Patch Notes

• Re-added some Game Master voice lines when players are taking items.
  
• Traps will now be activated once they're visually placed on the floor & you've heard the priming audio. The animation length has also been reverted to the original timing, fixing the audio de-sync, but the time for the Trap to activate is the same.
  
• Female characters will now correctly rotate when standing still and looking around.
  
• Adjusted the connection logic to our game servers to reduce the likelihood that players fail to get past the loading screen.
  
• Further improved our backend metrics to help reduce the occurrences of games failing to start. Alongside this we've also made some adjustments to reduce the frequency of this occurring based on our previous metric additions.
  
• Reduced the blood gained from your Infected partner being eliminated from 1,000 -> 800.
  
• You can now use the 'Q' menu to mute players, and view the current map, whilst the Infected select their partner & Terrors.
  
• [FIXED] After using the antidote, or lethal, the item is placed on a hidden 1 second cooldown.
  
• [FIXED] Players can very rarely use the antidote, causing it to be removed from their inventory, and have the bleeding out player not be revived.
  
• [FIXED] Traps don't damage the Infected in Terror form if they were the one to place them.
  
• [FIXED] Occasionally items aren't removed from the inventory after using them (for example, the Camera being left at 0% charge)
  
• [FIXED] Using a Tracker when owning 2 of them will cause both to disappear.
  
• [FIXED] If a player trades an item for another item, then re-collects their original item later on, they will have more ammo than intended.
  
• [FIXED] Downing a player whilst they're crouched will cause them to be 'downed' but standing up.
  
• [FIXED] Infected players can incorrectly sometimes gain double the intended blood for their partner being eliminated.
  
• [FIXED] If the Infected level up multiple times in one go they will only get 1 execution, instead of multiple.
  
• [FIXED] The map on 'Q' is incorrect until you move to a new area after waking up.
  
• [FIXED] Picking up Armour at night will play your character's voice line.
  
• [FIXED] Taking an item from a crate at night will play your character's voice line.
  
• [FIXED] Taking someone else's item from a crate will cause your character to play their voice line.
  
• [FIXED] Tasks related to using Double Objectives, or collecting items from them, don't progress.
  

Patch Notes

• Reduced the delay between Camera flashes from 1.5s to 1s.
  
• The Torch will now apply its first tick of damage & slowing effects when you activate it, rather than waiting for the next tick (0.25s). To counterbalance this, the initial slow & DPS applied have been reduced. Both of these values still get stronger the longer you have the Torch on for.
  
• Removed the 15% damage reduction on Pistol bullets against Terrors.
  
• Terrors will now take longer to speed up after being affected by Light items, providing more opportunities for players to slow them and then escape.
  
• Increased the blood you gain on the final floor when downing an Innocent whilst in Terror Form from 150 to 200.
  
• In order to provide more opportunities for the Infected to transform and wreak havoc at night, it now takes 3s to capture each tick of a Power Point (up from 2.5s). Furthermore, the amount of power you gain per tick has been adjusted to elongate the night period whilst there are a lot of players alive, and to speed it up significantly if there have been a lot of eliminations.
  
• Increased the maximum number of Pistol bullets that you can carry to 45.
  
• Made some adjustments to the connection process to the game in order to minimise the chance that players are unable to connect, causing the game to fail to start.
  
• Fixed a bug that would cause players to occasionally reach a never-ending loading screen..
  
• Improved the performance of the Lumberyard map.
  
• All of the targets for the Target Practice objective have been adjusted to make it easier to hit all 3 without delay.
  
• Updated the Pin Entry objective visuals in certain maps.
  
• Added some extra objectives to the Forest to reduce the likelihood of receiving the same one back-to-back.
  
• Added some new tasks for daily challenges, including completing the new objectives and collecting power from the power points.
  
• Daily challenges will now auto-activate when they’re given out, provided you have slots available to do so.
  
• Added a custom game option to allow Innocents to communicate at night.
  
• Added a custom game option to disable perks.
  
• Added a custom game option to disable selecting your infected partner and instead make it random.
  
• Reset the ranked season. Due to the Perk Tree being added very recently, your points and perks won’t be reset until the end of the next season (scheduled for the 25th of February).
  
• [FIXED] Occasionally the Forest map will turn dark after a player has been executed.
  
• [FIXED] Players don’t always look like they’re facing the direction that they’re aiming in.
  
• [FIXED] The Pistol doesn’t animate when you shoot, reload or draw it.
  
• [FIXED] The on-hover Challenge information in the in-game ‘Q’ menu is hidden behind the minimap.
  

• You gain blood by drinking blood bags or downing innocents when in terror form
  
• Blood is shared between both of the infected
  
• You level up from level 1 to 5 as you gain blood
  
• Starting from level 2, each level gains you one execution shared between both Infected
  

• Power points progress faster but provide less power.
  
• Power points respawn 25 seconds after being completed.
  
• Extra power points have been added to the lower floors.
  
• Terrors are slower but tankier.
  
• The escape door opens itself 10 seconds after all the power has been collected.
  

• You are now only assigned 4 Objectives per floor, down from 5.
  
• Players will now spawn with 9 loaded bullets and 9 extra ones for their Pistol, instead of just 9 loaded in the gun.
  
• Players can now only hold 36 extra bullets for their pistol, on top of what they already have loaded into their gun.
  
• The Torch has been buffed, providing an extra 3 seconds of usage. Visually, it will now also have 50% battery instead of 20% per collection
  
• The Vampire’s ability cooldown has been reduced to 25s.
  
• The Double Objective is now always in the same position on each floor, and will now be highlighted to players if it is not taken towards the end of the day period.
  
• Terrors can no longer execute Innocents that are downed at night.
  
• Running with a knife no longer gives you an extra 10% movement speed boost.
  
• Power Points are now briefly displayed to everyone for a few seconds when the lights turn out.
  
• The Infected’s level 2 now requires 200 blood, up from 100.
  
• Power Points are now disabled for 8 seconds when a Terror steps on them, instead of 3.
  

• Disabling Power Points now awards the Infected with XP.
  
• The transition from Night -> Day has been slightly sped up & now fades to black, instead of white.
  
• Playing in a full 6 player lobby will no longer cause you to receive a dodge timer for leaving early.
  
• To help us resolve the problem, we’ve improved our logging regarding why users can sometimes fail to connect to games.
  
• Improved our cheat prevention measures.
  
• A server crash has been fixed.
  
• Voice lines have been re-introduced when picking up items.
  
• The shotgun is correctly rotated when obtained from a reward crate.
  
• Our in-game translations have been updated thanks to our Community Translators.
  
• [FIXED] It’s possible to jump back into the first area of the Lumberyard.
  
• [FIXED] Players who use Vents, or the Vampire’s ability, at the end of the night period will either be stuck on the previous floor, or invisible and unable to move on the next floor.
  
• [FIXED] Infected players will occasionally see blood gains of +0.
  
• [FIXED] You’re unable to select the ‘Lumberyard’ map in the custom game options.
  
• [FIXED] Power Points won’t automatically start to progress if they become active whilst you’re standing on them.
  

• Replacing the new global voting system with the classic shoot-to-vote system.
  
• Stop players from turning into invulnerable ghost characters at night,
  
• Modify the votes required to be based on the current floor, instead of players left.
  

• Using Alt+Tab whilst in Full Screen will now correctly minimise the game, instead of switching to Windowed mode.
  
• Improved our backend connection logic with Steam, reducing instances of authentication failing, DLCs not being distributed quickly after purchasing or in-game Store transactions not working.
  
• When downed you will now be put into a Third Person perspective until you respawn.
  
• The camera for Third Person perspective (when spectating & downed) has been improved, reducing occurrences of it clipping through walls.
  
• [FIXED] Terrors are able to transform back to human form mid-execution.
  
• [FIXED] Traps can sometimes instantly eliminate terrors from the game.
  
• [FIXED] The Yeti, Werewolf, Vampire & Demon Experiment skin use the Experiment’s audio effects instead of their own unique effects.
  
• [FIXED] When spectating at night, players in ghost form are shown incorrectly.
  
• [FIXED] When spectating, players are occasionally stuck with the downed ‘blur’ effect on.
  
• [FIXED] The Tracker doesn’t reveal people at night.
  
• [FIXED] Dead players are prompted to quick vote, despite not being able to.
  
• [FIXED] Players that are bleeding out are able to vote, and also affect the number of players required for a vote to pass.
  
• [FIXED] The Quick Vote interface can remain stuck on a player’s screen.
  
• [FIXED] Waypoints are hidden when a Quick Vote is in progress.
  
• [FIXED] The ‘Vote Available’ waypoint, and the text to start a vote, both remain once a vote has been started.
  
• [FIXED] Players are sometimes unable to interact with the screen to select their Infected partner or select their Terror.
  
• [FIXED] Players are able to jump out of the map in the second area for the Lumberyard.
  
• [FIXED] A couple of crates in the Arctic are occasionally invisible, opening lines of sight and enabling hiding inside of them.
  
• [FIXED] The time until respawn on a player’s nametag isn’t always correct.
  
• [FIXED] The text on a channelled interaction can occasionally be blank.
  
• [FIXED] Infected players can see their own nametag when selecting their Infected partner and Terror.
  
• [FIXED] Innocent players can’t see other nametags during the initial period of the game.
  

General

• Innocents no longer automatically win if any Innocent escapes, you now need to escape yourself too.
  
• Players who are eliminated after a vote are now electrocuted again.
  
• A post-game survey will now occasionally display in the Game Summary screen in order to allow players to easily share their feedback.
  
• The FPS in the Main Menu is now capped to 60 FPS.
  
• A game setting for capping your FPS has been added, this requires V-Sync to be disabled.
  
• Pressing 'V' to Vote is now a toggle, rather than hold. Once you're within the voting interface you now need to click on the option you want, instead of releasing 'V'.
  
• In ranked, both Infected are now randomly selected instead of one Infected choosing their partner.
  
• In ranked, leaving the game after being assigned a team will cause you to lose ELO.
  
• The Double Objective items are now shown in the Objectives list at the top right.
  
• The amount of Shotgun ammo given out has been reduced by 2.
  
• The outlining for Fuse Box interactions has been made the same for both Innocent & Infected teams.
  
• The number of Crate Objectives assigned per floor has been reduced from 7 to 5.
  
• To help moderation, the server info at the top right is now larger & also shows during the initial screen.
  
• The translations in-game have been updated thanks to our community translators.
  
• [FIXED] Some UI text flashes on screen when leaving a game.
  
• [FIXED] Some animations (placing a trap, being downed) aren't persisted when you transform into Terror Form.
  
• [FIXED] Players can move during the waking up animation.
  
• [FIXED] When spectating the timer at the top doesn't update.
  
• [FIXED] Players with long names are able to hide what character they are in-game.
  
• [FIXED] Players are able to have blank names.
  

Patch Notes

• A new 'Quick Vote' system. Once a vote has been called on someone, players are able to hold 'v' and select one of four options: Vote player 1, vote player 2, abstain, or take everyone to the voting table to discuss further.
  
• Players can no longer execute when transitioning to the Day Period
  
• Increased the distance at which you can see the Terror's health bar & execution status
  
• Increased the level 4 Terror execute cooldown to 40s
  
• Slowed the Werewolf & Vampire Terrors down by 2.5%
  
• Reduced the time required to collect a single tick of power in the final areas
  
• Hold 'E' interactions will now attempt to start once you enter range if you already have 'E' pressed down
  
• Made some changes to reduce the frequency of 'random' deaths
  

• New terror abilities
  
• New items
  
• New objectives
  
• Main menu overhaul
  
• Ranked system rework
  
• Spider DLC
  
• Overhauled challenges
  
• Unlockable progression systems
  
• Updated maps with more interactivity and improved lighting
  

Patch Notes

• The Antidote has made its revival! You can find this within the first area, inside of the Double Objective. As a result, the Shotgun has been moved into one of the crates in the first area.
  
• A cap has been added to the number of items you can collect from crates. This is currently set to 7 crate items per floor.
  
• A limit has been added to the number of votes that can be called, capping it to 3 per floor.
  
• The Fuse Boxes on the top two floors now reduce the Day Period by 30s.
  
• It now only takes 2 seconds to destroy a Fuse Box, down from 3 seconds.
  
• The transitions into, and out of, voting have been further refined.
  
• Everyone can now see when someone is channelling a vote on a downed player.
  
• The lighting in the voting room has been darkened.
  
• The visuals of the Blood Bag have been improved.
  
• The pistol damage against Terrors has been reduced by 25%.
  
• The requirement for the Infected to reach level 5 has been reduced by 250.
  
• The blood given to the Infected when their partner is eliminated is now flat, instead of decreasing per floor.
  
• The Terror execution cooldowns have been reduced to 90 seconds at level 3 and 30 seconds at level 4.
  
• Terrors can no longer swipe downed players for blood. To compensate, Terrors now earn more blood from each down they achieve.
  
• The Yeti now receives a flat 10% slow reduction whilst using its ability.
  
• Power Points will now be disabled whenever a Terror enters the ring. After leaving the area, the Power Point will re-activate after a brief period of time.
  
• The amount of power collected per-tick from the Power Points has been adjusted. As before, this is based on the remaining number of alive players. The time per tick has also been slightly reduced.
  
• One blood bag has been removed from the first area.
  
• The amount of blood gained per blood bag in the first two areas has been reduced by 15 and 30 respectively.
  
• Players that leave the game mid-way through will now correctly receive a dodge penalty, temporarily preventing them from queueing up for another game.
  
• XP gains have been slightly increased in order to account for the longer game length. We’ll continue to keep an eye on this over time.
  
• [FIXED] Players can be downed whilst within the voting room.
  
• [FIXED] You can start two votes at the same time.
  
• [FIXED] The game server can occasionally crash.
  
• [FIXED] A Power Point on the middle stage of the Lumberyard is half way through a fence.
  
• [FIXED] An item spawn is unreachable in the first stage of the Forest.
  
• [FIXED] Players can queue up a transform whilst already transforming into Terror form. This resulted in you being instantly downed and teleported away.
  

Patch Notes

• Camera Adjustments
  
  • Added an extra 2 to be found within crates on each floor.
    
  • Removed the Camera charge up and replaced it with a 1.5s delay between shots.
    
  • Increased the maximum slow & damage. Both of these, like before, scale with distance.
    
  
  
• Torch Adjustments
  
  • Increased the maximum DPS and slow. Both of these, like before, scale based on how long you've had the Torch activated for.
    
  • Reduced the time to drain 20% of battery from 7s down to 5s.
    
  
  
• Players are no longer revealed to the Infected at night unless they're collecting power from a Power Point.
  
• When 4 players are remaining, you only need 2 votes to successfully eliminate a player. Previously you would require 3 people to agree.
  
• The Tracker now only lasts 30 seconds, instead of 40s.
  
• The Experiment, Werewolf and Vampire have all had their speed reduced by 5%.
  
• The waypoint for the double objective now fades out after stepping on the pad, instead of instantly disappearing.
  
• The transitions into, and out of, voting and to the next floor are all slightly faster.
  
• The ranked season has been reset, the next reset will happen on the 28th of January.
  
• Fixed a server crash.
  

Patch Notes

Intro Period

• You now begin your journey standing around a table in a dark room.
  
• One player is selected as Infected and is then given a brief period of time to select an Infected partner.
  
• Once this is done both infected players can choose their Terror type.
  
• Whilst this is happening, everyone is able to talk amongst each other.
  

Day Period

• At the start of each area you’ll spawn scattered around the map.
  
• After a brief period, players are assigned a crate. The first crate assigned is always close to you, subsequent ones will try to be selected across the map from you.
  
• These crates provide items from that area’s available item spawn table. Currently you can collect Cameras, Torches and Traps in every area. The Tracker is available only in the first two areas, the Shotgun in the last two and the Inspection Kit on the final floor.
  
• Some items are only available in limited quantities. Once all of those items have been taken, the crate will default to giving out Torches.
  
• There is still the two-player objective in each area containing a powerful item, separate to the above spawn table.
  
• Players can complete as many objectives as they'd like each day period.
  
• Fuse Boxes, now repurposed, can be smashed to reduce the length of the day period. Doing this can be advantageous for either team depending on the situation.
  
• Sprinting, shooting or jumping will highlight your position during this period to the Infected.
  
• During this period everyone is able to talk amongst each other.
  

Night Period

• Upon the night period starting, everyone is transformed into a shadowy ghost figure.
  
• The Infected are able to transform into a Terror at any point during this period.
  
• The Innocents need to collect power from the power points around the map.
  
• Collecting power (along with sprinting, shooting and jumping) will reveal your location to the Infected.
  
• Once you’ve reached 100% power, the game will automatically progress to the next area. In the final area reaching 100% power will reveal the Escape Door.
  
• Only the Infected are able to talk during this period. Once the Escape Door is open on the final floor, everyone can talk again.
  

Voting Players Out

• After downing a player during the Day Period you can opt to initiate a vote against that player.
  
• Initiating a vote will pause the Day Period, taking everyone back to the original table to start the voting process.
  
• Each player has a screen in front of them where they can cast their vote on who they want to be eliminated, or they can skip if they are undecided.
  
• The vote initiator automatically votes against their target, whilst the target automatically skips.
  
• The amount of votes required is based on the number of players in the game, and if that number is satisfied then the receiving player will be eliminated.
  

Combat

• Humans can not damage other humans at night, only Terrors.
  
• The Camera, Torch & Traps now all also deal damage to Terrors as well as slowing them.
  
• Traps can now set other traps off, causing a chain reaction.
  
• Terrors respawn on the spot if downed, so make sure to run away if they're attacking you.
  
• If a Terror opts to transform out, they will be downed & respawned elsewhere.
  
• Players can no longer revive each other.
  
• Players no longer lose items or blood when they are downed.
  
• Terrors can no longer have their executions cancelled.
  
• Terrors are no longer stopped from executing, transforming out or using vents when affected by Light items.
  

Infected

• Infected now have levels, starting at 1 and going to 5. You level up by collecting blood points.
  • Level 1: Swipe unlocked (LMB), letting you swipe players dealing 100 damage
    
  • Level 2: Ability unlocked (RMB)
    
  • Level 3: Execute unlocked (LMB), 150s cooldown
    
  • Level 4: Execute cooldown reduced to 60s
    
  • Level 5: Execute cooldown reduced to 1s
    
  
  
• All blood & levels are shared between both Infected.
  
• There are several ways to gain blood offering varying amounts of points:
  
  • Drinking blood bags (worth more each area)
    
  • Swiping down players at night
    
  • Mauling downed players reduces their respawn time & gives blood (scaling with level)
    
  • Executing a player
    
  • Your teammate being eliminated
    
  • Every second after the escape door is revealed
    
  
  
• Infected will now only get outline visibility to the Innocent if they’re making noise (sprinting, jumping, shooting and in power points).
  
• All of the Terrors have had their health increased.
  
• The Yeti has been made slightly faster by default and had its ability adjusted. The ability no longer self-slows or provides damage immunity but will still cleanse any existing slows & stop new slows from being applied for 2 seconds.
  
• The Vampire & Werewolf have had their speed slightly reduced.
  

Maps

• All the maps have been adjusted to account for the new mechanics above.
  
• The Asylum lighting has been reworked
  
  
  
  • Real-time global illumination
    
  • Implemented analytical area lights
    
  • Art pass on most rooms to improve visual quality
    
  • The Asylum middle floor cells mezzanine stairs removed
    
  • The Asylum top-floor has a new route that encircles the floor
    

Win Condition

• You now win and lose as a team, even if you died during the game. As long as one Innocent escapes the Innocent win, otherwise the Infected win.
  
• If you leave before a winner has been determined, that game will count as a loss for you, even if your team goes on to win.
  

General Adjustments

• There is now a set of in-game Tutorial screens that can be viewed in the Main Menu. Players will be required to view these at least once before being able to queue up for a game.
  
• You can now see which character each player is playing as in the loading screen.
  
• We've added channeled interactions to the game. This is used for starting votes against players and destroying Fuse Boxes & Traps.
  
• State is now shown on player nametags (e.g. Interacting, Reviving, Inspecting).
  
• Players can no longer be antidoted (and as such the item has been removed), an execution that successfully goes through means a player is eliminated from the game.
  
• You can now sprint & switch weapons at the same time.
  
• If you have a full inventory, the game will try to replace your currently equipped item when picking up a new one. If you're holding a Pistol or Knife, it'll replace your last item.
  
• The camera now charges up over a second after you use it, flashing once the charging has finished.
  
• As the night period no longer has a timer it is possible to hit a timeout, if you hit it then the Infected will automatically win.
  
• The rep counter now supports numbers higher than 100,000 on the main menu.
  
• Perks have temporarily been disabled due to balancing concerns. We’ll be addressing this in a future update.
  
• [FIXED] - The Main Menu will occasionally overlap with the Loading Screen when entering a game.
  
• [FIXED] - The Main Menu UI sometimes isn’t visible upon first load.