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Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates as issues are being logged or addressed. We are primarily utilizing the #「❗」bug-reports」channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord[discord.gg].
We would like to thank the community for continuing to help us make improvements to ARK: Aquatica by reporting issues that have appeared after release.
For the sake of identifying issues, please provide as much information as possible on your report for visibility and accurate reporting (ie: version number, platform and all applicable logs or information).
We are happy to announce that the ‘preaquatica’ game branch will remain a permanently available branch for all users on ARK: Survival Evolved.
Fixed some Abyssal dinos having points in Oxygen
Note: This only removes the Oxygen from new dinos, not existing
Increased Alpha Abyssal Rex health
Added ability for most dinos to equip Infected Barnacle augments. Water and amphibious dinos will get reduced benefits from swim speed augments
Note: New dinos will not get the attached infected mask visual
Fixed Infected Barnacle mask not being visible on Pachyrhino and Megalosaurus
Fixed water dinos not being able to target Alpha Corrupt Tridacna
Fixed Monodon not using their cuddle animation
Fixed Monodon getting too much taming ineffectiveness when taming rates are boosted
Reduced aggro notify neighbor range for Megalodon, Malleocephalus, Dakosaurus, and Seahorse
Fixed Sinomacrops and Noglin buffs not applying correctly to players when mounted
Fixed buffs not getting applied to riders of Tropeognathus, Magmasaur, Exosuit, Tek Hoversail, Dinopithecus, and Stego
Reduced spawn rate of Liopleurodon in Aquatica
Wild Basilosaurus will no longer get targeted by wild Megalodon
Wild Anglers will no longer target, or be targeted by, other wild dinos
Water Wyvern adjustments: improved nest/egg spawns, slightly increased alpha spawn chance in wyvern cave, removed Alpha Water Talon requirement from Alpha Pygocentrus
Note: Alpha water talons will not be used for that boss anymore. It is still used for the Vulcanithys boss however.
Dakosaurus hibernate ability now increases health regeneration
Tiktaalik can now harvest Earthworm piles using their primary attack
Fixed Homarus falling into the ground when killed
Fixed Homarus not being able to breed inside water Hydrospheres
Fixed Homarus dino dossier icon
Fixed Aquatica Helmets not appropriately showing or hiding beard hair
Renamed the Thalassian Rocket Propelled Energy Blast to Thalassian Propelled Rocket
Fixed Underwater Crop Plot material
Fixed Hydrosphere bubbles having collision
Fixed Hydrospheres interfering with placement of other structures
Fixed the Hydrosphere unlocking during server restarts
Note: Existing Hydrospheres will need to be relocked after the update
Added Element as a valid fuel source for Hydrospheres
Updated Pearl structure descriptions to better indicate they increase water pressure acclimation speed
Fixed snapping and scaling issues with the Pearl building set
Fixed Tek Tridents having a random chance to break when used
Fixed Infectarium destroying water containers when crafting
Fixed Infected Barnacle descriptions on servers
Fixed various issues in the Aquatica map; including floating foliage, lava volumes, and mesh holes.
Removed empty news box from Main Menu
Removed empty UI box in lower right of screen in singleplayer games
Fixed various Aquatica UI colorization issues
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:
9:30 PM UTC
5:30 AM CST
2:30 PM PST
5:30 PM EST
Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates as issues are being logged or addressed. We are primarily utilizing the #「❗」bug-reports」channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord[discord.gg].
We would like to thank the community for continuing to help us make improvements to ARK: Aquatica by reporting issues that have appeared after release.
For the sake of identifying issues, please provide as much information as possible on your report for visibility and accurate reporting (ie: version number, platform and all applicable logs or information).
Adding missing meshes to Thalassian Hover Skiff
Fixed Tek Trident getting consumed when thrown
Fixed Aquatica Large Wood Wall using wrong texture
Fixed Spear Bolts not being craftable in all smithy-type inventories
Fixed Homarus using the wrong dino icon
Fixed Cymathoa despawning when swimming to the far top of arena
Fixed an issue with the Monkey radial menu
Added collision to Riftwalker legs and head
Added missing holiday assets
Fixed missing artifact
Fixed various issues in the Aquatica map; including floating foliage, mesh popping, lava volumes, an anti-mesh location, and mesh holes.
Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates as issues are being logged or addressed. We are primarily utilizing the #「❗」bug-reports」channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord[discord.gg].
We would like to thank the community for continuing to help us make improvements to ARK: Aquatica by reporting issues that have appeared after release.
For the sake of identifying issues, please provide as much information as possible on your report for visibility and accurate reporting (ie: version number, platform and all applicable logs or information).
Continued FPS and Level Optimization
Server Transfers for Official Servers
Core Functionality
Fixed snapping issues with Large Metal Walls
Fixed a crash related to uploading dinos without Augments
Fixed dinos losing their pressure acclimation when stasised for extended periods of time
Fixed issues with the Alpha Abyssal Rex
Fixed items not being given to nearby player inventories on dino death when an amount isn’t specified
Added Oil and Manganese to the Boiling Sea
Fixed Kato and Ingrid Explorer Notes not being sorted in the correct order
Fixed Aquatica artifact crates using the incorrect VFX
Fixed a typo in Pygocentrus Trophy names
Addressed general issue in the level (floating foliage, lava volumes)
Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates as issues are being logged or addressed. We are primarily utilizing the #「❗」bug-reports」channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord[discord.gg]. For the sake of identifying issues, please provide as much information as possible on your report for visibility and accurate reporting (ie: version number, platform and all applicable logs or information).
Continued FPS and Level Optimization
Server Transfers for Official Servers
Core Functionality
Fixed snapping issues with Large Pearl Walls
Added new structures: Pearl Triangle Floating Foundation and Tek Triangle Floating Foundation
Fixed not being able to snap structures over or in very deep water
Fixed issues with Pygocentrus ascension
Increased amount of Element received when defeating Vulcanithys and Fractalis
Fixed not being able to obtain 100% imprint when raising Vulcanite babies
Fixed Monodon not receiving credit when killing a target with their ranged beam attack
Restored dino class data in cryopods that were “Raptorized” and not able to be deployed
Updated localization for Aquatica items/dinosaurs for the following languages: Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified
Addressed several map mesh holes and collision issues
Underwater air-pockets now utilize the same water pressure zones as the surrounding water
Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates as issues are being logged or addressed. We are primarily utilizing the #「❗」bug-reports」channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord[discord.gg]. For the sake of identifying issues, please provide as much information as possible on your report for visibility and accurate reporting (ie: version number, platform and all applicable logs or information).
Updated Dev Kit
FPS and Level Optimization
Server Issues
Core Functionality
Added server setting to control the ability to place Floating Foundations in air
In GameUserSettings.ini, under the ServerSettings section: PreventFloatingFoundationsInAir=True
The Floating Foundations setting is enabled by default, the command line above would disable this setting.
Fixed Floating Foundations being placeable too high above the ground when not underwater
Fixed not being able to place Cannons on non-Aquatica maps
Border walls no longer causing random deaths
Fixed various foliage and mesh hole issues
Continued FPS optimization
Fixed being able to place structures on Ocepechelon saddles
Fixed water dinos not being able to target Cymathoa
Fixed Abyssal dinos losing their Underwater Walking ability on game restarts
Dinos who were not intended to be able to equip infected barnacles by design are now unable to equip them.
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[discord.gg]. For the sake of identifying issues, please provide as much information as possible on your report for visibility and accurate reporting.
Current top priority issues:
FPS and Level Optimization
Updated Dev Kit
Server Issues
Core Functionality
In the meantime, the ‘preaquatica’ branch will remain available.
Dinos/Tames Fixes:
Fixed Parasaur not being able to equip augments
Increased stats of Malleocephalus, Seahorse, Takifugu, and Tiktaalik
Fixed Riftcrawlers being able to mate
Increased Abyssal dino swim speed
Boss Updates:
Multiple fixes and adjustments to the Pygocentrus boss fight
Fixed instantly getting killed when teleporting into the Vulcanithys Arena
Rift Fixes and Improvements:
Updated Rift spawned dino’s names to make them more identifiable
Fixed Rifts not giving nearby players and tamed dinos XP on successful completion
Fixed Rifts not giving nearby players Element and items on successful completion
Improved loot quality in Rift Supply Crates
Reduced the time between dino spawns in the Greater Rift
Reduced the amount of dinos spawned in the Greater Rift
Other Improvements:
Fixed Dipping Nets consuming more than one net ammo per fish caught
FPS / Level Optimization
Engine issues in relation to mods have been resolved for mods that the team has been made aware of.
Remaining mods with issues likely require an update given content changes with Aquatica with an updated Devkit included in a future update. Please report additional concerns about mods not functioning related to an engine issue to the Aquatica Discord or the ARK Modding Community Discord.
Potential fix for dinos/vehicles disappearing after game restart. Please report any subsequent issues with this to the Aquatica Discord thread here[discord.com].
Fixed dinos in cryopods losing their class references after game restart
Note: This stops it from happening to newly cryopoded dinos, but does not fix ones that are already “raptorized”
An initial fix for server character transfers for unofficial servers is being introduced. Official server transfers will be enabled after additional testing.
A specific chat for this fix has been added onto the Discord[discord.gg] server, under #「💬」server-transfers-chat. Utilize this chat as a way to not only help each other but help log the issues related to transfers if issues appear.
Increased chance of volcano supply crates being higher quality
Fixed volcano supply crate vfx persisting after the supply crate is gone
Added some missing pain volumes to lava
As development continues, we are seeing progress being made to multiple major issues. Look forward to more updates soon as we are dedicated to making sure that fixes continue to come.
The following is an official statement from the head of Studio Sirens.
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