Good afternoon,

[p][/p][p]We are continuing to make posts through the weekend to continue to provide transparency regarding issues reported through the #「📩」support channel on the[url="https://discord.gg/j94kU6Dn6Q"] Official ARK: Aquatica Discord[/url]. Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates daily as issues are being logged or addressed.[/p][p][/p]

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. Once this specific issue is addressed, only then will the team be able to chase down specific mods with issues that may require an update with the updated devkit.

• [p]We are looking into issues that relate to shader issues built into the engine[/p][/*]
• [p]We have been able to identify content that was pushed to the base game that may be conflicting with mods[/p][/*]

[p][/p][p]To continue 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]

Current issues being tested for this incoming Monday (7/21)

• [p]Takifugu textures disappearing when Takifugu takes damage[/p][/*]
• [p]Angler boss death animation[/p][/*]
• [p]Mantis Shrimp taming issues[/p][/*]
• [p]Kathreptis taming issues[/p][/*]
• [p]Crash fixes in relation to current official server instability, in the meantime, an automatic restart solution has been implemented.[/p][/*]
• [p]Tridachna fix to enable taming in PvE[/p][/*]
• [p]Kibble mash not craftable in inventory[/p][/*]
• [p]Cymathoa taking damage from rocket launcher[/p][/*]
• [p]Incorrect icon in taming tracker[/p][/*]
• [p]Vulcanithys fight updates[/p][/*]

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More known issues in the pipeline:

• [p]Character bugs out when using the Tek Trident after spawning in single player (GCM).[/p][/*]
• [p]Low FPS/Low performance issues[/p][/*]
• [p]Raft/Motorboat issue: When picking up a foundation from the motorboat while on it you are teleported to the centre of the map[/p][/*]
• [p]Bug that causes characters to disappear when moving servers between clusters.[/p][/*]
• [p]Stinger ship issues[/p][/*]
• [p]Level holes in large pools of lava[/p][/*]
• [p]Water beacon issue requiring reactivation[/p][/*]
• [p]Hydrosphere issues[/p][/*]
• [p]Skiff loss issues per update, we ask that players do not craft Skiffs during this time until this can be addressed.[/p][/*]
• [p]Transferred DLC dinos issue, losing references and vanish or become undeployable when loaded on non-native maps[/p][/*]
• [p]Missing Linux Binaries on v360.1[/p][/*]

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Planned Developer Stream:

[p]A member of the Studio Sirens Development team will be doing a live stream[/p]

• [p]The focus of this stream would be to showcase the fixes made in the game client[/p][/*]
• [p]The stream will go live at 2:00 PM PST, 07/21 Monday[/p][/*]
[*][p]Stream link: [dynamiclink href="https://www.twitch.tv/Z_Swell"][/dynamiclink][/p][/*]

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For All ARK: Survival Evolved MOD Creators:

[p][/p][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[url="https://discord.gg/j94kU6Dn6Q"] Official ARK Aquatica Discord[/url].[/p][p][/p][p]Look forward to more updates soon, we are dedicated to making sure that fixes continue to come.[/p][p] [/p]
Source: https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1805431065446450