The action RPG game Maneater, where you play as a shark surviving in the ocean, was released a couple of weeks ago. The game received a positive reception from fans and critics, but the experience of some players was hindered by many bugs that plagued the game. The developers have released a hotfix patch that tries to fix these bugs and also added protections for its save system.
The update is now live for PC (Epic Game Store) and PlayStation 4, while the Xbox One version should be live by the end of the day if it isn't already up by the time you're reading this. Complete patch notes are mentioned below and on the official site.
Maneater Hotfix Patch Notes
All Platforms
- Save Game
- Added a backup save system where the game will keep two saves in a save slot incase one becomes unavailable so it can fallback to the previous
- Added additional protection to keep save files from being overwritten
- Added additional protection to the save system to keep saves from corrupting
- Optimization and Environmental
- Optimized environmental buildings
- Optimization done to the map menu
- Optimization and Fixes done to particles that were impacting performance on all platforms
- Fixed the large crashed tanker in the prologue having geometry with missing collision
- Fixed a case where landmark audio cues would not play
- Fixed bridge geometry in Fawtick Bayou where the player shark could become stuck
- Fixed pontoon boat next to Flamingo Joe’s having the wrong textures
- Made sure fire that was missing from some Tiki torches and statutes was relit
- Fixed several environmental collision issues
- Landmark and Collectables
- Retroactive fix for collectible and landmark objectives that got destroyed but still indicated you needed to complete/find them. You will need to re-enter an area to trigger this fix in each area. (NOTE: This does not fix quests that show as being completed or objectives fulfilled but the reward was not given. This will be addressed in another update.)
- Quest, Prey and Bounty Hunters
- Changed bounty hunters to no longer require diver kills to progress
- Balanced King Mackerel and Parrot Fish levels to give the same nutrients
- Fixed a situation where bounty hunter boss boats would linger after the boss and player shark had died in combat
- Fixed quest flow so that it will not break if players refuse to eat Pete’s hand
- Fixed a situation where infamy would not progress if players did not equip sonar
- Fixed a situation where the narrator would cut off Pete taunting the shark
- Fixed a situation where re-engaging bounty hunters after they had lost the player would not retrigger bounty hunter wave
- Fixed several cinematic frame issues
- Fixed a situation where multiple objectives of the same type could be selected for the waypoint
- Player Shark and Combative Wildlife
- Fixed a situation where the player shark would revert to the prologue mother shark
- Fixed harpoons floating outside the shark player model without impaling it
- Fixed a situation where the shark mass in the UI would be incorrect with certain evolutions equipped
- Fixed a situation where the tiger shark skin would lose upgrade
- Fixed a situation where the biting player shark would bump prey away instead of biting it
- Fixed a situation where combative AI fins and limbs would shake if the player shark came close
- Fixed a situation where combative wild life would stop targeting the player if they played too long
- Fixed mother shark back of eye during a held bite, she would prefer if you did not look that closely
- Menu
- Fixed loading screen hints that had incorrect text
- Updated credits
PS4:
- Fixed a controller disconnection that could result in a freeze/crash and corrupt save
- Added further Dynamic Resolution adjustments to improve framerate
XB1:
- Fixed an issue where disconnecting the controller or switching profile would result in the game going back to the main menu without saving
- Fixed an issue which could cause some hardware to shutdown
- Fixed trees popping in during the opening cinematic
- Fixed a situation where gore chunk geometry would stretch
- Fixed a situation where the main menu UI would not update if the player signed into Xbox Live
PC
- Fixed ESC button not being usable in Key Mapping or Video Settings
