The patch did exactly NOTHING for me, it merely made the game even more unplayable than it already was. Instead of fixing the thirst problem my still go thirsty all the freaking time. There's also the fact that while my previous set up - with X keepers, X vets and X mechanics, all dependent on how many animals there are in the habitat - worked as intended, I now constantly get notifications about cleanliness, disease risks and diseased animals. My keepers enter a habitat and instead of thinking 'hey, this place needs a thorough cleaning' they turn around, leave and GO TO FETCH FOOD FIRST. Even if the animals aren't hungry and there's food in the enrichment items!
My patience with this bug-filled game is growing very thin. Don't you guys at Frontier test things first? We're about half a year out from the official release and every update breaks things that worked before instead of just fixing stuff. I'm really getting more than annoyed with how things are handled right about now. And frankly, I'm growing tired of the 'report the issue on the tracker' suggestion. As I and others have pointed out a lot of these bugs and issues shouldn't even be in a released game in the first place!