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Genre: Puzzle, Tactical, Indie

Phasmophobia

Cursed Possessions | Update v0.5.1.1

New



  • Added a priority system for the photo evidence detection (top to bottom):

    • Ghost
    • Bone
    • Fingerprints
    • Footprints
    • Dead Body
    • Interactions
    • Cursed Items
    • Dirty Water


Changes



  • Removed Christmas event decorations and changes
  • Maple Lodge Campsite will now have random weather again
  • Lowered the volume of the bulb smash sound
  • You can no longer take multiple photos of a Ghost, instead it will search for different evidence within the photo
  • Ghost photos are now much easier to take, especially when the ghost is partially hidden
  • Removed the double chance for the Mimic to spawn
  • Lights will no longer randomly flicker away from the ghost when the ghost is hunting


Fixes



  • Fixed a bug where the ghost could not hear host players during hunts
  • Fixed a bug where you could not take a photo of some door and light switch interactions
  • Fixed a bug where the refrigerator audio was still playing if the power was off at the start of the game
  • Fixed a bug where the Mirror was showing the wrong area on some maps and outside the map on Asylum
  • Fixed an issue where the Prison Ouija Board was spawning sideways
  • Fixed a bug where the ghost would kill you if it heard you in a closet and then you moved into a different closet
  • Fixed a bug on Willow where some sounds near the ceiling on the first floor would get muffled
  • Fixed a bug where the ghost could interact with the DOTS Projector when it was turned off
  • Fixed a bug where you could get a ghost photo if the ghost was directly behind you when taking a photo
  • Fixed a bug where the small house candle did not emit any light
  • Fixed a bug where you could hear dead players after being revived

Cursed Possessions | Update v0.5.1.0

Changes



  • Foggy weather has been temporarily removed while we work on a new system and will return looking better than ever with the VR rework early next year
  • All Cursed Possessions will now only have
  • one* spawn point each, meaning only 6 spawns in total per map to learn. Finding them will be more intuitive too e.g. Summoning Circle found in basements or attics
  • In Prison, Asylum and School; Cursed Possessions will be placed only in the
  • first* room to make them more useful
  • Demon’s description has been updated to better reflect its weakness
  • The Yurei ability will now only close one door, instead of all of the doors near the ghost
  • Yurei should now stay in their room more reliably when smudged
  • Hantu will now always have Freezing Temps evidence guaranteed on Nightmare
  • The Hantu breath can no longer be seen when you are dead
  • Increased the maximum wander distance range slightly so ghosts don’t get trapped in larger rooms
  • Tarot cards are now easier to use in VR
  • Prison computers now change their colour to green when lights are on, and red when off
  • Adjusted the room number in main menu for Asylum as it was showing too many rooms
  • Candle smoke particles have been adjusted
  • Updated to the latest LIV SDK to fix a VR crash



Fixes



  • Fixed a consistency issue with Thermometers to make them more accurate
  • Fixed a bug where you could grab broken Ouija Board pieces in VR
  • Fixed a bug where you could attach cursed possessions to your belt in VR
  • Fixed a bug where certain sounds wouldn’t be audible on the Parabolic Microphone
  • Fixed a bug where the Demon’s early hunt was stopping instantly
  • Fixed a bug where the Yurei sanity drain ability wasn’t working consistently
  • Fixed a bug where some Cursed Possessions breaking would trigger hunts with their normal grace period
  • Fixed a bug where the Voodoo Doll could fall behind the oven on Tanglewood
  • Fixed a bug where the Voodoo Doll’s heart pin wasn’t working correctly
  • Fixed a bug where if the Haunted Mirror spawned on the wall in Grafton, you couldn’t get photo rewards from it
  • Fixed a bug where using the Haunted Mirror would sometimes show the incorrect room
  • Fixed a bug where you could get photo rewards from a smashed Ouija Board
  • Fixed a bug where you could cancel the “hide and seek” countdown by saying “goodbye”
  • Fixed a bug where you could get photo rewards from a tarot card deck with no cards left
  • Fixed a bug where drawing the Tower or Hanged Man card as your last wouldn’t do anything
  • Fixed a bug where you couldn’t drop the tarot cards instantly after drawing one
  • Fixed a bug where the Tarot Death card wasn’t triggering a Cursed Hunt and adding duration to further hunts
  • Fixed a spelling mistake on “The High Priestess” card
  • Fixed a bug where using a Summoning Circle with The Twins would make the ghost teleport to the twin location when starting the hunt
  • Fixed a bug where you couldn’t light Summoning Circle candles in VR with a lighter
  • Fixed an issue where the summoning circle wasn’t draining sanity for VR players
  • Fixed an issue where the music box wasn’t draining sanity for VR players
  • Fixed a bug where ghosts could flicker lights that had smashed
  • Fixed a bug in Asylum where you couldn’t see with Night vision cameras
  • Fixed a bug in Prison where several showers didn’t have handles
  • Fixed a bug in Maple Campsite where one wood knock sound would play three sounds in a row
  • Fixed an invisible collider on the ceiling in Ridgeview dining room
  • Fixed a bug where you could hear footsteps with the master volume set to 0
  • Fixed a bug where a ghost appearing with DOTS could spawn it inside of walls, making it very hard to see
  • Fixed a bug where you could still see green reflections after a DOTS had been picked up
  • Fixed a bug where you could still see red reflections after the red-light ghost event
  • Fixed a bug where piano interactions weren’t giving photo rewards
  • Fixed a bug where objects used by the ghost weren’t always registering on the Parabolic Microphone
  • Fixed a bug where you could place several items on the truck ramp whilst its closed
  • Fixed a bug where you could teleport out of the truck, whilst its closed, via the ramp in VR
  • Fixed several bugs where the ghost was leaving EMF without doing anything
  • Fixed a bug where the ghost could interact with the rocking chair multiple times at once causing the sound to overlap
  • Fixed a bug where the ghost would give EMF 2 when attempting to flicker a light that was turned off
  • Fixed a bug where the ghost would give EMF 2 when attempting to teleport an object in your hand
  • Fixed a bug where the ghost would give EMF 2 when attempting to move a mannequin
  • Fixed a bug where the ghost would give EMF 2 when attempting to write in the ghost-writing book when it didn’t have the ghost-writing evidence
  • Fixed a bug where you could not hear the ghost footsteps on the parabolic microphone
  • Fixed a bug where Candles would blow out in heavy rain if another player walked outside
  • Fixed a bug where the voodoo doll would not start a hunt if you used it with no sanity after the heart pin was used
  • Fixed a bug where the haunted mirror would close when holding it if another player walked outside
  • Fixed a bug where several cursed possessions were significantly increasing the hunt duration in multiplayer when they broke or were fully used
  • Fixed a bug where the voodoo doll would force an interaction per remaining pin when used with no sanity
  • Fixed a bug where the voodoo doll pins were not pushing in the same pins for each player
  • Fixed a bug where the voodoo doll would use every pin if you had no sanity when another player with sanity used it
  • Fixed a bug where one of the ghost events did not work with the tarot cards which caused the devil card to not do anything
  • Fixed a bug where dropping and grabbing the voodoo doll in the truck would stop you from being able to close the truck or view the cctv monitor
  • Fixed a bug where some hunts and ghost events would have no sound if they started quickly after another one
  • Fixed a bug where the mirror effects would sometimes stay active after the mirror was broken
  • Fixed a bug where the Voodoo Doll VR holding rotation was wrong
  • Fixed a bug where the Willow living room fingerprints were on the wrong side of the window
  • Fixed a bug where there was no loading screen when exiting Maple Lodge Campsite
  • Fixed a bug where the Poltergeist ability did not work unless you moved the objects first