ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 10/20

Good Afternoon,

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.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.

Patch notes v360.35

Dino/Tame Fixes

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[/*]

Item/Structure Fixes

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[/*]

Other Fixes

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