Decay Bug (Likely) Fixed

With this update we’ve made a fix that should theoretically put an end to the dreaded “Decay Bug” once and for all! This bug was a particularly nasty one, and required some fairly extensive investigation to weed out. We want to thank you all for your patience and support during this process. Your feedback and reports were essential in finding the root of the problem and making the changes needed to prevent it going forward!

The long and short of the situation is that the game’s decay system was not checking all available avenues to detect whether a throne has ownership over certain structure pieces. We’ve made changes to fix this, and expect that the decay bug will no longer be an issue after today.

Having said all that, this bug was very hard to identify and reproduce locally, so we can’t 100% confirm this as a definitive fix until we get it out to everyone. We will be monitoring the situation following this patch, so please let us know if you experience any inexplicable decay on your structures (especially on PVE servers). We want to thank you again for all your feedback and patience as we’ve worked tirelessly on taking care of this significant annoyance!

Many Other Fixes

While the bulk of our effort this week was focused on finally nailing down the “Decay Bug,” we still have a handful of other pretty significant fixes to share. A number of optimizations have been made behind the scenes, including improvements to structure load times on populated servers and some general refinements to game performance.

Some players noted feeling motion sickness due to a jerky camera motion that was introduced with last week’s UI changes. We understand that this can cause very real physical discomfort for some people, so we’ve made it a top priority to get this fixed for this week’s patch.

There are a handful of other smaller fixes included in this week’s patch, which we’ve listed in full below. Take a moment to look them over while you wait for the servers to come back up with the latest version of the game. We want to thank you again for the patience and support you demonstrated during our investigation of the “Decay Bug,” and we look forward to hearing your reports after you’ve had a chance to get your hands on the update!

Full Patch Notes

• Decay bug (very likely) fixed – Please let us know if you continue to encounter decay issues!
• Fixed jerky third person camera motion in some menus
• Structure load times greatly improved
• General optimization improvements
• Fixed a bug preventing looting other players’ dead tames
• Fixed a bug causing bizarre boss door behavior
• Fixed a bug preventing the construction of trap doors in some situations