HyFishing

v0.6.8 - 2026-09-20

Updated compatibility for Hytale 0.6.8 Fishing & Fish Behavior

This is almost a total rewrite of the fishing system, there may be bugs.  Please report them on the Discord if possible.

Fishing & Fish Behavior

• Improved how fish find and approach your fishing bobber. Fish can now naturally seek out the bobber instead of relying entirely on custom movement.
• Improved fish positioning around the bobber.
• Fish are directed toward the area beneath the bobber for a more natural fishing interaction.
• Continued tuning of fish movement and approach behavior.
• Improved reliability of fish-to-bobber targeting.
• Improved handling when a targeted fish becomes unavailable.

Multiplayer Fishing

• Added protection against multiple players targeting the same fish.
• Fish can now be claimed by the player who is actively fishing for them.
• Prevents two players from trying to catch the same fish at the same time.
• Improved cleanup of fish ownership when fishing ends or becomes invalid.
• Improved multiplayer reliability around bobbers and targeted fish.

Bobber & Fishing Reliability

• Improved bobber state management.
• Improved cleanup of bobbers after fishing ends.
• Improved handling of invalid or missing fish.
• Improved recovery from interrupted fishing situations.
• Improved handling of stale fishing targets.
• Improved cleanup when fishing entities are no longer valid.
• Continued work on making casting and fishing behavior more reliable.

Fish State & Catch Handling

• Improved tracking of the fish associated with an active bobber.
• Improved handling of fish that disappear or become invalid during fishing.
• Improved cleanup when a fish can no longer be caught.
• Improved reliability of fish release and fishing-state transitions.

Angler's Bench

• Expanded and refined the Angler's Bench.
• Added a physical three-block-wide footprint to accommodate the bench and its fishing equipment.
• Fixed the fishing rod extending outside the bench's usable area.
• Updated the Angler's Bench Icon

Cleanup & Stability

• Removed a large amount of temporary development material.
• Cleaned up experimental fishing resources and old extracted game files.
• Removed obsolete test files and temporary assets.
• Improved overall code quality and reliability.
• Continued cleanup of warnings and unused/obsolete code.
• Improved protection against invalid game entities and stale references.

Fishing System Improvements

• Extensive testing and refinement of how fish interact with fishing bobbers.
• Improved integration with Hytale's existing fish behavior.
• Continued refinement of the relationship between casting, bobbers, fish, and catching.
• Added internal safeguards to make fishing behavior more reliable in multiplayer environments.

Fish Ground Placement & Pickup

• Improved how caught fish are placed on the ground when released.
• Improved picking up released fish and restoring their individual fish identity.
• Fixed issues where fish could lose their identity between being released and picked up.
• Added safeguards against fish being registered or caught twice during rapid pickup/catch situations.
• Improved persistence of released fish so they can survive server restarts and continue to behave correctly when picked up.

Fishing Log Book

• Added the book back after being deleted during the new update.
• Updated fish names and consolidated the display of species list.
• Fixed an issue with counts not working.

Known Issues

• Fishing Book - Fishing book texture needs a revisit
• Fishing Book - Notes and locations tabs are a WIP
• Fishing Book - Records page needs a better UI