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7:18pm

The Pale Deep - caseyfromspace

Hey guys! As you may be aware, I released a small update the other day that added a settings button to the main menu, as a few people have requested. This has taught me a valuable lesson in programming, that no matter how small a feature is, don't underestimate its ability to break the entire game. Due to a bug that came along with this update, some people have lost their save files. The game has since been reverted to the launch version which is free of this bug, and I'm going to hold off on implementing the options button on the main menu and will instead add it alongside the content update I'm working on, since that update will get extensive testing.

Make sure that the game is updated to the latest version before playing to make sure you don't lose your save file (if there isn't a settings/gear icon in the top right of the main menu, you're all good. If there is, close the game and update it).

I'm really sorry to anyone who lost their save file because of this bug, it's totally on me, I should've done more extensive testing before releasing the update. But again, the game is now back to its quite extensively tested launch version, so all should be well now, and I won't be updating the game again until the proper content update is finished and properly tested.

In case you're curious, here's what I'm currently working on/planning for the update!

Challenge mode with higher spawn-rates and limited cadets
Endless mode
Steam achievements

I'm seriously really sorry to anyone who lost their save data, and I will make absolutely sure nothing like this happens in the future!! I hope you'll still enjoy The Pale Deep!!!

Thanks and... apologies,
Casey

7:18pm

Bug Fix: Welcome to Campus Scene

Meow Moments: Celebrating Together - su.menssana

We’ve just released a patch to fix an issue affecting the Meow Moments: Welcome to Campus scene.

When we added the new Music Festival scene, we unintentionally replaced Welcome to Campus with a faulty version. Players who entered the scene during this period may have encountered a purple background, missing balloons, and some missing characters.
The original version of Welcome to Campus has now been restored and should work correctly again.

⚠️ Important: Only players who started the Welcome to Campus scene between July 16 and July 18 will need to restart the scene, which will reset progress for that scene. We’re very sorry for the inconvenience.

Thank you so much for playing Meow Moments: Celebrating Together and for your continued support. Your feedback means a lot to us! 💛🐾

7:15pm

ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 7/18 #2

ARK: Survival Evolved - AlphaNav

Good Evening,

As we continue to post updates and some outlook into the issues revolving around the Aquatica DLC as well as issues in 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 Official ARK: Aquatica Discord.

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.

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

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.

The branch is called "preaquatica". To navigate to the branch:

Right Click ARK: Survival Evolved in your Steam Library
Click Properties
Betas
Beta participation
Opt into "preaquatica" branch

The branch is available for clients and dedicated servers now.

Scope of updates for the ARK: Aquatica DLC

Low performance/FPS fixes continue to be in progress, we hope to be able to post more progress into the weekend.

Fixing broadcast issues for pushing server updates, this way updates/server downtime can be announced in-game to give prior notification to players in-game.
Dino taming issues related to:
- Mantis Shrimp
- Kathreptis
Boss combat music issues
Pygocentrus boss issue, we have logged instances where eliminating the boss from a far distance can put users out of range for rewards, as some users obtained engrams as rewards and some have not.
Other boss issues pertaining to boss engram rewards
Continuing to search for mesh holes/gaps in the level
Continuing to search for killboxes and instadeath locations.

Planned Developer Stream:

A member of the Studio Sirens Development team will be doing a live stream

The focus of this stream would be to showcase the fixes made in the game client
The stream will go live at 2:00 PM PST, 07/21 Monday
Stream link: https://twitch.tv/Z_Swell

For All ARK: Survival Evolved MOD Creators:

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 Official ARK Aquatica Discord.

Look forward to more updates soon, we are dedicated to making sure that fixes continue to come.