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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[url="https://discord.gg/j94kU6Dn6Q"] Official ARK: Aquatica Discord[/url].[/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 look to continue streaming live this week!

• [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 href="https://www.twitch.tv/Z_Swell"][/dynamiclink][/p][/*]

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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.

[p]The “preaquatica” beta branch is still live and will remain available until further notice.[/p][p] [/p]

Patch notes for the next update (v360.1 Live Branch)

• [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: [url="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1koKI_9y2UC0_8HuDyqTTBQUcCD5VjoYeO1XWYmbS5dg/edit?usp=sharing"]Broken Mods[/url][/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][/*]

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Patch notes (continued)

• [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][/*]

Other issues in the pipeline

• [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][list]
• [p]Skiffs disappearing between updates.[/p][/*]
• [p]Rafts/motorboats shooting players into the air.[/p][/*]
• [p]Stinger issues (placement issues, missile issues, etc.).[/p][/*]

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[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][/*]

[/list][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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Source: https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1805431065507222