Dave The Diver Update Patch Notes (October 2023): Confirmed Changes, and Latest News

• [Chapter 3] Fixed an issue that prevented further progress during Bancho’s flashback sequence

• [Chapter 6] Fixed an issue where the map was sometimes displayed abnormally during missions in the Glacial Area

• [Chapter 6] Fixed an issue where temporary graphic error was displayed when failing specific missions in the Glacial Area

• [Chapter 6] Fixed an issue where the screen zoomed out when a portal was used while riding a Beluga

• [Chatper 6] Fixed an issue that prevented players from calling Menatees during the Missing Beluga mission.

• Fixed an issue where images of transparent fish were displayed in an awkward manner.

[Bug Fixes - Hotfix 2]

• New sub missions have been added to late-game regions  (Glacial Area/Passage), which were previously focused on the main story.

• New crabs and lobsters have been introduced along with the system called ‘Crab Traps’, which are used for catching them.

• You can set up crab traps and wait to capture crabs, lobsters, and etc.

• A new “Lobster Party” event, featuring new species, have been added.

• Hire MC Sammy to help with chores in the farm.

• New devices for storing eggs and feeding chickens have been added.

• A new boss will appear when ALL Marinca cards have been collected.

• New special customer ‘Wandering Merchant’ will visit Bancho Sushi.

• Serve him a special dish and he’ll occasionally return to sell various items, including new ingredients.

• To address the issue of many daytime fish species being prevalent during night dives, we are introducing new exclusive fish species that can only be found at night.

• Seed upgrade is now available at Kazhin’s seed shop.

• An ‘Operator' has been added to your contacts.

• A new ‘Nocturnal’ category has been added to the Marinca. Species that only appear at night will be moved to this category.

• Various Steam Point Shop items including Trading Cards, Emoticons, and Backgrounds will be added.

• We’ve conducted an overall optimization of the game, resulting in shorter loading times and overall performance enhancements.

• Face icons of NPCs are now displayed on the loading screen.

• Aggro range, speed, and damage of thresher sharks have been reduced.

• The magazine that Dave reads during the depressurizing screen in the escape pod has changed to ‘Weekly Fish’.

• [Chapter 2] You can now resume your progress from a mid-mission save point even if you die when escorting Ramo.

• [Chapter 2] Improved the issue where it was difficult to notice that a phone call had to be made after defeating the Giant Squid.

• Made improvements to prevent the same party from being selected repeatedly.

• [After Chapter 3] Addressed the issue where the chopping animation was a bit off during the VIP cooking battle.

• When each employee reaches their maximum level, you can view their Cooksta feed which showcases their daily lives on your phone.

• You can now engage in new conversations with the employees assigned as managers during daytime.

• New Bancho cutscene for enhancing dishes have been added.

• Added an option to prioritize 2-star or 3-star fish when utilizing the ‘Keep up to 2’ function.

• You can now farm fish species that were previously unavailable in the fish farm.

• You can now purchase seeds directly from Gumo at the seaweed farm.

• New dumpling has been added at Mima’s Restaurant.

• New missions for late-game have been added to the board in Sea People Village.

• You can now engage in more diverse conversations with the people on your contacts.

• [Japanese Only] Ruby characters have been added for divers who play the game in Japanese.

• [After Chapter 3] Fixed an issue where the ‘Wedding Song Record’ mission could not be completed under certain circumstances.

• [Chapter 6] Fixed an issue where the menatee would pass through walls in the ‘Lost Baby Menatee’ mission.

• [After Chapter 3] Fixed an issue in the ‘Whose fried food is the best?’ mission where ingredients would occasionally fall outside the pot.

• [After Chapter 3] Fixed an issue where not all customers would enter the restaurant during the Jellyfish Party

• Fixed an issue where Luis’s contact was not registered in specific situations.

• Fixed an issue where the BGM did not speed up when the restaurant was about to close.

• Fixed an issue where the movements of the Pink Dolphin would appear choppy when taking photos in its photo spot.

• Fixed an issue where the background UI of item acquisition screen was displayed abnormally in specific regions.

• Fixed an issue where the ammo box disappeared in certain situations.

• Fixed an issue where Dave’s breathing effect was not displayed in some cutscenes.

• Fixed the typos and errors of in-game texts that were reported in our community channels.

• Fixed an issue where texts would go over their UI boundaries in the pause window during mid-dive.

• Fixed an issue where the fish farm tutorial was not displayed as intended when playing the game in certain resolutions.

• Improved Duwa’s Workshop so that after purchasing an item, the selected focus in the menu UI remains on the purchased product.

• Addressed the issue where loading times gradually increased when moving between regions during extended gameplay.

• [Chapter 6] Fixed an issue where the 
  Helicoprion
   could invade the Suwam’s space of movement.

• Fixed an issue where large fish caught with the Steel Net Sensor Trap could not be brought in with Salvage Drones.

• Fixed an issue where controls were sometimes unresponsive, even before the QTE interactions, when dodging the attack of a Longnose Sawshark.

• [After Chapter 4] Fixed an issue where some graphic remnants of escape QTE interactions remained visible during and after battles with the 
  Pelican Eel.

• Fixed an issue where all the filter options of the Fish Tracker were displayed as ‘Obtained’.

• [After Chapter 3] Fixed an issue where Dave could not move when tranquilizing the  Humboldt Squid under certain conditions.

• Adjusted the shark placement so that two or more sharks would not appear in the same area during the Storm Shark Party.

• Fixed an issue where Gadon could not attack Dave in certain locations of the  Abandoned Cave

• Fixed an issue where the game could not be saved under certain conditions when Dave died during the Abandoned Cave mission.

• Fixed an issue where button interactions for certain harpoon tips and fish did not work correctly when using a controller, even when the ‘Automated button tapping’ feature was enabled.

• Fixed an issue where the bullet graphics of the Sticky Mine Launcher appeared abnormally or seemed to disappear in specific situations.

• Fixed an issue in which after crafting certain weapons that would require boss materials, the materials used would regenerate.

• Fixed an issue where the list of items below the sold item was not displayed under certain conditions in Duwa’s Workshop.

• Fixed an issue where items could be sold as ‘-1 Bei’ under certain conditions in Duwa’s Workshop.

• Fixed an issue where the mini-map UI would disappear when selecting the mini-map with the Fish Tracker opened.

• Fixed an issue where the ‘Close’ button in the employee recruitment tutorial was unresponsive when clicked with a mouse.

• Fixed an issue where selecting a language not directly shown in the language selection window and pressing the confirm button would result in unresponsiveness.

• Improved the translation quality and corrected typos in various texts reported by the community.

• Fixed an issue where Dave was sometimes appearing in strange locations when moving to another region.

• Fixed an issue where the Ingredient Filter within the Management App was not working as intended.

• [After Chapter 6] - Fixed an issue where Korean was displayed in the Operation Policy menu.

• [Chapter 3] - [Pet Squid Selgio] - Fixed an issue where High-Quality food was NOT displayed under certain conditions.

• Added functions that support automated QTE (Quick time event)

• Controller TYPES can now be selected.

• Base settings will “automatically” detect the connected controller and display related buttons.

• Overall build and patch size has been reduced with certain changes in resource arrangement.
• Overall optimization has been improved so that the game may run in devices with lower specs.

• Overall UI size has been readjusted

• Inventory sorting function has been added.

• Movement in a menu that’s in a vertical list has been improved.

• [After Chapter 6] Option to serve party dishes has been added

• [After Chapter 4] Cocktail colors have changed

• Maki can no longer be dismissed.

• [After Chapter 3] Improved Beluga Taxi controls
• A warning message will now be displayed when an event forces you to leave the water.

• Improved the message displayed when using the Cargo Box while at max capacity state (weight).
• Image, name, and description Blackspot Seabream (Salema Porgy) have changed.

• Improved the movement/direction logic of certain fish types.
  
  
• Improved the descriptions of certain weapon enhancement parts.

• Added the ‘Keep up to 2’ option in the Fish Farm.

• Fixed an issue where offspring of mammals were displayed as roe.
  
  
• Watering Can no longer be sold.

• GYAO! Codex and Marinca has been separated.

• ‘Revive’ function has been added to GYAO.

• Improved the overall text quality of French / German / Spanish / Portuguese.
• Mouse cursor will no longer be displayed when playing with a controller.
• Steel Net can now be purchased in the Cobra Shop at all times when a Tuna Party is in progress
• The overall sound quality has been improved.
• Korean & Japanese title screens have been localized.

• Adjusted the in-game balance of operation costs and employee wages.

• Increased the selling prices of certain sushi dishes and ingredients.
  
  
• Changed the unlock conditions for special customers

• Changed the weight of below species.

• Changed the food buffs acquired at Mima’s restaurant

• Fixed an issue where the interaction process of killing a fish and/or tranquilizing it did not promptly trigger when Dave got in close-range.
• [Chapter 6] Fixed an issue where the Antarctic Octopus did not react to attacks while being chased.
• Fixed an issue where an abnormal amount of fish meat was acquired when using Salvage Drones.
• Fixed an issue where Dave’s movement was limited when protecting the baby whale.
• Fixed an issue where the gameplay was sometimes not processed normally after a QTE interaction in a battle.
• Fixed an issue where Dave couldn't get past Tubeworms in certain situations even after turning on the UV Light.
• [FishMon] Fixed an issue where the Wizard Barrel Jellyfish sometimes moved abnormally.
• Fixed an issue where certain fish species did not react to Doll Decoy.
• Fixed an issue where the Item Description UI was not displayed as intended when using the Underwater Cargo Box.
• Fixed an issue where the gauge UI was not displayed as intended under certain conditions when using the Shock Harpoon Tip.
• Fixed an issue where the effects of Lure Capsule were sometimes not reflected.
• Fixed an issue where the Dave could die during the animation of using an Escape Pod.
• Fixed an issue where Dave could enter unopened areas under certain circumstances.
• Fixed an issue where Escape Pod was displayed as if it could not be used even in cases where it could be.
• Fixed an issue where certain species were covered by background objects.

• Fixed an issue where the sources of certain dishes were not displayed correctly.
• Improved input controls in the cooking battle.
• Fixed an issue where the dishes that were registered in the afternoon disappeared under certain conditions.
• Fixed an issue where the amount of Gold displayed differed from the actual amount under certain conditions.
• Fixed an issue where the BGM after the cooking battle was sometimes outputted abnormally.
• Fixed an issue where certain dishes from the Branch could not be interacted with using mouse controls.
• Fixed an issue where the VIP missions were sometimes not cleared even when all ingredients have been acquired.
• Fixed an issue where additional Likes were not reflected after a certain amount of Likes at Diamond rank.

• Fixed an issue where the ‘Overweight’ status maintained even after dying in a boss fight
• Fixed an issue where the screen focused on a random spot in the death animations of bosses.
• Fixed an issue where the game could sometimes not be continued after beating the Wolf Eel.
• Fixed an issue where shark bosses did not attack as intended.

• Fixed an issue where the Re-dispatch menu UI were sometimes not being displayed correctly.
• Fixed an issue where the dispatched staff did not return.

• [Rescue the Beluga] Fixed an issue where the beluga mission was cleared even when the antidote was not brought back.
• Fixed an issue where a tutorial scene played at the boat and the gameplay could not be continued.

• Fixed an issue where the interaction button was sometimes not displayed.

• Fixed an issue where the ‘newly acquired’ icon did not disappear in the Diver Box.
• Fixed an issue where the location of certain background objects was different than intended.
• Fixed an issue where certain graphic effects were being displayed differently than intended.
• Fixed minor sound output errors.
• Fixed minor translation errors.