Tidewrack Patch Cuts Raft Overhead and Fixes Dedicated-Server Login Bug

Tidewrack's latest update, authored by Kiro and published 6 October 2026, addresses two distinct problem areas: frame-time overhead from raft and coastal processing, and a connection bug affecting dedicated servers.

What changed

• Raft performance: Repeated calculations for raft geometry, bounds, and wake effects have been reduced — with explicit gains noted on larger rafts.
• Coastal terrain: Terrain and grass preparation has been moved further into background work, relieving the main thread.
• Terrain collision: Collision preparation is faster without any reduction in terrain detail.
• Navigation: Repeated navigation calculations for the Coastal Journal now complete more quickly.
• Dedicated-server fix: A client version-mismatch error that could block connections even when both client and server were up to date has been corrected.
• Android availability: The game is now also available on the Google Play Store.
• Save integrity: Existing saves are preserved; no world or player reset is required. Solo, co-op, and crossplay remain supported. Cross-save remains unavailable.

Players running larger rafts or hosting on dedicated servers stand to benefit most directly — the former from smoother frame pacing, the latter from connections that no longer fail on a spurious version check.