h3]In continued support of transparency, continued showcase of progress as well as Aquatica DLC specific content, Studio Sirens developer, Z_Swell will look to continue streaming live this week![/h3]
  • [p]The plan for these streams is to review the updates from the latest efforts, preview upcoming fixes and answer player/community questions.[/p]
  • [p]Current plan is to have live streams every day this week, Tuesday until Friday, (07/22 - 07/25)[/p]
  • [p]Stream timing will also remain the same at 2PM PST[/p]
  • [p]Stream link: [dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p]
[p][/p][h3]Our top priority remains to fix an issue with the game engine on the live version of ARK: Survival Evolved (360.1) ; proving to be complex, a solution continues to be developed in order to address mods from instantly crashing and we look forward to posting an update when possible. Today, we have included a fix that will continue to be tested, currently tested mods are listed below in the Patch Notes section.[/h3][p]The “preaquatica” beta branch is still live and will remain available until further notice.[/p][p]
[/p][h2]Patch notes for the next update (v360.1 Live Branch)[/h2]
  • [p]A Game engine fix is a part of today’s patch. Progress will continue to be made, some mods will be functional. This will continue to be addressed in waves. What follows is a list of mods that we have confirmed are working, we will continue to test more and more mods that have been reported via the community broken mods sheet listed here: Broken Mods[/p]
  • [p]Additional Emotes[/p]
  • [p]Advanced Rafts[/p]
  • [p]ARK: Omega[/p]
  • [p]ARKomatic[/p]
  • [p]Awesome Spyglass[/p]
  • [p]Awesome Teleporters[/p]
  • [p]Capitalism Currency[/p]
  • [p]Capitalism Player Trader[/p]
  • [p]Castles, Keeps, and Forts Remastered[/p]
  • [p]Death Recovery Mod (v1.13)[/p]
  • [p]Dragons Evolved[/p]
  • [p]eco In Wonderland[/p]
  • [p]eco's RP Decor[/p]
  • [p]Human NPC's[/p]
  • [p]Immersive Taming[/p]
  • [p]Items+ Companion[/p]
  • [p]Kanga Core Library[/p]
  • [p]Kanga Culinary[/p]
  • [p]Kanga Husbandry[/p]
  • [p]Lethals Reusables[/p]
  • [p]MarniiMods: Hairstyles[/p]
  • [p]MarniiMods: Wildlife[/p]
  • [p]More Narcotics & More Tranq-Arrows Combined v3.0[/p]
  • [p]Party of Six[/p]
  • [p]Primal Fear[/p]
  • [p]Primal Fear Bosses[/p]
  • [p]RP Enhancements[/p]
  • [p]RR-MedievalRoleplayDeco[/p]
  • [p]ShapeshiftingThe Last Grapple[/p]
  • [p]Travi Transformations[/p]
[p][/p][h3]Patch notes (continued)[/h3]
  • [p]Fixed Takifugu textures when inflated.[/p]
  • [p]Addressed a few issues causing server instability.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed not being able to feed wild Mantis Shrimp a second time while taming.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed not being able to feed wild Kathreptis a second time while taming. [/p]
  • [p]Fixed Tridacna taming issues, should now be tamable in PvE.[/p]
  • [p]Made several improvements to the Vulcanithys boss encounter.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed Kibble Mash not being craftable in player inventory.[/p]
  • [p]Lighting Optimization and Level Streaming Optimization done to address low FPS performance.[/p]
  • [p]Note: FPS level streaming fix may cause objects/foliage to pop into view from a further distance, some mesh resources (rocks etc). This is intended to try to address the level streaming causing lower fps. This issue is a work in progress and will be optimized in future updates. Polishing render distance and popping visual issues will continue to be a priority.[/p]
  • [p]Broadcast system for this update and moving forward which will generate warnings every minute starting at 15 minutes before the server is shut down.[/p]
  • [p]Fix for mixed water/air volume on the far right side portion of the map/level that is causing swimming in the air/mobility issues.[/p]
  • [p]Patched more gaps and mesh holes across the map/level.[/p]
[h3]Other issues in the pipeline[/h3]
  • [p]There is a newly reported bug for this update where players may experience increased dinosaur spawning in single player mode. This issue will be addressed and a solution is being developed.[/p]
  • [p]Players falling off the map when crossing big pools of lava.[/p]
  • [p]Tames/ships disappearing when logging off, with no tribe logs posted for said tames/ships that disappear.[/p]
  • [p]Water Vehicle Updates in general.[/p]
    • [p]Skiffs disappearing between updates.[/p]
    • [p]Rafts/motorboats shooting players into the air.[/p]
    • [p]Stinger issues (placement issues, missile issues, etc.).[/p]
  • [p]Ocean platforms placement issue.[/p]
  • [p]Hydrosphere issues.[/p]
  • [p]Vulcanithys fight update.[/p]
  • [p]Addressing more gaps and mesh holes across the map/level.[/p]
  • [p]Boss battle music fix.[/p]
[p][/p][p]This update will require a minor server downtime of 1 hour to official ARK: Aquatica servers. Servers with the highest population will be prioritized. This update will be pushed starting:[/p][p]8:00 PM UTC
4:00 AM CST
1:00 PM PST
4:00 PM EST[/p][p][/p][p]Look forward to more updates soon as we are dedicated to making sure that fixes continue to come.[/p][p]
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