GAME UPDATE - JUL.27.2022
Hi there Anglers,
We have just released a game update for all platforms*. There are over 80
changes, fixes, and improvements in this update several of which focus on
overall game performance, environmental changes across all venues to reduce the
effect of “LOD popping” (this means you shouldn’t see buildings/foliage etc
popping in and out as much and this makes the overall experience smoother). Plus
based on your feedback we have made some gameplay balancing changes.
Let's get into it!
Headlines
* Gameplay – An issue causing players to get stuck reeling without being able
to reset the cast has been resolved
* Gameplay – College Series events in Career mode have been shortened to 20
minutes (previously 30 minutes)
* Gameplay – Increased the population of Largemouth and Smallmouth bass and
reduced the population of Blue Catfish, Chain Pickerel, Channel Catfish,
Flathead Catfish, Longnose Gar, White Crappie, Black Crappie, and Bluegill on
Lake Seminole
* Gameplay – Increased the population of Largemouth and Smallmouth bass and
reduced the population of Black Crappie, White Crappie, Bluegill and Yellow
Perch on Jordan Lake
Gameplay
* Career Mode – Jordan Lake & Lake Seminole’s final event will now start at
sunrise
* Career Mode – Further improvements made to the Classic Winners celebration
* Gameplay – Fish Simulation Distance has been reduced on Lake Hamilton, Lake
Ray Roberts, Toledo Bend, Lake Guntersville, Sabine River, Lake Hartwell,
Lake Seminole, and Jordan Lake to improve performance on these venues.
* Gameplay – Player spawn position on St. Johns River, Sabine River and St
Lawrence River in Career and Online Public Serves has been changed
* Gameplay – Improvements to dynamic shadows on boats
* Gameplay – The scale of the Lake Seminole map has been adjusted to ensure
player GPS Markers line up correctly
* Gameplay – Players can no longer change casting methods while casting
* Gameplay – Resolved an issue causing some players to experience crashes
during the career mode introduction sequence
* Tutorial – Removed the section of the tutorial where players are instructed
to open the inventory
* Tutorial – Change made to the Snagging objective to make breaking free from
the snag easier to achieve
* Environment – Improvements made to rain
Online
* Bassmaster Royale – Resolved an issue causing some players to experience
crashes when joining Bassmaster Royale games
* Bassmaster Royale – Improved the logic to ensure culling during Bassmaster
Royale games works as intended
* Online Public Servers – Resolved an issue causing TOD to freeze when a player
opens the options menu
* Online Public Servers – The TOD cycle will now begin when the first player
loads into a venue, rather than when the server is initially created
* Online Public Servers – Resolved an issue causing servers to shut down
resulting in players being kicked out
* Online Tournaments – Tournament rounds will start at 7am
UI
* UI – A label and icon have been added to the Sunglasses category that
contains the Synthwave glasses
* UI – Changed Catch Summary to show the TOD fish were caught
* UI – Players will only be able to change the colour of hair, beard, and
glasses lenses when in the correct menu
* UI – Resolved an issue where if a player deletes the final rod in a load out
the player would be unable to back out of the loadout menu
* UI – If a player loses connection to online services they will be presented
with a notification
* UI – Fixed an issue causing the Lake Hamilton map texture to load on other
venues
* UI – Updated the Legendary fish length values to show 1 decimal point
* UI – Resolved issue causing overlapping text in the Catch Summary Screen
* UI – Resolved multiple issues causing the game to crash for some players when
scrolling through venues
Other
* Character Customization – When a player changes their glasses the colour of
the lenses will no longer change
* Dovetail Live – Resolved an issue causing a crash when players attempt to
register for Dovetail Live
Thank you as ever to everyone who is playing and enjoying the game, as well as
providing us with continued feedback, we are listening. We hope that we can
continue to improve Bassmaster Fishing 2022 and we’ll keep you updated on future
updates.
*(excluding Nintendo Switch – we will let you know about an update coming soon).
Tight Lines!
12 days ago