Darkwater News

Attention Divers,

We've deployed a hotfix addressing reported issues and applied adjustments based on player feedback.

General

• Shop music updated
  
• Shop music is now slightly quieter
  
• Instructions poster added to shop
  

Systems

• New pump models added to Automatic Pump room
  
• New instructions poster added to Coal Engine room
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed enemies spawning in objects in enemy submarines
  
• Can no longer interact with terminals by standing next to them and opening the tab menu
  
• Players should no longer be able to interact with the same terminal at the same time
  
• Fuel is now capped at 99 to prevent overflow
  
• Fixed issue where players who were entering an arcade machine as the match was starting couldn't interact with anything
  

More hotfixes are incoming, and we will continue to monitor any issues and address any feedback from the community.

Thanks for supporting us on our Early Access journey!

Are you experiencing bugs? Please let us know in our bug report form here.

- Targon Studios

Attention Divers,

We've deployed a hotfix addressing some reported issues and applied balance adjustments based on player feedback.

General

• Piloting room speaker volume lowered for player using it
  
• Gramophone spawning chance increased
  

Systems

• Sonar Room passive regeneration doubled
  
• Sonar Room cost decreased from: $200 -> $150
  
• Engine Boost minigame low pressure bonus increased from: 12 -> 20
  
• Engine Boost minigame high pressure bonus increased from: 15 -> 30
  

Items

• New Record Added: Beacon
  
• New Record Added: Arcade
  

Bug Fixes

• Using medical kits no longer restores oxygen
  
• Fixed issue with gramophone breaking submarine
  
• Fixed issue where some players couldn't open the settings panel
  
• Fixed issue with broken "Waiting..." screen
  
• Medium Arsenals now spawn in shops
  
• Dying should now always drop items next to the corpse
  
• Players rarely unable to insert torpedo/mine into hatch issue fixed
  

Localization Fixes

• Fixed localization issue with disabled weapons in Weapons terminal
  
• Fixed unlocalized event responses
  
• Fixed unlocalized manned torpedo interactiondisplay
  
• Expand Length/Width button price displays will no longer overflow when displaying that it's maxxed out
  
• Piloting warning no longer shows unsupported characters
  
• Cross in chapel rooms are now localized
  
• Weapon lockers in medium and large arsenals localization fixed
  

More hotfixes are incoming, and we will continue to monitor any issues and address any feedback from the community.

Thanks for supporting us on our Early Access journey!

Are you experiencing bugs? Please let us know in our bug report form here.

- Targon Studios

Attention Divers,

We've deployed a hotfix addressing some reported issues and applied balance adjustments based on player feedback.

General

• Clam Swarm hitpoints reduced: 200 -> 150
  
• Offline lobbies will no longer display a room code when restarted
  

Audio

• Harpoon Submarine combat track updated
  
• New sound effects added to Pneumatic Launcher
  

Items

• Dreams of Meat stack size increased: 4 -> 6
  
• Dreams of Greens stack size increased: 4 -> 6
  
• Canned Tubeworms stack size increased: 3 -> 5
  
• Tinned Fishmeal stack size increased: 3 -> 5
  
• Medical Kit stack size increased: 1 -> 2
  
• Small Medical Kit stack size increased: 2 -> 4
  
• Harbour Lights stack size increased: 4 -> 6
  
• Scrap weight increased: 0 -> 0.1
  
• Knife weight increased: 0 -> 3
  
• Sledgehammer weight increased: 0 -> 3
  
• Oxygen tank price decreased: $18 -> $12
  

Bug Fixes

• Only including unlisted/notable ones:
  
• Issue where using the pneumatic launcher when an enemy submarine had a destroyed system would softlock the user has been fixed
  
• Players should no longer get locked to consoles
  
• Fixed issue were Torpedo/Mine Bay hatches randomly couldn't be reloaded
  
• Water pump gauge needle now displays correctly, uses full gauge to display water level
  
• Enemies can no longer target and attack each other
  
• Can no longer retreat from final boss battle
  
• Microphone list now updates when a new microphone is added
  
• Restart button now displays in the death screen for host
  
• Lots of localization fixes
  
• Pneumatic Launcher fixes
  
• Lag spike from entering outposts fixed
  
• Lag spike from fighting first submarine fixed
  
• Fixed issue with minimal liability achievement
  

Known Issues with incoming Hotfixes

• Players become invisible after exiting enemy submarine if two players use the pneumatic torpedo at the same time
  
• Host unable to re-enter submarine after dying and editing piloting room at a store
  
• Items can be duplicated by lockers
  
• Desync issues can occur after lobby restarts and rejoins
  
• Disconnections can occur when changing graphics settings
  
• Player can fall through the map if left in store and sub has moved to the next node
  
• Some missing UI language strings
  

We'll continue to monitor any issues that come up and address any feedback from the community.

Thanks for supporting us on our Early Access journey!

Are you experiencing bugs? Please let us know in our bug report form here.

- Targon Studios

Attention Divers,

We've deployed a hotfix addressing some reported issues.

General

• Offline mode implemented
  
• Number of enemies on hostile submarine now increase over the duration of the run
  
• Final Boss submarine enemy crew count increased
  

Settings/UI

• Slightly increased visibility of mute icon
  
• Clicking "Main Menu" button now asks player if they want to quit, informing them that saving occurs after every new district is entered
  

Systems

• Storage slots inside of piloting lockers increased from: 5 -> 8
  
• Storage slots inside of small storage room (1x1) has been increased from: 6 -> 8
  
• Storage rooms now spawn more frequently in shops
  

Bug Fixes

• Only including unlisted/notable ones:
  
• Vending machine infinite selling bug fixed (hopefully)
  
• Bug where microphone could not be selected fixed
  

We'll continue to monitor any issues that come up and address any feedback from the community.

Thanks for supporting us on our Early Access journey!

- Targon Studios

Darkwater is available now as part of Steam Early Access!

Go it alone or with up to 4 players and grab it for 10% off during the week of launch to celebrate.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/619540/Darkwater/

We'd love to hear about you experience playing, so join the Discord to chat with the developer and other fellow divers, and thanks for playing our game!

- Targon Studios & Playstack Team