Good Morning community,

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][/*]

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.

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: Broken Mods[/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][/*]

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][/*]