ARK: Survival Evolved News

[p][/p][p][/p][p]Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates as issues are being logged or addressed. We are also maintaining visibility regarding bugs reported into the #「📩」support channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord.[/p][p][/p][p]In continued support of transparency, continued showcase of progress as well as Aquatica DLC specific content, Studio Sirens developer, Z_Swell will continue to stream live again this week![/p]

• [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]The current schedule will be: Tuesday (8/5) and Thursday (8/7)) at 2PM PST.[/p]
• [p]Stream link: [dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p]

[p][/p][h3]The next game engine update, planned to allow more mods to load, is currently delayed due to compilations. Rather than introduce new issues, we will delay the game engine update until a solution is found. We will continue testing to be able to release the next update in full soon.[/h3][h3] [/h3][h3]Current top priority issues:[/h3]

• [p]FPS and Level Optimization[/p]
• [p]Mods Compatibility / Updated Dev Kit[/p]
• [p]Server Issues[/p]
• [p]Core Functionality [/p]

[p][/p][h3]In the meantime, the ‘preaquatica’ branch will remain available.[/h3][p]
[/p][h2]Patch notes (v360.10)[/h2]

• [p]Baby dinos will no longer be affected by water pressure[/p]
• [p]Fixed tamed adult dinos not being acclimated to the water pressure they start in[/p]
• [p]Fixed Cryopods not saving water pressure acclimation[/p]
• [p]Fixed Cryopods not saving equipped infection Augments[/p]
• [p]Fixed Vulcanithys boss sometimes not appearing[/p]
• [p]Fixed a crash related to Stinger ships[/p]
• [p]Fixed the saved character preset list appearing behind the main character creation UI[/p]
• [p]Fixed not being able to equip the Thalassian Rocket Launcher[/p]
• [p]Increased Alpha Dakosaurus attack range[/p]
• [p]Enabled the tail swipe attack for wild and riderless Dakosaurus[/p]
• [p]Fixed Tridacna providing Achatina Paste instead of Cementing Paste[/p]
• [p]Fixed Abyssal Reaper Offspring not attacking targets[/p]
• [p]Fixed baby Vulcanite rendering issues[/p]
• [p]Malleocephalus eyes are now visible[/p]
• [p]Added SFX to the Malleocephalus attack[/p]
• [p]Increased the hit radius and damage for the player when near the wall eel[/p]
• [p]Added more Bee spawns[/p]
• [p]Explorer Note Location update[/p]
• [p]Boss spawn issues have been addressed and give tek engram drops[/p]

[p][/p][h3]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:[/h3][p][/p][h3]9:00 PM UTC
5:00 AM CST
2:00 PM PST
5:00 PM EST[/h3][h3][/h3][h3]Look forward to more updates soon as we are dedicated to making sure that fixes continue to come.[/h3]

[p][/p][p]Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates as issues are being logged or addressed. We are also maintaining visibility regarding bugs reported into the #「📩」support channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord.
[/p][p]In continued support of transparency, continued showcase of progress as well as Aquatica DLC specific content, Studio Sirens developer, [dynamiclink][/dynamiclink] will continue to stream live again this coming week, the schedule will be posted in an announcement for the coming week on Monday.[/p][h3][/h3][h3]Today’s post will be outlining the issues currently being tested. More fixes may be added as we approach closer to build launch. [/h3][p][/p][h3]These fixes, if approved, will be included in an updated build that we will be releasing in the coming week. [/h3][p][/p][h3]We have also made some progress into the missing binaries for Linux users, this and the next fix for the game engine is also being tested further to be able to be pushed into an update. [/h3][p][/p][h3]Current top priority issues:[/h3]

• [p]FPS and Level Optimization[/p]
• [p]Mods Compatibility / Updated Dev Kit[/p]
• [p]Server Issues[/p]
• [p]Core Functionality [/p]

[h2]Issues to be tested for incoming v360.8[/h2]

• [p]Baby dinos will no longer be affected by water pressure.[/p]
• [p]Fixing tamed adult dinos not being acclimated to the water pressure they start in.[/p]

• [p]Potential fix for a crash related to Stinger ships[/p]
• [p]Fix for Abyssal Reaper Offspring not attacking targets[/p]
• [p]Increasing Alpha Dakosaurus attack range. Enabling tail swipe attack for wild Dakosaurus.[/p]
• [p]Cryopod fix for not saving water pressure acclimation.[/p]
• [p]Cryopod fix for not saving equipped infection Augments.[/p]
• [p]Fix for Vulcanite rendering issues.[/p]
• [p]Fix for the Tridacna providing Achatina Paste instead of Cementing Paste.[/p]
• [p]Increase the hit radius and damage for the player when near the eel wall.[/p]
• [p]Fixed Vulcanithys boss sometimes not appearing.[/p]
• [p]Added SFX to Malleocephalus attack.[/p]
• [p]Explorer Note Location update[/p]
• [p]Several FPS / Level Optimizations[/p]

[h3]Others in the pipeline:[/h3]

• [p]More FPS/Level Optimization[/p]
• [p]Fix for issue with dinos/ships disappearing and cryopod bug[/p]
• [p]Game Engine issues not allowing mods to load[/p]
• [p]Boss battle music fix[/p]
• [p]Addressing rending and mesh popping in the level[/p]
• [p]Hydrosphere issues[/p]
• [p]Infection loop bugs[/p]
• [p]Dino Spawner updates[/p]
• [p]Vehicle updates and Stinger issues to be addressed[/p]
• [p]Ocean platform placement issues[/p]
• [p]More Tek Engrams proposed, currently WIP[/p]

[p][/p][h3]Look forward to continued updates as the development team makes progress, we appreciate the community’s extended patience.[/h3][p]


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[p][/p][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 also maintaining visibility regarding bugs reported into the #「📩」support channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord.[/p][p]
[/p][p]In continued support of transparency, continued showcase of progress as well as Aquatica DLC specific content, Studio Sirens developer, Z_Swell will continue to stream live again this week![/p]

• [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]The current schedule will be: Thursday (7/31) at 2PM PST.[/p]
• [p]Stream link: [dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p]

[h3]We are currently experiencing issues with the latest game engine update that would allow more mods to load, rather than introduce new issues, we will delay the game engine update until a solution is found. We will continue testing to be able to release the next update in full soon.[/h3][p][/p][h3]We have reverted the initial fix of dinos/ships disappearing cryopod issue to prevent long load times with primalgamedata. This is a complicated issue, the developers have elected to roll back this fix to accelerate load times and provide a solution soon. Remember that this bug will be reintroduced by reverting our initial fix and loss of dinos/ships/cryopod issues without tribe logs will happen again.[/h3][h3][/h3][h3]Current top priority issues:[/h3]

• [p]FPS and Level Optimization[/p]
• [p]Mods Compatibility / Updated Dev Kit[/p]
• [p]Server Issues[/p]
• [p]Core Functionality [/p]

[h3]In the meantime, the ‘preaquatica’ branch will remain available.[/h3][p]
[/p][h2]Patch notes for today’s update (v360.7 Live Branch)[/h2]

• [p]Fixed a crash when accessing a custom radial menu.[/p]
• [p]Added Spearbolt to anvil.[/p]
• [p]Crystal trees / crystalized wood harvestable visual update[/p]
• [p]Balancing of Thalassian Rifle damage.[/p]
• [p]Raft launching fix.[/p]
• [p]Fixed Monodon ranged attacks so it will no longer damage players and dinosaurs that are immune to ranged damage.[/p]
• [p]Adding select TEK items to boss drops.[/p]
• [p]Karkinos overspawn fix.[/p]
• [p]Trilobite overspawn fix.[/p]
• [p]Adding Alpha Karkinos spawns.[/p]
• [p]Updated select environmental visuals.[/p]
• [p]Reverted initial fix for dinos/ships disappearing without tribe logs as well as cryopod issues to prevent long load times for primalgamedata, more information on this coming soon.[/p]
• [p]Missing meshes are being addressed and will be restored into the level. (unintended/abusive ratholes/etc)[/p]

[h3]Tek Engrams to be added:[/h3]

• [p]Tek Boots[/p]
• [p]Tek Gauntlets[/p]
• [p]Tek Cap[/p]
• [p]Tek Chestpiece[/p]
• [p]Tek Leggings[/p]
• [p]Tek Shield[/p]
• [p]Tek Shield Riot[/p]
• [p]Tek Grenade[/p]
• [p]Tek Sword[/p]
• [p]Tek Rifle[/p]
• [p]Tek Cloning Chamber[/p]
• [p]Tek Light[/p]
• [p]Tek Turret[/p]

[p]More Tek Engram additions have been proposed and are a work in progress.[/p][p]
[/p][h3]There is an issue with in-game broadcasting of server downtime warnings. Some servers may see the warnings but not others. This will be addressed in the future, the update times are listed below:[/h3][h3][/h3][h3]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:[/h3][h3]9:00 PM UTC
5:00 AM CST
2:00 PM PST
5:00 PM EST[/h3][p][/p][p]Look forward to continued updates as the development team makes progress, we appreciate the community’s extended patience.[/p][p]
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[p][/p][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 also maintaining visibility regarding bugs reported into the #「📩」support channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord.[/p][p][/p][p]In continued support of transparency, continued showcase of progress as well as Aquatica DLC specific content, Studio Sirens developer, Z_Swell will continue to stream live throughout the week![/p]

• [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]The current schedule will be: Tuesday (7/29) and Thursday (7/31) at 2PM PST.[/p]
• [p]Stream link: [dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p]

[p]
[/p][h3]We are currently experiencing issues with the latest update, rather than introduce new issues, we will delay the update until a solution is found. We will continue testing to be able to release the next update in full soon.[/h3][p][/p][h3]On Tuesday (7/22), we released an update that included a fix for loading mods that will continue to be developed. Another solution will be coming soon. While we have specifically tested certain mods, we are going through a list provided by the community.
[/h3][h3]In the meantime, the ‘preaquatica’ branch will remain available.
[/h3][p][/p]

• [p]FPS Improvement[/p]
• [p]Continued Progress on Mods / Updating the Dev Kit[/p]
• [p]Server Issues[/p]
• [p]Core Functionality 
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[p]Issues pipeline (v360.6 Live Branch)[/p]

• [p]Adding the Spearbolt to the Anvil[/p]
• [p]Explorer Note Location update[/p]
• [p]Raft launching fix[/p]
• [p]Fixing the Monodon ranged attack to no longer count as melee damage[/p]
• [p]Balancing Thalassian Rifle damage[/p]
• [p]Updating select environmental visuals[/p]
• [p]Adding select Tek Engrams into the boss loot table[/p]
• [p]Investigating server cluster transfer issues[/p]
• [p]Continuing to address areas where players are falling off the map when crossing big pools of lava[/p]
• [p]Addressing rending and mesh popping in the level[/p]
• [p]Hydrosphere issues[/p]
• [p]Infected barnacle bugs[/p]
• [p]Continuing dino spawner updates[/p]
• [p]Linux binaries missing[/p]
• [p]Vehicle updates in general (rafts/motorboats and stinger)[/p]
• [p]Ocean platform placement issues
  
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[h3]Tek Engrams to be added to boss drop loot tables:[/h3]

• [p]Tek Boots[/p]
• [p]Tek Gauntlets[/p]
• [p]Tek Cap[/p]
• [p]Tek Chestpiece[/p]
• [p]Tek Leggings[/p]
• [p]Tek Shield[/p]
• [p]Tek Shield Riot[/p]
• [p]Tek Grenade[/p]
• [p]Tek Sword[/p]
• [p]Tek Rifle[/p]
• [p]Tek Cloning Chamber[/p]
• [p]Tek Light[/p]
• [p]Tek Turret[/p]

[p][/p][p]Look forward to continued updates as the development team makes progress, we appreciate the community’s extended patience.[/p][p]
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[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 be continuing to stream live![/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]Schedule for the next week of developer streams coming soon.[/p]

[h3]
On Tuesday (7/22), we released an update that included a fix for loading mods that will continue to be developed. Another solution will be coming soon. While we have specifically tested certain mods, we are going through a list provided by the community.[/h3][h3][/h3][h3]While the specific game engine issue is being addressed and is progressing, we would also like to iterate that FPS optimization and server cluster transfer work will be elevated to a higher priority on our pipeline. We will continue to provide updates on these issues as they are developed.[/h3][h3][/h3][h3]The last update on Friday (7/25) developed a potential issue with “PrimalGameData” taking a long time to load. The game might seem to be stalled but it does in fact load, it will take a while. After the first time loading, joining servers/loading into the game returns to normal speed. We advise that players do not bail out/close the program and let the program load normally for the first time.[/h3][h3][/h3][h3]Currently, we are dealing with a few complex issues regarding fixes that are going into the next update, we hope to have an update soon.
[/h3][h3]In the meantime, the ‘preaquatica’ branch will remain available.[/h3][p][/p][h2]Issues pipeline and coming fixes (v360.6 Live Branch)[/h2]

• [p]Adding Tek Armor and Tek Turret + other select Tek engrams into the boss reward/loot pool for ARK: Aquatica to come very soon. Tek Engram list will come with this update.[/p]
• [p]More game engine fixes to be able to load more mods without an updated devkit[/p]
• [p]Finalizing fixes for dino/ships/cryopod issues when logging off[/p]
• [p]Investigating server cluster transfer issues[/p]
• [p]Continued FPS / Level optimization[/p]
• [p]Updated DevKit[/p]
• [p]Continuing to address areas where players are falling off the map when crossing big pools of lava[/p]
• [p]Addressing rending and mesh popping in the level[/p]
• [p]Hydrosphere issues[/p]
• [p]Infected barnacle bugs[/p]
• [p]Continuing dino spawner updates[/p]
• [p]Linux binaries missing[/p]
• [p]Vehicle updates in general (rafts/motorboats and stinger issues)[/p]
• [p]Ocean platforms placement issue[/p]
• [p]Settings resetting with each patch update[/p]
• [p]Explorer Notes location update[/p]

[p]
[/p][p]Look forward to continued updates as the development team makes progress, we appreciate the community’s extended patience.[/p][p]
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