Full Release Hotfix #2 Is Now Live

Dear Survivors,

It’s been two weeks since the Full Release, and we’re incredibly grateful for the amazing response from players and creators alike. Your feedback continues to play a vital role in helping us improve the experience.

Hotfix 2 is now live and includes a range of improvements (see Patch Notes below).

Performance-related topics remain our highest priority, and we are actively working on further optimizations. That said, we want to emphasize that if your PC meets the system requirements, you should not experience major performance issues.

The most common causes of performance issues we’ve identified are:

1. Launching with Virtual Desktop (not yet natively supported). TEMPORARY SOLUTION: Until we have a fully functional solution, we’ve provided a separate version for Virtual Desktop users. Access: Right-click the game → Properties → Game Versions & Betas → virtual_desktop branch

2. Render resolution in SteamVR and/or Quest Link Make sure the resolution is not set above 100%. This is the most common cause of performance issues, and adjusting in-game settings alone will not resolve it.

Full Performance Guide: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1942110/discussions/0/4345480979783161508/?ctp=2

Thank you for your patience and continued support — we truly appreciate it!

Please keep sharing your thoughts, bug reports, and survival stories here or on our Discord.

The Bootstrap Island Team 🌴

🚨HOTFIX #2 - PATCH NOTES - SPOILER ALERT 🚨

• Fixed talking stick bouncing

• Fixed chests sometimes spawning without padlocks and constraints

• Tweaked the tutorial fight timers

• Fixed palm leaves not spawning in certain scenarios (only applies to new saves)

• Tweaked the volume of talking stick SFX

• Increased the size and tweaked the location of the shoulder slots

• Tweaked subtitle timing

• Fixed music not playing in certain areas

• Fixed “Trapper” achievement sometimes not triggering correctly

• Environmental bugfixes and optimization

• Lowered tribe people’s health

• Lowered tribe people’s encounter length values

• Some bow and arrow usability fixes

• Arrows can no longer be inserted into Wood Sling. Existing saves still allow to remove the arrow inside it, but won't allow to insert new ones.

• Fixed end credits being displayed in bold font for some language selections

• Tweaked the scale of the end credits logo

• Fixed “chapter complete" text localization

• Fixed player hands getting wet in cutscenes

• Start menu title screen now fades away after 30 seconds of inactivity (start menu still appears when any key is pressed)

• Crouch capability removed in start menu

• Fixed a game crash caused by chest respawn logic

• Fixed dark water damage not triggering if the game is completed

• We will keep working on the ways to support Virtual Desktop natively. Currently we made a separate version of the game for Virtual Desktop users. Access: Right-click the game → Properties → Game Versions & Betas → virtual_desktop branch → password: virtualdesktop

Thank you, and see you on the island!