STOP HERE:::: this new system has been very well tested but given how much of an overhaul it was to rewrite the back end bugs are still possible. Please reach out to me on Discord or Steam if you find any, so I can fix them asap tyty

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I come bearing most excellent news.

• The fishing system is both fully client side AND uses the OG mechanics that everyone is both used to and enjoys. This has been tested by a lot of the vets in the community for many hours so the experience should be very similar to what you are used to.

• One of the core problems that was addressed with the new system is dealing with those frustrating line snaps where you would hold down left mouse button for the entire duration yet still lose the fish due to it bottoming out.

• The backend, however, went under a full rewrite and will improve performance greatly, especially in multiplayer. On my Ryzen 7 9800X3D I gained between 10 and 15% CPU use for each player that was fishing in my server due to the lackluster netcode.
  Now, each client that joins into the game will contribute less than a percent when fishing as the fishing system now runs on client side. This also results in a much smoother experience for the client while they fish. You should notice much smoother bobber movement as well, as it was somewhat choppy before. 

The quick time event (skill check) has not been added yet as I want to make sure yall are enjoying the new system as if. Once it has been fine tuned and were all on the same page ill add the skill check mechanic

There have been some other changes too, like now fishing at night time provides a 10% boost to Bait score.

A lot of the lower tier fish have also received point value buffs to help meet quota in the early game.

• The amount of days survived bait scorebonus is now less randomized.

• Your fishing bobber is now smoother and less janky when moving in water.

• Changed Beer Bonus

  • Before it would give an 80% bonus when max drunk (8% boost per beer)

  • Beer now has  a new formula, instead of 8% per beer the formula has been changed for a float graph that makes the first beer drank worth 8% boost and then each beer after worth slightly less (rise up my alcoholics)

• Thunder Storm bait score bonus changed from 20% -> 25%

• Butcher Table now requires 20% more fish point value for each tier of bait
  -For example, before, you would need a point value of 45 in order to get the best butchered bait. Now a fish will need to be worth at least 60 points

• Adjusted the exposure graph to make nighttime just a bit brighter

• Reduced the amount of fog on the lake map

• Fixed a bug where fish traps would sometimes need to be picked up and replaced in order to get them to catch a minnow again.

• Fixed a bug where some bait types would sometimes not spawn

• Fixed a bug where some creatures would spawn in the sky on the lake map

• Fixed a bug where bait would not be able to navigate on the jungle map

• Fixed a bug where the worm horn would collect pearls aswell

• Fixed a bug where selecting the drowning perk would not actually change the time to drown

• Fixed a bug where the oxygen meter would not work correctly for clients

• Fixed multiple bugs with the altar logic where the current sum of fish point values could become desynced leading to the altar thinking it had more or less points than it should have.

• Fixed a bug where some fish in the altar would not be deleted on a new day beginning allowing for players to sacrifice the same fish twice.

• Fixed a bug where some bait types like the frog would respawn infinitely 

• Fixed a bug where getting near certain bait could sometimes cause a fatal error (game crash)

• Fixed a bug where the first item picked up on respawning would despawn

• Fixed a bug where the extra tackle perk would not work if it was selected as your first perk

• Fixed a bug where the day 35 JW achievement would not display a picture

• Fixed a bug where gambles would not show up in your profile onhttps://gonefishing.gg/

Removed jungle boat again (its so broken man idk what to do rip boats ig) (ill fix this at some point but everytime i open the boat code i suffer brain damage maybe one day guys sorry)

As you may have noticed, the download for this update was rather large... This is because it contains all of the files for the new arctic map meaning once the arctic map releases you wont have to download much.

Much progress has been made on the Arctic map. All of the new bait and their spawning algos is complete along with the map itself. What is left to do? Finish the new primary monster for the map, add all of the new fish, a few minor tasks, and most importantly play testing.
A few things you can expect to see with the new map…

• Largest map to date

• New method for traveling to POI’s

• 10 new unique baits

• Around 15 new fish (including new legendary fish)

• New bait AI logic along with snow interaction allows players to track the location of bait by following their trails left in the snow

• New bait exhaustion mechanic… Certain high tier bait like penguins will migrate if you threaten the baby penguins. How does this work? If you scare the baby penguins (or take them as bait), the following day or to there will not be any penguins at that location as they will have fled to a new location. You can expect them to return after a day or two.

•  3 new creatures

• Much more but I don't want to spoil too much

  Thank you for playing this insane game arctic map coming soon love you long time

  

If you would like to have your opinion heard for the future of the fishing system, please read this post and let me know what you think:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/3645890/discussions/0/687495779967960252/

Thank you!