A small update:

• Increased fish habitats

Scallops DLC

• Fixed issue with beams not set or raised if you manually set/raise them

Small hotfix:

• Fixed crash when switching boats
  
• Fixed crash when loading save game
  
• Fixed crash when picking up pots

Ahoy all fishermen,

A new update version: 1.6.837.9446 is now ready for download. This is a major update with new features, several improvements and fixes.


A new start option has been added, you can now select between Easy or Hard mode when starting a new game.

Easy mode, you will start with the fast No Yankee rigged for lobster fishing at 1st of April in the season, everything else will be as before.

Hard mode, you will start with Mikki rigged for harpooning at 1st of August, fish habitats and prices are reduced by 30%.

NOTE: You need to start a new game to use these features. Previous savegames will be set to Easy!


We added a new steel wire lobster pot, this gives you 30% better yield than wooden pots. We also increased the yield on both wooden and steel pots. Snow crab pots have also got increased yield.




We are happy to announce a new licensepartner ProNav. ProNav delivers products for navigation, communication and security to commercial vessels. You can get their radar as an upgrade for all the bigger boats in the game.




A new bait have been added to target Silver Hake with longlines.


We added a indicator in the HUD, when the autopilot are enabled.




A reworked habitat system is also in place, making fish availability better over time. You can now see the health status of all the habitats available on the map in your logbook.

We added a new Habitat Extinction option, when enabled you will need to be more careful with fishing to much on each habitat, to much and its wiped out. Give habitats time to recover to keep them sustainable over time. Without this option enabled, habitat healths will never go below 25%.

Scallop habitats are now found around the map instead of everywhere. Each port will have a dedicated scallop habitat, just ask for some tips for location at the bar in ports.

NOTE: If you experience low habitat messages, please check your Logbook -> Habitats to see the health of the habitat you are fishing on. The number above the fishtip is the habitat number you see in your logbook.




We balanced the supply and demand for each port, this will help to reduce huge price drops and keep it more consistent over time, even when selling huge loads of fish.


You will now be able to catch mackerel using nets.


You are now able to trawl on depths at 100m instead of 200m.

Full Changelog

• Added possibility to catch mackerel with nets
  
• Added info about habitat health in the logbook
  
• Added option for habitat extinction, enabling this option will make it possible to kill the habitats if overfishing
  
• Added new bait for longline (Herring to target Silver Hake)
  
• Added new steel wire lobster pots
  
• Added new start game options, now you can select between Easy and Hard. Hard mode will reduce habitats and prices by 30%
  
• Added autopilot indicator in the HUD, when its enabled
  
• Added dredge sensor into radial menu for better access using controller
  
• Added missing sound effect when buying fishing gear
  
• Added new radar upgrade on bigger boats from our new licensepartner ProNav
  
• Adjusted supply/demand at ports, making prices more consistent over time
  
• Adjusted buoyancy on Follabuen
  
• Adjusted steering on Double Trouble & No Yankee
  
• Adjusted emissive on screens in wheelhouses
  
• Adjusted interactable speed when sorting lobster
  
• Adjusted swordfish and tuna habitats, now they are in more deeper waters
  
• Adjusted trawl depth to +100m
  
• Boats do not longer take damage when skipping time while docked at port
  
• Disabled ocean foam in main menu
  
• Fixed issue with boat flying when disconnecting controller while fast travel
  
• Fixed issue with rigging to deeplines, showing boat full of deeplines even if you don't have any
  
• Fixed issue with deepline messages in logbook showing incorrect time
  
• Fixed issue with lobster pots physics when using multi pots
  
• Fixed issue with docking at port after closing crew window from radial menu
  
• Fixed issue with not being able to set multi pots in first person
  
• Fixed issue with net and longline tutorial sometimes spawn buoys in bad locations
  
• Fixed issue with waves sometimes moving to fast
  
• Fixed issue with getting stuck at the back of Sjarken
  
• Fixed issue with inventory items not properly updating
  
• Fixed issue with not being able to switch back to first person after accidentially going in 3rd person
  
• Fixed issue with AI boats could spawn inside player boat
  
• Fixed issue with bite sensor not working after loading a savegame
  
• Fixed rare crash using trawlers
  
• Increased lobster and crab pots yield
  
• Increased fish quota upgrades on boats
  
• Reduced wave height in stormy weather
  
• Reduced spawn interval for dolphins
  
• Reduced sealife sound spawning
  
• Reworked habitat system, fish habitats are now more consistent
  
• Several performance optimizations
  
• Updated information about deeplines, lobster pots, delivery times and fish tips in game Wiki
  
• Updated all translations

Scallops DLC

• Adjusted default fish sonar on Scallop boats
  
• Fixed issue with dredge net getting stuck on boat
  
• Fixed issue with dredge nets jiggling to much
  
• Fixed issue with dredge net filling up instantly
  
• Fixed issue with Ocean Scout sometimes takes damage when setting and hauling nets when trying to steer
  
• Fixed issue with DLC icon on empty savegames even if you didnt have the scallops DLC
  
• Fixed rare issue with sorting scallops on Old Ben sometimes not being recognized in tutorial
  
• Fixed rare issue with no scallops being added to storage
  
• Fixed placement of sorting basket on Viking Power
  
• Improved scallop habitats, scallop are now found at their habitats and not everywhere on the map, each port has a scallop habitat

Let us know if you have any questions. Thank you all for the great support, reports and feedback, we really appreciate that! Stay tuned for more to come soon :)

Ahoy all fishermen,

A new update: 1.5.795.8956 is now available. This update mainly fixes issues you have been reporting back to us, now the low fish habitats is fixed, the fast travelling issue in the Scallop DLC and more.

Changelog

• Adjusted wavelength, more longer and rolling waves
  
• Fixed issue with boat race mission, not showing markers correctly
  
• Fixed issue with mission objectives sometimes completing when returning to main menu
  
• Fixed issue with fish population sometimes being low when loading a savegame
  
• Fixed issue with deeplines showing shallow water notification even at deep waters
  
• Fixed issue with oven on Børge
  
• Fixed issue with songs not being played after each other
  
• Fixed issue with rigging status not updating when “Tutorial” message is disabled
  
• Fixed missing buy sound in shop at port
  
• Improved side thruster on Ocean Runner
  
• Reduced amount of seagulls over habitats

Scallops DLC

• Fixed issue with not being able to fast travel with everything cleaned up
  
• Fixed issue with tutorial marker not appearing after leaving docking area
  
• Fixed issue with dredge depth meter
  
• Fixed issue with not being able to save game even if scallops is sorted and dredge net is placed on deck

Stay tuned for more to come soon :)

Improved threshold for tuna on deeplines (Tuna will bite more often)

Ahoy all fishermen,

A new update version: 1.5.777.8859 is now available. In this update we reworked how the deepline works, with a new behaviour that will make deeplining better than before. A new bank loan screen is added under the finance tab, to make it easier to keep track of any bank loans you have taken.

We improved the steering on a few boats and fixed some major issues both in the main game and Scallops DLC.

Changelog

• Added new bank loan screen under Finance tab in Wiki
  
• Added a extra depth level for deeplines, this will give you better catches between 50-100m
  
• Adjusted Dolphins spawning
  
• Fixed issue with bank loans sometimes not available even with no dept
  
• Fixed issue with cable stretching when fast travelling with Lunar Bow
  
• Fixed issue with shark causing damage to boats
  
• Fixed issue with pressing ESC in main menu showing load screen
  
• Fixed issue with a deadlock scenario when having a baited lobster pot while hauling one
  
• Fixed side splashes not being calculated properly
  
• Improved steering on Hermes, Double Trouble and Deckster
  
• Improved water when its calm
  
• Increased fuel tank on No Yankee
  
• Reworked deeplines, new behaviour! After a fish is on your hook you now have between 6 and 8 (game) hours to reel in the deepline or the fish escapes. But you also don't want to haul immediately, since you could catch more if you wait longer. You will be notified for each new fish on the hook, but not for escaped fish. The buoys on the map will be blue as long as at least one fish is on the hook.
  
• Moved sonar depth meter to the left side on sonar

Scallop DLC

• Added more info about scallop process status (Better explaining why fast travel/saving is disabled)
  
• Added a second gutting slot on Ocean Scout
  
• Adjusted price and weight on Scallops
  
• Fixed crash when hauling a dredge net
  
• Fixed right crane winch being placed wrong on Viking Power
  
• Fixed issue with only one dredge net gets filled when trawling
  
• Fixed issue with crew not working with cranes on Viking Power
  
• Fixed issue with crew taking a long time to level up
  
• Fixed issue with tutorial marker not showing on map
  
• Fixed issue with dredge net physics
  
• Improved beams logic
  
• Improved steering on Ocean Scout
  
• Improved scallop sorting and gutting speed for crew

Thank you all for the great support, reports and feedback, we really appreciate that! We are working on several other improvements that will come in our next update. So stay tuned for more to come soon :)

Small hotfix for Scallops DLC tutorials not getting marker on map

Ahoy all fishermen,

Today we present our Scallops Expansion, bringing you 3 new boats and the ability to fish for scallops around Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia is not only known for it´s rich fish stocks such as bluefin tuna, lobster and swordfish, but it is also home to one of the largest scallop fishing industries in the world.

Scallops digs into the sandy seabed, so its not possible to see them on your sonar. You can get fresh scallop tips at the bar in each port.

Search for the best breeding ground, with brand new mini games. Use cranes to prepare, haul and empty dredge nets, control drums to lower and raise the dredge nets onboard your ship. Sort and keep a steady hand while cleaning the scallops, before you store them fresh at the hatch of your boat. Head back to port to earn your bucks!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1602660/Fishing_North_Atlantic__Scallops_Expansion/

Ahoy all fishermen,

A new update version: 1.5.765.8713 is now available. Sorry that our previous update messed up the fish habitats, this is working again in this update. Our new improvements for the habitats will come in a later update.

From this update, you will not be able to cheat by moving the crew into your crew house and not paying your crew members, now your crew will always get their share of the catch on those fish trips they have been participating.

We also improved steering on several boats and lightning on the Fishing: Barents Sea boats. Gutting knife quality is also adjusted, now it should be less harsh using the beginner knife to gut fish.

Changelog

• Added new icons for sealife
  
• Added extra screen with sonar on Lunar Bow
  
• Added missing sound on bait shredder on crab boats
  
• Adjusted gutting knife quality upgrades, should now be less harsh with beginner knife
  
• Adjusted front wave splash on Scarlet
  
• Balanced Arctic Pioneer
  
• Enabled DLC button
  
• Fixed issue with setting longline on Børge, buoy could jump back into the boat and never be deployed in sea
  
• Fixed issue with fish habitats not showing on sonar correctly
  
• Fixed issue with Arctic Pioneer being destroyed when loading savegame
  
• Fixed issue with gear info being blank after hauling gear
  
• Fixed issue with port delivery mission complete message getting stuck
  
• Fixed issue with boat getting launched in space when disconnecting controller during loading screen
  
• Fixed issue with fish sometimes increasing weight after being gutted
  
• Fixed issue with second lobster buoy falling through boat
  
• Fixed issue with empty crew skill in older savegames
  
• Fixed issue with getting scallop tips at ports, in other languages than English without the Scallops DLC
  
• Fixed issue with online radio, stops playing when going to the docks
  
• Fixed cargo delivery mission, not possible to fast travel anymore
  
• Fixed rare crash when dropping pots with crane
  
• Fixed wrong season text for Snow Crab and Tuna in other languages
  
• Increased crew to 6 on Vibeke Cathrin
  
• Improved deepline floating physics
  
• Improved steering on Double Trouble
  
• Improved work lights on all FBS boats
  
• Improved waves, should be much rougher waves at +100m depths
  
• Prevented cheating with crew not getting paid when selling fish, now crew will always get their share of the catch
  
• Reduced number of longlines and nets on Vibeke Cathrin and Snarset
  
• Removed floating object north of Digby
  
• Removed seagulls over habitats that are not in season
  
• Set 5000 hooks longlines as max on Moby D, Vibeke Cathrin and Snarset
  
• Some performance improvements

Stay tuned for more to come and happy fishing ːsteamhappyː

Just a small update that should improves a few things.

Improved work lights on all FNA boats
Improved ocean so it dont look so flat when its windy
Improved Double Trouble when fully loaded
Increased sworfish/tuna habitats
Renamed Scallop DLC button to “Coming soon”