Ultimate Fishing® Simulator News

[h2]Changelog[/h2]

• Updated LWR for Florida fish species to reflect fish weight properly
  
• Changes in fish spawns (to cover more areas)
  
• Fort optimization
  
• Ports optimization
  
• Performance optimization
  
• Fixed Blacktip shark missing in lodge
  
• Fixed lionfish in the lodge
  
• Fixed aquarium fish statistics
  
• Fixed gray snapper in the encyclopedia

• Fixed Blue Marlin black screen;
  
• Fixed Red Lionfish Trophy Lodge description;
  
• Fixed Red Lionfish encyclopedia icon;
  
• Blue Marlin trophy lodge distance extended;
  
• Tiger Shark trophy lodge distance extended;

Thank you for sending so many logs regarding the black screen. We found the issue and fixed it (I hope permanently) :)

[h3]Changelog[/h3]
Game Update | 2.3.23.12:273

• New spawning system (Florida);
  
• Added and changed values in lures & baits for Florida fish species (ex. some of them were listed as a "Best For" but hook size in this didn't even fit fish size) ;
  
• Added once again Blue Marlin (probably fix for a black screen on catch summary screen);
  
• Changed fish bait/lure radius distance;
  
• Changed attracting area radius for lures/baits;
  
• Changed boat trolling speed to be a little slower;
  
• Improved loading times (Florida);
  
• Improved performance (Florida);
  
• Fixed gray snapper encyclopedia icon;
  
• Fixed barracuda transparency (trophy lodge);
  
• Fixed: Pinas Bay, Pinas Bay Ocean, Baikal Lake, Baikal Lake winter not working in French, Polish and Russian languages;
  
• Fixed add to Aquarium UI;
  
• Fixed Blacktip Shark in the trophy room,

[h2]Spawn points / locations[/h2]
First of all, we would like to thank you all for your feedback and for reporting many issues that allowed us to fix them - it is always a pleasure to find & kill "bugs" when we know where to search them :)

But going to merit. We would like to tell you that BIG fish have a LOW chance of spawning close to the shore / starting location. If you would like to go on a "hunt" you need to take a boat :)

Here is the current spawn-point "legend":


Here you can see how many spawn zones are currently in Florida:


And for comparison here, you can see Betty Lake:


The reason why Florida feels so empty is simple - the map is huge. I mean, literally, it's the biggest map in the game - over 50x bigger than Betty Lake. So if we would put the same amount of fish on Florida that is on Betty Lake or any other map, even Pinas Bay Ocean - it would feel EMPTY. Here is a small comparison.



BUT WHY WON'T YOU DEVELOPERS JUST ADD MILLIONS OF FISH? It would just kill game performance at this stage. Ultimate Fishing Simulator is a pretty old game, done on Unity 2017 - and updating the game on this version is just a developer nightmare (hands up - who can confirm).

So with this in mind we need to find the BEST possible situation for you - Players. Waters need to feel populated, just full of life, and at the same time - run well on low-end PCs, etc. So it's a really hard task but we won't say "Yeah Guys, nothing happened".

We made a lot of mess with this one, but from good thing is - that we had a few "night runs" and we developed for example new spawn system for Florida, which can be used on other maps :)

[h2]So what's next? [/h2]
We are here for you. We will continue reading your feedback, especially regarding Florida so this map can reveal its full potential (RIP tic-tac multiplayer -.-). So if you have any thoughts, tips, feedback, bug reports, or just want to drop your angry, mad message - just do it. We read all of it and try to improve the game.

So I think that's all :) Download the update and let us know if there is anything else not working, or maybe if some fish like Blackfin Tuna can't be caught ːsteamsadː

And don't forget to join Discord, where you can talk with us! :) https://discord.gg/5AnMchrWYZ

Regards,
UFS1 Team

Changelog:

• Added missing lures support (ex. Sakura lures);
  
• Added more fish that can be attracted by Dragonfly, Fly, Maggot, Red Worm, Wax Worms, Leech on Florida;
  
• Improved efficiency of live bait and cutbait for sharks;
  
• Added more Blue Marlin spawns on the deep waters.
  

Issues we are aware of right now:

• The big "catchable" area of Florida requires more fish spawn points without dropping the performance and making loading times longer. This one is a complex task but we have an idea for it right now.
  
• Gray snapper icon showing black drum in the encyclopedia
  
• Hook prompt should have few options, so everyone can pick what they can

[h2]Important note about Hook Prompt[/h2]
Hook prompt information has 3 states:

• Hook is too small
  
• Hook is too big
  
• Hook is proper

The "check" for hook/lure size is only in a radius of 50m. That means, the system is checking only fish 50m from the hook/lure:


But besides hook size/lure size, you need to remember that each lure and bait attracts different fish. So if no fish meets hook/lure requirements, you will get the "user" smaller/bigger hook prompt but besides the hook/lure size, there is also a BAIT/LURE type.

So if you are using for example a float with a big hook ex. #5/0 In the starting location, you will get a prompt about using smaller hooks as fish in that area, are not mostly not attracted by live bait or cutbait.

So you need to remember about picking proper bait for the area you are fishing. Big fish are spawned in 95% of areas accessible only by boat.

You can check the bait/lure-attracted fish list in each item section:


It is probably the last update today, as Christmas is starting and we would like to spend this 2-3 day with our families but you can always reach us on Discord and I will try to reply to you ASAP.

Feel free to join: https://discord.gg/5AnMchrWYZ

Regards,
UFS1 Team