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Full Death in the Water 2 update
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What changed
- Performance
- Gameplay
- Balance
- UI and audio
- Fixes
Death in the Water 2 changes
Changes
Treasure chest icons now show a dot above or below them if the chest is higher or lower than your current height
Treasure chest icons are now much brighter to make it easier to see they also show from further away and fade out closer to the chest
many optimizations and performance improvements
lighting improvements - creatures should now look more tied into the scene
players spotlight will now cast light onto the weapon for more realism
all seaweed now cast shadows
Chaingun price reduced by 500 Gold
Shotgun price increased by 1500 Gold
Shotgun now does less damage to the Sand Tiger sharks
Added Seaweed Density settings to the Options menu for extra performance
Added a "Kill all possessed creatures" message when the Kraken arrives
Steam Deck
Steam Deck - now loads the optimal settings for best performance and graphics (use "reset to default settings" if you already changed your settings)
Steam Deck - now shows correct buttons on the menus to switch between tabs i.e. L1 & R1 instead of LB and RB
Steam Deck - now uses larger fonts for the oxygen distance marker, multiplier, objectives text, and the subtitles
Bug Fixes
Fixed Dive 7 radio message not playing at all
Weapon Wheel - When using a Controller, it will now show the Controller icons to switch items instead of the keyboard buttons
Fixed an issue that some players who started with ver 1.0.0 had where their save game would work
Fixed the Gold value in the Upgrade screen getting cut off on certain screen resolutions
Fixed the mouse aim acceleration speed being slow at 30 FPS
Fixed an issue where changing the "Additional Light Shadows" from the Options menu whilst in game would not update immediately
Fixed Blacktip Reef sharks in the training were not scaled correctly, making them look squished
Improved Translations for French and Portuguese thanks to Gabriel Lira and Lucca Cardoso
Other minor bug fixes
Seaweed changes:
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